New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-26
READY TO PUNISH BRUTALITY
COMMENT IN MADRID ON THE RUIZ
CASE.

CAST.
ALLEGED DEFEAT OF GOMEZ IL crBA-RcMoH
,por.r GENERAL LEE DENIED IN HAVANA
Madrid Feb 25-The "Epoca." In an article
s,.o,sstrg rho Cuban situation as affecting the
relations Of Spain with the United states -
,udes IN the killing Of Ricardo Ruiz an Amer'-
can citizen in a Spanish prison In Cuna Hi"
odds. "The Ruiz affair cannot assume the P'o-
portions Of international Importance spain 10
readv IN punish any persons who shall be proven
IN have ill-treated Ruiz. and the frieho'y le'"
tions between Spain and the Government d.
Washington preclude any diplomatic strain o'e'
the matter" ,
4 dispatch from Havana says that the prigaoes
commanded by General Gasco. Segura anu r1'~
have successfully defeated Gomez, coh'pei'i"e
him 70 retreat with heavy losses. All the paSSe'
leading 10 Matanzas and Las Villas nave peeh
occupied by the Government troops pre'e"''"e
the insurgents from finding refuge there
Havana. Feb 2j.-Dspatches received mere
from New-York say rumor Is preVa'en' '"''N
,ba. United States Consul General Lee has re-
ceiyed his passports This is not true "e"ei"
Lee has neither received his passports nor mas he
.os,orod his most. The fact Is that a day or two
ago he ntimated his disposition to resign IL .,e
I-nited States Government failed to sustain '"c
attitude he had assumed in the cases OF III nu'"
and Mr. Scott He has gone no further than thiS'
ola Lucia" commenting on the report h'.'
New-York announcing Consr-Generai Lee al
legged resignation. pretends to explain 'ne '"u
of his reported retirement froH o'"cc' -
that General Lees position would De uh'ena''7
with the advent of the Mckinney Admifiis'ia''
and re wished to anticipate a possible intima'loh
he might receive from Mr.. Mckinney 'ha' "''
resignation would be accepted.
The same paper contains an editoriai u'9'u
ing the action of the correspondent Vi "
Liberal" of Madrid, in going to see the repe'
commanders chief Maxine Gomez !" ms
.,nn Tho "Iucha" praises 1t as journalistic
feat but strongly critcises the step a. 1t says -
nIaces he Government in a grave POSITION III
,.iov Of the fact that Sylvester Scove an A'''e''-
can correspondent. is now imprisoned i''
hitting the same crime. .o.
Consul-General Lee has obtained the cons .tn
Of the Marquis de- Ahumada. VINO IS now az ne
in the place of Captain-General WeyIei, c,,ns
return 10 her former home IN the 'niteu 80 ,od
80 Ms Rodriguez who was recently arrested
in Puerto Principe because her husband was
rebel r,ao ,,varez
and tbree other men who were arrested IN
boat from filibusterlng expedition year as &C.
have been tried by COu-t-martal AT oah,i"eo w
cuba and sentenced to life imprisonment,
Further details of the assassination or the MAJ
uraIized American Ricardo Ruiz, at Guanapacoa,
intensity the atrocous features OF the oeeu do
previously reported. 1t appears that 'he uIIio.
tunate man presaged his coming deatn' aiIu me- a.
aged to engrave with his finger nails upon .le
bottom and back of the only rickety chaii ai.at
his ca ptOrs allowed him. in his marrow, H,'i' "a,
cell the following heart-rending 1are"eh "u
dress to his family:
Mercedes Nina. Evangeline. Rica 10
children OF my life. | give you my peS' " a. N
ohedent to your mother. They VIII XIII me /. az.
taken TO Havana. Tell everything ferh Hpdh ~!
American countrymen will avenge me Oooup!'
Rita OF my SOUL
Havana papers all know the truth OF the i"ut
der but necessarily they have TO Keep aule'' :"
the American colony this murder created lhe w
most excitement. Consul-Genera Lee. aiter idy
ing the case before the state Department., ur-
dress and the prompt punishment OF the perpe-
trators asking at the same time that warshlpS
Inc placed at his disposal, If necessary 10 enforce
his demands in this case and In SCOTS.
Scott was held for thirteen days IN state VI
i,comu,lnic ado in a miserable dungeon WITHOUT
light or air in the Guanabacoa jail
II is reported that Gomez. after success
fully crossing Weyler's lines near Sancu Spir-
itrs was last heard from passing near Mani
,araaua south of Santa Clara CITY with f,VW
mon marching west. 1t Is presumed that ne VIII
her more force in that province previous 10 IN
vadinc MatanZas After attacking all the sugar
estates which have been grinding against his
orders IL is expected he will force the Spaniards
ia an attack on his own chosen ground. Great
settlement prevail ID at Cienfuegos when 1t was
known that Gomez had outhanked Weyler,
placing himself in Weylers rear.