The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-09
CUBANS REPORTED coRNERED.
COMPLETE DEFEAT ALLEGED As
THE RESULT OF A BATTLE.

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Havana, Jan. S.-The rebels, after plum
dering the town Of Hoyo. Colorado and
Punta Bravo, broke up into small parties
and burned the sugar cane on the es-
tates in the vicinity. The arrival of the
Spanish troops, which dispersed the rebels.
prevented thep from making an attack
upon the town Of AiardinaO.
Gen. SuGraz Valdez is said TO have de-
feated a band of rebels on a plantation
near Baracoa.
Gen. ArderOus has ordered the concen-
tratiOn of the forces in Havana in case
any movement Of the insurgents should
cause disorder in the city. The circulation
of the people in social and commercial in
tercourse throughout the city is unnter-
rupted
| 1t is reported her this evening that a
great battle has been fought near Ar
| temesia, town near Guanaja, the base
of operations of the rebels. The report
has it that the insurgents were surrounded
by the Spanish troops under Gems. Suaraez,
| Valdez, Madin and Navarro, and it is be-
/ neVed they met with a complete defeat.
| NO details OF the fight can be obtained.
| 1Als said that the rebel leader Nunez was
/ killed in yesterdays battle with Gen Ma
/ 200 men.
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| the Spanish troops under Gems. Garcia
| and Navarro yesterday dispersed the reb-
els at Guanajay, forty-iive miles from
! havana, which place was chosen by the
| insurgents as the center Of operations.
! another battle took place late i'm the
| evening az Ceiba del Augua between the
| rebel bands under the command of Lead
ers Gomez and Maceo and Gen. Garcia
| ana NaVarrO's forces. The insurgents
We're aeain defeated and dispersed, but
| the direction in which they fed is not
| known. Their loss was twenty-three kill
| ed and one taken prisoner The Spanish
| FORCES captured seventeen Remington
| flne5, besides number of the rebels
! horses. Their loss was four officers and
! three soldiers wounded.
New York, Jan. S.--The Ward line steam
er Yucatan arrived this afternoon from
Mexican ports and Havana. When the
steamer left Havana on Jan. the city
| the approach Of the rebel army which
| was within fifteen miles of the city The
| inhabitants were in a stateof terror ow-
| ing 10 the burning OF all the plantations
| adjacent TO the city. The flames were
| plainly visible from the deck of the Yucca
| tan and presented a grand sight for the
| officers and crew of the vessel
| The city was under martial law and the
! most intense excitement prevailed
Washington, Jan. s-Col. Manuel San
gully, accompanied by Gonzalo Quesada,
secretary of the Cuban revolutionary com
mittee in the United States. called ON Sec
! retary Olney this morning with reference
| 10 the case of Julio Sanguilly, now serv-
| ing life sentence in Mora Castle Havana
ana said to be in danger of threats from
the Spanish volunteers of Havana. Secre-
tary Olney assured them that Sanguiily
! VIII be protected and is in no danger ad-
| vices to that effect having been received
| from Consul General Williams
| The following cablegram from Gen Mar
tinez Campos was received a the Spanish
legation late this afternoon. The col
| umns OF Gen. Navarro yesterday had an
| engagement lasting three hours with the
| main bands of MaceO and Gomez in Ceiba
del Aqua, dispensing them. Twenty dead
| have been found and buried by our sol
/ diers. The Spanish loss was light. four
| officers wounded and twenty casualties
among the men, either killed or badly
| wounded. The troops captured numbers
| or horses and arms and ammunition The
column is recOnnoitering the scene of the
fight and many columns are following the
| insurgents The army is in hfgh spirits
and Havana is completely quiet"
Munster Dupuy de Lone also received
arIlng, long, cablegram fromthe government at
Madrld to-day, giving summary of the
| latest official reports received there from
the commander-in-chief in Cuba These
reports show that il is exceedingly diffi-
| cult to get a fight with the bands of ma
| rauders, which are continually galloping
! ABOUT burning and pfllaging the defense
| less plantations and small villages
| Gen. EchaSue, who is in the rear of the
| insurgents, has twice succeeded in over
taxing a few of the bands and capturing
| some prisoners. Gen. Campos saws the
rebels never stop long enough to be over
| taken in any considerable numbers
In the invasion of Pinar Del Rio by the
insurgents small bands of bandits prece-
ded the main forces of the Insurgents and
| caused more damage than Maceo and
| '5l SIoHie1. y, eslerGay LOO men We're sent by
sea 10 Olonla, the port of Pinar Del Rio
| to reinforce the troops there In the resi-
| OF the entire Island of Cuba nothing of a
| revolutionary character is occurring
| Minister DupUy De Lone Expresses his
! full confidence that these dispatches give
an exactly truthful statement Of affairs.
| dispatches with news from other sources
| which secure publicity from day to dav
IN IN several newspapers, and which have
Thomas Estrada Palma, the head of the
/ Cuban revolutionary committee in This
country and envoy extraordinary Of the
| Cuban provisional government to the
| United States, told reporter tonight that
his committee was doing nothing to en-
courage recruiting in this country for the
! Cuban cause On the contrary, he said he
| and his associates were doing everything
! TO discourage the raising of troops for
! Cuba, not only for the reason that such
| recruiting was in violation Of the nau-
! trality laws. but because there was al
| ready in Cuba more men attached to the
! insurgent army than could be armed and
| it was not desirable to send others there
| to increase this large number
| Gonzales de Quesada, secretary of the
COMMITTEES, gave some additional reasons
why recruiting in the United States was
| not desirable Mr.. Quesada said that if
| persons in America were anxious to help
y
| it better by furnishing arms and ammun-
! ition than by volunteering themselves for
| active service our principal aim now
| is" he said, ito arm the great number Of
| soldiers who are fighting for Cuba. We
/ have received hundreds of offers of enlist
| ment but all these we have been Obliged to
| decline on account of our desire to do all
| that can bc done to prevent any violation
| of the neutrality laws between Spain and
| the United States. Even If we were in
/ clined to violate the neutrality laws, which
| most emphatically we were not, we could
do nothing in this connection, for It takes
a great deal of money TO send men to Cuba
| and we need all the funds that we can Sc
| cure to purchase arms for those now in
the field.'
wayeross, Ca, Jan s.-Letters have
been received here by the mayor, the
postmaster and others from Macon, Mar
shallville and other places, signed by
Georgia Boys" requesting the name OF
the alleged Cuban agent who was here
last week, so they could join his expedi-
ton to Cuba, via the Altamaha river
| route. They guaranteed as many as forty
| xrolrpfpqre and axupazEpd a WILLINGNESS ~.