The record-union., 1896-03-12

HAVANA. March 11-(From a staff
CORRESPONDENT of the United Press-)-
Bands of insurgents under the leaders
Olivia and Hernandez are reported 10
have had an engagement which lasted
five hours with Spanish troops at Mon
tegueIo, near Mantua, in the western
Province. The battle resulted IN the
defeat of the rebels. The Government
troops are said to have had five wounded
while the rebels lost sixteen Killed.
The town of Monteguelo was COM
pletely destroyed by fire started by the
insurgents The towns of Macagua, IN
the Province of Matanzas, and Pilota,
in the Western Province, were attacked
also and partially burned
The American citizen, Walter Grant
Dygart, regarding whose arrest and
Imprisonment United States Consul
General Williams requested the au-
thorities to make report, has been con-
fined in the Jail at Guines for about
three weeks. He is accused of being
Ell Ingelsito. one of the insurgent lead
ers. J. FRANK CLARK.
SUPPLIES FOR THE SPANISH.
HAVANA. March f. (via Tampa,
Florida, March 11)-The English ship
Cayo Blanco, from Antwerp, arrived
this morning. She is consigned to the
Government, and has a full cargo of
war stores The Transatlantic steam
ship Alfonso VII. arrived here yester-
day In addition to a large supply of
war stores she brought 334 cases con-
tanning 81 100000 in silver for paying
the troops The steamship Catalina
has landed $50 cases of Spanish silver
valued at $1,000,000
FILIBUSTERING EXPEDITION.
PHILADELPHIA, March 11.-Al-
though the report that another big
filibustering expedition is ready to start
for Cuba could not be confirmed here to-
day with any degree of positiveness,
enough was gathered from different
sources to put the rumor on pretty
solid foundation.
1t is said that the steamer which will
take the expedition is ready to sail at
any moment, and it is possible that the
men and arms and ammunition which
will form the vessels cargo are even now
waiting for the ship at some point on
the New Jersey coast.
When the steamer arrives off this |
point Crowded that above supposition
is true) she will probably lay to outside
the three-mile limit, and the men and
arms will be taken aboard in boats. |
If the expedition was to have started
tonight, as rumored. it is likely that
the prevailing gale may delay the de-
parture.
On one point only would the local
Cuban leaders talk They assert posi-
lively that General Calixto Garcia will
head no more expeditions. While cred
iting General Garcia with all loyalty to
the Cuban cause, they say he is not
circumspect enough, and that he was
mainly responsible for the failure of
the expedition which came to grief I'M
der his leadership.
REBEL LEADERS UNITE FORCES.
HAVANA, March 11-Gomez, Maceo,
Lacret and other leaders have united
just east of the Havana line, near
Neuva Paz. 1t is supposed their inten-
tion is to return to this province. The
troops have recently made several COM |
binations for the purpose of crushing
Maceo and Gomez separately, but all
failed
There is considerable uneasiness in
official circles in regard to the move
ments of the rebel forces. Taken in
connection with rumors that the main
portion of Collaho's expedition has
landed with ammunition, and also that
others have just landed, it may mean
that the rebels want to be prepared to
strike an effective blow
The news of the first action by Con-
gress has already reached the rebel
camps. The union of forces, aggregat-
ing $4,000, may be the result.
All the recent encounters with Gomez
and Maceo were nothing but outpost
fights, and the losses were trifing on
both sides.
1t is now learned that the attack upon
Sagua de Termin, reported as Govern
ment victory, resulted in the rebels cap
turing the town and using cannon in
the bombardment. The insurgents in
this vicinity also have several field
guns, supposed to have been taken from
Spanish troops.