The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, April 27, 1898, Page 1

The whagmss Call | STARVATION IN HAVANA, THE PHILIPPINES MENACED., REPORTED SEA BATTLE THE RICH PRIZE TAKEN BY THE BOLD A 1 4 ™ = A o) NiSH GUNBOAT LIOERA FIRES AT AN AMERICAN TORPEDO-BOAT DESTROYER Copyrighted, 1535, by James Gordon Bennett. HAVANA, April 26.—A dispatch from Cardenas to La Lucha says that the Spanish gunboat Ligera and an American torpedo-boat destroyer met off Cayo Piedra. lenge. and apparently they did destroyer, for she retreated, listing badly as she moved off. considerable damage to the gunboat was Antonio Perez Reudon. The American fleet is still sailing to and fro in sight of Havana. the greatest enthusiasm throughout the island for war. young women called on Captain-General Blanco to-day and requested permission | has aroused The American destroyer opened fire and the gunboat accepted the chal- Eleven cannon shots were fired by the Ligera, according to the dispatch, the American torpedo-boat The commander of Its presence Seventeen from him to go as vivandieres with the Spanish army if it should invade the United States. The Colonial Government has decided not to grant any leaves of absence to its civilian employes who de At the Cabinet election held last Sunday many Cubans and Spaniards in good | sire to join the volunteers. standing in the city were elected. The Cabinet will assemble on May 4. The elec- tions for Senators will be he ROWAN GIVES GARCIA PLANS OF CAMPAIGN R O UGG e e G S W e The Insurgent General Told to Join the American Army of Occupation yrighted, 1898, by James Gordon Bennett. | KINGSTON, Jamaica, April 204—} General Ga commanding the an forces in the eastern end of the island, is now in full possession of the United States’ military plan of He received his informa- nt Rowan of the ¥, who has suc- ceeded in landing on the coast of Cuba and reaching the insurgent forces. Lieutenant Rowan was ordered by the Secret Service Bureau to go on a secret mission in behalf of the War Department. It was at first thought that his destination was Porto Rico. Then definite orders were issued for him to proceed to Jamaica and thence cross to Cuba and endeavor to reach General Calixto Garcia’s camp and i communicate to the general the plans | of the United States Government. He was also to ask the rebel leader to make arrangements for effecting & junction of the insurgents in South- eastern Cuba with a probable Ameri- can expedition. Lieutenant Rowan was told to ob- tain information of the character of the country and to make maps and plans for the use of the Information Bureau as soon as he made a landing. He sailed from Jamaica on April 9 by the Atlas steamer and reached ia, Id on Thursday. [+ 4444444444344+ 444444444444 4444444 MEN ARE NOW COMING TO the harbor there. Eventually an expedition was or- ganized through the Cuban Junta | with an expert pilot and guides. Lieu- tenant Rowan left St. Anns Bay on April 24 at 2 o’clock in the morning. He started with a good breeze and | | expected to, arrive last Monday morn- ng. His mission is one of great danger, | |ana if captured he would be treated (as a spy. The greatest precautions | were exercised here to conceal his | mission. No -definite news has been | received of his safe arrival. | schooner will be hidden until the re- | turn of a messenger announcing his | arrival in Garcia’s camp. He will then report. His ————— England to Send Warships. * LONDON, April 26.—Six British war- ships. it is reported at Kingston, Ja- NEW YORK, April 26.—Six regular army sol- diers, a detail from Company A of the Battery of Engineers at Willetts Point, L. L., in charge of Corporal Henry Beck, left for San Francisco this afternoon to superintend the laying of mines in One of the men said that they would report to the United States engineer officer at San Francisco, and that it would probably take three or four days to properly mine the harbor. He said that after the work was finished the city would be absolutely safe from a hostile fleet. AR o o R R IR IR T ARk b I R b YR ORI Kingston on April 15. He put him- | maica, will patrol the seas in the neigh- self at once in communication with | borhood of Cuba during hostilities be- | Mr. Dent, United States Consul here, | tV¢eD the United States and Spain. . s ) % |and endeavored to cross over. + MINE THIS HARBOR PR R R b N R IR P SR SRR SR SR P ORI 'TORPEDO BOAT SOMERS ~ LOWERS ITS PENNANT | Will Not Be Permitted to Leave Fal- mouth, an English Neu- tra: Port. FALMOUTH, Eng.,, April mander Hazelton of the | torpedo-boat Somers was notified last evening as a result of the neutrality measures adopted by the British Govern- ment that he must not leave these waters. Consequently the Somers lowered her pennant this morning. A British tor- pedo-boat has taken up a position in the | vicinity. The fires of the Somers will he | quenched and the crew of the torpedo- | boat will be paid off to-day. The Somers | will then be towed further up the harbor and will be moored until further orders. One American and four Scandinavian seamen arrived here to-day from London 10 join the Somers. The customs au- thorities sent them to the Sailors’ Home and warned them that me;{ would be ar- rested 1f they left the building. The crew. of the Somers declare they intend to join the United States navy. They were {Q{nlsed $3¢ for the trip to the United ates. 26.—Com- United States VIEW OF MANILA AND THE HARBOR, LOOKING SEAWARD. STARVATIOR e 3 LITTLE MANGROVE Story, Not Confirmed, That the Spanish Transport Montserrat Succeeded in Running the Blockade. Copyright, 1898, by James Gordon Bennett. HONGKONG, April 26.—0. F. Williams, American Consul at Manila, arrived here to-day. He reports that the Spaniards have moored the |cruiser Castilla at Manila to act as a floating battery, taking guns from one side to Corregidor Island at the entrance to the harbor. The cruiser arrived from Spain a few days ago with many war sup- plies, probably including torpedoes, but no mines had been laid up to a |week ago for lack of submarine cable. The Spaniards then obtained about eighty miles of cable from the telegraph company. | With the exception of the Castilla’s battery there are no modern guns about Manila. The Spanish naval officer declared that he would sink at his moor- ings before he would surrender his ship. ( About 25,000 native insurgents CONFRONTS THE RECONCENTRADD Driven From Havana to Die at Point of the Bayonet. Copyrighted, 1898, by James Gordon Bennett. ON BOARD THE HERALD- | CALL DISPATCH BOAT ALBERT F. D KEY WEST, April ana is in a wild state of appre- and dread. Bombardment | from the American fleet has been ex- | pected from day to day, and now the in- habitants of the panic-stricken city have | decided in their own minds that an ac- tive siege will not be delayed longer | than daybreak to-morrow Bu been practically sus- | pended ever since cable communication from the Unit tes was cut off. The prices of provisions of all sorts were doubled on Saturday, and Monday morning found them again more than doubled. Many dealers are already refusing to sell except in most limited quantities, and agents of the army will probably take control of every grocery and pro- vision store in the city before the end of the week. Suffering among the poorer classes, more especially among those suspected of anti-Spanish sentiment, is already something terrible. Those re- concentrados who were by order of General Weyler brought into the city, are now being driven into the country at the point of the bayonet, there to starve to death, as they are doing by the score. A blockade of a month will pro- duce results too terrible to contemplate. Foreigners of all classes—and Span- iards, too, for that matter—are clamor- ing for an opportunity to get out of the island. Were there 100 neutral ships in Havana harbor to-night they could all leave to-morrow with full passenger- lists. All this and much more was told me last night from the deck of the Eng- lish vagrant steamer Luciline by - John Rolie, an Englishman, and until recently engineer of the floating dry dock in Ha- vana harbor. | hension BUELIOS AYRES, April _6.—The British steamer Ligria, just arrived at Montevideo from the Pacific, reports she left the Oregon and Marietta coal- ing at Punta Arenas, Straits of Ma- gellan. It is believed both verzels will sail directly for New York without stopping at the River Platte. R Temerario About to Sail. Copyrighted, 1598, by James Gordon Bennett. BUENOS AYRES, April 26.—It is be- lieved that the Spanish torpedo gun vessel Temerario is about. to sail, as she has cabled her pilot. who until now has been ashore at Montevideo, are encamped outside of Manila ready to rush upon the Spaniards as |soon as the American fleet appears All the Americans except one are |now out of Manila, many taking refuge aboard of English merchant ships. ;;All the American ships except the Great Admiral have also got away. | The Europeans at Manila fear incendiarism and massacre when the |insurgents enter. THE BRAVE MANGROVES BIC PRIZE ‘Takes a Spanish Ship That Might Have Blown Her to Pieces. Copyrighted, 1898, by James Gordon Bennett. ON BOARD the Herald- Call dispatch-boat, Albert F. Dewey, Key West, Fla, April 26.—One of the least | formidable vessels of our | hastily improvised auxiliary | fleet, the little lighthouse R R R R RO R R R R O R ORORCROR Y THE MONTSERRAT HAS BROKEN THE BLOCKADE. Copyrighted, 1898, by James Gordon Bennett. HAVANA, April 26.—The Spanish steamship Montserrat has reached Cienfugos, breaking the blockade. She was bound to Havana, and on nearing port the American ships fired at her. The mail steamer, aiter firing twice in return, went away from the blockade to the southern coast. She brought 1000 soldiers, $8,000,000 in specie and eighteen guns of great caliber. NEW YORK, April 26.—The Herald has been unable to confirm the story of the Montserrat evading the blockade from any other source. It is possible that the story may have originated in Havana and been passed by the censor in an at- tempt to throw our ships off their guard, 9000000000000 00666 6 R R R R R RO ORI CROROROROR @@@@\b@@@(“@‘@@@@@@@@@'?2@@@@@\9@@@@@@9@000 interesting before last ¢ SPAIN'S ELEET night chicfly because - LYING IDLE. it was in her cabin ::Com‘r:ghl. 1835, by James Gordon Bennett, Y VI 08 Verd ltender Mangrove, escorted |that the Maine court s, April 26.—The. Spanish > : & - s ron still r s at thi into Key West this morning|[0f inquiry’ held itS o Kinousn the omcos ooy the best prize and the most|sessions. She is fa- [=niem anxpus wsectongnt whom T talked about noon, told me that he did not believe the fleet would sail before to-mor- row. Ammunition for the bat- tery of each vessel Is in place near the guns and the ships ap- pear to be prepared for actlon. mous now because with one of her six-| inch guns she com- pelled the surrender| of a ship that might have blown her to pieces. The Government put an| able officer in charge of her— Lieutenant-Commander ~W. H. Everett, who did good work in our Virginius contro- versy with Spain years ago. The department gave Com- mander Everett two junior surprising taken in the war thus far. Almost in sight of Havana [ saw her make captive last | night the big Spanish Trans- atlantic liner and auxiliary cruiser, Panama, bound from {New York to the Cuban | capital, which carried a crew |of seventy-two men, thirty- nine passengers and a big cargo of corn and other pro- visions, intended for the be- leagured city. The Mangrove was o © ® @ @ POOPPPPOPPP0PPP00P 9009090909990 090PP0P09009PP009900900P00O®OOGS G006 \?@@@@@@@@@@O@@@@@O@ officers and a crew of thir- teen men. Thirteen proved to be any= | thing but an unlucky number in this case, for the Mangrove lentered Key West to-day cov- ered with glory, and her crew of thirteen are the envy of all other crewsin the fleet. Their share of prize money will