The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-27
All the Civilians in Jovellanos
Armed and Forced to Do
Military Duty.
THE CAPTURE OF Ell ROGUE.
Victories of General Gomez and Fol.
lowers Who Are Fighting to
Free Cuba.

KEY WEST, FLA, Dec. 26.-Advices
were received from Cuba to-day that bat
tie occurred yesterday afternoon between
the vanguards of the insurgent and
Spanish armies, and that the Spanish were
repuIsed. Colonel Pratt, who commanded
the Spanish vanguard. was killed.
Martinez Campos was present and di-
rected the retreat of the Spaniards to 10
vellanos. Campos' forces are now en-
trenched at that place, expecting to be at
tackled by Gomez main army. Campos
has armed all the civilians in Jovellanos
and is forcing them to do military duty.
Advices received by Cuban leaders via
the OEvette confirm the report of the cap
ture of the town OF Ell Rogue by Gomez.
With Gomez were Serafin Sanchez, Aguirre
and Quarez. The Spanish regiment sta
toned at Ell Rogue surrendered without
firing shot.
All of them were paroled except twelve,
who were charged with having poisoned
the water reservoir of the town. They
were tried, convicted and shot. After
taking all the arms, provisions, etc, found
in the town the insurgents set fire to it
and then left, going in the direction of
Quintina and Jovelianos. They also de-
stroyed the sugar plantations near San vi
cente and La Antonio.
The vanguard of the Gomez forces, IN
der the command of Lacred. has entered
the town of Quintlna, between Matanzas
and Colon, and destroyed by fire the
largest sugar plantation on the island.
The train that left Colon for Matanzas
was detained at Quintina by the in
surgents. Columns of smoke could be
plainly seen from Jovelianos. The gen.
eral superstition is that all plantations in
that district have been destroyed.
Maceo and his forces have encamped at
the plantation La Harmonic and Gomez
has established his headquarters at the
plantation La Espano, belonging to
Romero Robledo, of the Spanish Cabinet.
All telegraph communication between
Las Villas district and Havana has been
destroyed by the insurgents, and no trains
have passed over the road since Saturday
last.
The railroad stations at Madana and
Toca, belonging to the United Railroad
Company, have been destroyed by fire.
The insurgents under Nunez have en-
camped at the plantation Revedlo and de-
stroyed all the cane.
The forces of Antonio Maceo and Quin-
tin Bandera compose the rear guard OF the
army under Gomez.
The Spanlards prohibited all public en-
tertalnments on the 18th and ordered all
saloons closed at II o'clock at night.
La Crete, with large force, is marching
toward Guines. The insurgents assert that
no crops will be gathered this year. Gomez
has notified Campos that it is his intention
to destroy all the sugar cane to prevent its
being gathered. The sugar being exported
now is taken from the warehouses and is
part of last year S crop.
NEW YORK, N. Y, Dec. ga cable
dispatch to the Herald from Havana says:
General Campos arrived here on a special
train from Matanzas at 7 o'clock last
night. His arrival was entirely unex-
pected.
Traffic is now suspended on the Matanzas
and Union de Reeves Railroad. Suarez
Valdez occupies Union with 1900 men. The
rebels have burned Mediums station on the
Cardenas line.