Show 1 i REVOLUTION r > c i PROGRESSING I I P Something Besides Firecrackers t Will Be Used fl s1 I CUBANS VERY ACTIVE fTHEIR WAYS ARE DARK BUT TRICKS XOT VAIN r A Bcliel is Spreading That flic Spnn I Inrtlc Are Hooilooed Spanisli I 1apers Now Admit That tilt American i Amer-ican Journals Scowped Theft on War Aevrs in Their Own Xation Kingston Jamaica March IS Authentic Au-thentic advices direct state that the revolution is progressing most favorably favor-ably Exact information as to the various var-ious movements cannot readily be obtained ob-tained owing to government censorship censor-ship over telegraphic communication TXIs was foreseen and provided for Each section of the revolutionary party have been operating independently so far Each leader fights on his own account thus distracting the Spanish forces and leaving them In perpetual doubt as to where and when the next blow will be struck At every point occupied oc-cupied the Insurgents first act is to destroy the telegraph so the government govern-ment shall be left in the dark as to fthelr movements It is supposed at Ha vana and Santiago that Dr Grillo the president of the Autonom > party and Urbana Sanchez have fled before the Spaniards Their movements however are strategic Dr Grub Is here He came yesterday via Montego bay i Sanchez has gone to San Domingo The arrival of Grub Is but the car rryiug out of one of the principal plans fof the insurgents Fourteen other In Eurgents accompanied him l j Cubans Active TJie Cubans here are very active yet 2 no overt act that could bring them under un-der the direct notice of the British authorities au-thorities has been or Is likely to be committed In fact to all appearances these visitors know nothing about any revolution and do nothing but behave themselves with great circumspection i Besides mistifying the military authorities au-thorities by dark movements the insurgent Insur-gent forces have struck several blows Jheavily and with rapidity each it is declared having accomplished its object 3 ob-Ject They were all to secure strategic positions Many points of vantage are now occupied Inland and good secret coast positions are held through which supplies are drawn despite Spains watchfulness At Santiago the insurgents hold a strongly intrenched position not far from the city under the command of Generals Moncads Quento Bundera and Victoria Garzon They are 400 strong and well equipped with four months supplies Several attempts to dislodge them have proven futile and costly to the Spaniards Moncada is cr rather was awaiting Instructions end reinforcements to enable him to capture Santiago At BaJre 500 armed men made a E > monstration There were also a few fights in Jaguery Grande In iMantan eas There were 7000 troops ordered to Santiago on March 1 and there was a figfrt at Ybarra with a band of insurgents insur-gents who were driven to the mountains moun-tains Twenty rifles and 25000 cartridges car-tridges were captured A Lively Fight A lively fight with insurgents at Mocha Mo-cha was reported on March 2 and thir tyfour were captured At Vequita 300 rebels met the Spanish soldiers There were eleven killed and many prisoners taken The same day a demand was made in the cabinet at Madrid for the unlimited appropriation to suppress tHe rebellion The defeat 01 the Jaguery Grande band took place on March 4 according to the reports That was at Man tanzas Eighty were routed while nt Munigus In the lower end of the island three different bands were dispossessed dis-possessed and the leaders either killed or made prisoners Many of the band surrendered Few reports of trouble lit Santa Clara had been made but on March 5 martial law was declared thereOn there-On that day the insurgents were ambushed am-bushed at Lus Cunas near Santiago end ther was fierce fighting for an hour after which the rebels ran away Another band fought and ran at aionte Christo On March 14 fifty rebels were killed and wounded near Guantaname It will be seen that even the government govern-ment representatives show a great deal of activity while there Is not a single report of insurgents gaining any advantage An American connected with the revolutionary movement said this morning Arc Hcodoocil We have got the Spaniards so hoodooed they not only dont know rwhere we are but dont know where they are themselves He is enthusiastic and eager to bet nt long odds that inside of six months the Spaniards will be out of Cuba The principal points h of preliminary hostilities or lJr tiruio anu ms companions com-panions on Saturday were Santiago Sisntanzas Puerto Principe Dames Holgin and Guantanamo where no great conflict had been attempted A manofwar had captured two boats from Key West manned by Americans Am-ericans which were making off from the coast The boats were empty J having obviously carried out their mission The Americans were made prisoners on suspicion but at latest accounts had refused to < say where they had come from |