Show insurgents win a big victory ON THE ISLAND csuk in american citizens naw may IS A diB to the irom havana via key aja ava apparently news ot i e t important insurgent sac in month has just reached havana it that geo garcia aej GD rabi fel on a force was cannine food and from manzanillo Mao to baago eary w week captured the convoy louied gan lonos column and pur pue him au aig bously that he abd to the consi with the remnant of hi bai enjo anil look a hip thip t to manzanillo it ia paid abat so severe were tace losses and ao thoroughly disorganized were bia men that abe spanish general did not dare attempt to retrace us siepe to menza iilo by land fearing that he would bo akam a tacked and thia time widd 0 bis r to the ams a ms of spain was du y lo 10 rs ent course in all empting to bold bayamo milt arv critch say ia with ou value aal nofa worth a tenth part of the already made in attempting attempt ine to abend arma and provie iona fram manzanal Manz anil 0 only ten away hab lost men and fo 1 I and arms without aud alonz the road to bayamo and now the spanish soldiers sol diera call it tha road to death gen lono laid a traps for the insurgents and was hoist with hie awu petard that the convoy would be attacked he cent hia mule train ahead with a decant escort intending to flank the rebels or fall upon their rear wita hid main infantry ahila abe escort held their fire anis force is said to have been between 1500 and 2000 men gen garcia with between and 1000 men also waited for tie convoy three leagues from ho was told by his there ag a large spanish force the poorly patrolled patr oled mule train aad a trick he allowed the pack mules and email escort to jasd without molestation at the time and placed his men in an addan taisoua to await the coming 0 gen lono when the column was within short ranse the insurgents opened fira the effect was deadly the spanish returned ahe ahre but with little result they realized the had been ambushed and baw by the gaps in their bankd that the enemy was in force they advanced at the word but another volley from the insurgents caused some wavering then arose the old cry al machete and before the ranks could be closed or 6 quare foamed acis men were upon them aa has been generally cae the spanish infantry having been subjected to a heavy fire did not long oppose the machete wilh the bayone in a few minutes abe retreat was general gen lono tind hla staff by desperate efforts succeeded in rallying a few hundred men for another stand but al though they the advance with a brik firo it was evident that the day ras lost fearing ahat a movement among the cubans meant an attempt surround them the spanish hrolfe and ran thus the defeat became a rout the insurgent borcea were then divided one division hureu icar gen lono and the other going to capture the arms and provisions this last proved an easy lask the blanish commander with the retreating main bidy WAS harassed for ten miles TO AID washington may 1 abee was a tu dea and violent outbreak or baban today at tho capitol and during the early bouis the drift cf opinion vaa Bror gly toward speedy and radical action by both CoaR ress and the but later eherd was somewhat of a le acion apon its becoming knon ahat the president while keena B ive to tha and envious to learn that could ruile his hi s conduct of our cuban and sanith felt that further in formation mation or was and for the immediate imm the question via not cn 3 of recordation of the balli cr independence ol 01 the cuban cuban but oi relief for tho the american cl izena aea itule ad help hs hsi i ID the towns the acoca e foreign committee it should be staled agreeing with ha necessity for relief of the suffering amori cans a bablo to more edica mea euna an i a number of ia mem bars ae a e earnestly desirous of instant action by the executive in t oi the insurgents ut have not succeeded io converting the administrate Adminis trat on to their views that pes na action is ate and imperative tl e of alie day waa a aci orfa to their coil agues of a sab of the foreign relations committee which yesterday xa mined the sato mert this statement though not imen to the public was so far disclosed in ca a act T as to give rise to a goad deal of excited c amont among senators aad the report on bacs presented ly staf s consuls in yuba brahs out in relief the destil atlon exists not only enins cubans but amob the and naw on the island who were driven from thear farms and into the by we derfl orders and thereby prevented from thema elyes arr re era days past the subject m of this report has been under discussion quietly alonz a few of the friends of cuba ia congress and they have lest no 0 impressing upon the president tle r convictions that it is his duty as chiae executive lo 10 delay no loneer in taking active steps to terminate ano present condition of affairs in cuba these representations howe not beba to induce hasy action the president ia moving a 9 ddlly and with all speed that safety and sound judgment warrant in the collection of facts touching the conditions that exist upon the island today to this end air calhoun is now in cuba officially on another mission but also charged with the observation of the conditions that prevail when he has reported to the president the latter has gathered what regarded as a store of information based on facia that cannot be questioned be will be ready either to take himself or to suggest to congress such action as thesa facts warrant meanwhile he has under consil oration the best means of relief to americans suffering a result of tha of the island |