The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-01-28

Vlnals. and inflicted heavy losses, the
Spaniards losing thirty dead ana eighty
wounded This is known at the Palace,
hut the fact has not been given out otlci-
ally because they still persist IN MAKING
the people believe there IS no hghtlnS IN
Pinar del Rio. the rebels being all de-
moralized and scattered all over the couh-
try
II Is reported that when Weyler, was
marching down Candida Hill. near Guines.
six shots we're fred on him by some
party hidden IN the bushes nearby
wounding a lieutenant az his side and
private. tt IS also rumored that two OF
his adjutants were wounded.
Ia Lucha's kilograms from Washins-
ton Yesterday occasioned cOnsiderapie
laughter saying that De LONE had com
municated 20 the State Department tha'
tho provinces of Havana and MatanHa5
were virtually paChed. and that an sugar
estates IN these sections were actuaiV
grinding when IN fact. not one estate
I'm either of these sections nor any otner.
as far as known I'M Havana, are Grlnolu5
since an cane fields are now on Ire' ne
Toledo estate az tho gates OF havana,
has had to stop grinding because II mas
no cane. an having been burned.
Advices received from Sagua Ia
Grande from a trustworthy source give
shocking details Of the doings OF the no
torious Captain Carrerah. or the ioeAl
guerllias of tnat place, ana wen h"VN I"
for tie participation he took In the Out
race committed on the American cit.-
zens last year. on the 10Th inst, pass
ing by the town OF Mapaez, SIX hii's
southeast OF Sagua, he ordered ~ putnce
and ~ the same time he arrested ana
carried off number or the pcdtelul wv
zens of the town. Amongst them louI
..IN n
them an hacked to pieces with machelts-
one named Francisco Diaz was a quiet
inoffcusiVe man. highly esteemed lv' "''
honesty and hard working quahuts.
The guerilla chief brought into Saspa
the dead bodies of four pacihcos' one or
them "a poor cripple. My 2, years OF abe'
with a wife and three children .,,,.
French citizen. on whwose farm TINS
poor cripple. Estanislao Rogue, was EN-,
ployed. says tnat Dee Ne",d 1uV 80
tbaf the imprint of the cords with "nich
he was bound were plainly Flaiule' s., .0
names OF the rest of the killed are rs lol-
lows. .t...o ioa,.,e
a wife and seven children, Jose Rogue,
eood fwentv-six. leaves wife and iout
children. Francisco bia1, aseu W. ~ .
eight. leaves vile and seven chiiutv ,, j.
EstanlislO Rogue. aBe1 t"'A's ~-7''''
leavos a wife and three children.
4 member of Garrera's guerriilas gave
the above facts. and when asAeu III ne
did not dislike such mcthod OF wal
fare. he cody replied t..
AT first 10 was sickening 10 me- "N1
now / do not mind N.
lie also Said that they had orders from
the commander of that zone 10 XII every %
body and everything in sight, Dcfn ever -
tniug tney could burn. ana tn"t W"I.'
would not. Dee cut down even 10 oAliaU"
trees That this is being uoue l"rio
les lu formation from uuQuestlOutu sources.
Tho same authority says he witIt7acu
over twenty families trudBNs INTO % a5N"
La Graude. driven from MalpatI. ootnS
of the women and children were VIZ "a
ally nude. lie also says thal IN lne
town Ol Quenmauo de b1lht1, "t u
miles west of Sagua, there are lhite nun
dred families camped inside oi lhe '..-
tihcations, with nothing TO edt ana no
shelter. driven from thtr niue COUNT
huts which the Spanish troops puihtu'
together with their clothing. etc.
He also learned from Spanish onlcer
that three DAYS ago Gomez infantry en-
camped on the ManaJanano plahtaNoh'
which is between Santa Clara ana CANA
He also informed the same party that
there was no doubt Gomez had received
"a biz expedition 40 some point ATOMS the
Sagua coast ,t..
one OF the ultra-Spanlard5 sara 10 MN
II cannot understand the motives Of
our Government in destroying the island.
We Spaniards own or have interest IN
most OF IL and by the policy being puI-
sued Spauiafds are the real sufferers.
Beyond question the troops have Oiuclil
authority 10 lay waste wherever they
20. The situation in sdgua can be sum-
married. thus.
The insurgents. convinced that the
troops will destroy everything in reach
have ensCCrDed themselves behind the
hills. and giving them full play, out this
should not be- regarded as cOwMdly ca
the part az the rebels in making 40 efforts
10 prevent their nCn-cOmbatants from be-
ing murdered. as they have enough 10 90
IN keeping their own against the over
powering forces they have to contend
with.
The rabid Spanish papers OF Clenfuseos
report that the local guerillas OF Mahacas,
a town about ten miles from Sauto DO -
miugo. met an insursent force that sew
cnteen euerlla- were killed outright and
the balance had disappeared. The insur-
gent account oil 30 is that they killed nine
suerilas and captured tho entire band.
As the guerillas receive no mercy az the
hands OF the Insurgents the Spanish re-
port OF the disappearance IS about correct