Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1897-01-29
THE CUBANS WILL WIN.
An tnsurEent Omoer Talk, OF the
War with Spain.
The cubsns Arc Confident of Winning
MISUNDERSTANDING to Buai-
ness Interests la Thhs
Couutry.

9 he "ur ms practically destroyed the
tobacco and cigar industry of Key
West, Tampa and Jacksopsi lille, locking
up thousands of dollars OF capital in.
vested in property fit only for tobacco
manufacture in some form, and throw
ing out of employment thousands of
men who are unable to find employ
ment in any other industry. and who
are in the main unsuitcd for any other.
u am using up my last bale of to-
bacco to-day" said IL dealer TO the Sun
correspondent, and shall have TO close
down my factory. | can't get any to-
bacco. How many men will be thrown
out OF employment? A very large
number. and when added to the Others
in this city and the state. will make
quite small army whose means of
subsistence have been destroyed by the
war in Cuba. But we all. laborers and
manufacturers. bear our losses cheer
fully. We feel that it is necessary TO
mike the sacrifice that Cuba may be
free, and we feel certain that Il will be-"
The Sun correspondent had the good
fortune TO meet three officers of the in
surgcnt army. who have just come over
from Cuba upon n special mission. One
of them spoke English fairly we'll. lie
Is n colonel, and looks il every inch
lie said:
"Ncylcr has under his command in
the island fully 100000 men. 1t is rs-
timatcd that from 10000 TO $4,000 OF
them are laid up in the hospitals. The
remainder of them stick to the cities.
When they sally forth it is in large
numbers. Are they nfruid OF the Gu
bans"" The colonel shrugged his
shoulders. and comical smile ngita,cd
the stiff hairs of his inustacbe. "rhc
idea of Spaniard being afraid Of
Cuban" said he. ironically. NO. il
must not be that Oh. no; something
else must keep them in the cities. The
Cubans have fully 10000 armed men in
the field. and fully $4,000 reserves
ready TO fiji up the ranks as fast us
they are decimated by the enemy.
We have plenty Of men. If We could only
rquip them. 1t IS estimated that wo
have three men TO every gun.
Every armed column has an unarmed
column following it, md whenever a
soldier falls there il mud scramble
for his weapon.
Gen. Maxine Gomez commands the
rastcrn department.. Gen. Antonio
Mlacco commands the western depart
mcnt comprising Las Vegas. Mntanzas.
T"Nana and Pinar del Rio, where the
principal operations are to-day. The
uaccos have II glorious record" said
The colonel. There were nine of the
brothers. of whom Gen. Antonio is the
inly survivor. All the others were
til!cd in battle. fighting for the indie
rendcnce of Cuba. This is n record of
which II Spartan would have been
Iroud.
What are our prospects to-day: We
'hall win. We can't fail. in tie ten
years war the insurgents did not in
wade the province of Matanzas at all.
They werekept outof it. ButGen Maceo
has gone further than that, so TINT
Weyler has not only to drive us out of
fnmaguey and Mntanzas, but out of
Pinar del Rio ns we'll We have the
eastern department in our grip. It is
The more important of the two depart
ments, and the inability of the Span
lards 10 collect any taxes there is Que OF
The severcst blows the insurgents have
inflicted upon them.
The industries of Cuba are para.
lyzcd. The extent of the paralysis may
le inferred from the fact that it is cs-
'imated that not one bag of sugar will
I've sent out of the island this year.
Last year Weyler ordered the planters
10 grind their cane. The insurgents
~erc opposed to their doing 30. Now
tp has To
Grind. There will be no sugar crop
:his year. All the tobacco that was col
Iccted has been burned and that whic,,
remained in the fields has been ruined.
The policy of the insurgents has
been TO destroy the sugar and tobacco
estates in order to cripple the revenues
of Spain.
The people Of Cuba are determined
10 achieve their independence. They
are tired of Spanish eXtortion and tyr
amy. and prefer death to further sub
mission. The war began February "a.
1898. We gained more in the first six
months Of the war than we gained in
the whole time of the ten-years' war.
When Spain could not crush the war OF
1868. when it was confined TO one prov
mce, in ten years, with the sacrifice of
100000 men, how can she do so now,
when we have the run of the island
from one end to the other?
Then it should not be overlooked
thnt in the ten-years' war our men
numbered hardly more than 1000 with
arms; to-day we have more than 10000
armed men, with 10000 unarmed re-
serves. The men are so eager to fight
that they contend with each other for
,rms."-N. Y. Sun.
Sharp Detective.
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