The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-07-31
They Make a Raid Into the Sub
urbs of Havana.
AND CREATE ALMOST A PANIC IN
THE CUBAN CApIToL-GoMEz,s
MEN HAVE BEEN IN SIGHT OF
HAVANA FOR SOME WEEKS AND
HAVE MOVED ABOUT WITH
PRACTICALLY NO lNTERFER-
ENCE-THE CONFIDENCE OF THE
INSURGENTS GROWING.

Havana, Cuba, July 3O.-Havana's
outposts have again been attacked by a
lrage body of rebels who, before the
Spanish troops could be gathered to re-
s,st. had swept through the suburbs, car
rying all before them. They used, it is
oelleved. rapid-flring guns and large
quantity of dynamite
The attack was made late last night.
o'uay there is an MEDITATION among the
Spanish officials in Havana to DENY the
TACT That rebels evaded the forts and
swept INTO the Havana limits. But the
iacts remain, and the path left by the re-
oeis through the suburbs southeast of
the city may be plainly seen.
AT the first sounds of the firing the
spanish soldiers sprans to arms. They
proceeded hurriedly to tho southeastern
part, whence the rattle of muskttry, fol-
lowed by the boom of heavy guns or
dynamite, could be heard plainly all over
Havana. Then the sound of firing in
creased, and finally. after few hours.
died away, showing that the rebels had re-
tired.
Several wounded Spanish soldiers we're
brought into the city aud removed to
hospitals after the engagement. I also
understand that several were killed.
In Havana, during the rebel attack,
hundreds poured into the streets, and
cries of 1.-The rebels have ATTACKED the
Guy created almost panic in some
quarters.
The attack was not unexpected. For
weeks the rebels have been within sight
OF the capital and have practically moved
without interference. The insurgent
leaders nearest Havana are Brigadier-
General Castillo, with large force, at
Marianao, nine miles southwest; COL
Nestor Aranguren,a at Guanabacoa, across
the bay; Gen. Alexander Rodriguez, com
mander of the Havana province, who,
with LARGE force, is near Taruco, aud,
| Col. Raoul Arango,At "uatro Caminos.
| There is n belief in Havana that the
rebel raid was led Ey Aranguren, who is
noted as one of the most daring of the
rebel chiefs Captain General Weyler
having left Havana for Matanzas, the be-
lie' Is expressed that the knowledge by
insurgents of his departure led to the
attack.
have received the following letter
from General Castillo: 'Our confidence in
our triumph is daily greater During
the last month, with our modest force,
we had twenty eight severe combats with
the enemy. We have applied explosives
to the trains, fought troops on the high
been victorious everywhere.
During the same month twenty three
persons, fully armed, who belonged to
the Spanish army, joined our forces. I
am IN IL position to assure you that our
forces are more than ever fiourishing and
vigorous.
81 must also inform you, although With
reserve, that, taking in account the lack
of accommodations Sin our hospitals, our
sick, especially the least injured, are ac
customed to regain their health in the
enemy's cities by the side of their own
families and return to our midst as soon
as they are we'll again. That is the rea-
son 1t sometimes appears that some of us
pass over to the enemy.'
TIE Spanish authorities ia Havana saw
they have found colony of insurgent
abettors, and many arrests have been
made.in Regia, Guanabacoa and the cap
ltal. In several sshouses large quantities
of ammunition and medicines have been
found.
Matanzas is full of starving -econcen-
trado. Every night some of them die ON
steps ofthe. theatres..or churches. A cargo
of tile, TO be used for some government
purpose, arrived there recently. To un-
load these tiles the police pressed into
service number of reconcentrados. They
were too weak to work and too weak
even to drag themselves down to the har-
Dor. Some started to work, but had not
strength enough to carry the tiles. Then
apolice Inspector appeared with heavy
whip and mercilessly beat women and
old men for their inability to work.
THE WEATHEK.