The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-14
CASTAWAY REBELS FROM CUBA
TWELVE REACH JAMAICA IN AN
EXHAUSTED CONDITION.

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of an Insurgent Camp in the Prov
incc of Camngua-Seventy Hours
in "a LeaINy Open Boat in Making
the Passage Betw cen the Islands.
British officials Suspect They May
BE Important Leaders-Deny That
Gomez Has Been Killed.
Correspondence of the Associated Press.
Kingston, Jamaica. July 6.-Twelve Gu
bans, the last survivors of an insurgent
camp in the province of Camagua. reach
ed Rio Uneven, a little port on the north
side of the island few days ago in an
open boat They were in a terrible condi-
ton of exhaustion, as they had been sew
| enty hours in making the passage. The
| little craft. which had been constructed
| in the camp just before their departure
was found to leak in several places, and
owing to the high winds and the heavy
sea the refugees were compelled to take
a turn about in baling her, in order to
| keep from being swamped.
Again and again they were on the verge
of destruction, the waves washing over the
boat and filling her to the very thwart.
After three days of constant anxiety and
struggling they managed to put in at
| Rio Nuevo in a pitiable condition. The
names of the crew are DR.. Gonzal Garcia
| Vieta a lieutenant colonel, Commander
Felix V. Periel, Capts Arthur r. Joyce
and Luis K. Miranda; Lieuts. Cardolas
Bordelis and Moreno, Sub-Lieuts. Juan
Veter, Adolphus Casonavas Alberto Diaz,
Juan Calbdeven and Lorenzo Vicente
as pilot and several of the others as sail
ors. 1t is suspected by the authorities here
that some of the names are fictitious and
that among the party are several impor-
tant revolutionary leaders who have been
| in New York and who are travelling incog-
nito. 1t will be remembered that last year
| Carlos Roloff, the leader of many eXpedi-
| lions to Cuba, arrived in Jamaica, under
| the nom de guerre of Charles Roberts and
| described himself as an American journal
| list 1t was not until after his departure
for Cuba that the Spanish consul in Kings
| ton became aware of his real character.
| Whether the suspicious of the government
| are well founded or not, it is hard to say
| at present, but in a few days the real facts
| will probably become known. OF the
| twelve men composing the party, four are
| invalids. DR.. Viatais now lying in Kings
| ton, tenderly cared for by the local Gu
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| by months of trials and prvatons. An
| other has a bullet wound in the thigh; a
| third bayonet wound in the shoulder, and
a fourth is not expected to recover from
| an internal complaint aggravated by the
| severe effects of the voyage.
But their spirits not daunted. Glee-
| fully they talk of the successes of the
rebels and Of the defeats of the Spanish.
| Their privations and sufferings are they
| say, as nothing compared with what the
Spanish troops are undergoing.
In an interview with an Associated Press
correspondent they complained bitterly of
| the action of the British officials, for the
visiting health officer had arbitrarily seiz-
| ed number of important letters and dis
| patches designed for the Cuban Junta in
New York. They had protested against
| this action, but the officials replied that
a breach of the postal regulations act had
been committed, and that the letters must
| be forfeited as a penalty
| Nearly eighty letters were taken from
| Dieptra alone and there is no prospect of
any of them ever reaching their destina-
| ton.
My first inquiry was with reference TO
| the rumor that Gen. Maxine Gomez had
| been killed. This was treated by all pa
! triots as simply canard, circulated by
the Spanish in the hope of persuading a
| few deserters to join their ranks
At the time the party left Cuba Gen. Co
mez was in good health, and sanguilly
was in charge of his campaign He was
! IN command OF strong force. and not in
! the vicinity where. according to the Span
ish canard. he had met his DEATH
! The revolution, said ALoreha is Drinci-
| pally confined at the present moment to
| the Orient and Camagua provinces The
! Spanish are in possession of one or two
small places. but they suffer very much
from the want of ammunition Their
camps are decimated by sickness ana
/ he arr
| the ranks OF the insurgents
! They are afraid to venture far as their
| forces are small and it is only when a
passing column reinforees them that they
make a sally in search of supplies.
| battle was recently fought at Cana
| qua, IN which the insurgents were en-
tirely successful They received word
! that conveys of food were being sent from
| Bayamo and Jauana and gathered to the
| number of 1900 under the command Of
| Gen. Garcia. On the scouts reporting that
/ the convoy was in sight, they made a
! sortie and a fierce contest of some hours
/ ensued. The Spanish troops outnunbered
/ their adversaries In the proportion Of two
| TO one, but in spite Of their fierce defense.
the Spaniards were utterly routed leaving
a large number Of dead and wounded upon
/ the field. The Cubans also suffered con-
| siderable loss, but nothing like the same
| extent as the Spaniards, whose dead were
| numbered by hundreds.
| The Cubans captured the supplies and
secured also a large number of rifles, with
/ several cases OF ammunition.
The town Of lguana was also the scene
| Of terrible conflict, but Gen. Garcia and
| his troops were again victorious
After driving out the spaniards with
/ great loss, they took possession or the
| place. Or. Nieta says that the Cuban |
| troops are In good health and have a good
| supply OF food and ammunition All are |
well armed, and the principal difficulty Is
| to keep them in clothes.
1.-THE election Of a president was COM
mcnced In the month or May and there has |
| been genuine display Of patriotic feeling
| on the subject among the Cubans The |
| result Will not be made known until Sep
| tember. The candidates are Gen Garcia.
/ Gen. Masso and Seymour Capolc DR.
| Hernadez Is also among the nomlneesn
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