Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1897-02-13
CUBA IS NOT PACIF|ED
PINAR DEL RIO PROVINCE FULL OF
FIGHTING INSURGENTS.
Spaniards in Havana Are Heartily y
Sick of the War, Officers More
Than the Others.

|
/ Sick of the War, Officers More
| Than the Others.
| Havana via Key West, Fla, Feb. g
| The various reports and statements Of
| Captain General Weyler, announcing the
| pacification of the province of Pinar del
| Rio, and almost complete disappearance
! of the insurgents in that part of the
| island, are far from being borne out by
| facts. AS intimated in these dispatches
! when the Spanish commander made the
remarks cited, if Pnar del Rio was as
! quiet as he alleged it to be, what has be
| come of the arms, horses, ammunition,
| stores etc, Of the 1000 men whom he adj
| mitted were under arms there? AS a mat
| ter of fact, the insurgents in Pinar del
| Rio seem better off, more thoroughly
| equipped and disciplined than at any
| previous stage of the campaign. In sup
port Of this assertion, the following state
| ments have been gathered from most re-
| liable sources:
In the neighborhood of Catalina and
| Las Cuevas are the nsurgent leaders
Vaerona Rivao and Luis Peraz, with
| about 1900 men, well armed and having
plenty of ammunition, though poorly clad.
| IN the zone OIL Jlucl:l ana MuI1 is the m
surgent leader Lazo, with some 600 men.
Lazo is wounded in both arms. In the
districts of Bayas Rio del Medic, Man
gancos Pena Blanca and Pan De Azucar
are various groups of insurgents with a
total OF over 800 men under NidOt DucaSl.
At the heights of Gobernador and the
Sierra Del Rosario the insurgents are
der command of Brigadier General Ruis
Rivera and Leaders Jose Manuel Barrie
and Perrico Delgado They consist of in
fantry and some cavalry, estimated to
number about 500 men.
At Sorroa is a force Of insurgents under
Antonio Nunez. Nunez, however, is also
said to be wounded. At Iona heights is
Torro Bermudez' band, and at Bayate
and in the district Of Punta Bravo are in
surgents under Garraga and Lucas Mar
tnez.
The insurgent leader FREDERICK Nlnez
is at Las Mangas, and near Arabia La
Carlota and Artemisa are the nsurgent
forces under Lorea. These forces alone.
those of known leaders of the insurgents
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 is a strong
body of insurgents which seems to have
mysteriously disappeared from the neigh
borhood of Havana. The whereabouts Of
this force is exciting much attention, and
is known to be causing the Spanish staff
considerable anxiety.
Big Surprise for Wey!er.
The friends of the insurgents intimate
that big surprise is being prepared for
Captain General Weyler when he tries to
return to Havana.
February l the insurgents destroyed by
dynamite the culvert situated at a point
lis kilometers from here between Taco
Taco and Bacanagua, Pinar del Rio At
the moment of the explosion an explor-
ing train from Vuelta Abajo was passing
over the culvert, and the engine went
through. The culvert was totally destroy
ed, and one passenger on the train was
killed. The engineer, two firemen, a cap
tain of artillery volunteers, Zuraz, and
five soldiers of the battalion of Asturias
were seriously wounded Two of them
have since died. In addition eight sol
diers were slightly wounded. They were
sent to Palacios, as were the rest of the
wounded. The explosion caused a panic
among the passengers, who were eventu-
ally transferred to another train. The
line was interrupted on Tuesday.
Dionesio Ysarragorro, the we'll known
insurgent, surrendered last week at Trim |
idad. He was Immediately liberated un-
der Captain General Weyler's decree. but
was afterwards arrested a Union with a |
companion.
Owing to he campaign of La Lucha, |
thousands Of persons are being vaccina ted |
daily throughout the province In spite |
OF this. it is asserted about 5000 cases of
smallpox exist in Havana. and during the |
last four days 80 persons, or s per cent Of
the entire mortality. have died from this
disease. During the month of January, at |
Jaruco alone. out of 1862 Deaths 317 were
due to SMALLPOX. |
General Weyler from Las Cruces
marched to Villa Clara, the capital OF the |
province Of Santa Clara, and it was re !
ported from Villa Clara that he will push |
on to Placetas and Remedies.
Peace Proposals Denied.
Advices rom Remedies say that Cen
eral MaNimo Gomez has moved from tho |
district of Sancti Spiritus to Lasgnuina, |
which has caused rumors to be circulated |
of a probable conference between generals /
and eventually conclusion of peace. But |
these reports have since been denied from |
insurgent sources. All rumors published |
about prominent rulers and former lead |
ers of the 10-year war being engaged in |
treating for peace are entirely without |
foundation and are only inspired by the !
Diaro de Iamarina and perhaps repro |
duced by some correspondents here. All |
statements TO the contrary, it has been
ascertained on excellent authority that |
win something much more than re |
fol ms proposed by the Spanish govern |
nent. 1t is recalled that the DiaTo de /
Lalnarna, during the captain genera1ship /
of Calleia, announced that the latter had /
the intention of going a great deal fur |
ther in the direction of giving Cuba homo
rule than outlined by the Cuban reforms |
scheme just proclaimed in Madrid.
The Spaniards here, it can not be de-
MED, are heartily sick of the war, except
ing only those who are without money or
and who actually make a better /
living out Of The revolution than they ever
did before. Then there is another class
anxious for the war to continue-those
who hope to better themselves consider
ably should the insurgents triumph.
General Gonzales Munoz is upon the |
point Of returning to Spain on leave OF I
absence. His example is to be followed
by Generals Basanta. Bernal, Piu, Fig
uerOn and LozaS in March. These officers
the friends of the insurgents claim, see
absolutely no chance of glory in Cuba and
danger Of disgrace to say
nothing of disease and wounds Conse-
quently. their enemies add seeing that
the insurgents must eventually triumph
by the machete or otherwise. they are
adopting the policy of rats when the lat
ter become aware that the ship which |
harbors them is upon the point of sink
ing.
AS this dispatch is sent it has become
known that some of the most prominent |
home rulers here. after consulting togeth-
er over the reforms projected for Cuba, !
in sending a cable messag to
Madrid requesting the government to rad
ically amplify the reforms scheme, add
ing that under it's present form there is |
absolutely no chance of it's meeting the |
wishes of the insurgent leaders and bring
ing about peace.
KILLED ON OUTSKIRTS OF HAVANA
Fifteen Men of Spanish Patrol