The herald., 1898-01-21
social standing, the rioters insist upon

their patriotism.
Upon the body of Captain Puga, mil
itary commander at Rincon, this prov
ince, was found letter signed by Puga,
offering to insurgent leader Hernandez
$4,000 and free passage to the United
States if he would surrender with fifty
armed followers.
Another letter answering the above
was addressed to him, saying that If he
continued his attempts to corrupt the in
surgents he would be court -martialed
and shot If captured. AS Puga could not
induce leader Hernandez to surrender,
he began negotiations with leader Juan
Del Gado through the latter's father.
Leader Hernandez, having learned of
this, captured and shot Puga without al
lowing him to communicate with Del
Gado. When this was known Spanish
force left Rincon and recovered the
body with the letters upon it.
Last night the reflection of large fires
in cane fields in the direction of GUIANA
bacoa was clearly noticeable here. SEN
or Garcia, Governor of the province of
Santa Clara, has gone to Remedies to
await, it is said, the surrender of an in
surgent leader whose name is not yet
given.
The members of the Cabinet will issue
a manifesto explaining 1.-The salient
points of the scheme of autonomy and it's
advantages over independence" togeth-
er with an appeal to the insurgents to
surrender.
After dynamiting the passenger train
near Dargame, Pinar del Rio, and de-
stroying the engine, as already cabled,
the insurgents attacked the train, kill
ing one passenger, negro, wounding
five of the train escort and wounding or
otherwise injuring twenty-five passen-
gers.
The report that twenty insurgents
from MatanZas have entered this prov
ince near Cienga due Guanamon, is con-
firmed, as we'll as the report that the
insurgent Brigadier, Betancourt, with 800
men from Matanzas. has passed near
San Nicolas. The insurgents under
Leader Augustin Cervantes entered San
Antonio de los Banos at night and plum
dered a store in the outskirts of the
town. Two hundred insurgents entered
Coliseo, this province, and plundered
several stores. The insurgents, in full
view of the town of Cabans, province of
Pinar del Rio, carried off a number of
oxen and boldly challenged the garrison
to come out and fight.
AFFAIRS AT HAVANA
NEW YORK, Jan. 2O.-A dispatch to
the Herald from Havana says:
Although the rioting was practically
over Friday night, troops continued to
pour into the city up to Sunday. General
Bernal arrived from Pinar del Rio on
that morning with a force estimated at
2000 men, and bivouacked in the railroad
yards in the Prado, where most of the
force still remains.
About the same time q column of
1000 cavalry rode in and found quarters
in the Quartet de la Fuerza.
All public buildings along the harbor
front, from the Plaza de Arms to the
Punta, are crammed with troops.
Cavalry and infantry were held in
reserve in streets adjacent to Cenyral
Park. 1t is estimated that fully 10000
troops were in the city in addition to
the regular garrison. There was much
speculation as to the cause of such ex-
precautions, in view of the
fact that the city was apparently tran
quill. The usual parade of the volun-
teers of the palace guard on the Prado
was permitted, but a Gordon of regulars
massed the crowd at a distance, permit
ting no one to approach the volunteers.
After the volunteers marched to the pal
ace all restraints were removed, but the
cavalry remained on duty in front of the
Hotel Ingleterra until the next morn
ing. During the night one or two small
occurred and a few shots
were fired, but no one was hurt.
A few battalions of troops returned
to their stations in the field Monday
evidently on the strength of
rumors that the insurgents were about
to take advantage of their absence to
assume the offensive, although large
number of troops still remains.
An explanation offered for the concen-
tration of troops far in excess of the ap
parent gravity of the situation is that
General Blanco has determined to
mobilize one-quarter of the volunteer
force and send it into the field on active
duty. If he ever had such an idea he
has apparently abandoned it.
A much more probable solution is Of
fered in the Madrid telegram in the
papers received here this morning, stat
ing that the riots We're the result of a
Conservative plot in Spain to overthrow
the Ministry and General Blanco, and
to force the return of General Weyler..
The Spanish authorities announce that
five armed insurgent regiments, So un
armed insurgents and III women and
children at Sancti Spritus. province OF
Santa Clara, have accepted autonomy
GUNBOAT MOVEMENTS
KEY WEST, Fla, Jan. 20.-The tor
pedo boats Gushing and Ericsson have
left for Tampa. The Dupont leaves to-
night. The Porter will remain here as
a dispatch boat. The Maine, Montgom-
cry and Detroit will leave port tomor-
row to join the squadron for Tortugas
as it passes this port.
A MILD-TONED DOCUMENT
MADRID, Jan. 20.-The address to
the Queen Regent signed by Senor Ro-
nero Ronledo and others, is a mild-toned
document, disclaiming responsibility for
the "infraction of the constitution by
the governments unprecedented action
in changing the government of the An
titles without the cooperation of the
Cortes."
INSURGENTS SURRENDER
HAVANA, Jan. 20.-The Spanish au-
thorities report that the insurgent gen.
eral, Juan Masso PARA, with the forces