Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 December 1897 — SAYS REBELLION IS GAINING. [ARTICLE]

SAYS REBELLION IS GAINING.

Report that Gomez Cannot Be Brought to an Engagement. The correspondent of the Madrid paper, El Imparcial, has cabled the statement telegraphed by Gen. Parrado to Gen. Blanco that the insurrection in Santa Clara province is triumphing, and that it is impossible to fight Gen. Gomez, as he evades all engagements. The Spanish troops,lie says, are without food. Great consternation has been caused in Havana by the execution of Col. Ruiz, the emissary of Gen. Blanco to Gen. Aranguren. The Cubans declare they, will execute all emissaries who come in favor of autonomy, without paying any attention to who they are. Forty-three concentrados at work in the country were captured by the forces of Gen v ,Maroto, and put to death with the sword. Among them were women and children. The Spanish forces at Manzanillo, numbering 18,000 men, are without food. Gen. Pando has sent word to Gen. Blanco to send beef to the troops, as many were dying of hunger.