Show t LIBERTY OR DEATH cubans do not want f autonomy big battle fought which both sides claim as a victory though spanish officers admit defeat Cub cubans afis jeered and taunted the jt hemy 4 yew new York Oct 7 gen carter roloff secretary of the republic ol 01 cuba bae has sent the following letter de luevida Qu evida cuban charge daf faires at washington we are now bp better ater prepared for an active campaign than altany time durin L ither either the present or the late war we are informed here that spain will proba y bly try to placate the american govern ment by offering offe us autonomy more or less ample I 1 need 0 not tell you my friend that we laugh at such offers for already we are at the hour of our libera lion should spain seriously offer ua autonomy it would prove drove the full extent of her weakness and we will fight with renewed ardor until she shall rec cognize 1 oar our independence imagine our delight should spain thus confirm us in our belief that the end is 19 fast approaching tell the american government that to enter into diplomatic discussions with wi th spain it in the hope that we will accept autonomy is 13 useless we should simply thank it for its trouble but manfully decline to end the war on such terms wo we know that bath both raima palma and you have often made this plain to the american govern government ment and public but we wish drw you to reaffirm it CLAIM TIUS 9 FIGHT FIORT nw K ew york oct 7 A di dispatch patch to the herald from havana gays says A big battle occurred october 2nd and in Cam cimarone Cs marone aronea hills not far from catanza Ua tanza between the spanish under general molina and rebels auder the command of betancourt San guilly and adago the fight began at 9 ii in the morning and continued all day alif official report published here elates states abs molina attacked the rebel position an drove the rebels out with great lose the report says that general molin had bis his boree borse shot under bija hin ANOTHER ACCOUNT the heralds correspondent at matanzas has obtained ao an account of th thi right from a spanish official who was present from this it appears that t abe el rebel infantry were strongly in an almost inaccessible position in the hills and all efforts to dial oage them were futile resulting ocly in heavy lows losses lor for the attacking forces the insurgents ear sur gents had only a few men mea killed and leered jeered and taunted the spanish duri ng the whole engagement gen molina narrowly escaped death enraged at hie his failure ho he returned to the attack the atit day but with no better suc success ceas A large number of wounded and dying blanish Siao ieh soldiers were brought into matanzas WEATHER FAVORED THE CUBANS gen geri jiminez castellano left puerto principe sept with heavy forces for the purpose of attacking the cuban government ra in id amarillo but heavy rallis and bad roads prevented him from carrying out hie his plans and her after long marchei lie returned to puerto principe with of bis his men ill gen ruiz while ee corling a con convoy voy from puerto principe to san nicholas WEB attacked by rebels sept the rebel leader juan Duca ducassee Du casee ese hae has crossed the maricl bajana majana trocha with a large for force a and ia is now operating with gen dasil lyo el paia pais publishes a statement to the eifle i thai that up to date 2000 of the in the town of jabusy gar Gran andri dehave have died lied of hunger hanger frat fra o 0 t f j i |