The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-01-21
TROOPS MASSED
IN HAVANA
Rioters 0uisted But the City Filled
With SprniSh Soldiers.
WILL EXPLAIN AUTONOMY
lasursshis Very keti,t-Attenpisd Bnb-
try Net With Dsath-yolHnissp Still
Guarded Nay 60 isto the field.
WILL EXPLAIN AUTONOMY

Havana. wa Key wss,. January %
Since Saturday the fi0Fen have been
quiei. with the exception Of dynamite
bomb exploding In the Plaza DO Colon.
which did no harm. The ruaorS that the
volunteers would revolt against the gov
ernmsnt have had no foundation. New
crthcless. on saturday and Sunday sew
sral generals arrived here from MatanzAs
province and from Havana province w.th
additional rriniorcemenv About B.ooo
men are non located within the city limits
and the outskirts Certain persons have
oircula,~i ramors that the volunteers
would Join IN the rots and have Stlll fur
ther Increased popular passSon By cay
lng that the government INTENDED to dis
arm them. II has also been assertcd that
the volunteers would no, have the ballot
because In the pay OF the government.
W9ich IL no, thc fact, as only bogiers and
few Others are paid. Ths rut are mer-
chants and clerks. serving without gov
ernmcn, pay. Those responsible for cireu-
latng these rumors are interested. II r.
asserted in politics, In breeding trouble
between the government and the voiun-
tom 10 as TO have the latter disarmed
and to be asurci OF a,oo mcn less against
the insurgents.
Now that the disturbances have quleted
down. the graies, par, OF the troops
have returned TO thsir respective sta
lions
AmoDg the governments supporters the
riots are explained AZ spontaneous ana
wholly withOu, prcviour arrangement.
They ara ascribod TO the violent attacks
upon no, only me army officers. but also
upon promlnon, loyal spaniards like the
Marquis OF Pinar del Rio and Madame
Eva Camel. the well known newspaper
woman. The soldleM on the other hand
blame the authorities for ,oleratlng news
paper attacks prohibl,cd by law. Though
without social standing. the rloten insis,
upon their patriotism, II Is not true that
the conservative municipality OF Glen
fucgos has defauited uto.Wo. This charge
IA only a political intrigue to enable the
governmen, TO suspend the municipal au-
,hoTiIieu and to appoint autonomlsis, The
money In question was invested in hos
pitfalls and in defense OF the city.
Upon the body OF Captain Pusa. mill
tary commander al Rincon, this privince,
was found letter signed by Puga, offer
Ing TO insurgent header Hernandez s22.ooo
and free passage to the United States II
ne would surrender with 20 armed follow
cM Another letter answering the above
was found addressed to him saying that
II ne continued hh attempts to corrupt
the insurgents he would be courtmartlaled
and shot II captured AZ Puga could not
Induce leader Hernandez to surrender he
began negotiations with leader Juan Del
gado, through the latter's father Her
nandcx having learned OF this captured
and shot Captain Puga without allowing
him TO communicate with Delgado,
When this was known Spanish force
went 10 Rincon and secured the body.
Tho insurgents last night ralded Jaruco,
this province. and without firing shot
carried away the horses OF the Spanish
cavalry squadron, whose members fed at
the sight OF the insurgents and took shell
ter In the cavalry headquarters. The
SpaniaINls win be courtmartlaled.
Last night the reflections OF large fires
In the canenelds In the direction of Qua
nabacoa were clearly noticeable here
Senior Mario Garcia. governor OF the pro-
vince OF Santa Clara. has gone to Rene
dioe to await, II is said, the surrender OF
an insurgent leader whose name is not
yet given.
The members OF the cabinet viii issue
a manifesto explaining "the salient points
OF the scheme OF autonomy and Its ad-
vantages over Independence" together
with an appeal to the insurgents to sur
render. when Senior Gown, minister OF
the Interior, landed here last Saturday,
no FASTENED through the rear entrance OF
the custom house In order to avoid being
hessed by the crowd. After dynamiting
te passenger train near Dargame, pro-
the passenger train near Dargame, pro-
engine. as already cahled, the Insurgents
attacked the train killing one passenger,
negro, wounding five Of the train es-
cort and woundlng or otherwise injurng
% passengers.
An expedition landed Monday night near
Trinidad ON the south coast. A band OF
20 insurgents entered Managua near this
city and carried off number Of oxen.
The report that 200 insurgents from Mat
anEas have entered this province near
Carenaga de Guanamon, is connremed, as
wen as the report that the insurgent