The record-union., 1898-01-21
Fifteen Thousand Soldiers Located Within
the City Limits.
a Bribe to an Insurgent Leader
to Surrender and Leave the Is
land Captured and Shot.

one exploded a dynamite bomb in the
Plaza de Colon, which did no harm.
The rumors that the volunteers would
revolt against the Government seems to
have had no foundation. Nevertheless,
on Saturday and Sunday several Gen
erals arrived here from Matanzas
Province and the outlying portions of
Havana Province with additional rein
forcements. About 15, 600 men are now
located within the city limits and in
the outskirts.
Certain politicians have Industrious
ly circulated rumors that the volun-
teers would join in the riots and have
still further increased popular passion
by saying that the Government intend
ed to disarm them. 1t has also been
asserted that the volunteers would not
have the ballot because in the pay of
the Government. which is not the fact
as only the buglers, the mobilized
guerrillas and a few others are paid
The rest are merchants and clerks,
serving without Government pay
Those responsible for circulating these
rumors are interested, 1t is asserted in
palace circles, in breeding trouble be-
tween the Government and the volun-
teers, SO as to have the latter dis
armed and to be assured of 5000 men
less against the Insurgents
Now that the disturbances have qui-
eted down, the greater part of the
troops have returned to their respective
stations.
Among the Governments supporters
the riots are explained as Spontaneous
and wholly without previous arrange
ment." They are ascribed to the violent
attacks upon not only army officers,
but also upon prominent loyal Span
iards like the Marquis of Pinar del Rio
and Madame Eva Camel The riot
ers, on the other hand, blame the au-
thorities for tolerating newspaper at
tacSs prohibited by law. Though with
out social standing, the rioters insist
upon their patriotism.
1t is not true that the Conservative
municipality of CienfuegoS has a de-
ficit Of Sl14000. This charge is only a
political intrigue to enable the Govern
or to suspend the municipal authori-
ties and to appoint Autonomists. The
money in question was invested in hos
pitals and in defense OF the city
Upon the body of Captain Puga. mil
itary commander at Rincon, this prov
ince, was found a letter signed by Pu-
ga, offering the insurgent leader Her
nandez $1,000 and free passage to the
United States if ne would surrender
with fifty armed followers. Another
letter answering the above was found
addressed to him saying that if he con-
tinued his attempts to corrupt the in
surgents he would be court-martiaIed
and shot ar,t,1ra5 D,,ro ao,,I5
not induce Hernandez to surrender. he
began negotiations with Leader Juan
Delgado through the latter's father.
Leader Hernandez. having learned of
this, captured and shot Captain Puga
without allowing him to communicate
with Delgado. When this was known
a Spanish force left Rincon and recov-
cred the body with the letters upon it.
The insurgents last night raided Jar
ucoa, this province, and without firing
a shot, carried away the horses of the
Spanish cavalry squadron, whose
members fled at the sight of the in
surgents and took shelter in the civil
headquarters. The Spaniards will be
court t-martiaIed
Last night the reflection of large
fires in cane-fiefds in the direction of
Guanabacoa was clearly noticeable
here. Senior Mario Garcia. Governor of
the province of Santa Clara. has gone
to Remedies to await, it is said. the
surrender of an insurgent leader whose
name is not yet given.
The members of the Cabinet will is
sue a manifesto explaining "the salient
points of the scheme of autonomy and
its advantages over independence" to-
gether with an appeal to the insurgents
to surrender. When Senior Gown,
Minister of the Interior landed here
last Saturday he hastened through
the rear entrance of the custom house
in order to avoid being hissed by the
crowd
After dynamiting the passenger train
near Dargame, province of Pinar del
Rio. and destroying the engine, as al
ready cabled, the insurgents attacked
the train, killing one passenger, a ne
gro, wounding five of the train escort,
twenty-five passengers.
Another expedition landed on Mon
day night near Trinidad, on the south
coast band of twenty insurgents
entered Managua near this city and
carried OH NUMBER or oxen.
The report that 200 insurgents from
MatanZas have entered this province
near Cienaga de Guanamon is con-
firmed, as we'll as the statement that
the insurgent Brigadier Betancourt,
with 800 men from Matanzas, has
passed near San Nicolas.
The insurgents under Leader, Au-
gustin Cervantes, entered San Antonio
de Los Banos at night and plundered
a store in the outskirts of the town.
Two hundred insurgents entered Coli
SEQ, this province, and plundered sew
eral stores.
The insurgents, in full view of the
town of Cabanas, province of Pinar del
Rio, carried off, a number of oxen and
boldly challenged the garrison to come
outside and fight.
CoSme Blanco has not drilled his reg
iment, the Fifth Regiment of Volun-
teers, since the riots, for fear his men
would hiss him because of his offer to
General Blanco to face the rioters with
out special call to the palace
Lieutenant Calderon of the Fifth
Battalion Volunteers has rendered his
resignation as protest against the