Show EYLER FORCED TO FIGHT public opinion in the city of havana insurgents swarming into matanzas and d conflict eu 10 occur to be precipitated with Wey lerand cromez each other sew york augus t A dispatch 0 o he herald from havana E it ie rumored that general Wey lera departure for was due to orders direct from madrid bending him be front gen weyler made pre para tiona to take the field some dayo ago but accordine accord to a statement made by an officer at the palace he delayed hie departure in order to mature a plan to entrap general Cae tilte for aweeka now bands ol 01 insurgents have been fl warming into Maten and even havana they have raided small towns and made before large towns they have landed expeditions and lad time to organize yet general weyler contented himself with remaining on the defensive and only retaliating talia ting on the insurgents issuing decrees that greatly aggravated the suffer unfortunate it was only when the insurgents boldly attacked the suburbs of havana before public opinion forced him to go public opinion here with regard to gen policy is beginning to manifest itself business is at a standstill and the raer chants throw the blame upon the government they say gen lers edicts practically restrict them from doing buBi nees with the interior wholesale arrests that have lately made and the terror of the people in the outskirts of the city help to swell tie feeling of uneasiness and discontent with the way the campaign is being carried on according to insurgent proclamations aen gomez is dui in matanzas about he time gen weyler will arrive there chore is a possibility loo that Wey lere forces may come face to ace the insurgents not only stopped ill traffic on the railway line in matan as and clara during the last but they attacked several lowus garrisoned arri by spanish troops on july a large band entered and carried off whatever hey wanted they raided and burned tores and when drove away them a large herd of cattle the spanish commander of the town simon luebec shut himself up in a church bis soldiers tho men in the fort indiscriminately ired without exposing thirty six hours after the insurgents iad left the town a column of troops barted in pursuit has a copulation ot about and is situated in the railroad lice the insurgents entered esperanza a town of 5 persons there hey met with some resistance and there considerable ras fighting in the streets to official accounts the inbur auts left twenty killed when they anally retired the of the own was seriously wounded he ad aits that the insurgents robbed beveral tores another small town bout eight leagues from matanzas was lao raided and many eatores and build were destroyed on sunday last insurgents attacked santiago lan tiago de la veca five leagues from be capital A band was playing in the ark at the time and moet of the citizens ere out A panic was greatened but the spanish officers kept heir beads and took prompt steps tn reel the insurgents there was brisk firing in the ir a time but eventually the insurgents ins bere rere forced to retreat several on both ides were killed abe insurgents re bained cloeo up enough all night to keep p a fire on the forts faur hundred insurgents under gen antille at tille attacked la caora a town three ales nearer havana on the same night abrilio aB tilIo was not able to enter the town ut kept up a heavy fire on the forts all igat he also dynamite with real effect throwing bombs into the own and destroying beveral public bildings uil dings three bombs were fired from dynamite guna which were landed by a becent expedition the dij ot venture out of the town the authorities determined on the following to be revenged on ame one and arrested the family ot morales Y Boti ellaa because abe daughter of the house was the fiancee of late chief of staff mr and morales their daughter and two other children were taken outside the town ordered to kneel down and were fired upon by a equal of ol diere moralee hie wife and one child were killed at abe first volley the daughter and her 7 year old brother were wounded and left on the ground they will die several have moved from the town advices from pinar del rio state that abe are becoming beco active in abe province in consequence of the recent raide general weyler has ordered that military lines around havana be tightened and all cultivation and property about the lines be at once destroyed st |