The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-02-19
C0VEZ IS RETREA7ING.
uis Force Said To Be Divided into
w. Small Corps.
crx wEYLER AT sANCTI sPIRITus

,,. Arrival There, Apparently """""'
serlous Molestation, Seems To be"r
-, the Report That Gomez Is In ne
-Pinar del Rio Not Pacihed-Nu-
- Hands of Insurgents stiii hiu-
IN the Thick Woods.
havana. via Key West, tla'' tep' 10.
rconvrighted. 1897, by the Associated
ne.s1--If the official reports are cor
RI he insurgent army under General
,,.vimo Gomez has been divided into
Ill corps and Gomez himself Is In fuil
.a,reat before the continued advance OF
nantoin General Weyler. Dispatches
, cieeo de Avila say that the insur-
commander-in-chief, with 1000
ner has recrossed the military line IN
,,o rrovince of Puerto Principe. extend-
TOO from Jucaro to Moron, and that ne
!. Going eastward through Puerto Prin-
to and in the direction of the capital
- Tho nrovince, also called Puerto
n.,ocine General Calxto Garcia Goo
100, second in command) was report
"a four days ago to be in the vicinity
- Puerto Principe and retreatihs
,awords the same point as Gomez. Cap
,o,n General Weyler arrived Wednes-
sov at sancti Spiritus, the most impor-
ant town in the eastern part or the
nrovince of Santa Clara. near the
boundary of Puerto Principe and In the
territory where the insurgent headquar-
ters was recently located.
Report Borne Out by Facts.
Az he has been able to reach that
Mace, apparently without any serious
molestation upon the part OF the insur-
cents. the report that Gomez is retreat
ing would appear to be borne out by
facts The statements from the Spanish
headquarters are even more explicit.
II IS announced that the insurgents have
ratreated to the mountains and to the
woods before the Spanish advance and
that from Sancti Spiritus Captain Gen.
eral Weyier will push forward his col
umns to Moron, Ciego de Avila and Ju-
caro-. thus seemingly sweeping across
the island with large force and driv-
ing the enemy before him towards the
EASTERN part of the island. Strategic
aly General Weyler's position Is
good one and well adapted to keep his
troops supplied well. He expects to trap
Gomez between the two wings OF the
Spanish column and thus force a de-
cslve engagement before the rains put
an end to military operations. The Gu.
bans believe, however, that Gomez VIII
as usual slip through the Gordon before
being completely enveloped.
Pinar del Rio Not Pacified.
Aavices from Santa Clara under date
of Feb. II said that force OF ovel
1000 insurgents was camped at Saf
Gil, twelve miles from that city. under
the command of Generals Mayia ROD
riguez and Chuce Montague. apparent
ly intending to continue their marci
towards the vuelta district In the SAM
province. A dispatch from Consolation
del Sur adds that Pinar del Rio Is ia
from being pacified. Numerous band
of insurgents are said to be hidden Il
thick woods and on Monday last tn
insurgents dynamited and derailed a
exploring train from Pinar del Rio be
tween Los Palacios and Paso Real. Tn
line is still interrupted and passenger
bound from Pinar del Rio to this cit
have to be transferred to trains in wall
ing to the point where the explosion o6
cured. Otherwise trains to and froi
this city are running as usual. Pima
del Rio reports that a small expeditio
from the Elsie, which landed at /
Mulata several days ago, was led Z
Manuel Maria coronado, a correspond
ent of Eel Liberal of Madrid and by Il
editor of La Discussion.