Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-14
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Gomez Issues Orders Directly OPP
posttc 10 Those OF WeyIer.

positc 10 Those OF weyIer.
HAVANA, March 13--Advices received
here from the. province Of Santa Clara say
that the insurgents forbid the country fam
lilies from going into the towns IN accordance
with the orders Of General Weyler. Gomez
is also reported to have declared It to be
unnecessary to baptlze children or to per-
form the ceremony Of marriage and It is
stated that there are no priests In the camps
Of the insurgents.
At Garicubula and Placetas the insurgents
are concentrating their cattle and provisions,
and II is reported that Gomez will try to
pass out Of the province sof Santa Clara,
where he is now said to be hiding in the
swamps. The local guerillHs of La Palma
plantation have been engaged with the ad-
vance guard of a detachment of insurgents.
Two of the latter, including Lieutenant
Marques BeZuiZ, were killed. Near
Cardenas district, province of Matanzas, the
insurgents have derailed and plundered
passenger train, after which they burned the
cars. Lieutenant Colonel Guigo, operating
with column of troops In the mountains Of
Santiago, has destroyed an insurgent camp,
killing Ave people,
Captain Quintina recently surprised on the
highway, near Guisa, province of Santiago
de Cuba, an insurgent force, which, after
sldrmish, left three killed on the field and
two prisoners in the hands of the troops.
surgents have beheaded an old man. A dis
patch from Cardenas says that eight persons
have been arrested there on the charge of
conspiring against the government
Colonel Hernandez, being informed that
the insurgent forces under FREDERICK Nunez
and Lucas Martinez were encamped at the
plantation Of San Leon ahd the farm of
La Luz, near Artemisa, in the province of
Pinar del Rio, went in pursuit of them, and
encountered their rear guard at the farm of
Travelos Soon afterward the enemy ad-
vanced from the positions occupied and at
tackled the Spanish troops Some lively firing
followed, and Colonel Hernandez tried
| to turn the flank of the Insurgents. This
brought the full force of the Spanlards and
insurgents into battle at long range. COM
| pany of Alfonso XIII battalion of Spanish
| troops particularly distinguished itself The
Loric battalion also displayed considerable
gallantry and eventually the insurgents were
compelled to retreat, leaving five killed and
nine wounded on the field. The troops cap
tured the arms of the latter, and on the
government side eight men were wounded, OF
whom three were seriously injured.
The local guerillas of Sagua la Grande, at
the Guayabo farm and in the hills of Belen
and Dominguez, have been engaged with the
| insurgent forces commanded by Jose Domin-
guez. The insurgents were dislodged from,
their positions and left five killed and two
wounded behind them.
AT Madruga, province of Havana the in.
surgents have burned the fields and houses
of the Cardida plantation and have hanged
a pacific Chinaman. ~
The insurgents are again in the centra
portion of the province Of Havana in fore
and are moving westward to the neigh
borhood of the city Of Havana. Colone
Figuerroa reports that yesterday morning
he met numerous band under MARITIME
and Morton west of Jovelanos. They opene
fire, but the troops stood firm. Anothe
report says Antonio Maceo has entered tn
province Of Havana along the south coast
In the district of 'Santo Domingo the in
surgents have burned all the cane fields
with few exceptions. For SIX days the hori
zon has shown smoke and lres some nea
and some distant. The Insurgents hav
burned the village of Bojirigun in the dis
trict OF Mangas, Pinar del Rio