Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1897-02-19
CUBA,
The Insurgents Marching On'
Weyler Is Cut Off From Havana
Gomez will Yet Get WeyIer'
CUBA,

! JAcKsoNAILLE, Fla, Feb. IA
special TO the citizen from Key West
says:
Private information has been re-
ceived Of the whereabouts Of General
Gomez. He has succeeded in slip
ping by General Weyler, and is now
between him and Havana. General
Gomez gave the command for the ad-
vance with strict orders that any man
that struck a match would be court
martiled. lie then advanced on
the Moron trocha, in the eastern end
OF the island, With 5000 cavalry and
10000 infantry. He advanced on the
fort at"midnight, and when he saw
he was discovered by the Spanish, who
fired upon him, he ordered the cavalry
TO charge. They swooped down upon
the fort and captured it, and the whole
army went through the trocha. All
of the supply Of arms and ammuni-
tlon of the fort was captured
Aid for the cubans.
DALLAS, Tex Feb l9.-One OF the
largest Cuban expeditions that has
sailed from the Gulf coast squared
for the Queen Of the Antrilles, from
Pass Caballo, midway between Corpus
Christi and Galveston. The expedi-
tion consisted OF 300 thoroughly armed
frontiersmen, mostly from Colorado,
but many OF them from North and
West Texas and New Mexico. The
Colorado and New Mexican contin-
gents are part OF Colonel Roberts or
ganiZatlon, which has been getting
together In the Southwest during the
last few days. The men forming the
expidition have been sent to South
Texas points in squads Of from five TO
twenty, many Of them having passed
through Houston and Galveston with
out suspicion as TO their identity be-
ing aroused. They have been sent
out from Dallas, and Fort Worth, and
few from Greenvllle and Texarkana
by Cuban sympathizers.
The vessel on which they sailed to-
night is owned by wealthy private
parties, non-residents OF Texas. 1t
lay for several days last week near the
port of Brazos de Santiago, at point
north OF the bar, from which it
quietly slipped out last Friday night.
reaching Pass Caballo on Sunday.
During the last 30 days arms and
ammunition have been shipped as hol-
loware, white lead, hospital supplies
and musical instruments. In all 4O,-
600 rounds OF mixed ammunition for
rifles, shotguns and reyolvers, which
had been quietly gathered In North
Texas points, the bulk OF It at Dallas,
and some OF II at Fort Worth, and
some OF the biggest arm companies iu
ST. Louis, have shipped from those
cities under the direction Of Cuban
and forwarded in such
packages as not TO arouse suspicion as
10 the character OF their contents. |
The expedition hopes 10 join Colonel |
Roberts command OF Americans In |
Cuba, or General Garcia's. The point |
where IL will land has been selected In /
advance, but II is only known TO the
ofiioerS OF the ship, and the promoters
Df the expedition. The crew consists
of % thoroughly experienced sailors,
&c the head OF whom isCaptain Miller,
who has spent a great deal OF time
during the last two or three weeks in
Galveston, Dallas and Houston. One
Il the crew is Bob Allan. the assistant
gunner who helped make Walsh work
he Hotchklss gun In the sea fight
asst December, on the south coast OF
laba, when the Three Friends failed
o land its expedition, and had TO put
lack. Another OF Captain Miller's
laTing men is Tom Mcdonald, "a mem.
'er OF the crew OF the Three Friends.
"All Of these men are under bonds
or the alleged piracy case growing
lut OF the naval engagement. They
AVE been In Texas for over two weeks
assisting In getting up the expedition,
shich Was set on foot about three days
go oyCuoaa sympathirers inDallas.n