The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 7, 1898, Page 1

b VOLUME L The S This Paper not to be taken from the Library.++++ s — (XIV._NO. 7. SAN FRANCISCO, TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 1898, PRICE FIVE CENTS. -RRIFIC BOMBARDMENT 0 AND DEADLY HGHTING REBELS PUT o o o o o =1 o o b f=3 o =3 TO ROUT THE tured With Great Slaughter. MANILA, May 3! (via Hongkong, June 6).—The Spanish outposts have been driven in all along the line simultaneously and with great slaughter. It is said over a thousand have been Killed. There has been fierce hand to hand fighting for sev- enty hours, despite the typhoon which is raging. The violent winds and torrents of rain render the rifles of the Spanish troops unavailing. The natives easily win at every step with their slashing Knives. To-day the inpsurgents hold Malabon, Tarlac and Bacoor. They are now at- tacking San Tomas and Morlate, the suburbs of the city, which is completely encircled for a distance of seven miles. A native regiment under Colonel Aguin- aldo, cousin of the insurgent leader, yes- terday joined the insurgents. Three rockets were dropped into the city to- day. They are supposed to have been a signal for the natives. Outposts at Manila Cap-%r fldQGOQfi!}?UC&QC}C&FIGGOOOOQOOODO*JQOC&GOQQQG The Governor has issued a de-| ring proclamation, begging the insurgents to come to terms, | and-meanwhile he is arranging to remove all the Spanish popula-| tion inside the old walled city. | He is filling the moats, testing the drawbridges and placing strong guards on the principal streets and artillery aleng the All the other troops are The walls. camping in the suburbs. weather is terrific. LATER—It now appears that | the rockets yesterday were not | signals to the natives, but a warn- | ing from the German Consulate of the approach of the typhoon, issued for the benefit of ships in the harbor. | I visited Cavite without the Spaniards knowing it and found there 197 wounded and 56 pfis- | oners, among the latter six Span- | ish officers. All were well treated. Chief Aguinaldo, in the course of an interview, has said that the insurgents are eager to rush upon Manila forthwith, but that Admiral Dewey refuses to “allow hordes of passionate semi-sav- ages to storm a civilized metrop- olis.” Admiral Dewey wants to await the arrival of the American troops. In the meantime the in- surgents haVe been forbidden to cross the Molate River, seven miles south of Manila.’ *Other- wise the Petrel will be stationed there to bombard them. The volunteers smelt powder yesterday. An officer was killed and three wounded. They re- tired rapidly. One German resi- dent has enlisted with the volun- teers. HONGKONG, June 6.—Dis- ratches from Manila dated June 1 and 3, report heavy fighting, the rehels driving back the gar- rison with heavy losses. General Aguinaldo’s cousin was shot, as he refused to fight. Foreigners are moving to ships in the bay. LONDON, June 7.—The Hongkong correspondent of the _ Standard says: Advices from Manila say Admiral Dewey has | gathered the steamers now | blockaded in the river to lie off | Cavite in readiness to receive for- i eigners. The Spaniards are los- ing arms, ammunition and field pieces almost daily, so persistent | are the rebel attacks. The natives | are flocking to Aguinaldo’s stan- dard. He is, on the whole, con- | ducting the campaign on hu- mane principles. In the course | of a pitched battle on May 30 a| number of native auxiliaries de- REAR ADMIRAL SAMPSON, COMMANDING THE COMBINED FLEETS BEFORE SANTIAGO. serted the Spanish lines for the|that the insurgents have cut the insurgents. tenor of the news from Manila there is a right to believe that the city will fall into Dewey’s hands before the arrival of the Ameri-| can troops. HONGKONG, June 6—The British gunboat Swift, which has | just arrived from Manila, reports ! From the general | railways outside the town and |at Manila, assist the insurgents The Americans, it is reported advanced to within four miles of | with boats and machine guns. the city. The Swift repeats a rumor that | A Spanish regiment mutinied | the insurgents had captured and and shot its officers. frequent, and the former brought 1000 prisoners to Cavite. | tortured a number of priests. The | Fighting between the insur- | British residents, at the time the | gents and the Spanish troops is | Swift left, remained in Manila, | l | | | | | F SANTIAGO ABOUT MANILA' " SAMPSON'S GUNS AGAIN AT WORK jAmerican Troops Said to Have Landed Near Aguadores. PORT AU PRINCE, Hayti, June 6.—Ad- vices received here to-day show that the bombardment at Santiago de Cuba was re- sumed this morning by the American fleet. It is said that the Americans succeeded in forcing the harbor, having first destroyed the wreck of the Merrimac, which they sank on Friday morning to prevent the es- cape of the Spanish squadron. After entering the harbor they engaged the Spanish warships, and after hot fight- ing sank two of them. It is reported that one of the American vessels was damaged, but this cannot be confirmed. The United States auxiliary cruiser St. Louis, which is acting as a dispatch boat for Admiral Sampson, has arrived at Mole St. Nicholas. 2 MOLE ST. NICHOLAS, Hayti, June 6.— News of the successful landing Saturday of 5000 American troops a few miles west of Santiago de Cuba was brought here by the auxiliary cruiser St. Louis, which arrived E-8-8-n-8-0-R-0-E-E8 to-day. CAPE HAYTIEN, June 6. Continued on Second Page. ljust been received from Santi: There were three regiments and three batteries of artillery, several heavy siege guns and a force of engineers. No confirmation was received to-day of the reported naval engagement off Jean Ra- bel, on the northwest coast of Hayti. officers of the St. Louis do not believe any such engagement could have taken place. ONE OR THE FORTS IN SANTIAGO HARBOR ‘UNDER BOMBARDMENT. The B E-E-5EN-0--E-R-E-E-EN-E-n-E-E-E-R-E-R Hayti,|de Cuba states that the Ameri- A dispatch which has|cans have made another attack ago | upon the Spanish defenses. The firing began at 7:45 o’clock this morning, and in a few minutes the cannonading became general, showing that all the batteries and the forts at the entrance of the harbor and all the American { fleet were engaged. The firing was not only at the entrance of the port, but it was 16\'ident that the Américans were attacking further down the coast, | for the sounds of the cannonad- ing came from the direction of Aguadores, to the eastward of | Morro. Some of the military authori- ties at Santiago contended that | this firing at Aguadores denoted that the Americans wereattempt- ing to land troops under the fire of their ships,but there Wwas noth- ing to confirm their opinion. The firing continued to in- crease in violence, and at 8:35 | o'clock, when this dispatch was | sent, it was still going on with much fury. The Spaniards were evidently making a gallant de- fense. The batteries and forts are so far from the city that it was impossible to learn any de- tails of the fighting. There was much excitement in the city. PORT AU PRINCE, Hayti, June 6.—I have just received news of the landing of a large force of American troops a few miles west of Santiago de Cuba. The landing was aided by a force of insurgents, with whom a coali- tion had been made, and who at- tacked the Spanish batteries | while the fleet outside bombard- |