The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-02-10
At Least Five Thousand Insurgents
still Under Arms i'm the West
ern Province of Cuba.
SPANIARDS HUGH DISTURBED
OVER THE MYSTERIOUS MOVEMENTS
OF REBELS NEAR HAVANA.
IntimatiOn that the Captain General
Way Back to the Capital.
Ccopyright. 1887. by the Associated press3

HAVANA, via Key West, Feb. 9.-The
Va rious reports and statements of Captain
General Weyler, announcing the pacifca-
ton of the province Of Pinar del Rio and
the almost complete disappearance of the
insurgents in that part of the island are
far from being borne out by facts. AS in
timated in these dispatches when the Span
ish commander made the remarks cited, If
Pinar del Rio quiet as he alleged
IL TO be. what has become of the arms.
horses, ammunition and stores. etc. of the
seven thousand men whom he admitted
were under arms there As a matter of
fact. the insurgent forces in Pinar del Rio
seem better off, more thoroughly equipped
and disciplined than at any previous stage
of the campaign. In support of this asser-
tion the following statements have been
gathered from most reliable sources:
In the neighborhood of Catalina and Las
Cuevas the insurgent leaders Varona
Rivero and Luis Perez. with about 1,200
men, well armed and having plenty of am
munition, though poorly clad. In the zone
of Jauccia is the insurgent leader Lazo with
some six hundred men. Lazo is wounded
in both arms. In the districts of Bayas.
Rio del Medic. Mangnacos. Pena Blanca
and Pan de Azucar various groups of
insurgents with total of over five hun
dred men under Videl Ducasi. At the
heights of Gobernadora and the Sierra del
Rosario the insurgents are under the COM
mand of Brigadier General Ruis Rivero and
the leaders Jose Manuel Barrio and Perico
Delgado. They consist of infantry and
some cavalry. estimated TO number about
eight hundred men. At Soroa is a force of
Insurgents under Antonio Nunez. Nunez
however, is also said TO be wounded At
the Iona heights is the Zorro Bermudaz
band and at Bayate and in the district of
Punta Bravo are the insurgents under Gar
raga and Lucas Martinez. The insurgent
leader Federico Nunez is at Las Mangas
and near Arabia la Carlota and Artemisa
are iilsurgent forces under Lorau.
SURPRISE IN STORE.
These forces alone those of the known
leaders of the insurgents in the field. are
estimated to number about 5000 men and
yet the captain general claims that Pinar
del Rio is 'pacifed." In addition to these
forces is strong body of insurgents which
seems to have mysteriously disappeared
from the neighborhood of Havana The
whereabouts of this force is attracting
much attention and is known to be causing
the Spanish staff considerable anxiety. The
friends of the insurgents intimate that
big surprise is being prepared for Captain
General Weyler when he tries TO return to
Havana.
On Feb. 1 the insurgents destroyed. by
dynamite. culvert situated at a point
about 115 kilometres from here. between
Taco Taco and Eacanagua. Pinar del Rio.
At the moment Of the explosion an explor-
ing train from Vuelta Alliao was passing
over the culvert and the engine fell
through. The culvert was destroyed and
one passenger on the train was killed. The
engineer. two fremen. a captain of the
tillery volunteers, SuareZ and five soldiers
of tn battalion of Asturias were seriously
wounded Two of them have since died of
the injuries thus received In addition
eight soldiers were slightly wounded They
the wounded. The explosion caused panic
among the passengers. who were eventually
interrupted Tuesday.
Dionesio Ysarragorre, well-known in
surgent surrendered last week at Trinidad
He Immediately liberated under the
captain generals decree, but was after
wards arrested al Union. with a companion
named Caciniro Vivas.
Owing TO campaign of La Lucia thou
sands OF persons are being vaccinated daily
throughout the entire province In spite of
this. Il Is asserted. about I'VE thousand
cases of smallpox exist in Havana and
during the last four days thirty persons. or
eper cent. of the entire mortality, have died
from this disease. During the month of
January. at Jaruco alone. out of 562 deaths
81 were due to smallpox.
General Weyler. from Las Cruces. march
ed to Villa Clara capital of the province of
Santa Clara and il is reported from Villa
Clara that he will push on to Piacetas and
Remedies.
NO TREATING FOR PEACE
Advices from Remedies say that General
Maxine Gomez has moved from the district
OF Santa Spiritus to La Siguanea, which
caused rumors 20 be circulated of a proba-
BILE conference between the generals and
eventually OF the conclusion of peace. But
these reports have since been denied from
insurgent sources. All the rumors pub
Iished about prominent home rulers and for
mer leaders of the ten years war being
engaged i'm treating for peace entirely
without foundation and are only inspired by
the Diario de In Marina and perhaps re-
produced by some of the correspondents
here.
All the statements 70 the contrary il can
be affirmed on excellent authority that the
insurgents expect, in the long run. to win
something much more tangible than the
reforms proposed By the Spanish govern
ment- Ii is recalled that the Diario de La
Marina, during the captain generdlShip of
Calleja. announced that the latter had the
Intention of going a great deal further in
the direction of giving Cuba home rule than
outlined by the cabled reports OF the Gu
ba reform scheme Just proclaimed i'm Mad
rid. The Spaniards here. il cannot ne de-
MED. are heartily sick of the war, except
Ing only those who are without money or
property and who actually make a better
l ~ -. VI 'iie YS i 'ii ny ~.
peace is proclaimed. Then there is another
class anxious for the war to continue,those
who hope 10 better themselves considerably
should the insurgents triumph.
General Gonzales Munoz is upon the
point OF returning 10 spain on leave OF ab-
sence. His example is To be followed by
Generals Basana. Bernal Pin. Figuerone
and I.osas in March These officers. the
friends OF the insurgents claim. see abso-
lutely no chance of glory in Cuba and con-
siderable danger OF disgrace. to say moth
ing of disease and wounds. Consequently
their enemies AID. seeing that the insur-
gents must eventually triumph by the
machete or otherwise they adopting
the policy OF rats when the latter become
aware that the ship which harbors them is
on the point OF sinking
The insurgents Monday fired upon Il
Matanzas train near Campo \ Florida
wounding Spanish major and two passen-
gers.
AS this dispatch is sent il has become
known that some of the most prominent OF
the home-rule leaders here. after consult
ing together over the reforms projected for
Cuba. succeeded i'm sending a cable message
to the Madrid government requesting the
latter to radically amp!ify the reform
scheme. adding that under it's present form
there is absolutely no chance of it's meeting
the wishes of the insurgeDt leaders and
bringing about the paciication in Cuba
NAVAL ENGAGEMENT