Evening journal., 1896-12-09

General Gomez 5 staff during the ten years
war from 1868 to 1878 and commanded
large bodies Of troops in the province of
Santiago de Cuba, in which province his
family had lived and where he owned
large plantation. After the ten years war
Maceo had travelled In Central America,
attempting to raise force large enough
to invade Cuba and contest the sovereign
" of Spain In 1886 he went 60 Haiti to
try to gain assistance for an invasion of
Cuba, but he was driven out and lived toi
n long time in retirement In Jamaica and
after that he returned to Cuba and lived
very quietly on his plantation in the east
ern province, where he was very popular.
In 1890 he was driven out of Cuba and
came TO New York. At the time of the
present outbreak he was In Florida, ana
he joined large expedition which set out
from Fort Limon in March, ls95, on the
steamer Adirondack. spanish man OF
war pursued the steamer for eight hours
and at last the leaders were compelled tc
/ land on Fortune island, one of the West
Indies. Thence Maceo and the other lead
ers made their way TO Cuba.
. The insurgents campaiga in the PROV
ince of Santiago de Cuba tocS on an active
phase under Maceo and was pushed with
unrelenting vigor. All during the summer
months Of 1895, while Maximo Gomez was
recruiting his forces and gathering ma
terial in Puerto Principe Antonio Mace,
continued his activity In the great raio
across the island led by Maxine Conner
I'm 1898 NIncco was his chief cOadlutof
and when Captain General CamIos nae
finally receded, with his headquarters u
fine city of Havana, Maceo led darini
raid into the fertile province of Finar dc
Rio. where he devastated the great uclt;
Ahaio tobacco district and raised thl
whole province in revolt against SPAN
When Gomez finally began his retreat e
the eastern province Maceo aAmnincd d
Pinar del Rio. apparently confident OF m
ability to maintain himself isolated ilon
the other insurgent forces ana wiling Il
rely upon the people of this province
which had not been entered by the insur
gent forces at all in the ten years war
There he has been ever since. with th
Spanish authority in the province rccti
cally overturned except in few Of thu
larger cities. All attempts 20 dislodgc hin
or to capture him have proved futile, anC
ho has disproved the assertion of the Span
iards that he could never cross the troch,
and escape from Pinar del Rio.
Time and again reports have been re
ceived from Cuba of his defeat and rout
his death in action or his suicide. Away
to be refuted 10y his later activities Their
E is no doubt that many people will doub
the authenticity of the report now receiyo'
of his death, though no treVious rcpor
= has given such explicit details Cf the cir
D cumstances of his death or the facts O
Identification.
Francisco Gomez. the son of Genera
Gomez, reported as having been ioun'
dead by the side of General MaCe2, wa
born at I.n Re'oilna farm Camaruey
Cuba % years ago. His father was at th
time commander of the Cuban forces II
! Camaguey. The younger Gome1 came {
this country from Santo Domingo i'm An
gust last and joined an expedition allegc
to have sailed from Jacksonville on Sept
4 under the command of Brigadier Ger
eral Ruis Rivera, which landed in Pima
del Rio