The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 12, 1898, Page 1

Call ) VOLUME LXXXIV.—NO. 12. - The SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY, JUNE 12, 1898—-THIRTY-TWO PAGES. PRICE FIVE CENTS. ) - FIGHT THOUSAND TROOPS DISEMBARK AT SANTIAGO WARSHIPS BOMBARD THE CITY » Landing Effected After the Forts Have Been Silenced. For Three Hours Sampson’s Ves- sels Hurl Projectiles Into the Batteries.: PORT AU PRINCE, Hayti, June I1.—Dispatches received here from Mole St. Nicholas state that 8000 troops landed at Santiago de Cuba yesterday, after the city had been bombarded by the American fleet. , THREE HOURS’ BATTLE Madrid Reports That the Landing Force Was Repulsed. MADRID, June Il.—-An official dispatch received here from Havana, dated Friday, June 10, says: ¢ This morning Admiral Sampson’s ships com- menced the bombardment of Santiago de Cuba. At & @ . s the same time a number of boats, towed by a steam- er, approached, and attempted to make a landing. The cannonade lasted three hours. The Spaniards, skillfully posted, repulsed the attempt at landing, and the Americans drew ofif. No damage was caused by the shells from the warships, which kept at a distance, evidently afraid to venture within range of the guns of the forts.” VIXEN LANDS ARMS. Copyrighted, 1398, by James Gordon Bennett. KINGSTON, Jamaica, June 11.—The military gunboat Vixen has succeeded in landing 400 rifles, five tons of provisions and 60,000 rounds of ammunition for the insurgents at Asserado. Spanish cavalry interfered with the work and the Vixen’s shells did great execution among them. The Yankee, which arrived at Port Antonio at 9 o’clock to-night, reports all is quiet at San- tiago de Cuba, and that there has been no re- sumption of the bombardment by Admiral Sampson. The Spaniards are afraid to fire for fear of further punishment. Yankee positively deny the statement that the Spaniards have tampered with the wreck of the sunken collier Merrimac. Her funnel and masts were still plainly visible this morning. The fleet is anxiously awaiting the arrival of troops. Montego Bay from Manzanillo. Asserado, or Aserradero, where the Vixen landed arms and supplies for the insurgents, is a small village on the southeastern coast of Cuba. Itis about as far to the west of Santiago de Cuba as Guantanamo, where 850 marines were landed, is to the east. From the fact that operations are being car- ried on at these places on either side of Santiago the inference is that Admiral Sampson’s fleet is patrolling the coast in that vicinity for about 100 miles. BRUNLRURINWNLRRY The officers of the | Six hundred refugees have arrived at| | | | | PATRIA. The Spanish RAPIDO. ACFONSOXT . =MPERADOR' CARLOSY: PLUTO. GIRALDA. T e “PEEAYO SSADO PROSERPINA Reserve Squadron Now Rendezvoused at Cadiz and Awaiting Orders to Sail. ments | CAPE HAYTIEN, June 11.— Information has been received here, by way of Port au Prince, that a large force of Americans landed yesterday on the shores of Guantanamo, near Caimanera,and cut the cable; that the terminus at that point is in the possession of the Americans and that every effort will be made to reopen communication with New York via Cape Haytien. A force of i cable repairers may be sent from Cape Haytien as soon as a steamer can be sent here to take them over. WASHINGTON, June 11.— communication to-day with Ad- miral Sampson off Santiago by | cable and by mail, with the result | that it i$ now known officially that the American flag floats over Cuba, and that it was raised by United States marines at the | mouth of Guantanamo Bay. The marines who have thus | glorified themselves were 800 in number. They were obliged to fight for their lives, and in the course of that fight to burn down the town chosen as the site of debarkation. All is ready at Guantanamo for the landing - of United States regular troops as soon as they arrive there, the ma- rines holding the ground they won and being protected by ths The Navy Department was in| MARINES LANDED AT GUANTANAMO They Safely Plant Old Glory on the Soil of Cuba. Territory Taken by Americans Can Be Held Until Re-Enforce- Arrive. I guns of the Marblehead, under | Captain McCalla, who has al- | ready during the present war so distinguished himself by ener- getic and valuable services as to encourage the belief that he will regain the numbers he lost some time ago through an unfortunate incident. Regarding the fleet of transports, no statement is ob- tainable at the War Department, and it is believed that the situa- tion is as it stood yesterday with respect to the starting of the ex- pedition. SIX HUNDRED MARINES PITCH THEIR TENTS. How the Invasion of Cuba Was Commenced by the Amer- ican Forces. OFF GUANTANAMO, Cuba, June 10, via Port Antonio June 1r.—The in- | vasion of Cuba by the American forces began to-day. Six hundred marines have pitched their tents among the smoking ruins of the outer fortifica- tions of Guantanamo and the Stars and Stripes for the first time float on a Span- ish flagstaff in Cuba. To Captain Clark and tle battleship Oregon belong the honor of accom- plishing the first successful landing of the war. The forty marines from the battleship went ashore this morning and occupied the left entrarice of the bay until the troopship Panther arrived with 600 marines. These, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel E. W. Huntington, arrived at 3 o’clock and within half an hour they had burned the buildings of the Spanish camp and had set fire to the miserable” little village 00000000000000000 o YELLOW FAKE OF EXAMINER-JOURNAL IS DULY EXPOSED. (] o < < © o © [ Copyright, 1538, by James Gordon Ben- © Dett. o © PARIS, June Il.—lam © informed that the pur- g ported interview with g former Empress Eu-o genie, published in two © of your yellow journals, was absolutely false. o The former Empresshas @ not received the corre- spondent either of an ¢ American or any other © journal. She has not @ beeninterviewedbyany- ¢ body. o [+ Q 00QC00000000000Q0C00C0 which crouched on the beach under the hilltop of Guantanamo. The whol oneration of silencing the guns and landing the forces was as easy as placing a Sunday school pic- nic. The Marblehead had, backed by the Vixen and Dolphin, opened on the earthworks. The shores tc the 1ight of the entrance were lined with guns and rifle pits, but the Spaniards stampeded after firing a few shots. The city of Guantanamo lies four miles up the bay, and a little éSpanish gunboat came down to help the shore batteries. But she stayed just long enough to turn around. Numerous shots were fired by the Spaniards, but not one landed, and no Americans .were injured. The main fort lies within the city limits and is still to be reduced, but it i not in a difficult position, and the American officers say it can be taken in fifteen minutes when desir.d. The Marblehead, Dolphin, Vixen and two colliers have been off the cntrance of the harbor for several days and yes- terday morning they sailed into the channel. A mile further up they opened fire, sending fifty shots at the fortifi- cations on the left. The fhills on the right of the entrance were deserted. There are no defenses on the right side of the harbor. No attempt was made to land until the Oregon steamed in early this morn- ing. Captain Clark immediately sent forty marines ashore and twenty from the Marblehead followed. They found 0000000000 CO008CVOTTo000CC evidence of a very hasty departure by | the Spaniards. Watches, hammocks and ammunition were scattered among the earthworks and a Spanish flag was found in one of the rifle pits. The little detachment or marines held the place until the Panther arrived, when they were recalled and the work of disem- barking began. The first boatload had scarcely landed when the village burst into flames. Com- pany K, under Lieutenant Hall, was the first ashore, and without the loss of a moment the column started up the steep, rocky hillside to the earthworks. For an hour a brown column of marines v e s S e Continued on Becond Page. Talk of Proposal BERLIN, June 11.—Although the]| anti-American feeling continues here the latest war news, coupled with of- ficlal warnings that such comments were endangering the commerclal in- terests of Germany, have compelled the newspapers to modify their ultra pro- Spanish sympathies and some of them are beginning to admit that Spain is in a perilous condition. The Deutsche Zeitung says it thinks the moment has arrived for diplomatic intervention in regard to the Philippine Islands and adds: ‘‘We confllently ex- pect the Foreign Office to act speedily and energetically, as we cannot allow the islands to pass into the hands of America.” The Vossische Zeitung says: “In the Philippines Spain’s punishment for cen- turies of misrule is imminent. The | cruel massacre of the patriot Risal and thousands of agals find a bloody re- | compense.” The Vossische Zeitung is | the first Berlin paper to publish the re- | ports of a special correspondent sent to | Tampa. | The Post of this city admits that| Spain's affairs have arrived at a criti- | cal stage, and says: ~ “If, in addltion | to other misfortunes, the throne is up- | set by a civil war, Spain would lose all sympathy hitherto felt for her by the Continental powers.” The Kreyz Zeitung says it can con- firm the report that several of the pow- ers are consulting on the subject of mediation between Spain and the United States. LONDON, June 11.—In regard to the | rumored peace propositions of Spain | the Pall Mall Gazette says: “Mr. Bal- four will sum up the case. We should be delighted to do anything to help,i but we could not think of it unless both | parties seemed likely to welcome it and mean business, which they do not. That's just it. America is ready for peace, but only on the terms she is en- titled to. Spain is ready for peace, but on ‘let us pretend that nothing has hap- ipened terms’ Tnless Spain sees the | tive. | solved to uphold Spain’s rights, and he SPAIN IN PERILOUS CONDITION Even German Newspapers See Her Pitiful Plight. for Peace, Which Can Only Be Considered on A@merica’s Terms. childishness of this, there is no hops for peace. In the meanwhile no'power is likely to invite a well deserved snub by babbling about uninvited interven- tlon or a congress.” MADRID, June 11.—The campaign inaugurated by some of the foreign newspapers in favor of peace between Spain and the United States is not ap~ proved Lere. According to the opinions of several generals, Spain is capable of continuing the war in Cuba for two years, even under the most unfavorable circumstances. Therefore, they add, it is useless to talk of peace unless it ap~ plies to a return to the statu quo ante bellum. The Government, it is added, has not received any suggestions of peace from the powers, and in political circles it is declared that if such a suggestion were | received the Government would po- litely decline to entertain it on the ground that Spain has decided to pur- sue the war to the bitter end. Dispatches received here from Cuba announce that yellow fever is ravaging Rear Admiral Sampson's fleet, the province of Santiago de Cuba being, it is claimed, the hotbed of the disease. In the Chamber of Deputies to-day the Government was interrogated as to whether the United States had notified the powers of the blockade of Cuba and whether the powers recognized the blockade as effective. Duke Almodovar de Rio, the Forelgn | Minister, replied, that since the Paris conference conditions had radically changed, and the powers had not yet decided whether the blockade is effec-~ The Government, he said, was re- added that he did not believe it was legitimate for the United States to en- courage the Philippine insurgents as a belligerent power. Many of the newspapers advocate the keeping at home of Admiral Camara's fleet for the purpose of defending the | coast. Captain Aunon, the Minister of Ma- rine, has made arrangements with the Spanish Trans-Atlantic line for the transportation of munitions and sup- plies to the Antilles. At the sitting of the Senata to-daw