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Show AN UPIUSIXG IN CUM REBELS ARE SIMPLY TOO LAZY TO WORK. Although the Full Extent of the Trouble Is Not Yet Known, the Government Is Able to Cope With the Situation. In splto of tho assertion made by Benor Yero, secretary of tho Interior, that the killing of threo men nnd tho eapturo of a fourth man, their leader, who had attempted to causo an uprising upris-ing In tho vicinity of Hayamo, province prov-ince of Santiago, effectively ended tho only semblance of nn uprising In Cuba, the rumors of uprisings In eastern Cuba wero fully confirmed Thursday In the government's reports received from tho governor and other officials of Santiago provinces. Theso aro to the offoct that slnco tho night of Sunday Sun-day last sixty armed nnd mounted men havo nppenred outside villages In the Canto river district, piolnlmlng a revolution and demanding tho pay-mont pay-mont of tho former members of tho revolutionary nrmy. No nets of vlolenco havo been reported, re-ported, but the Inhabitants of the Cauto region aro oxclted. Tho loador of tho rovolutlcnnry party Is named I Pupo. He Is a brother of ono of tho j bandits killed by tho rural guard on Tuesday. Ocnexnl Ilodtigue?, commandor-ln-chlof of tho rural guard, has ordered tho mobilization of all the rural guards In eastern Cuba and the governor gov-ernor of Santiago piovliue hns boon Instructed to enlist as many volunteers volun-teers as may be deemed necessary to cooperate with the mounted troops. Secretary of tho Intoilor Yero says there Is no doubt that tho authorities will bo able to cope successfully with the situation, ns all reports, ho adds, agreo that popular sentiment Is with tho government of Presldont Palma, and that those who havo risen In rebellion re-bellion mostly belong to tho wanton lazy class of Puerto Prlnclpo. |