The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-12-10
WEILlGii rCsiltltS WOMEN
brfrnSricSS Prisoners arc Shot Down
by Drunken :SoldiCrS--N Reign Of
Hcrror Openly lnauGuratCd.

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by Drunken :>oldirrs-A Reign OF
Terror Openly lnauGurltcd.
Unable TO crush tho insurgents
armies, Captain-Gcncral Wcylcr has.
according to Cuban udviccs, renewed
his war ON nOn.cOm batants with savage
energy. IT is stated that he some
weeks ago issued Il secret order to
" clear the country of fnon-combu,unts." :"
This order has nCvn interpreted hv tho
Spanish commanders rs an cdict TO
massacre old men, women and children,
ana the I, suit Is dn appalling list OF
butchcrics.
Colonel s1iruGA. who has been opcrat-
ing in pinar del Rio at the head o. IA
thousand men, seems to have been
| most active in carrying out Wcylcrs 5
savage cdiCt. On November IS he
and his command started on raid
| They visited lio Nondo, PulaclOs
H@so itc;.i und other towns IN thc
southern portion Of Pinar del Rio.
At every place Colonel Struch CAV,
his troops license to loot, burn an,
murder, and the result was that ever,
hAmlot visited WAS destroyed. Dur
ing the raid The Spanish troops mad.
prisoners Oi over 800 Cubans, the HrcH1
young girls. These unfortunaLcs were
| forced 10 follow the troopers.
Ga The niphLOi NOVcmbcr %, Colonel
Htruch ana his men drank heavily,
and then followed one OF the most
| horrible occurrences Of the war. In
.l"nCd by drink. ,ho Spanish soldiers
rushrd upon thc helpless prisoners,
.orc OF their clothing and subjected
thrm u h0r!'ibiC treatment.
t. L.. .1
tod Ms men that 10 was no use to Ec
longer bothered by the "Cuban cattle"
The soldiers iNuk the hint and immc-
diatcIy began firing on the old men,
women and girls. No.icy after volcy
o! lead was fired al the covering and
hi licking creatures, until not one was
llfI alive.
The bodies Of the victims were left
lor jhc Vulturcs, ana Colonel Struch
! marchcd his command back to head
| quarters and reported to Captain
| General Wcylcr that several insurgcn,
camps had been "raidcd and over :'UC
| rebels kiI!cG.'
Colonel Stluch and many o. his Oil
ccr* received iurIoughs in cOndsiGcru
15ou Of their services and returned t,
| Havana. Colonel StruriI has, il is said
oprr My hHa9'cd Of tho awful slaughter
! Of inrOCuntS.
| From other provinces come stories
Of nia.SaCrcS Of innOcCnt@, but none sc
| wei authenticated ~ the Unr related
| above. WcyiCr}, rdiCt Offering par
; Gnn TO those wAO surrender is proving
to he simply Il device to lure Cubuns
TO death.
\ suouiaJ TO the Commcrcial-Trib
from Key West says:
Wcylcr'o threat Jilut lac would starvc
MHcuO out seems likely to be carried
ont, rs from ali reports from Maricl,
near whore Wcylcr is now, the work
Of destruction Is being carried out
| fully. The Spanish army sweeps every
thing before it., killing hccvcs that i
cannot use, burning cane fields anC
small stores with their provisions nnC
! leaving Il wide waste Of ruin and desc
latinn IN Us wake.
People vanity impIOrc Wcylcr tC
lcaV" their provisions to keep them
alive, bat his brutal officers refuse with
OHLHs anG insulting words, il not worse.
Mnlrfrl since W,yicr vent out this
lasL I.nc All giving The Same story OF
ripping, plumber ANA murder Of the
Sp9ni>rd@
\ Spanish guerrilla captain named
! ICO,ZaH is accused Ui numbering over
| 100 persons in the valleys South OF Ma
rlCl dUriDG tho latter part OF NOVcm-
| bCr. In one instance he is aCCus ed OF
continuing IL number Of women and girls
in church, and after they had been
repeatedly abused and maltcratcd by
his mcn. no bnrn"d the building with
them in it. Many other outrages, all
as horrible, are charged to him and his
company.