The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-01-21
FIGHTING IN DEL RIO
o,,., pr,vince Doesn't Seem to Be very
Inc Badly "Pacihed'

,1,.,,o Ian 1.-THE San Quln' If
Havana, ' Gayo de Espino, province Oh
oattalioh Il" y i; o" has had skirmlSh WIN
finar tel nv, during which the latter
the !H i nm killed. including the seer seer
Lost nit'v com l Ruiz Rivera, the insulsen; IN
tarS oi H. .nrrreled Antonio Maceo ~
leauut vi If the Cuban forces III M Ia
coll!iuuut island The troops also ue
p part oi 'n tbrea insurgent camp, anu ANY,
StrU! eT ooo huts, The column had seven
men tri "V SHmnniUh columns commanded by
cdnnroiS Ynclan and Gasco nave pein
ENGAGED with several inSursrnt p I,'n dn.
'l;tf"rent narts of Pinar del Rio' nave IVA
utrored three camps and have purnru
s suo - Tho insurgents lost twenty
500 mon killed. many wounded anu 'no
troons captured twelve prisoners, me
Scottish IUVpi had two men killed ana Tour
teen wounded ,.,;,hos in the
,rnvincn M Matanzas and Santa oi'tru
recently the insurgents lost twenty w w,
mon killed. The troops cap'ureu s,1
prisoners and the government forces i'au
TWENTY-FIVE men wounded. ,,
In I.ncha has an editorial TO-DAY; CON,
mantinr upon an editorial i'll La EloGlia
If Madrid of December %. La Epocnu
wbich is thp organ of Senior CanONas, 'he
nrnminr said that since Secretary. olhes
had declared that the president Is eN
cmsiyely competent to recognize the pei
lirprency of Independence OF anolne.
power. the relations between NaSn,ls,ol
and Madrid had been more fayoraple aii'
Spain had gained in European PuDli
opinion. 1t was pointed out, III auul''o !,
fiat a large portion of the press II
some cases semi-otiicially representing tn'
Spanish government, have advised span
TO tolerate American Intervention anu u
allow the United States to take part III
directly in the pacitication OF the lSlali'
of Cuba and in reforms Whicn "er'
bound to lead to the consideration o.
Spanish sovereignty. 49,. ~;
La Lucia concludes. from tins cdl
torial of La Epocha. that there does no
exist the slightest doubt that the 'ili'e'
States fomented the Cubans.
1T appears" it says, that there arse
exists n power to end it. Those talks
Mt Washington were of the sovereignty,
over Cuba and the power to maintain ana
communicate force and vigOr to 1t or u
modify the same according to con.
yenience. We await the development OF
events there. We believe affairs are on
the road settlement and the ending OF
the war
Governor POrrura, with the police in
spector. Senior Perez, has gone today 10
Guincs on visit of inspection.
An insurgent named L. Acosta. AT
Matanzas. and three Others ut Puerto
Principe have been arrested.
FL Pueblo, the organ of the autono-
| mist party. has been suspended after
fine having been six times levied upon it.
The American steamer Algiers, from
New Orleans, brought SO horses and %
mules. consigned to Gen. Weyler
The coastwise steamer Ambrozo
Bolivar. from Pinar del Rio has brought
in the officers and band of men, sick
| and wounded.
In the past three days 344 armed in
surgents have surrendered at different
points in MatanzaS. Santa Clara and
Pinar del Rio.
The insurgent leader, Andres SbOrrOtO
has been killed in an engagement at
Yaguajay in Santa Clara.
An insurgent camp, consisting of fifty
huts. has been destroyed by the troops
| near Santiago de Cuba