The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 25, 1898, Page 3

THE N FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, JUNE 25, 1898. DRIVING THE DONS BACK UPON THE DOOMED CITY AMERICANS CLOSING IN ON SANTIAGO Spaniards @Are Retreating Before Advancing Troops. Five Thousand Cubans Join Ur)clei Sam’s Forces in the Siege of the City. Special cable to The Call and New York Heraid BAIOUIRI, Cuba, Thursday, 6 P. M. (by Herald-Call dispatch boat Somers N. Smith, maica, June 24).—This was Call dispatch boat Somers N. Smith left Baiquiri this | evening : The Cubans had driven the Spaniards back eight} miles from the coast. A had been burned by the General Altares and the Americans Five thousand Cubans under General Rabi and Gen- eral Garcia had been loaded on transports at Aserra- dero, west of Santiago, and the general movement on Santiago from the east. Very picturesque was under the protection of the iards falling back before them. Cubans into possession of been taken, and leave the American troops free for Porto Rico and other operations. Lawton had thrown out skirmishers and was reported to be engaging the enemy. Roosevelt’s rough riders with a dynamite gun were hurrying forward on foot to support General Lawton. Three hundred Spaniards had been routed out of Copyrighted, 189, by James Gordon Bennett. to Port Antonio, Ja-| the situation as the Herald- | dozen Spanish blockhouses) troops as they advanced. THE INVESTMENT OF SANTIAGO. Birdseye view, showing the scene of yesterday’s deadly battle pear Juragua, the advance of the American troops on Santiago and the positions of the divisions of the Cuban forces co-operating with them. General Lawton, with the advance guard of General Shafter’s army, has occupied Juragua, the Spaniards having retreated to Sevilla, about eight miles from Santiago. were in possession. landed at Altares to join in the landing of the Cubans fleet’s guns, with the Span- The plan is to put the the city, when the city has STEADY @DVANCE OF THE AMERICAN FORCES UPON SANTIAGO CITY ON BOARD THE ASSOCI- ATED PRESS DISPATCH BOAT DAUNTLE agua, Province of Santiago de Cuba, Thursday night, June 23, via Port Antonio, Jamaica, June 24.—The advance of the Ameri- can arr s reached the edge of the tableland on which the har- bor of Santiago de Cuba lies. Here, seven miles from Morro Castle as the crow flies, the main body of troops has united, and | the Spaniards are in full retreat toward Santiago de Cuba. They | may attempt a \'nrpriie, but a de- | cisive engagement is not expect- ed for several days. General Lawton’s brigade, which rested last night at Dema- | jayabo, four miles west of Bai- quiri, resumed its march at day- light. Before noon his brigade, consisting of the Twenty-second Infantry, the First Infantry, the Second Massachusetts Volun- teers, with companies of the Eighth Cavalry, half of Fourth Cavalry, and several com- panies of the Twenty-fifth col- ored cavalry, occupied Juragua, five miles beyond, and the Ameri- can flag was hoisted there. The Spaniards retired before the advance, which was covered by Cuban skirmishers, burning the blockhouses as they went. Colonel Wagner, with a small reconnaissance party of about forty men, brushed against the flank of a retreating Spanish col- umn 200 strong at Firmexa. A dozen shots were fired by the Spaniards as Colonel Wagner fell back. Before General Lawton could bring up the Twenty-sec- ond, the van regiment, the Span- iards had decamped westward. Juragua was abandoned by General Linares and 1200 Span- ish troops with such haste that they had no time to burn the town, though an ineffectual at- 5, off Jur- | the | | tempt was made to destroy the|© taken and goods and | locomotives of the railroad and | the rolling stock. General Lin- | ares retreated to Sevilla, six miles | west of Juragua by road and nine miles from Santiago de Cuba. | A detachment of 170 Cubans, | |under Colonel Aguirre, collided | with the Spanish rear guard. The | Cubans lost two men killed and | had seven men wounded. The | Spanish loss is not known. The | Spaniards were macheted. | General Chaffee, with the Ninth Cavalry, the remainder of | the Eighth and Fourth, Seventh, Twelfth and Seventeenth Infan- try, reached Juragua at dark. General Bates, with the reserve of the Twentieth Infantry and Colo- nel Woods’ rough riders, dis- | mounted, with a dynamite gun, | hurried forward from Baiquiri at 0000000000000 00O0000000000 risk of his life, but the men were crushed before he reached them. O’Neill is a former Mayor of Tuc- son, A. T. Several horses and mules were drowned while swim- ming ashore through the surf. The movement to-day almost amounts to a change of base. A brisk musketry fire was heard in the direction of Savilla as the Dauntless left at dark. eSO SPANIARDS REALIZE CERVERA’S FLEET AND SANTIAGO ARE LOST Speclal cable to The Call and the New York Herald. Copyrighted, 1895, by James Gor- don Bennett. MADRID, June 24.—Never since the commencement of the war has the anxiety been so in- tense to hear news from Santi- ago. It is recognized that the successful landing of American troops is most serious. The Epoca to-night talks sadly of the certain destruction of Cervera’s fleet. / No official report confirms the rumor of the surrender of Manila. The Cabinet council meets to- morrow morning. Its results, it is anticipated, will be of the high- est importance. It is remarked that the session of Congress sus- pended without any usual loyal demonstrations. SANTIAGO MUST BE TAKEN BEFORE MORE SPANIARDS ARRIVE WASHINGTON, June 24—Notwith- | 3 o'clock, proceeding by forced marches. Dispatches from General Lina- res which were capturedindicated that the Spanish were ordered to retreat toward Santiago. The in- | surgents expect the first stand to | be made at Sevilla, and they have proved good prophets in the past. | General Lawton’s men are badly fagged by forced marches and the intense heat. Their rations are almost exhausted. They started with three days’ supplies and further food could not be landed to-day. A pack train will be sent forward to-morrow. Strong outposts aremaintained to-night in order to prevent a surprise, and Juragua is also un- der the protection of the guns of the warships. Thus the flank of the American column is safe. The Spaniards, to attack our troops, must make- a forced march through almost impenetrable N underbrush. standing the officlal Spanish reports There were only two casualties 2:,,“72;31,25;‘ “me‘;e“lifa“ t;:e s‘;:figx; during the landing of the troops | troops near Santlago, army officlals S aile here are confldent that no engagement at Balqmn. Corporal Cobb and of any moment has occurred between Private English of Troop D, |these troops. Part of the landing pro- ’ | ject was a movement in force by the Tenth Cavalry (colored), fell be- | Cubans across the country to prevent tween a lighter and the pier. Cap- | the Spanish forces concentrating upon tain O'Neill, of Woods' rough the beach to oppose the landing of the American troops. Taken in connegtion important documonts were seized. The Spanish troops had ten Killed and some wounded. Tuerto Rodriguez, a celebrated rebel chief, who was formerly a bandit and who was active around Sancti Spiritus, was Killed by his own men. His execution was ordered by General Maximo Gomez. 00000000000000000000000000000000000l riders, plunged into the sea at the | With Sampson's plan of blinding the | | | | | l | fards. 0000000000000 000CO0000CODVO0O0O0OCOO0 OO0 | heavy fire and they will be obliged to FIERCE FIGHTING AROUND TRINIDAD Spectal cable to The Call and the New York Herald. Gordon Bennett. HAVANA, June 24.—At 5 o’clock yesterday after- noon two @merican ships threw a hundred missiles at the defenses of Trinidad. The garrison repelled them. Spanish troops went out from the city later and de- feated rebel parties in several places, Killing thirty- seven and wounding many, © © Copyrighted, 189, by James Several prisoners were O0000DLOOOOOCO0O000000000 o Spanish to the real landing place by an indiscriminate shelling of the coast for twenty miles east and west, this scheme worked gdmirably so far as the American troops are concerned, as was evident by their landing without the loss of a man. It is suspected, however, that the Cubans have had to pay for this exemption on the part of the Americans, and the engagement de- scribed in the Spanish dispatches was really between the Cubans and the Spaniards, far back in the rear, instead of between the Americans and Span- Seeing that the Cubans, who were almost without clothing, have been liberally supplied by Sampson and Shafter, it is conceivable that the Spaniards might easily mistake them for American soldiers at a little dis- tance. The news coming from Jamaica that General Pando is sending heavy re-enforcements to the Spanish General Linares, in Santiago, is likely to have the effect of hastening the campaign against that town by the Americans. Pando has 10,000 soldiers at Holguin, less than 100 miles from Santiago. They are the pick of the Spanish army in Cuba, and their commander is known as the fighting general. Were they to combine with the Spanish force in San- tiago the American campaign would be very much prolonged and the task set for our troops would be much heavier. Two factors have been relied upon to prevent this com- bination. The first is the very rough nature of the country between Hol- guin and Santiago, whi-h would be ex- ceedingly difficult for troops to cover in less than four or five days at the earliest. The second is the active efforts of the Cubans to harass the Spaniards on the march and retard their movements. ‘With the force they now have in that country the Cubans could do this very effectually, but’ they could scarcely ur- dertake to absolutely check the whole Epanish force of 10,000 men. The reports from Santiago indica‘e thst the Spaniash admiral is using his squadron exactly as was anticipated, to defend the town from attack by scldiers in the rear. This only em- phasizes in the mind of army officers the recessity for speedy action on the part of the invaders, for with Pando’s men to re-enforce the garrison and Cervera’s squadron in full play the Spanish would be, from a military point of view, much stronger than the combined force of Americans under Shafter and Cubans under Garcia and Rabi. It is believed that considerable reli- ance must be placed upon the American slege train, for as soon as the heavy guns are in place on the crest of the hills it is expected the position of the Spaniards below, Wil be exposed to a| Call: either surrender or make a desperate | | attempt to escape from Santiago har- bor. No official news came to the War De- partment during office hours from our army near Santiago. This was a cause for mild surprise at the department, as General Shafter has a cable at his com- mand and it was expected he would re- port the measure of success he has at- tained in the debarkation of his army on Cuban soil and the beginning of operations against Santiago. Not hearing from him, the officials | were obliged to rely for information | entirely upon press reports. They | | found these highly satisfactory. Sec- retary Alger expressed particular grat- ification at the news that the troops | had reached a point within seven miles of Morro Castle without encountering serious resistance. The direction taken by the troops after their landing at Baiquiri—trending generally westward —is taken in some quarters here to in- dicate a purpose to unite with Samp- | son’s fleet in an attack on Morro Cas- | tle and the other forts at the entrance | of Santiago harbor before turning their | | attention 'to the town itself. Once the | | forts are captured Sampson with smalil boats could reach the mines, and if, as reported, the Merrimac does not com- pletely obstruct the channel some of the battle-ships may be sent in to deal with Cervera’s squadron in its last re- sort. Something of this kind is believed | to be necessary in order to relieve our | troops from the fire of the Spanish | fleet when they attack Santiago di- | | rectly. One or two of the big battle- | ships, supplemented by a few torpedo | | boats, could be relied upon to keep Cer- vera’s squadron so fully occupied that | | he would have no time to get to the | troops attacking Santiago from the rear. With great satisfaction the Navy Department to-day publishes Samp- son’s statement that Hobson and his | men are well and not in the line of fire. It was also noted that Sampson finds | no difficulty in having his flag of truce respected, which is gratifying, in view | of the statement coming from Havana | some days ago that there was to be a lapse into barbarism through the re- fusal of the Spaniards to recognize flags of truce. AMERIGAN FORCES WILL BE IN FRONT OF SANTIAGO BY SUNDAY FROM THE HERALD-CALL SPE-' CIAL CORRESPONDENT WITH THE | ARMY, near Santiago, Thursday, via Port Antonio, Jamaica, June 24—The | advance troops of General Shafter's army are now skirmishing to the west- | ward of Baiquiri and it is expected the | entire American force will be in front | ntiago by Sunday. Officers of the :gf:me gtraops believe the city will have been taken within forty-eight | hours after that. | Major La Motte, Color Sergeant ‘Wright and Trumpeter Platt of Roose- | velt’s rough riders planted the American | flag on Wednesday evening on the sum- mit of Mount Losiltires in full view of | the American fleet. It was a magnifi- | cent spectacle as the Americans and Cubans cheered the colors while ves- sels of the fleet joined in with joyous blasts from their whistles. Grand Birdseye View. Merritt, on plate paper, 25 in(c:gcngyworth framing. With 8. F. Ne:vs Letter to-day. ——— The Reichstag Elections. BERLIN, June 24.—The results of .17 second ballots in theckelchstas elezéu;ms turn of 13 Conservatives, m- B ealiate. b Centrists, 3 candidates of the | &elorm party, 21 National Liberals, 7| Fressinnige candidates, 24 Radicals, 7 can- | didates of the German Folkparti, 1 Agra- | rian Leaguer, 18 Socialists, 3 Guelphs and | four independents. . —e————— “Saving the Sacramento Valley From Drought,” in next Sunday’s | that | the troopships Peking and three others | | pines, had been ordered to stop at the | 8‘58'3&8_338'8‘8‘8888 328888888888'888882888885&32 AL ORDERED TO STOP AT THE LADRONES Charleston Has Probably Dismantled San Juan de Guahan’s Batteries. ‘But There Is No Intention to Land Troops From the Peking and Other Transporfs. WASHINGTON, June 24—It became known to-day through naval sources the cruiser Charleston, intention to land United States forces 4 from the Peking and other transports with | to engage them. The forts have batteries of old smooth-bores, and the Charleston’s in- structions were marely to knock these out of position and destroy the fortifi- cations, so that on the arrival of the Montere-- the latter would coal in the harbor without molestation from the enemy’s guns. On account of the stop at Guahan the Navy Department does not expect to hear of the Charleston’s arrival at Manila for several days yet. She is of the first expedition to the Philip- | island of Guahan, in the Ladrones, and | dismantle the Spanish fortifications at | San Juan de Guahan, the principal | place on the islands. ; The naval authorities have hereto- | fore declined to confirm the report that | the Charleston was to stop at Guahan, | but as it is understood that the cruiser | has accomplished her mission there by | probably with Dewey now, or nearing this time the policy of secrecy was | Manila. 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