Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 February 1896 — INSURGENTS IN GOOD TRIM. [ARTICLE]

INSURGENTS IN GOOD TRIM.

Reported Critical Situation of the Two Leaders Is Denied. The following gives a resume of the operations of the insurgents in Cuba during the past few weeks, incidents of the campaign eliminated by the press censor from cablegrams sent to the United' States; . ' When Maximo Gomez and Antonio Maeeo with two large columns of mounted men invaded Havana province, coming almost to the gates of the capital city, :nul burning cane fields, destroying railway bridges, stations and cars all over the province, the two rebel leaders separated at the I’jimr del Rio line. Gomez, passed the. line of jroops thrown across the island south of Havana and Maceo began the conquest of Piuar del Rio. According to Spanish official reports Macro's band has been defeated many times. As a matter of -fact. lie entered the -province with 2,000 men and he now has 5,000. AH are mounted, armed and well equipped. He also has plenty of ammunition. He obtained 11,000 rounds at Cabanas and a large quantity at Guano. He captured one mule train containing 100,000. rations on its way front Coloma- to Piuar del Rio City, and food lias been scarce in th e cn p 1 tit lev e r si nee.' ~'=At•SaTrf*rist.»bal.*one of the first towns entered. Maceo. found the houses covered with white flags in token of surrender, lie ./as welcomed with cheers. He rested there one day, added forty volunteers to his army and marclrod on, after hoisting a Cuban flag on the town hall and appointing a local government. At Palacios Consolacion del Sin- and nearly a score of other towns the same scenes were repeated until Mantua, the most western town of any importance, was reached. There the inhabitants gave a ball in honor, of the invading army and Maceo stood as godfather to a newly born child.