Show PUERTO PRINCIPE Declared a State of Revolt By the Spanish Government Tampa Fla March 29Puerto Principe Prin-cipe has been declared in a state of rebellion by the Spanish government This makes four out of five provinces of the island in a state of revolution If the report that Maximo Gomez is in Cuba and is now at the head of the uprising up-rising in Puerto Principe is confirmed passengers from Havana declare that as soon as this is officially known the whole island will rise en masse Two engagements were had one in Bay Amo and one In Holguin Colonel Santocilde was in command of the Spanish forces and General Masso of the Cubans in the former place and in the latter General Garrlch was In command I com-mand of the Spanish soldiers and General Gen-eral Miro of the Cubans The insurgents were successful and had not reinforcements arrived General Santocilde and his troops would have fallen into the hands of the insurgents Insur-gents The manifesto Issued by the rebels inviting Spaniards to espouse the Cuba cause has resulted in gaining valuable support for the Insurgents General Mlro who fought Garrlch at Kolguin General Poha Generals Estaban T maya Colonel Liens aide to Tamaya and many other chiefs of the Spanish forces in the last revolution have joined the Cuban forces A battle was fought in Guanabano on Saturday The Cubans were victorious vic-torious Two engagements occurred In Man zanillo this week Captain Guerra was in command of the Cubans and Col Avois of the Spanish forces The latter were defeated with heavy losses including two officers Many of the Spanish troops which arrive in iiavana iuonaay are sick and several have died Vice Consul Gavino Gutierrez has Just received the official information by letter from Governor General Cal lija lijaFour Four batallions of drops arrived in Santiago de Cuba March 22 and three fiatailions at Havana on the 25th in all 7000 menThe men-The movement is entirely Jin the province of Santiago de Cuba and is composed mostly of negroes headed by Guillermo Mencada Spanish troops have formed a strong cordon around the province of Santiago to prevent any advance movements of > the insurgents insur-gents Marti Gomez and Oollazo are at Monte Ohrito San Domingo and Maceo is at Costa Rica Other provinces prov-inces are perfectly quiet and the people peo-ple repudiate the movements The dispatch from Madrid saying that Martinez Campos had been ordered to Cuba raises the hopes of the Cubans Cu-bans who say It is the best proof of the seriousness of the movement Co A Figuredo said In an interview inter-view I believe this dispatch confirms the rumors that Puerto Principe has arisen and Gomez is in command there Otherwise I do not believe Spain would take such vigorous steps I am glad Martinez Campos goes to Cuba for if Maximo Gomez is in the field he will defeat Campos and then he is 1 9 n c t 44 LUt v u v 0 Iu L 1 L I Spanish army i I see by the Havana papers he has 1 advised the Corts not to fcake extreme ex-treme measures with the Cubans on account of the insurrection und his will be a conciliatory policy but in the last revolution no military discipline was preserved and any Spaniard had liberty to shoot any Cuban anywhere he saw him Many Cubans were called from their homes and their beds only to be shot in cold blood bJt chil ansI I ans-I I Got a Ship New York March 29 A special dispatch dis-patch to the World from Jamaica says saysI is reported that the Cuban revolutionary revolu-tionary party has obtained possession I of a schooner with which t carry on the operations of bringing aid to the I insurgents on the island The vessel may carry both munitions of war and reinforcements of fighting men She is said to be in readiness to sail and i Is added that those in charge of her are merely awaiting instructions from representatives rep-resentatives of the revolutionary chiefs stationed in Florida before statoned weighing |