San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-04-29
A PRIEST HEADS A BAND OF
TWO HUNDRED REBEL
LIOUS CUBANS.
Cuban Aijutant. Who Is An Ameri-
can Citizen, Captured By The
SlaniardS- General Wey-!
Ter Is Back In
Havana.

New York, April "a dispatch to
the Herald from Havana says: The
engagement which the Spanish had
with General Rodriguez in the Pur-
datori hills and which was reported as
decisive Spanish victory, turns out to
have been the reverse. The Spanish
columns encountered the insurgents
and attacked sharply, relying on their
superior force. The rebels retreated
toward their camp and succeeded in
playing their old trick of drawing the
Spanish into ambuscade.
General Castillo arrived with REIN
forcements while Rodriguez was en-
gaging the Spanish and fell on their
flank. The fighting lasted five hours
and in killed. wounded and prisoners
| the Spanish lost twenty-eight men.
News came from Santiago de Cuba
that two hundred volunteers, headed
by priest and a prominent physician,
have Joined the insurgents because
they were dissatisfied with the conduct
of the Spanish authorities and believ-
ed that Garcia would succeed in main
tanning his supremacy in the eastern
| province.
The situation at Banes continues to
demand attention. Four cruisers and
several gunboats have been ordered
there to land a force to march on the
port from the direction of Holquin. The
rebel force in and near Banes is es-
timated at 5000.
| General Weyler came quietly back to
Havana early yesterday morning, after
a six weeks trip to Santa Clara, dur
ing which, if he accomplished any
thing from military standpoint, the
fact has been concealed. 1t is now
reported that he is going to Spain very
soon, but the report is probably due to
the fact that his son sails on April 30.
1t was reported last night that some
insurgent chief of Importance had
passed into Pinar del Rio. He is be-
lieVed to have been Quintin Banderas,
but the statement lacks confirmation.
From Matanzas and other towns in
Havana, Santa Clara and Pinar del
Rio comes the news that starvation
and disease are on the increase.
A dispatch to the World from Ha-
vana says:
| Advices from Sagua la Grande say
that Rafael Fernandez, adjutant on the
| stan or the lnSurSenI Se!SIdl' INopdu'
has been captured. 1t is understood
that he is an American citizen He is
confined in the military prison at Sag
ua. His case is receiving attention
lat the hands of United States Consul
Barker.
An outbreak occurred in the house
of refuge, where disreputable negro
women assaulted some respectable Ia
dies confined as political suspects
The warden asked for assistance from
the governor ~of the province to queu
the mutiny but was refused and ne
managed to establish order himself
The ladies are now confined in a sim
gle apartment by themselves. Anoth-
err outbreak is apprehended as the
place is insufficiently guarded.
Last Monday night twenty-siX Gu
ban patriots entered the fortified sea-
port OF Tunas de Zaza, raided the
place, sacked all the stores and carried
off a quantity of plumber. The garrl-
son offered no resistance.
Sotiecito, an important town OF san
ia Clara province was raided on Tues
day night. The patriots burned one
of the stores because the proprietor
tried to prevent them from plumber
ing.