The New York Times
February 14, 1958

Further Sabotage Reported In Cuba

Special to The New York Times.

HAVANA, Feb. 13--Sabotage by youthful rebels fighting the Government of President Fulgencio Batista occurred in various places in Cuba during the last twenty-four hours.

A flaming gasoline bottle was thrown into a warehouse of Sears, Roebuck & Co. in Santiago de Cuba late yesterday causing a small fire.  The explosion of a bomb also set fire to a tank of the Sinclair Oil Company in Santiago de Cuba.  Damage was estimated at $70,000 to $100,000.

Two sleeping cars on a train that left Havana last night for Santiago de Cuba were damaged by fire started by a flaming gasoline bottle.

A fire was started in the arts and crafts school of Santa Clara in Las Villas Province.  A bomb exploded in Artemisa, Pinar del Rio Province, in a commercial concern, causing some damage but no injuries.

Eugencio Rodriguez Hidalgo, an official of a Media Luna sugar mill, was shot and assaulted as he attempted to inspect the cane fields of his company.  Media Luna is in the foothills of the Sierra Maestra stronghold of Fidel Castro, rebel leader.