The times., 1898-09-13
.GARCIA'S KINDLY OFFICES
He EndeayOrs to Bring the
Cubans to Self-COntrOl.
THEY MUST GO TO WORK
Nothing IL to Re Gniaed by Retain
ing Their Arms, He Tells Them
Delegates to the Cuban Congress
Are Being BaIloted For-Great Suf-
Ing Is Reported i'm CienfueSos.

Delegates to the Cuban Congress
Are Being BaIIoted For-Great suf-
Ing Is Reported i'm Cienfuesos.
Santiago de Cuba, Sept. 12.-Lieut. Col.
Rowan and Capt Rarker. of the Second
Artillery and Col. Garcia, chief OF stan to
today from Gibara. They rode across tn
island .aking three days for the trip.
Lieut.. Col. Rowan and Capt. Harker
landed at Gibara from the Gussie three
weeks ago. They brought word to Gen
Lawton of the operation of the Cuban
government there.
Gen. Garcia occupied Gibara when he
left Santiago after wri ing letter to Gen.
Shafter complaining that the Americans
had not treated the Cuhans right. The
Spaniards abandoned the town on his a2-
proach. Gen. Garcia assumed charge Of
affairs. put Cubans in all the municipal
offices. levied taxes and collected duties
from ships entering the harbor He Re-
pulsed attempts of a Spanish force from
Hoiguin to re;ake the town on August l5
| and IT.
VIII Return the Tribute
Col. Garcia told the correspondent of
The Times that everything at Gibara was
running smoothly. His father had de-
manded contributions to the amount Of
s5e.oc9 when he entered the town. but on
learning few days later that the peace
protocol had been signed ne placed the
money in bank and did not use it. The
money is stin in the bank, but it is 10 be
returned to the men who contributed it.
There is a great scarcity of provisions in
the town and much sickness among the
poor.
Lieut.. Col Rowan. Capt Harker. ard
Col Garcia all urged Gen. Lawton to
send fresh meat to the town this being
badly needed to supply the sick with
broth. Gen. Lawton will take steps i'm
| mediately to send relief 10 Char.
Col. Garcia told Gen Lawton that since
his father left the Cuban army he had
been exerting his personal influence
among the Cubans to lead them TO turn
their arms over to the Americans. TO re-
turn to their homes and go to work
Gen. Garcia has told the Cubans. his son
says that they have nothing 10 gain by
retaining their arms and resisting the
efforts of the Americans to restore order
and establish a stable government.
Gen. Garcia has sent the officers of his
staff home to spread his views about the
necessity of Immediately disbanding the
army.
4 Conference of Cubans.
Gen. Lawton has received word from
Capt Mendoza. of his staff, and the Gu
ban general Demetrio Castillo, who left
Santiago a week ago to attend confer
ence of prominent Cubans in Camaguey,
that the meeting would take place in San
ia Cruz instead of Camaguey. on Septem-
| Der l5 Vice President Capote and two or
three other prominent officers of the Gu
ban government will attend the meeting
at Santa Cruz. Both Capt. Mendoza and
Gen. Castillo write favorably of their
mission, which is to urge upon the Cuban
leaders the immediate disbandment
of the army and sending the men TO
gather the crops, and to point out to them
the futility of the Cubans remaining
under arms The most partisan Cuban
| leaders Gen. Castillo says in his letter 10
Gen. Lawton, have given up the idea OF
attempting to resist the Americans. The
Cubans about Santiago expect an impOr-
| tant communication from the government
at Camaguey tomorrow.
| The baIloting for delegates to the Cuban
congress. to assemble at Camaguey early
in October. began today at FL Cobre, Cua-
vitas. Boniato. Gibara. Jiguani and other
places in the province of Santiago held by
the Cubans. The Cubans in Santiago city
are not allowed to vote because the place
is held by Americans exclusively and the
| Cubans have no share in the government.
Suffering in CienfueGOs.
| Ward Line steamer arrived here from
Cienfuegos today with a cargo of much
needed fresh beef and other supplies. The
officers of the steamship say that the suf-
fering in Cienfuegos from starvation is
terrible. The war has reduced the best
| families to poverty and begging is gen
eral The Cubans outside the city are al
| lowed to come in by the Spaniards oc-
| cupying the town to sell anything they
| get in the country. The Cubans have
been reduced by starvation and disease TO
mere skeletons.
| Spaniards and Cubans alike are delight
ed that the war is over The Cubans are
anxiously awaiting the order from Cam
aguey to disband their forces. The men
want to go TO their homes to try to
gather enough together to carry them
and their families through the Winter
months.
A Case of Yellow Fever.
A member of the First Battalion of the
Fifth regulars died from yellow fever to-
day. The case was not pronounced yell