The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-07-25
INSURGENTS DESPERATE.
Spanish Troops Hemmed In
by a Fire From All
Directions.
MANY KILLED ON BOTH SIDES.
Peculiar Measures Taken to Har-
rass Those In Sympathy With
the Cubans.

HAVANA, CUBA, July N.-Captain-
General Martinez Campos has sent an Off
cial dispatch from Mansanillo which con-
firms The United Press dispatches about
the recent battle near Valenzuela between
Manzanillo and Bayamo. The Captain
General says he started from Manzanillo
for Bayamo accompanied by 1900 troops.
No insurgents were seen until July Ii,
when body of rebels numbering $500
men was met near Valenzuela. The in
surgents were we'll armed and had plen-
tiful supply of ammunition. The Spanish
troops were hemmed in by a fire that was
poured at them from all sides, and twice
they were in danger of having their lines
broken. But they fought desperately, and
after five hours the rebels fire slackened
and the troops pushed on to Bayamo.
The Government lost twenty eight men
killed and ninety eight wounded. Among
the killed were General Santocildes, an
aid-de-camp and captain. Four officers
were among the wounded. The dispatch
adds tina. it is impossible to state what the
insurgent losses were though they are esti-
mated to have been over so killed and
wounded.
WASHINGTON, D. c., July 24.-The
Spanish authorities have adopted the Sc
verest measures for dealing with the in
surgents in some of the Cuban provinces.
An example of their character has been
furnished the State Department by ]. ].
Casanova, United States Vice-Consul at
Cienfuegos, who has transmitted to the
State Department translation OF proc
lamation recently issued by the Governor
of Santa Clara. Its text follows:
In the Augustin Lugue y Coca, Brigadier-
General Governor of the province OF Santa
Clara, to the inhabitants of the same: The
savageness of those who apply the torch, who
steal and murder under the cry OF "Vtva Cuba
Libre," and the propagators who disgrace the
Cuban people, recruiting partisans for the
hordes commanded by ineendia ues and high.
waymen, compel me, with most painful feel
ing. to adopt energetic measures, which l
frankly avow shall be carried out to the ex-
IRENE If the noble war made by our valiant
army is responded to by murder and pillage.
For the present decree the following edict:
Article livery countryman on entering or
leaving the towns shall be provided with his
personal certificate and with evidence OF his
ownership of the horse he may be riding, and
shall exhibit them to any agent of the Govern
ment that may demand them.
Article Pit is prohibited to travel in the
country or in the outskirts OF the towns from
sunset to sunrise, with the understanding that
the patriots and forces in operation will detain
and put at my disposal all persons infringing
this rule, If not provided with the proper per-
nit, which to said end shall be issued to them
by the military chief Of the district Of which
they are residents.
Article 3-All permits to carry arms which
are not countersigned by the military COVER
nors Office are null and veid. Residents in
the country who are in possession of any kind
of arms shall deposit them within the period
of ten days with the posts of the guard or de-
tachments nearest to their abodes, the chiefs OF
which shall issue them proper voucher.
Article Alt is only for agricultural work
that working ''machetes" may be kept in their
residences, and it is absolutely prohibited to
carry the same outside their respective landed
property.
Article 5-Those infringing these orders, as
well as the agitators of opinions, and those
who abet and harbor them shall be indicted
for the crime of rebellion, tried in accordance
with the code of justice and punished with all
the severity of the military law.
Article 6-The municipal Mayors and Mayors
OF circumscriptions shall publish widely this
edict and the said authorities, as we'll as all
civil and military authorities of this province
1 hold responsible for the full and punctual
observance. AUGUsTIN LUGUE
Santa Clara, July 16, 1895.