The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-01-05

Warships off the island to concentrate
in this harbor, but, if this is the case,
the orders are likely to reach them too
late TO enable them to be of any ser
vice to the government. Late this
afternoon it was reported that Campos
had sent special messenger to the in
surgents with the object of bringing
about conference with their leaders.
Not only was the report not confirmed
but the authorities ridiculed the idea,
claiming that the enemy consisted of
only few flying bands of rebels"
and that the Spanish columns pressing
on after them had caught the rebels
IN trap, from which their only
escape was death or unconditional sur
render. The Spanish commander in
slstS that there is no cause for alarm
and that the insurgent columns will
shortly be dispersed by the Spanish
troops.
Laeer in the afternoon it became
known that the body of insurgents
which had been at San Felipe mad
pushed on through Quivican and had
MADE westward on Gabriel and Salud.
burning all the fields as they passed.
Salud is westward of Havana and a
little further on is the last railroad
line in that direction leading into
havana. To reach Sa1ud the insur-
gents have already crossed two lines
OF railroad leading into this city and
AFTER crossing the third they will have
extended the half moon formation of
their forces about the city or Will have
cut OH communication by railway with
the province OF Pinar del Rio, as they
are now threatening to cut off com
munication with the province Of Ma
tanzaS-
Through the force they are advanc-
ing from TapaSte. it looks as if Havana.
would soon be isolated. AS this dis
patch Is sent, however, communication
between Havana and Juarce is not
known to have been cut off by the
enemy. Juarce is the first town of i'm
poftance outside of Havana in the
! olrectlon OF Matanzas. Apparently the
three insurgent columns have been
divided into smaller bodies in order to
facilitate rapidity Of movement But
TINS Is only supposition based on the
TACT that the insurgents are heard
from in about half dozen different
towns and directions in this vicin-
ity today. One of the fnsurgent
columns has crossed the railway
at Batabano, the extremely south
e ern station ion near the gulf of
Havana. This column is now at or about
Poso Reoondo, northWard of Batabano and
apparently moving in the same direction
90 my SOluAllll VI 4Iiou4 5elllS previously re-
ported as heading for Guira Melena,
which leads people to suppose that It is
the regular guard of the body. An the
to be circIing northward and toward
Pinar del Rio with the object either of
pushing into that province or of COM
pleting circle around Havana.
This evening information was received
to the effect that the insurgents have
burned the railway stations Of Melna and
Gucta Melina and the fields about Nora
Tito and Portugal.
There is much distress among the inhab-
itants of the province Of MatanZas and
especially in the district through which
the insurgents have just passed and the
government Of Matanzas has sent an ur-
gent request to General Campos for the
sum of $4,000 with which to relieve the
suffering of the country people. 1t is not
believed that the captain general will be
able to grant this request