The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-10-31

Manzanillo, Oct. SO.-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 200 are officers, want offices.
and their clamor amounts almost TO
demand. There are two leading fac
tions, one headed by General Jesus
Rabi, and the other by General RIOS.
AT present most of the Offices are held
by representatives of the Rabi faction.
= including the mayoTalty and the Gus
toms house insDectorship. General
Wood, in order to pacify the Rios fac
ton, has given them six positions in
the rural police force, and turned over
to one of their people the lighthouse at
Cape Cruz, together with several other
minor appointments. But neither party
is satisfied. each thinking it ought to
have all the offices. General Rios does
not dare express his opinion publicly
on General Rabi, but he feels that this
is his district, as he has had the nom
inal charge Of it for three years, ana
that it ought to belong TO him, so FAR
as appointments Of Cubans TO office are
concerned, and all the more so because
he represents General Calixto Garcia.
WILL NOT DISARM.
The majority of the insurgents here
have no money, and go about living
from hand 10 mouth, and wondering
what will happen next Armed men
are not allowed ratiOns. As the Cubans
will rot disband, and will not work,
nothing remains but for them to strut
about the city. with machetes and re-
volvers. Some of them are nearly max
ed; others appear il long-legsed patent
leather boots with silver spurs, carry
ing superbly wrought Toledo ,nachetes.
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 furioso.
Except when ne 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 General
Rios, who wanted the mayor of Manza-
milo. one Of Rabis faction, dismissed
and his own man appointed to the
mayoralty. General Wood asked on
what grounds the dismissal could be
sustained He said: rs not the mayor
a competent officer? Has he not an eX-
cellent reputation? Did he not serve
braveiy and effectively throughout the
WARP"
To all of this General Rios replied
in the affirmative, but he INSISTED that
his own nominee was entitled to the
position, because he was a Rios man.
The interests of the city, the locality,
were apparently minor considerations
in the mind of the Cuban commander.
But this appears to be the case every
where among the Cuban insurgents.
DISCOURAGING CONDITIONS.
General Wood and Colonel Petit re
gard the outlook as rather discourage
ing. Still they hope that some means
may soon be found to break I'd 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 to do so,
as they would certainly be shot if cap
tured.
General Wood is hoping that the
other towns he will visit on his trip
around the province viii not present
the same veXatiouS conditions as pre-
vail here, where the Cuban problem IS
presented in a very difficult form, Thea
most difficult he has yet encountered.
1t was necessary to send a detach-
ment of the Fourth immune regiment
under a sergeant to the Rigney planta-
ton, 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
SlilplDNG Gu
The latest advices from Santa Cruz
del Sur, the meeting place of the
Cuban assembly, do not report the ar
rival there of General Maxine Gomez
but there are persistent rumors that
the friends of Gomez who are delegates
20 the assembly viii endeavor to en-
garrass General Calixto Garcia and his
supporters.
Lieutenant Young and the officers of
the Hist have been most enthusiastic
cally 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 fear to the Span
iards.
Lieutenant Young has formally
claimed, on behalf of the United States
navy. the wrecks of the Spanish gun
boats that went ashore or were sunk
by the United States gunbOats in the
memorable engagement off ManZanillo
on July 1st last.
After a final conference with Colonel
Petit regarding the management Of
the district, General Wood left for
Santiago at noon today on board the
Hist
Wednesday next he will proceed to
Guantanamo, from which point, after
first returning to Santiago, he will
leave for the north coast of the prov
ince, to be gone probably a wook or
ten days. Two companies of Colonel
Pettits immunes are to be sent immedi-
ately to Bayamo.