The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-04-14

coast Of Cuba, after issuing at Monte
Cristi revolutionary manifesto, and
had had time before his death to con-
woke the representatives of all the
! Cuban provinces to a general assem-
bly, to collect a Provisional government
and frame a constitution. If this was
not done until later i'm September OF
| the same year, at the town of Jmag-
uayu. 1t was not less true that from
the first days of the revolution the de-
| sire of Marti, as of all the patriots,
| was to organize republic with popu-
| lar institutions.
Two months before Marti's death
| General Antonio Maceo had landed at
! Duava, near Baracoa, Santiago de
! Cuba province. with n handful of
men and few rifles and cartridges, a
! small open boat brought him to Cuba
from Jamaica But his name and his
! presence were enough to make Spain
| tremble. He and his heroic brother,
| Jose Maceo were surrounded by super
| Tor spanish forces on the day of their
! landing. They broke through the Span
| ish lines and made their way into the
! country. In few days, as soon as the
! news spread of their arrival, the pro-
| vince of Santiago de Cuba rose I'm
| arms and Antonia Macco had around
him more than 10000 Cuban soldiers.
CAMPOs IN THE FIELD.
The revolution was saved. The few
| patriots who took up arms on Feb. "a
| at Baire and Manzanillo had courage
! ously resisted under General Barto-
! lone Maso now Cubas president, the
| attacks of the columns Of the Spanish
! General Lachambre, as we'll as the pro-
| posals of peace from the captain gen.
| eral of the island, Don Emilio Calleja
| The ENJOYS of the captain general told
| Maso that the revolution was a failure
! The provinces of Pinar del Rio and
| Havana We're entirely quiet A few
! unimportant bands in Matanzas and
| Santa Clara had been dispersed or had
| surrendered. Puerto Principe was
unanimously in favor Of peace. But
Maso, knowing well how to receive
! such reports, refused to yield He had
! confidence in the landing of Maceo,
! Marti and Gomez. He knew the great
! moral effect that the presence of those
! leaders in the field was going to have
| on the Cuban people; and Spain knew
| it also. The news that Maceo was in
| overthrow of the Sagasta cabinet
! Canovas, then in rover, resolved to
! fight the revolution with the first of the
! Spanish generals and with all the re-
| sources of the naticn. General Calleia
was recalled and General Martinez
| Campos was sent to Cuba with %, 900
| soldiers.
Martinez Campos landed in Guanta-
do 4
1895. His first impression was pessi-
mistic and the Ions chain of defeats
inflicted upon his command until De-
cember of the sane year proved how
right he was in believing from the first
day Of his arrival that this war was
to be more important than the previous
one in 1868. He wasted a great deal of
time in useless trips by sea to Ha-
vana and again to the east. Maceo
was preparing in the meantime his
men and Gomez was formulating the
plan of the great invasion of the west
in order to carry the revolution to ali
the provinces and establish in each one
Il regular body of the Cuban army.
VICTORY OF PERALEJO
July 13, 1895, is the memorable date
of the battle of Peralejo. The war had
been until then confined almost to the
province of Santiago de Cuba, with
some small bands of patriots roaming
through Puerto Principe and keeping
| up only an unimpOrtant guerrilla war
| fare. But MaCeo had already obtained
some notable triumphs, and Martinez
Campos decided to carry reinforce
ments to the Spanish towns in the in
terror which were in great danger of
attack by the insurgents While Mar
tinez Campos was on the way to Bay
amo, Maceo offered him battle near
Peraljo. Maceo-and to this happy
chance General Martinez Campos owed
his life-did not know that the Span-
| iards were commanded by Martinez
Campos himself. He thought that the
Spanish column of 5000 men was led
by General Fiedel Santocildes, because
such was the information given to him
by Spanish prisoner.
Had ! known at the beginning"
ne wrote afterward, that Martinez
Campos was there, would have sac
rhced 1000 of my soldiers to catch
nm, alive or dead"
The engagement was a pitched bat
lIe' and the Cubans, not numbering
5000, carried the day. General Santo-
Cildes fell dead near General Martinez
C3mroS. The Spaniards lost all their
ammunition and their horses. Com
pletely routed, a body of them. avail
ing themselves of the darkness Of the
evening, fled to BayamO, carving Mar
tiEez Campos on a stretcher borne bv
-FOUR soldiers. He was exhausted nv
fatigue and filled with despair More
than 500 Spanish soldiers were left dead
on the field. With the splendid booty
secured by him, Maceo conpleted tho
arm'ng Of the patriots.
WORK OF GOMEZ.
From April to October Gomez suc-
cessfully carried the war through
Puerto Principe province and laid his
plans for the invasion Of the west
Oh oct. Y Maceo. having received or
| defS from Gomez, who was appointed
Commander-in-C Chief OF the army I'm
September by the Assembly of rem
rcSentativcs, started for the east with
1000 OF his men. On oct. 20 Gomez in
Naded Las Villas. Maceo Joined hin,
on Nov. - near a place called Los
Iiuayos From there they began their
triumphant march. on Dec. the
spanish Colonel Scgura was defeated
by the insurgents at IRuara and had to
leave his dead on the field. together
with a. great supply Of arms and am
nunition on Dec, Is the Spanish bat
tllioHs of Cartnias and Trevino We're
routed by Maceo at Mai TEMPO, after