The San Francisco call., 1897-08-23
Starving Pacificos Herded and
Beaten by Minions Of
WeyIer.
THE BUTCHER BRINGING OUT
MARITIME.
Meanwhile the Insurgents Are
Very Active and Defeat the
Regulars Several Times.

HAVANA, CUBA (via Key West) Aug.
22-Generals Ahumada and Moncada, of
the Spanish army, are both sick with yell
low fever. The sanitary situation is
awful among the Spaniards in the mill
tary hospitals of Havana, and the scarcity
of food makes the situation worse.
Troops, in following the orders of Weyier,
pluOder farms in the province and steal
cattle reserved to supply the citv. They
bring cattle here to feed the sick Spanish
in the hospitals and report the animals
captured from the insurgents.
At Pinar del Rio the condition of the
pacifcos is desperate. The whole town is
also starving. At Guane, in that prov
ince, Cuban families are feeding on dogs.
Not even vegetables can be obtained. The
Spanish battalion of America arrived yes
terday at Matanz City, escortipg a large
number of starving pacifcos. They could
hardly walk and were beaten by the
soldiers when they tainted. Hundreds
died on the road.
sensation has been caused by the
news that General Felipe Martinez will
arrive soon from Spain, being called to
Cuba by WeyIer. Martinez has reputa-
ton for cruelty omparable only with
that of Weyler himself. Weyler is re-
ported to have said in he palace after re-
ceiving the news of Martinez's departure
10 Spain: Men like Martinez and Fons-
devila are the sort we need here"
The war is waging ferceIy in Puerto
Principe province. The town of Dos
Marias was sacked and partly burned by
insurgents after desperate resistance by
the garrison. The Spanish commander,
Manuel Barcelo, made heroic stand
against the assaiIants, and when he could
not fight any longer in the streets re-
treated TO the forts, which he held. The
Cubsns after sacking the town retired and
praised BarceIo's bravery.
At Arroyo del Muerto same province,
the Spanish battalion OF Cadiz had hard
fight with Cubans under General Lope
Recio Loynaz. The Spaniards. after
several lours' fighting, retreated in good
order to Puerto Principe City. The in
surgents kept firing on the Spanish rear
guard until the battalion entered the
town. The losses were heavy on both
sides.
q big Cuban expedition is reported to
have successfully landed in Pinar del Rio
Province. Several strong combats took
place on the northern coast where the expe-
dition landed. Large Spanish forces were
sent from Havana 10 Pinar del Rio to help
the Spaniards against the expedition.
NEW YORK, n. Y, Aug. 22.-Tbe re-
port circulated in Havana to the effect
that if change OF Cabinet should occur
in Spain, Campos would probably be
called to power by the Queen Regent, led
the Sun to inquire by cable from the cele-
brated general himself if there was any
foundation for the belief that in case the
present dissensions among the Spanish
Conservatives should make it impossible
for Azcarraga to maintain himself at the
head of the Ministry, he would form a
new Cabinet instead OF Sagasta. Cam pos,
with his usual candor, informed the Sun
by cable yesterday that there was not the
least probability that he viii form Cabi-
net in Spain. This avowal makes it clear
only the possible successor of Azcarraga
is Senior Sagasta, in the event of minis
terial crisis, which, according to the Suns
cable dispatches from Madrid, the Queen
Regent herself is endeavoring to avert.