Evening journal., 1898-10-31
AFTER THE SPOILS.
Two Thousand Cubans Clamor
For Office.
JEALOUSY BETWEEN RIOS AND RABI
Can't Drive the Insurgents TO work,
Troops Sent 10 Plantations 10
Protect Lnborers From
Armed Cubans.

Protect LnbOrers From
Armed Cubans.
MANZANILLO. Cuba, Oct. 31.-The
visit Of General Leonard Wood, govern
or Of the military department OF Santi-
ago, has been instrumental in bringing
all the elements among the Cubans to
the front. No fewer than 1900 insur-
gents, OF whom 500 are officers. want
Offices, and their clamor almost
amounts 70 a demand.
There are two leading factions. one
headed by General Jesus Rabi and the
other by General Rios. At present most
Of the Offices are held by representa-
tives OF the Rabi faction, including the
mayoralty and the custom house in
spactorships General Wood, in order
TO pacify the Rios faction, has given
them six positions on the rural police
force and turned over to one of their
people the lighthouse at Cape Cruz to-
gether with several other minor ap-
pointments.
But neither party is satisfied, each
thinking that it ought to have all the
offices. General Rios does not dare ex-
press his opinion publicly of General
Rabi, but he feels that this is his dis
trct, as he has had the nominal charge
Of it for three years, and that it ought
10 belong to him, so far as appoint
ments Of Cubans to Office are concern
ed, and all the more so because he rep
resents General Calixto Garcia.
The majority of the Insurgents here
have no money and so about living from
hand TO mouth and wondering what
will happen next Armed men are not
allowed rations. AS the Cubans viii not
dsband and win not work. nothing re-
mains for them but TO strut about the
city with machetes and revolvers Some
of them are nearly naked, others APP
pear in long legged patent leather boots
with silver spurs, carrying superbly
wrought Toledo machetes. A few wear
Immaculate white suits and Panama
hats. These are for the most part the
New York contingent, each man now
veritable Bombastes Furioso.
Except when he is on board the gum
boat Hist which brought him here.
General Wood is besieged by thsse
seekers for office. Among the inter-
views he has had was one with General
Rios, who wanted the mayor of Man
zanillo, one Of Rabis faction, dism IS, d
and his own man appointed to the
mayoralty. General Wood asked on
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sustained. He said: rs not the mayor
competent officer? Has he not an ex-
cellent reputation? Did he not serve
bravely and effectively throughout the
entire war?" To all Of this General
Rios replied in the affirmative, but he
insisted that his own nominee was en-
titled to the position because he was a
Rios man. The interests Of the city
fraf
considerations in the mind Of the Gu
/ ban commander. But this appears to
! be the case everywhere among the Gu
ban insurgents.
General Wood and Colonel Petit re-
gard the outlook as rather discouraging.
Still, they hope that some means may
soon be found to break up the Cuban
army. The members of the rank and
file are anxious to go to work, but the
leaders refuse to allow them to do so,
and the men do not dare desert, as they
would certainly be shot If captured.
General Wood is hoping that the 9TH
| er towns he will visit in his trip around
the province Will not present the same
vexatious conditions as prevail here,
/ where the Cuban problem is presented
in very different form, the most diff
! cult he has yet encountered.
Tt was necessary to send a detach-
ment of the Fourth immune regiment.
under a sergeant, to the Rigney planta-
tion in order to compel the armed Gu
bans to allow men to work there. The
undertaking, however, proved SUCCESS
full, and 200 men are now regularly en-
ployed
The latest advices from Santa Cruz
del Sur. the meeting place of the Cuban
assembly, do not report the arrival
| there of General Maxine Gomez, but
there are persistent rumors that the
friends of Gomez who are delegates to
the assembly win endeavor to embar-
rass General Calixto Garcia and his
supporters.
Lieutenant Young and the officers OF
the Hist have been most enthusiastical-
! ly 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
coast as of fear to the Spaniards. She
was quite as well known to both parties
as the New York city hail is to the res
idents Of the metropolis.
Lieutenant Young has formally claim
ed on behalf Of the United States navy
Il the wrecks or the spanish BunbOet,
that went ashore or were sunk by
the United States gunboats in the m mam-
orable engagement off Manzanillo OF
July !.
After a final conference with CoIone
Petit regarding the management OF
the district General Wood left for San.
, tiago yesterday afternoon on board tn,
Hist. on Wednesday next he viii pro,
ceed 10 Guantanamo, from which point
, after first returning TO Santiago again
he will leave for the north coast of tn,
province. 70 be gone probably a weel
or ten days.
, Two companies Of Colonel Petit.
immunes are to be sent Immediately t
= Bayamon.
Anarchists ut Ponce.
PONCE. Porto Rico. Oct. 31.-A sen