The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-03-13
BIG FIGHT EXPECTED
Rebels Reported To Be Advanc-
ing on Havana.
COMMANDED by GOMEZ AND MACEO
Governnrsnt' Generals Announce Two En-.
gagesnents with Insurgents, Result
ing DisastrOuslyttO the Latter.
Towns Burnestby Rebels.

Towns Burnestiby Rebels.
Madrid, March T1.-A dispatch to the
Impartial from Havana says that the
;rebels under Gomez and Maceo are ad-
wancing towards Havana. From the
fposition of the Spanish troops seri-
I,ous conflict is expected.
Rebel Defeata Reported.
B. (Br0m Staff Correspondent
/ Havana, March, l11.-Col. Vicuna re-
ports an engagement with insurgents
..at Pedrosa, provinces of Matanzas, in
which fourteen of the rebels were
killed. The loss of the troops was only
lone wouRded. Gen Barges reports
that Gen. Lachambre has returned
from extensive opera tions in the xici
nifty of Songo and Ramon de las Yagu-
as, province of Santiago de Cuba lie
had constant engagements with the
forces of. Jose Maceo He burned an
extensive: rebel camp, together with a
hospital In one engagement the
rebels left twelve dead, and in another
seven dead, including Capt Zayas.
The troops had one guerrilla killed
and an officer and three soldiers seri-
ously and six slightly wounded.
New Workers. Arrested in Havana.
; The police of this city have arrested
Jose Montoto and seven Others who are
said to sbe here .on a mission from the
Cuban iunta in New York. The police
secured papers and bonds of recent
date Generals Mella, Aizpursa and
Moreno sailed for Spain last night
Rebels burned the town of Quivican,
province of Havana, and Union de los
Reyes, province of Matanzas, Monday.
They have also burned the town of
Martinas, in the province of Pinar del
Rio, and railroad train near Cunana-
yagna, IN the province of Matanzas.
J. FRANK CLARK.
The AdtIsess to Sen. Weylar.
! Key West, Fla, March 1.-THE
significance of the address which was
presented to Gen. Weyler by the citi-
zens of Havana protesting against the
action of congress, and (which has just
been received bere, appears to be
greater than has been appreciated. as
the signatures give it every appearance
of representing citizens of high stand
ing in Cuba The names anclude all
the representative bodies of Havana,
the political and social clubs, including
the Union club, the most exclusive
social club of Cnba; ala the conductors
of newspapers of that city, including
La Discussion, Ell Pals, and La Lmgha,
exclusively Cuban papers of the home
rule party and of republican ideas of
government, and also the names of
"A
known and revered by Cubans. The
address is as follows: 1.-THE greatest
Indignation has been felt by the inhab-
itants of the island of Cuba. without
distinction of political parties or
nationality, on hearing of the resolu-
tion of the senate and house of repre-
sentatives of the United States recog-
nizing and giving, without regard to
the law of natl rs, followed by all the
civilized people of the world, the
rights of belligerency to indisci-
plinated hordes composed of adveD-
turers of all races, of foreigners,
bandits, and deluded or insane persons
that cannot represent without Offend
ing even those Cubans who desire the
independence from Spain. The people
of Cuba wherein all that is intelligent,
civilized, laborious and rich protest
and condemn an insurrection powerful
only to hang peaceful citizens, burn
the fields, and destroy undefended vii
lagos
WeyIer UnJustly Slandered.
1.-THE undersigned wish to have it
emphasized now, before your excel
Al ,frf Nf
the Spanish fatherland, unjustly SLAM
dered at the same time with your ex-
cellency, by a congress that probably
could not find better arguments to
adopt resolutions in which is dealt
such a great injustice to a nation to
whom this continent owes the benefit
of culture and the island of Cuba the
state of progress and liberty and the
riches that have made her to be envied
by the world. We renew to your ex-
cellency our loyalty without conditions
in order to maintain upright the Span
ish flag, and we pledge to maintain
1t with our lives and our fortunes"
Omitted States Against SPAIN"
Madrid, March 1.-THE cabinet, in
face of Captain-General Weyler's re-
cent dispatch that no more troops were
needed in Cuba, has decided to call to
the colors 60, 900 more reserves, so that
they may be in readiness for dispatch
to the island if their services should be
required. A pamphlet entitled ''The
United States Against Spain" has been
pkblished in this city. Its author is
believed to be Senior Valera, sometime
Spanish minister at Washington. The
work dilates upon the injustice OF the
American congress toward Spain, and
predicts that there will be a revulsion
of popular feeling in the United States
w hen the truth becomes known. The
writer says he expects a favorable out
come of the trouble. He eulogizes the
American women, and declares that he
admires the American men, who, he
adds, are amiable and hospitable un-
less they are blinded by self-esteem.
May MeredIth's Case.
Boston, March 11.-May Meredith
was brought before Judge Ely in the