Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-02-15
THE WAR N GUBH.
Information Of Operations from Both
Sides,
Tha Cuban Forces in Pinar Del Rio,
Lately "Pacihed" by General
Weyler, Alleged to be Numerous
and Active-The Spanish Com
mandant Tell About What He
Has Done and is Doing.

vile, Fla, says:
Col. Frederico Perez Carbo. late dis
patch chief for General Maceo. received
letter from Cen Lucas Rivera, from the
Plnar del Rio section. to-day. lt spoke in
the highest terms of his men. their enthu-
siasm in the cause, and denied i'm the
strongest terms that the province was paci-
fed.
The Spanish do not come out of their en-
tronched camps" wrote the General "and
when we want to fight them We have TO
go down 10 them. We have full control O.
all the open country
His army consists of over 5,o9o men, all
well armed, and the health of the troops
Is generally good. Several important en-
gagemenJs had taken place and in every
one the Cubans had been victorious.
While the men regretted
THE DEATH or MACEO.
yet they were full of patriotic ire, and the
fight was being continued on the plans
outlined by thar great general. one eNpe-
dition had landed there not long ago with
needed supplies, and the general was in
good spirits over the outlook for Cuban i'm
dependence. Rivera spoke of the good
work accomplished by the dynamite gun.
commanded by John Luun, of Jacksonville,
and said that he wanted another I'm one
of the last expeditions an ample supply of
ammunition for it had come over and 1t
was being used very often TO the damage
of the Spanish.
Artemisa has been almost laid i'm ruins
by the gun and other places and camps
have felt it's power. Important informa-
ton was also sent to Col. Carbo to be for
warded to the New York Junta.
THE SPANISH SIDE OF TT.
HAVANA February 1.-THE war cor
respondent of Id Lucha. Senor Canarte
and the Union Civil Governor OF the PROV
iuce Of Santa Clara Senior Montero Vidal
arrived yesterday from Placetas During
their trip to- the interior they met Captain
General Weyler who was stopping a the
house of Lieutenant Colonel Panaca. 1Ae
Civil Governor and Gen. Solauo had break
fast with Captain General Weyler. senor
Canarte joining the party. During the
course of the breakfast Captain c. G-ncral
Weyler was interviewed lie said that
from the railroad lines of Cienfuesoes and
Sagua columns and hrigades were recon
noitering continuously up to the edges Of
the rivers Sagua and Yaguaiay. General
Weyler a sked Senior CanartC about the sIy-
uaion
IN PTNAR DEL, RIO PROVINCE.
a nar- of the island in which Senior Canar-c
had been travelling recently. Ssnor Ca
7arta detailed the opera-ions there and the
work ACCOMPLISHED bv the division OF O. me
.era1 NIeIoufzo and botb agreed that there
was ONLY. worl, for local -uorrillas Can
tain General Zyevror s3ij that i'm tho prov-
ince of Santa clara tra revolution was
sim i'm a primitive state. but. he added.
that with concentration the Spanish would
nov soon obtain q posi.iv- advantage. and
an increase inrbc number of towns hold by
the government forces would soon 10
noted General Wevler said that General
Ntovin,o Gomez had intended 10 invade the
provinces of N1atanzas and Havana. but
tho. ba had baar Obliged TO retreat. owing
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