The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-10-31
THEY ALL WANT OFFICES
Two Thousand Insurgents Apply
to General Wood.
CUBANS WILL NOT WORK
They Arr Living . Hand to Mouth Exis-
tencs-A Dtscouraging Outlook a
Marsanillo-ooms vsxatious
Conditions.

Mansanilio. Oct. 30.-The visit of Gen.
eral Leonard Wood. governor of the
military department at Santiago, has
been instrumental in bringing all the
elements among the Cubans to the
front. No fewer than 1000 insurgents,
OF whom 500 are officers. want ofhces.
and their clamor amounts almost to q
demand.
There are two leading factions. one
headed by General Jesus Rabi and the
other by General Rios At present most
or the offices are held by representa-
ives Of the Rabi faction. including the
mayoralty and custom house inspectors.
General Wood. in order to pacify the
Rios faction. has given them six posi-
tons in the rural police force and
turned over to one OF their people h
lighthouse at Cape Cruz. together with
several other minor appointments But
neither party Ia satisfied. each think
ing that Ii ought to rave all the Offices.
General Rios does not dare express
his opinion publicly on General Rabi,
but he feels that this IL his district. al
he has had the nominal charge of IL for
three years and that IL ought to be-
long to him so far as appointments Of
Cubans to offices are concerned and all
the more so because he represents Gen
eral Calixto Garcia.
Inc UldJOTtty OI tnt InSuTRenl8 mere
have no money and go about living
from hand to mouth. wondering what
will happen next. ARMED men are not
allowed rations. As the Cubans will
not disband and will not work. moth
ing remain but for them to strut about
the city with machetes and revolvers.
Some of them are nearly naked: others
appear in long-legged patent leather
boots with silver spurs. carrying SUI
perbly wrought Toledo machetes. A
few wear immaculate white suits and
panama hats. They are for the most
part the New York contingent, each
man now a veritable Bombastes Furi-
oso.
Except when he is on board the gun
boat Hist. which brought him here.
General WOOD Is besieged by these
seekers for Office. Among the inter
views he has had was one with Rios.
who wanted the may OF Manzanillo.
OF Rabi's faction. dismissed and
his own nan appointed to the mayor
atty. General Wood asked on what
grounds h dismissal could be sus-
tanned. He said: rs not the mayor
a competent officer? Has he not an
excellent reputation? Did he not serve
bravely and effectively throughout the
war;"
To all this General Rio replied In
the affirmative, but he insisted that his
own nominee was entitled to the posi-
tion because he was a Rios man. The
interests OF the city and locality were
apparently minor considerations in the
mind of the Cuban commander. But
this ppears to be the case everywhere
among the Cuban insurgents. General
Wood and Colonel Petit regard the
outlook as rather discouragfng. still.
they hope that some means may soon
he found to break mp the Cuban ar
my. The members Of the rank and file
are anxious to go TO work. but the lead
ers refuse to allow them to do so and
the men do not dare to do so. as they
would certainly he shot II captured.
Genera Wood IL hoping that the 9TH
or towns he will visit on his trip around
the province will not present the same
ve%xatious conditions as prevail here,
where the Cuban problem Is presented
in a very difficult form, the most diff
cult he has yet encountered.
II was necessary TO send a detach-
ment Of the fourth immune regiment.
under n sergeant. to the Rigney plan
tation In order to compel the armed
Cubans to allow men to work there.
The undertaking, however. proved sue
cessful. and 200 men are now regularly
employed.
The latest advices from Santa Cruz
del Sur. the meeting place of the Gu
ban assembly. do not report the arriv-
al there Of General Maxine Gomez.
but there are persistent rumors that
the friends of Gomez. who are dele
gates TO the assembly will endeavor to
embarrass General Garcia and his sup
porters.
Lieutenant Young and the officers Of
the Hist have been most enthusiastical-
" welcomed here by the Cubans. who
are grateful for the help many times
extended to them. The Gallant little
boat during the war was as much an
object OF love to the Cubans along the
the coast as fear to the Spaniards.
Lieutenant Young has formally claim
ed on behalf of the United States ma
w. the wrecks Of the Spanish gunboats
hat went ashore or were sunk by the
United states gunboats In the memoir
able engagement OF Manzanillo on July
! last.
After n final conference with Colonel
Petit regarding the management OF the
district. General Wood left for
Santiago at noon to-day on board the
Hist. Wednesday next ne will proceed
to Guantanamo. from which point. az
ter first returning TO Santiago. he VIII
leave for the moth coast OF the pro-
vince to he gone probably a week or
10 days.
Two companies OF Colonel Pettit's I'M
munes are to be sent Immediately to
Bavamon.