The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-17
THEIR PLANS STRATEGIC.
Telegraph Lines Cut in Order
That Facts Should Not Leak
Out to Officials.
LEADERS ARE INDEPENDENT.
Several Severe Actions Have Re-
Gently Occurred With Loss
of Life and Arms.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, March 15.-Au-
thentic advices direct say the Cuban revo-
luton is progressing most favorably. Ex-
act information as to the various move
ments cannot readily be obtained, owing
TO Government censorship over Geographic
communications. This was foreseen and
provided for. Each section of the revo-
luton airy party has been operating indie
pendently so far. Each leader fights on
his own account, thus distracting the Span
ish forces and leaving them in perpetual
doubt as to where and when the next blow
will be struck. At every point occupied
the insurgents first act is to destroy the
telegraph, so the Government shall be left
in the dark as TO their movements.
1t is supposed at Havana and Santiago
that DR.. Grillo, the president of the au-
tonomy party. and Urbana Sanchez have
fed before the Spaniards. Their move
ments, however, are strategic. DR.. Grillo
is here. He came yesterday via Montego
Bay. Sanchez has gone to Santo Domingo.
The arrival of Grillo is but the carrying
out of one of the principal plans of the in
surgents. Fourteen other insurgents ac-
cOmpanied him.
The Cubans here are very active, yet no
overt act that could bring them under the
direct notice of the British authorities has
been or is likely TO be committed. In fact
to all appearances these visitors know
nothing about any revolution, and do moth
ing but behave themselves with great cir
cumspection.
Besides mystifying the military authori-
ties by dark movements the insurgent
forces have struck several blows heavily
and with great rapidity, each, it is de-
clared, having accomplished its object
They were all to secure strategic positions.
Many points OF vantage are now occupied
inland, and good secret coast positions are
held, through which supplies are drawn,
despite SPANS watchfulness.
At Santiago the insurgents hold strongly
intrenched position not far from the city,
under the command of General Moncada,
Quintin, Bundera and Victorian Garzon.
They are 400 strong and well equipped with
four months supplies. Several attempts
TO dislodge them have proven futile and
costly to the Spaniards. Moncada is, or
rather was, awaiting in,Tructions and re-
endorsements to enable him to capture
Santiago.
stration. There were also few fights in
Jaguey Grande in Matanzas. There were
1000 troops ordered to Santiago on March |
and there was a fight at Ybarra with a
band of insurgents, who were driven to the
mountains. Twenty rifles and 1000 car
tridges were captured.
a lively fight with insurgents at Mocha
was reported on March 2, and thirty-four
were captured. AT Vequita 300 rebels met
the Spanish soldiers. There were eleven
killed and many prisoners taken. The
same day demand was made in the cab
met at Madrid for unlimited appropriations
to suppress the rebellion.
The defeat at Jaguey Grande took place
on March 4, according to the Government.
That was at Matanzas Eighty were
routed, while at Murugua, in the lower end
of the island, three different bands were
dispossessed and the leaders either killed
or made prisoners. Many of the band sur
rendered.
Few reports of trouble in Santa Clara had
been made, but on March martial law
was declared there. On that day the in
surgents were ambushed at Las Cunas.
near Santiago, and there was fierce fighting
for an hour, after which the rebels ran
away. Another band fought and ran at
Monte Cristo.
On March IA fifty rebels were killed and
wounded near Guantanamo. 1t will be
seen that even the Government reports
show deal of active fighting, while there
is not a single report of insurgents gaining
any advantage.
An American connected with the revo-
lutionary movement said this morning:
1--WE have got the Spaniards so hoodooed
they not only don't know where we are
but don't know where they are them
selves"
He is enthusiastic and eager to bet at
long odds that inside of six months the
Spaniards will be out OF Cuba The prin-
cipal points of preliminary hostilities of
DR.. Grillo and his companions on Satur-
day were Santiago, Matanzas, Puerto
Principe, Baire, Holgin, and Guanta-
namo, where no great conflict had been at
tempted.
A man-of-war had captured two boats
from Key West manned by Americans,
which were making off from the coast.
The boats were empty, having obviously
carried out their mission. The Americans
were made prisoners on suspicion, but at
latest accounts had refused to say where
they had come from.