The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-10-31
GEN. WOOD
HAS WOESI
His Troubles With the Cubans
Who Are After Office.
FACTIONS FIGHTING FOR PLACE.
Although Admitting That the Mayor
of Manzanillo Is Competent and
Was Brave Cuban Soldier, General
Rios Demands His Dismissal.

of Manzanillo Is Competent and
Was Brave Cuban Soldier, General
Rios Demands His Dismissal.
Mauzanillo, oct. 31.-The visit of Gen
eral Leonard Wood, governor Of the
military department Of Santiago, has
been instrumental in bringing all the
elements among the Cubans to the
front. No fewer than 1000 insurgents,
of whom 500 are officers, want offices,
and their clamor amounts almost to
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 Rabl faction, including the
mayoralty and the custom house in
spectorships. 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 APP
polntments. But neither party is sat
isfied, each thinking that II ought to
have all the offices. General Rios does
not dare express his opinion publicly
of General Rabi, but he feels that this
is his district, as he has had the nomi-
nal charge of it for three years, and
that 1t 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.
The majority of the insurgents here
have no money and go about living
| from hand to mouth and wonderinf
| what will happen next. Armed mei
! are not allowed rations. AS the Gu
bans will not disband, and will no
work, nothing remains for them bu
to strut about the city with machete'
and revolvers. Some of them are near
ly naked, others appear in long legged
patent leather boots with silver spurs.
carrying superbly wrought Toledo ma
chetes. A few wear imaculate white
suits and panama hats. These are for
the most part the New York contingent
each man now a vertable bombastes
furioso.
Except when he 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 Cen
eral Rios, who wanted the mayor of
Manzanillo, one of Rabps faction, dis
missed and his own man appointed to
the mayoralty. General Wood asked
on what grounds the dismissal could be
sustained. He said: "Is not the mayor
a competent officer? Has he not an eX-
cellent reputation? Did he not serve
bravely and effectively throughout the
entire war?
To all this General Rios replied in the
affirmative, but he insisted that his
/ e.
sition because he was a Rios man. The
interests of the city and 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.
General Wood and Colonel Petit re-
gard the outlook as rather discour
aging. Still they hope that some mean
may soon be found to break up tn
Cuban army. The members OF tn
rank and file are anxious to go T.
work, but the leaders refuse to ALLOW
them to do so, and the men do no
dare desert, as they would certainl
be shot If captured.
General Wood is hoping that tn
other towns he will visit in his tri
around the province will not presen
the same veXatious conditions as pre-
vail here, where the Cuban problem
is presented in a very different form
the most difficult he has yet encounter
ed.
1t was necessary to send a detach
ment Of the Fourth immune regimen
under a sergeant to the Rigney planta
: tion in order to compel the armed Gu
bans to allow men to work there. TIL
4 undertaking, however, proved success
a full, and 200 men are now regularly en-
ployed.
The latest advices from Santa Cru
del Sur, the meeting place of the Gu
ban assembly, do not report the ar
o rival there of General Maxine Come;
but there are persistent rumors tina
= the friends of Gomez who are dele
gates to the assembly, will endeavo
u to embarrass General Calixto Garci
and his supporters.
4 Lieutenant Young and the officers @
:, the Hist have been most enthusiastical
= ly welcomed here by the Cubans, VIII
, are grateful for the help many time
extended to them The gallant littl
=, boat during the war was as much a
object Of love to the Cubans along tn
= coast as Of fear to the Spaniards. Sh
- was quite as well known to both pal
>, ties as the New York city hall Is
the residents of the metropolis.