The herald., 1897-02-10
GENERAL WEY[ER'S
PRONUNC|AM|ENTOS
Announce Pacificati0n of
CubanS
FACTS TELL 4 Different STORY
Pinar Del Rio Province Swarms
With Insurgents
THEIR CLOTHES ARE SEEDY
Dut Their Arms Are Good and Ammu'
milton Plenty
The Rebel Leaders Are Preparing a Sur
prise Party
Even the Cuban Home Rulers Are Dlssatis-
fled with the Proposed Reforms, While
the Fighters Refuse Them
With Scorn
Dut Their Arms Are Good and Ammu'
milton Plenty
The Rebel Leaders Are Preparing a Sur
prise Party
Even the Cuban Home Rulers Are Dl'satis-
fled With the Proposed Reforms. While
the Fighters Refuse Them
With Scorn
Associated Press Special Wire

ia ANA, Nld INcy WCol, io', = We
S.-(Copyright 1s97)-The various re-
ports and statements of Captain-General
Weyler announcing the pacification 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
Spanish commander made the remark
cited. If Pinar del Rio was as quiet as
he alleged it to be, what has become of
the arms, horses, ammunition, stores,
etc, of the 1000 men whom he admitted
were also under arms there.
AS 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 cam
paign. In support of this assertion the
following statements have been gath
cred from the most reliable sources:
I'm the neighborhood of Catalina and
Las Cuevas are the insurgent leaders
Varora Rivero and Luis Perez, with
about 1900 men, we'll armed and having
plenty of ammunition, though poorly
clad.
In the zone of Jauchia and Mulais is
the insurgent leader Lazo, with some 600
men. Lazo is wounded in both arms
In the districts of Bayas, Rio del Medic
Manganacos, Pena Blanca and Pan de
Azucar are the various groups of insur-
gents with a total of over 500 men under
Vidal Ducasi.
"At the heights of Gobernador and the
Sierra del Rosario, the insurgents are
i Ill.,. ~
Ruiz Rivera and the leaders Jose Manuel
Barrio and Perico Delgado. They con-
sist of infantry and some cavalry, es
timated to number about 800 men. At
Soroa is a force of insurgents under
Antonio Nunez. Nunez, however, is al
so said to be wounded.
"At the Iona Heights Is the Torro
BermudeZ band and at Bavate and in
the district of Punta BraXa are the in
Surgents under Garraga and Lucas Mar
IlneZ.
The insurgent leader Frederico Nunez
IS at the Manages and near Ariba la
Carlotta and Artemisa are insurgent
forces under Lorau.
These forces alone, those of the known
leaders in the field, are estimated to
number about 5000, and yet the captain
general claims that Pinar del Rio is
'pacified'. In addition to these forces
q strong body of insurgents is said to
have mysteriously disappeared from
the neighborhood of Havana. The
whereabouts of this force is exciting
much attention and is known to be caus-
irg the Spanish staff considerable anX-
iety:
1.-THE friends of the insurgents int-
mate that big surprise is being pre-
pared for CAPITA in General Weyler when
he tries TO return tn Havana ~
On February 1 the insurgents de-
stroyed by dynamite a culvert about
100 kilometers from here, Taco Taco
ard Bacanagua, Pinar del Rio AT the
moment of the explosion, an exploring
train from Vuelta Abajo was passing
over the culvert and the engine fell
through. The culvert was totally de-
stroyed and one passenger on the train
was Killed. The engineer two firemen
captain of artillery, volunteers, SuareZ
and five soldiers of the battalion of AS
turias were seriously wounded; two of
them have since died of the injuries thus
received. In addition, eight soldiers
We're slightly wounded. They were
sent to- Palacios, as were the rest of the
wounded men.
The explosion caused a panic among
the passengers, who We're eventually
transferred to another train. The line
was interrupted on Tuesday.
Owing to the campaign of La I.ucha.
hundreds of persons are being vaccin-
ated daily throughout the entire pro-
vince. In spite of this it is asserted
that about 5000 cases of smallpox exist
in Havana. and during the first four
days 30 per cent of the entire mortality
have died of this disease. At Jaruluco
alone in January 81 deaths were due
to smallpox.
Gen. Weyler. from Las Crucas, march
ed to Villa Clara, capital of the province
of Santa Clara, and it was reported from
Villa Clara that he will push on to
Placetas and Remedies.
Advices from Remedies say that Gen.
Maximo Gomez has moved from the dis
trict of Sancti Spiritus to Las Ananea
which caused rumors to be circulated of
probable conference between the gem
erals and eventually the conclusion of
peace. But these reports have since pcen
denied from insurgent sources.
All the rumors published about promi.
nent home rulers and former leaders of
the ten years war being engaged III
treating for peace are entirely without
foundation and are inspired by the Di-
ario de la Marina and perhCos repro
duced by some of the correspondents
here
All the statements to the contrary. 1t
had been asserted on excellent author
ity that the insurgents expected in the
long run to win something much more
than given in the reforms" proposed
BY the Spanish government It is re-