The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-08-06
Gescral Neylcr Severely Blamed for
His Dllatory Tactics.
WANTED TO ENTRAp CASTILLO
rublie Opinion fioslly forces HIN 10
Adyaaee and Drive Out the
Rebels.

Now York. August 5.-A dispatch 10
tho Herald from Havana Mys:
Il iE rumored that General wcyier's
departure for MatanzaA WAS due 10 or.
drrS direct from Madrid sanding him
10 the front weylcr made preparations
10 take tho field somo days ago. but
according 10 statement made by an
offcor at the palace. he Delayed hls
departure In order to mature o plan to
cntrap General Castillo The captain.
general II severely criticised for not hay.
ing taken the nold earlier For three
weeks now. bands OF Insurgents have
been swarmlng into Mntnnzas. and even
Havana. They have ruldrd small towns
aud made demonstrations before the
large towns They have landed oxpodl.
tons ana had time 10 organize Yet
General weyicr oontenird himself with
remaining on the defensive. and only
rctallaiing on the insurReu by issuing
docrrcs that considerably aggravated tho
sufIoHnRs Of the unfortunate reconccn-
trados Il was only when The insurgents
boldly attacked tho suburbs Of Havana
before public opinion forced him to 20
Public opinion with regard 10 wcylcr's
policy II beginning to manifest it~slf
business In at stsndsull ana the mer.
chants throw the blame on the govern
mcnt They say General Weylor'S odicta
practically restrict them from doing bus.
incnn with tho interior The wholesale
ARRESTS on the outskirts of the city help
10 swell the feeling OF uneaslncns and
dlsconvnt with the way tho campaign
In carried on
Insurgents recently entered Esponnza,
railroad town OF 500 persons There
they mot with some resistance and there
was considerable nghting In the streets
According TO ofiiclni accounts tho IN.
surgentn IN twenty killed when they
finally retired Tho commander OF the
town WIS seriously wounded Vie admits
that the insurgents robbed several stores
Bolondron another email town about
eight leagues from Mhtanzas, was also
raided ana many rior-s and buildings
were destroyed
la Havana province on Sunday last
Insurgents attacked Santiago DE- las We.
gas. nvc leagues from the capital \
hand wus playing IN the park az the
time, and most OF tho citizens were out
nromenading a panic was Threatened.
but the Spanish soldiers KEEP, their heads
ana took prompt steps to rcpci the in.
nurgenls. hut eventually the Insurgents
wcrc forced 10 retreat Several on both
slides were kllcl The insurgents rc-
malned close up all night to keep FIRE
on tho forts.
Four hundred insurgents under General
Castillo attacked La Chora, town three
miles nearer Havana, on the same night.
Castillo was not able 10 enter the TOWN.
but kept up a fire on the forts all night.
He also used dynamite with great sue
ccss. throwing bombs into tho town and
h'"AAF ilAA t'NfA ~ lHhilA hAtiNiAh0. tNNf
bombs were fired from dynamite guns
which were landed by recent cxpedi-
ton. The spaniards dld not venture out
OF the town.
The authorities determined on the fol-
lowing morning TO be revcnged on some
one. and arrested the family OF Morales
Bottelas, because the daughter OF the
nousc was the afiianccd OF Castillo's late
chief OF stan, Mr. and Mr. Morales,
their daughter and two children, were
taken outside the town, ordered TO kncel
down. and were fired upon 10y n squad
OF Spanish soldiers Morales, his wife
and one child were killed at the first
volley The daughter and her 5-year-
old brother were wounded and LETT on
the ground, They win die
Several camlllts hav, moved from the
town.