The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1906-08-29
REVOLUTION IS GROWING
l%nsurgent Cubans Take Town of
Guines and Hold Roads.
GEN. GOMEZ LEADING TROOPS
Revolutlonists Plan to Capture Points
of Communication With Capital
Before Beginning Attack.

A signal defeat for the Government
forces has resulted in the first gen-
eral movement of the insurgents who
are opposing the Palma administra.
ton III Havana Province, and it was
admitted that the town of Guines, 80
miles from Havana, with 1000 inhab.
itants, was taken possession of by the
rebellious Rural Guards and allies.
Communication with Pinar del Rio
Is still shut OFF. Whether the report
is true that the insurgent forces have
attacked Pinar del Rio city is a sub
ject much mooted here In the cap
ital. Some officials believe that it
Is so, while others declare that the
present plans Of the revolutionary
element simply provide for the hold
Ing of the highways leading toward
the town, and also the railway sys-
TEN.
Fighting has already been in Santa
Clara province, where the advocates
Of the Palma administration claim
the insurgents are led by General
Jose Miguel Gomez, who, as the Lib
eral candidate for the Presidency, is
claimed to have plotted the present
insurrectionary movement. Secretary
of State O'Tarrell has received no
particulars of conditions in Santa
Clara. General GomeZ's secretary,
Juan Menci, who has been arrested,
Is being ''sweated" by the authorl-
ties in an effort to have him reveal
the plans of his superior.
All Of the suspects under arrest in
Havana are held under heavy guard
In the city prison and no one Is peri
mitted to approach them. Members
of the secret police are searching the
houses, and personal effects of the
men under arrest in the hope that
they Will be able to secure a list that
will indicate the identity of the lead
ers of the opposition. So far they
have been unsuccessful.
Up to the present time the casual
ties in the general lighting have been
insignificant when compared with
the number of men concerned. No
information as to the extent of the
Government losses. however, is to be
made public at present.
An resurrection has begun in Ha.
YAM province. Gen. Quintin Bandera
the negro who distinguished himself
In the war for independence, left
Arroyo Arenas, IL miles west of
Havana, with a force estimated at
owe 20 men. which 1t Is believed was
largely augmented by a band armed
with guns and ammunition, which set
out from Havana.
Gen. Bandera was the first man
who crossed the Spanish trocha which
shut off the province of Pinar Del
Rio from Havana province.
The government admits that Ban
dera has taken up arms.
The Senate and House met to con-
slider the situation.
Rural guards stationed at Four
Posts, in the provinces of Pinar Del
Rio deserted to the rebels operating
in the province. About 40 men are
involved.
The government dispatched n train
load Of troops to Pinar Del Rio
province to command the situation.
President Palma appointed General
Rafael M~ontalvo secretary of public
works, to be in direct charge of all
military operations against the in
surgents. President Palma also de-
creed the increase of rural guards to
1000, the number contemplated in
the bill introduced at the last session
of congress.
Nelez Garcia. General Carlos Gar
cia and General Justo Garcia, sons of
General CaliXto Garcia, Generals
Monteagudo and Loynaz Del Castillo
and Colonies Pedro and Alberti were
arrested on charges made by the Sc
cret police Of being implicated in a
conspiracy to assassinate President
Palma and overturn the Cuban gov
eminent. General Loynaz Del Castil-
10 made his escape. All the others
were placed in Jail.