The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-02-10

,c,nyr,rbt, 1881, by the Associated Press,)
HAVANA, via Key West, Fla. Feb,
The various reports and statements
:, cap,ain-aenera weyler. announc-
,nr me pacIatation of the province OF
pi,or on del RIO, and the almost complete
nnearance OF the insurgents in
NJ, mart OF the island. are far from
t1irc borne out by facts. As tntlma-
"a !, these dispatches when the Span
~ commander made the remarks cited
4, pInar del Rio was as quiet as he al
,,,s,I 1, to be, what has become OF the
srm, horses, ammunition and stores
c,e Of che 1000 men whom he admit
IA were under arms there?
Asa matter OF fact, the insurgent
,,nrss in Pinar del Rio seem better on,
rsSre thoroughly equipped. and dlsel-
sl,ned than At any previous stage OF
,Ss campaign. In support OF this as
slrtion che following statements nave
zen gathered from the most reliable
sources: :, 1.,,,,,, -,
~ cneyas are the insurgent leaders,
,sr,na Rlyero und Luis Perez, With
.6a,i 200 men. we'll armed and haV-
isg Dlensy OF ammunition, though poor
" clad. , -, ,,,,,, 4,
,As insurgent leader Lazo with some
~ hundred men. Lazo Is wounded In
both arms - -,
Ns5so ManEnacos, Pena Blanca and
p1n de AEucar are various groups of
,,syrVents with n total OF over nve
suBjred men, under Vidal Duvasi. At
IN heights Of Gobernadora and the
iSsrra deI Rosario, the insurgents are
gndsr the command OF Brigadler Cen
raj Ruls RIvero and the leaders, Jose
Manuel BarriO, and Perico pelgHdo.
Thsy consist Of infantry ana some cav
llrv. estimated to number about eight
agndred men.
Al saroa is force OF Insurgents
uadsr Antonio EuneZ. Sunez. howeH"
n Is also said TO be wounded.
Al the Iona Heights In the TOTO
Bsrmudaz band and at BaYate and IN
~ districts OF Punta Brava are the
Insurgents under GarrRga and Lucas
Martinez ~
n,T is al Las Mangas and near Ara
his Ia Carlota, and at Artemisa, are IN
surIent forces under lIoru.
The forces alone. those OF the known
hSders OF the Insurgents In the held,
~ estimated to number about brOOQ
zen and vet the C9ptain-General
ciaiTs that Pinar del Rio is "pacified-" -"
IN addition TO these forces Is a strong
hody ~ Insurgents. which seems 70 have
mrsteriousiy disappeared from the
gtivhborhood OF Havana. The where
abouts OF thia force Is attracting much
attention. and II known to be causing
he Spanish stan considerable anxiety
Tbe friends OF the insurgents inti-
mate that a big surprise Is being pre-
rared for Captain General Weyler when
he tries TO return 10 Havana
Owing 10 the campaign OF In Lucha
,bousands of persons are being yacctr-
ated daily throughout the entire prov
In splte Of this. 1t Is asserted, about
5 100 cases Of smallpox exist IN Ha-
yana, and during the last four Gays
thirty persons, or s per cent OF tne en-
Tire mortality, have died from this dis.
Ease. During the month OF January at
laruco alone, out OF 262 deaths, 5lI were
due to smallpox.
An the rumors published about proml-
nent home rulers and former leaders
Of the ten years war being engaged In
treating for peace are entirely without
and are only Inspired by
the Diario de Ia Marina, and perhaps
reproduced by some Of the correspond
rntS here.
All the statements to the contrary. II
ran be affirmed on excellent authority,
that the insurgents expect In the long
run to win something more tangible
Than the reforms" proposed by the
Spanish government. The Spaniards
here, II cannot be denied. are heartily
sick Of the war. excepting only those
who are without money or property and
who actually make n better living than
they ever did before or could hope 10
DO again II peace is proclaimed.
As this dispatch Is sent. II has be-
come known that some OF the most
prominent OF the home rule leaders here,
after consulting together over tho re-
forms projected In Cuba, succeeded In
sending n cable message 10 the Madrid
goYeFnmentre requesting the latter to con-
radically ampllfy the reform
scheme, adding that under its present
ioim there Is absolutely no chance or Its
meeting the wishes or the insurgent
leaders and bringing about the pacifl-
Illlun in Tuhn