The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1898-04-08

tion, and the people could not rise.
On February 2s Gov. Gen. CalleJa
proclaimed the provinces OF Ma
tanzas and Santiago In a state OF
Siege and imprisoned the Cuban
leaders there. Gen. MassO led the
fight in Santiago, and the revOlu-
tIon rapidly gained strength. On
April l Gems. Antonio and Jose
Maceo lsnded In that province.and
although surrounded by superior
Spanish forces on the day Of their
landing, broke through the lines
into the inleriOr, and In few days
Maceo lad 10000 men under his
banners. Jose Marti and Gen.
Maxine Gomez landed on April IL
at Sabsna La Mar, on the southern
coast OF Cuba. and the insurrectlOn
was fully under way. Marti was
Killed at Dys Rios on May 10, but
before bis death had convoked 4
General Assembly 10 elect a pro-
vincial government aud frame a
constitution. This assembly did
not meet, however, until the fol-
lowing September when a provls-
lonal constitution was adopted and
Salvador CisnerOs BetancOurt elect
ed President and BartOlOme MlssO
Vice President OF the Cuban Re
pnbllr, with completed Cabinet.
Gen. Gomez was made command
der-in-chief OF the Cuban forces
with Gen. Maceo second 10 com
mand.
THE ARRIVAL OF CAHPOs.
On April IS Gov. Gen. Calleja
was called and Gen. Martinez Cam
pos, who had entered the rebellion
Of 1865, aud Who had the repUta-
tlon OF being sPaln's greatest liv-
Ing General, was put in com mand
In Cubs. lie declared he would
crush the insurrection, establish
peace, and return to spain by the
following September. Without
describing the ensuing operations
in detail, IL Is enough TO say that
the Cubans attaked the Spaniards
at every pOiut In the provinces
which were In arms and defeated
them In many sklrmishes and in
several pitched battles, notable
among which was that at Bayamo.
Here Csmpo-, with 4,SOO men, met
Maceo, With 1900 Cubans, and AZ
ter = fight lasting eleven hours,
was completely routed. Ills for
ces were compelled TO Kill their
horses and mules TO make n barri-
cade, and finally left their wound
cd and dead on the field and fed
In great disorder.
Campos established the trOcha, a
line Of small forts, moved his hesd-
quarters from Santa Clara TO Glen.
fuegOs, and thence 10 LimOaT,
10 MaianEas, and hnally TO Havana,
where he began 20 fortify the land
approaching TO the capital. The
provinces OF Havana and Pinar del
Rio were put under martial law,
thus declaring the entire island q
be In a state Of siege. This was the
result OF Gen. Campos' fret cam
paIgn, and the fact that Il resulted
in his crushing defeat at Fl Colisec
on December % by Gen Gomez, TO
gether with his declaration on De
csmber "a that he must prepare to
defend the capital, raised such a
storm that the Spanish Govern,
ment was forced TO recall him and
the Infamous Gen. Wey Ter was ap
pointed his successor.
i weyIer Immediately instituted ,
reign or terror. On Feb. %, 1895
he issued his DEGREES OF eoneentra
tiOn. The first clause OF these or
ders reads IS follows:
II order and command, first, tina
all the inhabitants OF the country
or outside the fOrtifcatIOns o th'
towns, shall, within the period o
eight days, concentrate thsmsSlyeI
in the towns occupied by tn,
troops, any individual who, aiter
the expiration Of this period, !
found In the uninhabited part
will he considered a rebel and trie'
as sueh.r
The other sections forbid tn
transportation Of provisions frOr
one town 10 another without tn
permission OF the military author
, tiles, directed the owners OF eatti
TO bring them into the towns, pr
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