The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1897-03-05
THE CUBANS WILL WIN.
An Insurgent Officer Talks of the
War with Spain
The Cubans Arc Confident of Winning
Independence-Injury to Bust
ness Interests In This
Enuntrx

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morrow. The state is practical.
unanimous in favor of the irdepent
encc Of the island from Spanish ruiz
The war has practically destroyed IL
tobacco and cigar industry Of Ec
West, Tampa and Jacksonville, locl:ir,
| up thousands of dollars OF capital ii
Vested in property fit only for Tobacco
manufacture in some form, and throw
ing out of employment thousands 1
men who are unable to find cnp!o.
ment in any other industry, aud w
are in the main unsuted for any othel
81 am using up my last bale of tc
bacco to-day" said a dealer to the Su-
| correspondent, "and shall have to clos
own my factory. / can't get any t.
acco. How many men VIII be throw
cut OF employment? a very larg.
| ,umEer. and when added to the Other
this city and the state, viii max
iGite small army whose means [
| ubsistance have been destroyed by IL
| war in Cuba. But we all, laEorcrs AZ
manufacturers, bear our losscs cheer
| FULLY. We feel that it is necessary {,
| male the sacrifice that Cuba Eay
,rcc. ara We feel certain that 1t will be-
The sun correspondent had TIC GJc
'ortunc TO meet three officers OF the'ii
urgent army, who have just come oyo
rom Cuba upon a special mission. Oh
Of them spoke English fairly well. Ii
8 n colonel, and looks it every inch
lie said:
"Wcylcr has under his command -
the island fully 100000 men. 1t IS c:
,matci that from 10000 10 $1,000
hon are laid up in the hospitals. III
-cma;nG2r of them stick 10 the citie'
,Th,n tLry sally forth It is ia larg
uribers. Are they afraid of TIC c.
ans?" The colonel shrugged l.
iouldcra. and a comical smile ag'tate
he stiG hairs Of his mustache. I'll
lea of II Spaniard being afraid CT :;
ular," said he, ironically. ",io. il
lust rot be that. Oh, no; somcthirt
Sc must keep them in the cites. III
u:Ina have fully 10000 armed racn
c iclG. and fully 90,UcO reserve
aly TO fl up the ranks is fast
Icy are decimated by The Crcm
e have r;enty of men, il We could en-.
ru,p them. 1t is estimated that "
az" three men to every gun.
Every armed column has an urarme'
-lrmn following it, and whenever {;
Her falls there is a mad scralnL
% Bis weapon.
"Gcn. Maxine Gomez commands {
stern department. Gen. AHto;
acco commands the western GH-a:
mt. comprising Las Vegas, Nat""z- q
vera and Pinar del Rio. vhcrc 4
'rc!pal operations arc today. 7
..cos have a glorious record. -
90 colonel. "There were n.HH Ct {.
Others. Of whom Gen. Antonio $ Il
NV survivor. All the o;arsi Y"
He'd in Eattle, fighting for TIE ri s.
-dcnce of Cuba. This is record
..ch Spartan would have be-
ouA.
What are our prospects to-day? y
lal win. We can't fail. In the tt
rars' war the insurgents d.d rot =
ado the province Ct Mat"r@2s At g.
rhcywcrc kept outof 1t. ButCtn.Maco
as zone further than that, - tl.G
Wcyler las not only to drive Us out
auaruey and MaianZas. but out
Pinar del ITO rs well. We have IL.
EASTERN department in our grip. 1t .:
the more important OF the two derari
merits. and the inability OF TIE Hiai-
ards 10 collect any taxes there IS enc G
tie scyercst Lows the insurgents nav.
inflicted upon them.
THE industries Of Cuba are Far;
wed. The extent of the pGralysis n
G inferred from the fact t1at il is 6.
mated ;iat not enc bag Of sugar W
&c sent cut of the island tbs yea
Last year Neyler ordered the p!aHt,
10 grid their care. The insurgtA
ere opposed 10 their doing 50. No
re has 10 lower to command thcE.
mind. There will lie 10 sugar clo
his year. All the tobacco thar was &c
lected has been burned, and that wh'c
remained in the fields has been lu!rc,
"l'hc rolicy of the insurgents ha
been 10 destroy the sugar and tobaec,
,statcs in order to cripple the revenue
of Spain.
81 he pcople of Cuba are determine
TO aciiyNe their independence. Thc.
are tired of Spanish eXtortion and t.
amy, and prefer death TO further 81
mission. The war began February =
1895. We gained mere in the first s.
months of the war than we gained !
the whole time of the ten-years' war.
When Spain could not crush the war Of
1868. when il was confined to one prov
ince, in ten years, with the sacrifice OF
2O0, 900 men, how can she do SO now'