The record-union., 1897-02-10

paign-The Forces of the Known
Leaders i'm the Field Alone Are
Five Thousand Strong.
HAVANA, Feb. 9, via Key West
(F'la), Feb. Copyrighted, 1891, by
the Associated Press. )-The various re-
ports and statements of Captain Cen
eral Weyler announcing the pacitication
of the Province of Pinar del Rio and
the almost complete disappearance OF
the insurgents in that part of the island
are far from being borne out by facts
As intimated in these dispatches when
the Spanish commander made the re-
mark cited, if Pinar del Rio was as
quiet as he alleged it to be, what has
become of the arms, horses, ammuni-
ton, stores etc, of the 200 men whom
he admitted were also under arms
there? AS a matter of fact, the insur-
gent forces in Pinar del Rio seem better
off and more thoroughly equipped and
disciplined than at any previous stage
of the campaign. In support of this as
sertfon the following statements have
sources:
In the neighbOrhoOd of Catalia and
! Las Ciuvas are the insurgents leaders
Narona Riviro and Luis Perez, with
about 200 men, we'll armed and hav-
| ing plenty of ammunition, though poor
/ ly clad. In the zone of Jaucial and Mu-
lais is the insurgent leader Lazo, with
some 600 men. LaZo is wounded in
| both arms. In the districts of Bayas
Rio del Medic, Monganacos, Pena
Blanca and Pan de Azucar are the va
rious groups of insurgents, with a to-
| tai of over 800 men under Videl Du-
casi. AIT the Heights of Governador
and the Sierra del Rosario the insur-
gents are under the command of
| Brigadier General Ruiz Riviera and
the leaders Jose Emanuel Barrio and
Perico DelgadO. They consist of in
fantry and some cavalry, estimated to
| number about 500 men. At Sorroa is
q, force of insurgents under Antonio
Nunez. Nunez, however is also said to
be wounded At the Iona Heights is
the Torro Bermudez band, and at Ba-
waite and in the district of Punta Bravo
are the insurgents under Garraga and
Lucas Martinez. The insurgent leader
Frederico Nunez is at Las Managa, and
near Ariba La Carlotta and Artemisa
are insurgent forces under Lorau.
These forces alone, those Of the known
! leaders in the field, are estimated to
number about 5000. and yet the Cap
! tainGeneral claims that Pinar del Rio
is 'pacified'
In addition to these forces a strong
body of insurgents is said to have mys-
teriously disappeared from the neigh
borhood of Havana. The whereabouts
Of this force is exciting much atten-
ton, and is known to be causing the
Spanish staff considerable anxiety.
On February 1st the insurgents de-
stroyed by dynamite a culvert about
l,loO kilometers from here, Taco Taco,
and Bacanagua, Pinar del Rio. At the
moment OF the explosion an exploring
train from VueIta Abajo was passing
over the culvert and the engine fell
! through. The culvert was totally de-
strOyed and one passenger on the train
was killed. The engineer two firemen,
a Captain of artillery, volunteers, Sua-
rez and five soldiers Of the battalion
of Asturias We're seriously wounded.
! Two OF them have since died of the in
jurieS thus received. In addition eight
soldiers were slightly wounded. They
! were sent to Palacios, as We're the
rest of the wounded men. The explo-
sion caused panic among the pas
sengers, who We're eventually trans
ferred TO aonther train. The line was
| interrupted on Tuesday.
Owing to the epidemic of smallpox,
4 1hnl1G1n6 ga,
cinated daily throughout the entire
| province. In spite of this, il Is as
serted that about 5000 cases of
smallpox exist in Havana. and during
the last four days thirty persons, or
per cent. of the entire mortality, have
died from this disease. During the
month Of January at Jaruco alone, out
! of 362 deaths. 317 were due to small
pox.
General Weyler, from Las Cruces,
marched to Villa Clara. capital of the
province of Santa Clara, and it was
reported from Valla Clara that he will
push on TO Placetas and Remedies.
All the rumors published about prom
! inent home rulers and former leaders
| of the ten years war being engaged in
treating for peace are entirely without
| foundation. and are only inspired by
| the 'Diario De La Marina" and per-
| haps reproduced by some of the cor
respondents here
All the statements 10 the contrary,
| it has been ascertained on excellent
authority that the insurgents expected
| in the long run 10 win something much
more than given in the reforms pro-
| posed by the Spanish Government. 1t
| is recalled that the "Diario De La
| Marina" during the Captain General 5
| generalship, announced that the lat
| ter had an intention of going a great
| deal further in the direction Of giving
| Cuba home rule than outlined in the
| Cuban home rule scheme just pro-
posed in Madrid
| The Spaniards here ii cannot be de-
| MED are heartily sick Of the war. ex-
| cepting only those who are without
money or property and who actually
make better living oatt of the revolu-
| ton than they ever did before or could
| hope to do again if peace is pro-
claimed. Then there is another class
anxious for the war to continue-those
| who hope To better themselves con-
siderably should the insurgents tri-
umph.
General Gonzales Munoz is on the
point of returning TO Spain on leave of
| absence. His example is to be fol-