The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-03
Every Movement Known
by the Patriots of the
Island.
Havana Bankers Offer to Supply
Gomez With Funds to
Buy Arms.
Merchants Disguised With the Tactics
Of the Spanish and They Want
to End the War.

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which has greatly.encouraged the Cubans
in this city. The Yumuri was in the
harbor OF Havana on the day of the Sec
:ond departure of Weyler. in quest of
Maceo
." A Cuban who had escaped to Mexico
was ere of the first cabin passengers. He
::came On secret mission to the Junta and
travelled under. an assumed name. He
: said to-day that when the Yumuri left
JHavana everything was in confusion in
4 the city. Soldiers were tramping through
= Tie streets: and officers were dashing about
With orders. The most rigid watch was
kept on persons Teavin the city for fear
! that news of the movements of the Span
ish army would reach the insurgents.
-. All the efforts OF the Spaniards to pre-
vent this information from reaching the
sCubans were futile, he said. .rhei Cubans
: knew Weyler's every move. They had
. spies,distributed all through the city and
the Spaniards had no means of detecting
them. These spies were IN constant COM
.::intinication with the armies of Gomez and
.Maceo.
Business in Havana was at standstill
when the Yumuri sailed. Half the stores
.:.were shut UP and scarcely anybody except
e ;SpanishTsoldiers was to be seen in the
Streets. Persons suspected of insurrec-
; tionary tendencies were watched very
: closely
= In letter to a Cuban in New York
which escaped the Spanish censors is the
statement that a mum Der of Havana bank
'efs who have hitherto held aIoof from the
revolution have sent word to Gomez and
Maceo that they would let him have
money to buy arms with if they would
hurry the war to a conclusion. These
; bankers it is said, are very much annoyed
:: at .Weyler's management of affairs, and
in consequence their business has been
:. seriously impaired.
: Austin Aguerov, who left this city on
one of the recent expeditions, has written
an account of Weyler's recent defeat in
Ptnar del Rio to friends here. Aguerov is
IN. Maceo's cavalry and took part in the
attic OF the Rubf Hills. He pays high
tribute to the skill OF the American cleo
trician Lynn.
Aguerov says that there a number of
TeXas cowboys who have seen service in
the Ranger Corps on the Rio Grande with
Macec's cavalry. They have proved them
selves to be very daring soldiers, always
. ready forany service that requires physi-
cal endurance and desperate enterprises.
The Cubans are always en- the alert,
land when they catch small detached
bodies they invariably destroy them. A
great many of the Spaniards captured
have Joined the. revolution. They say
that Spain's commissariat has been so
sfrightfully mismgnaged that half the time
they did not get enough TO eat. The
Spaniards cannot get anything by forag-
ing.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. 2.-The
Evening Star says: A Star reporter re-
ceived an intimation from an unquestion-
ably high and conservative source to-day
to the effect that the administration has
taken a much tirmer stand on the Cuban
question than the public is led to believe.
The intimation is that early in Novem ber
Secretary Olney, at the instigation of the
President gave the Spanish authorities to
understand that the United States had
waited patiently for the rebellion to be
crushed; that no progress appeared to be
making to that end, and that this Govern
ment would take positive steps within
three months if Spain had not succeeded
in putting an end to the war or practi-
cally ending it. This was conveyed to
Spain in courteous way, but amounted
to an ultimatum. The time fixed Will ex-
pire in February, probably in the early
part, and nothing is expected to be done
until that time.
the above is given for what it is worth.
The Star prints it as a sensation on its
first page, but Notwithstanding the Stars
reputation as a conservative and reliable
newspaper rot much credence is given its
report that the administration has taken.
such pronounced stand.
The Treasury Department has the steam
tug Dauntless at Jacksonville, Fla, again
under surveillance. 1t is alleged that she
has been engaged in several filibustering
expeditions to Cuba, and Minister de
LONE fears that she is again preparing to
lend aid to the Cuban insurgents.
HAVANA, CUBA, Dec. 2.-Nothing is
known here regarding Weyler's move
ments. and no news has been received
from his friends. No engagements have
occurred between Weyler's troops and the
rebels in the Pinar del Rio province.
News received from Los Paiacios is to the
effect that General Melquizo has had an
engagement with force of insurgents,
which resulted in a victory for the Span
iards. who dispersed the rebels COM
Q pletely. Seventeen OF the insurgents were
killed.
KEY WEST, FLA, Dec. 2.-Passengers
on the steamer Olivette brought news of
the burning of SIXTY houses in the city OF
Guanabacoa by the advance guard of
Maximo Garcia. the bombardment of
the city could be heard On the steamship.
BERLIN, GERMANY, Dec. 1.-The COM
mander of the cruiser Aroma, which is
at Manila, the capital of the Philippine
Islands, telegraphed under date OF No
vember % that the situation there was
critical. The dispatch further stated that
the action of the Spanish authorities and
forces was confined to the defense OF Ma
Mia, and that an attack by the rebels was
daily expected on this place. Prepare
tions were being made for the defense OF
I the town. Most of the foreign residents
p the vicinity OF Manila were moving into
Me town.
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