The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-09-11
|TIcYoRIA DE- Las ! -
! TUNAS FALLS.
Spain Admits She Has Suffered a Great
Loss.
A GARRISON SURRENDERED
Was Defended by Seven Forts and Two
Krupp Guns but the Insurgents
Captured All.

Madrid, Sept 10-The capture OF the
town of Victoria dc las Tunas Province
under command Of Calixto Garcia and
Jesus Rabi, is confirmed in official dc.
spatchoS from Havana.
The Spanish garrison, consisting OF 800
troops, were all taken prisoners, but sub.
sequently eighty-seven of the Spaniards
were exchanged for IN equal number Of
Cuban prisoners
The Minister of War cablod Captain
General Weyler asking for m explana.
las Tunas which is defended by seven
forts. having two Krupp guns among
their armament.
1t is stated here that the object of tho
insurgents Is to establish their Govern.
ment and then obtain the recognition Of
their belligerency by the United States.
A Spanish expedition will BIO organized
to recapture Victoria de los Tunas, which
as been famous since the war of 1868 to
1873 In 1876 1t was taken by the insur-
gents under General Vicente Garcia AT
the beginning of the present revolution
it was strongly fortified by tho Span.
iards.
Havana. Sept s. via Jacksonville, Sept
| l0.-ln Matanzas the starving reconcon.
tralos arc st:!l forced to work like slaves
! by the military governor. -Four hundred
and twenty three men, 533 women and 1l5
children were yesterday forced to carry
heavy boxes Of dirt for tho construction Of
u wharf.
Many OF these were skeletons, and to-
tally unable to stand the enforced labor
in the hot sun, they dropped exhausted to
the ground. Brutal taskmasters with
whips kept tho rest working until they
were unable to stand. -;
Starvation in all parts Of the island is in.
creasing and pacificos are dying like rotten
sheep. While pictures Of starving Hindoos
have been awakening much comlliseration
in the United States, worse pictures could
| BIO seen here-educated people o mass of
skin and bono and this in land that
might bring forth an abundance for all.
Havana, Sept 10.-yhe entire Province
Of Santiago do Cuba Is now controlled by
the insurgents under Generals Garcia and
Rabi the Spanish troops being hemmed
in in tho capital and Manzanio.
At Plantano, near the town of Victoria
do las Tunas, in that Province, the Span.
ish battalion of Cordoba has been utterly
routed by the Cubans under General Peri.
quito Perez, acting under instructions
from General Garcia. Tho victory OF tho
Cubans wns SO complete that they cap
turcd the flag Of the battalion, large
train conveyed by tho Spaniards, and
nearly al! the arms and ammunition.
The news of this battle and Of tho gcner.
al failure to hold the Province of Santiago
dc Cuba has caused great sensation In
Havana. General Weyler cabled at length
to Madrid about the situation, Tho last
news from the Orient, US well as what is
happening in in Havana around the cap.
ital itself, has increased the Captain Gen.
erals unpopularity.
The Spaniards. who, until few days
ago, supported Weylcr's policy most ell
Enthusiastically. now say that he is running
Spnn aud losing Cuba, and that in spite
of all his l1oastlul reports tho insurgents
ara stranger than tho Spaniards in tho
provinces said by him to be ''pacined."
The shots OF the insurgents around the
suburbs of Havana are heard every night
exactly as before Weylcr took tho field two
weeks ago,
The body of Aria tho young man as.
sassinatcd at tho prison of Ell Cerro, in
yesterday with eleven revolver wounds in
the back. 1t is said hat Ariza's father
is an American citizen, and that ho will
file a claim against the Spanish Govern.
ment. The report Is circulating also that
another man, murdered with Aria, is
near relativoof the Italian Consul in this |
city.
L rom f)uuuu SltTt ITONllCO Reports come !
of daily engagements. One fight is re.
ported in which the insurgents drove away |
tho Spaniards with a loss Of $50 men. One |
hundred insurgents persisted.
A letter from General Vidal Ducassi, of |
Plnar del Rio Provice, has been received
in this city, which says:-
II wrote last week to the Cuban delegate
in tho United States about the brilliant
situati on of the Cuban arms. here and !!
every day have something to add in
praise of our army. fittings continue SO
fayorably for us it mny be said that the in.
dependence of Cuba Is near MT hand"
Havana, Sept 1o.-Genorul Luque has
sent the following despatch from Holguin,
Santiago do Cuba, TO Captain General
Weyler:
"OnSeptember the garrison of Victoria
do lasTunas surrendered TO the rebels who
have since returned, in exchange for an
equal number, the military comma nder,
hrec officers and seventy. five soldiers. The
after have been placed under arrest and
will be called upon to prove that they com
,icd with the military regulations of the
garrison.
simultaneously two columns of 800
non assisted by warships engaged tho in-
urrectionists at Tasajera Ia Jubn, Flores
a Escondia and Iona do las Agiscz, sciz-
ny the towns of Tasajsras unl Bijara,
which were in the hands Of tho enony.
: no troops also captured ii firearms factory
It Delete. During this engagement forty
even of the enemy were killed"