The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 30, 1898, Page 1

to be taker This PapP fve Librarys er not | LS 2 e The A5 e ke Call S ———_—- VOLUME LXXXIV.—NO. 30. SAN FRANCISCO, THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 1898, PRICE FIVE CENTS. PLACING THE BIG GUNS ‘ TO REDUCE SANTIAGO CAN TAKE SANTIAGO VERY SOON NOT ENO SUPPLI THE INVADERS UGH - ES FOR Serious Problem Confront- ing Genera | Shafter at Santiago. Starving Cuban Soldiers Die From the Effects o f Eating Raw Bacon. The Call and the New York dpecial cable to Herald. Copyrighted, 1598, by James Gor- do GENERAL Benne! SHAFTER'S QUARTERS, Juragua, June 28 (by Call-Herald dispatch boat Mindora, Port Antonio, Jamaica, June 29).—No general movement on Santiago need be expected this week. It is possible Gen- eral Shafter will attack the beleaguered city on Monday, but he will not do so unless heavy artillery to insure the suc- cess of the movement has been placed in position by that time. This work of transporting field and slege guns is going forward all the time. New difficulties are encountered every day, but General Shafter is de- termined all shall be made ready for the attack at the earliest possible mo- ment. General Shafter continues to give much attention to the landing and for- warding of supplies as well as ammu- nition. Since the troops came ashore the food problem has been a serious one. It was made doubly so by the ar- rival of G al Garcia’s men. These 4000 Cubans, who had struggled for weeks with almost no food at all, made HEAD- a noticeable impression on the food supplies provided for the invading army. It was unnecessary for General Gar- cia to lay empl s on the need of food for his men. Their condition was such as to appeal at once to the American commander. He gave orders. to. fur- nish an immedia supply of food to the Cuban patriots. They were fam- ished and began eating well, but not wisely. Many of the Cubans had been without substantial food for so long that they fairly gorged themselves un- til, as I mentioned in a previous dis- | matters began to look serious patch, for the American troops. They feared they would not h enough food left for their own su nce after the Cu- bans had been fe Now comes the touching sequel to the incident of the ding of the Cu- bans. So desperate w their condition that four of Garcia’s r including an aid on General Castillo's staff, have died from the effects of over-eating. General Castillo’s aid asked for food and was given some siue-of-bacon which he devoured raw, being too hun gry to walit until the bacon could b cooked. He was found dead the nex morning, sitting under a tree. Content- ment was written on his countenance and the remai.s of his feast were clasped tightly to his heart. Three er other Cubans after being supplied with food by the steward of one of the American transports gorged themselves and swam ashore. They died before morning and their bodies were swollen to enormous proportions. General Shafter, aside from the ques- tion of supplies, is much pleased with the condition in which the invading | army finds days of work on land. one point are within three miles of Santiago and another division of the army is close under Morro Castle. From the camp it is impossible to observe all of General Linares’ preparations for defense, but the Americans express little doubt that the Spaniards will make a desperately bitter resistance. Admiral Sampson’s men, it is learned e, succeeded to-day in raising the Santiago cable. Before this dispatch reaches you probably a cable station will have been established at Agua- dores, Castle. From a Cuban who escaped through the Spanish lines last night General Shafter learns General Linares has massed 12,000 troops in Santiago and that he is determined to make desper- ate resistance. This Cuban confirmed the reports that food was scarce in Santiago and said the Spaniards were eating horse flesh. Another conference between General Shafter and General Garcla will take place to-day at Siboney, which now is the base of operations of Garcia's 4000 Cubans. CUBANS REPORT PANDO EN ROUTE TO SANTIAGO Probably Saw His Force Before It Was Forced to Turn Back to Manzanillo. ON BOARD THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCH-BOAT DAUNT- LESS, OFF SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Tuesday, June 28, via Kingston, Ja- | maica, June 29.—From two Cuban offi- | cers picked up by the Vixen it has been learned that General Pando is moving eastward from Manzanillo with 8700 Spanish troops for the purpose of as- | sisting the beleaguered city of Santi- | ago de Cuba. The Cubans had come o Aserradero in small boats with dis- patches from General Rios for Ad- miral Sampson and General Rabi. They report that General Pando has with Continued on Becond Page. GENERAL PANDO, WHO IS ADVANCING WITH A COLUMN OF 8000 MEN TO RELIEVE THE BELEAGUERED SPANIARDS IN SANTIAGO. itself to-night after six | Our troops at | only two .miles fyom Morro | MATION. LIEUTENANT VICTOR BLUE, U. S. N., WHO HAS TWICE PASSED WITHIN THE SPANISH LINES AND RETURNED WITH VALUBLE INFOR- Thursday. [CJONONOJONONOJORONOKO) NEW YORK, June 29.—The Herald's Washington correspondent telegraphs: Embarrassed by lack of funds and in need of coal, Admiral Camara’s squad- ron still is lying at Port Said, unde- cided as to its future deseination. Solely governed as it is by the movements of the Spanish fleet, the naval war board has not definitely determined the date when Commodore Watson's KEastern squadron shall sail for Spain. This is the situation to-night with re- spect to the offensive squadrons of Spain and the United States. So many contingencies grow out of the next move by Spain that the authorities are anxiously awaiting news of its making. It is appreciated it must be made soon, for Admiral Camara is paying berthing and anchorage dues at Port Said for the fifteen vessels under his command. These will become due within ten days from the date of his arrival, and they have to be paid in money acceptable to the canal commissioners. I obtained to-day confirmation of the estimate made by the Herald this morning that before the arrival of Camara’s fleet the American represen- tative at Port Bald purchased all the coal available and will hold it at that point for any American men-of-war operating in the vicinity. Camara, according to advices re- ceived at the State Department to-day, is trying to arrange for coal, and French merchants are understood to have been approached with a view to the dispatching of colliers to the Span- iards’ rescue. The authorities confidently belleve Camara will return to Spain, but they do not expect he will leave his present CAMARA IS WAITING @T Special Cable to The Call and the New York Herald. PORT SAID position for several days at least. Meanwhile the agents of this Gov- ernment are vigorously = protesting against his stay at Port Sald on the ground that it is in violation of the provisions of the convention of 1888, de- creeing the neutrality of the canal and its entrances. The Eastern squadron now forming for service against Spain will not start for Spain until after Santiago has fall- ‘| en and until colliers which are now on their way to Hampton Roads have re- celved their batteries and have taken on as much coal as they can carry. WAR MINISTER WANTS THE SQUADRON RECALLED Senor Sagasta, However, Overrules Him With Dynastic Con- siderations. NEW YORK, June 29.—A World Ma- drid special says: The War Minister and the military authorities again ad- vocate that the fleet be called back in case America sends a squadron here, but Sagasta has invoked international and dynastic considerations to send it on. SENOR CORREA INDULGES IN SLIGHT PREVARICATION MADRID, June 29.—In an interview this afternoon Lieutenant Colonel Cor- rea, Minister of War, said the Govern- ment had no special news from Cuba, but took a favorable view of the situa- tion. He asserted that Admiral Ca- mara’s squadron had begun the pas- sage of the SBuez Canal. It is announced that the Vittoria, He hopes to proceed on One man has been landed suffering from smallpox. Admiral Camara has decided to leave the destroyers. to the Audaz will consume ten days from to-day. impossible to take the destroyers across the Indian Ocean, as the southwest monsoons are very heavy between Aden and Colombo. Copyrighted, 1898, by James Gordon Bennett, PORT SAID, June 29.—Admiral Camara has asked for coal and awaits the reply of the authorities. The repairs It is practically [CRONONONONOXORONOROXKO] the Numancia, the Alfonso XIII and the Lepanto, all armored cruisers, are ready to form the third squadron. The armored cruiser Cardinal Cisneros and the torpedo gunboat Dona Maria de Molina, with several auxiliary cruisers and torpedo-boats that are to be in- cluded, will be ready shortly. THREE LINERS SENT OUT FROM CADIZ Special cable to The Call and the New York Herald. Copyrighted, 1808, by James Gor- don Bennett. GIBRALTAR, June 20.—The trans- Atlantic steamers Isla de Luzon and Ignacic Loyal have sailed from Cadiz for an unknown destination. It is of- ficially suggested that they have gone on an important mission to Porto Rico, but it is more probable that they are humbugging off somewhere. The Gov- ernment must laugh in its sleeve at the mysterious antics necessary to keep the popular mind occupied. It is wonderful how they succeed. At the street cor- ners and in the cafes amateur diplo- mats are teeming with grotesque theor- fes and plans as to where the ships have gone or where they ought to go. It is a clcver scheme, but infinitely amusing. The ironclad Alfcnso XIIT has caused many difficulties in the dock. An at- tempt is being made to remove her mast and give her more stability for the purpose of adding bulwarks fore and aft, also two sponsoned barbettes. ‘When' completed she will be no good, and her repairs have almost amounted to the price of a new vessel. The Vittoria is practically completed. She is armed with six 24-centimeter guns. Spaniards are mounting two batteries on Chorruelos Hill, overlook- ing Algeciras, in case an invading squadron attempts to seek shelter off Gibraltar. But Shafter Is Loth to Lose Many of His Men. However, Prompt Action Must Be Taken Before Linares Gets Re-enforcements. b= p=3 b= p=3 g volve considerable loss. ped =3 ped o « WASHINGTON, June 29.—The opin- ion prevails here that within a day or two at most General Shafter will have begun his attack upon the city of San- tiago proper. The important event of the day was the general’s announce- raent that he could -take the city in forty-eight hours, but at considerable loss. Taken iIn connection with the announcement contained in another dispatch that he is going to attack without awaiting re-enforcements it will be seen that the officials have ground for their expectation that the first general engagement of the war will begin in a ‘very short time. Numerically the opposing armies are not very different, the estimate of the Spanish force being placed at 14,000 men, thoroughly entrenched and behind barbed wire fences and blockhouses, as against about 18,000 men under Shaf- ter’s command, aided by 4000 Cubans. One of the gravest elements in the problem, however, is the Spanish war- ships, for unless Shafter is materially assisted by Sampson, who might engage the full attention of the Spanish ships, their fire on the American advance would be very hard to meet. The military authorities here say that General Linares has shown great mili- tary tact in slowly retiring during the last few days, as he has gradually drawn our troops from the protection of the American ships and brought them close to the fire of the Spanish ships in Santiago harbor. For this WASHINGTON, June 29.—General Shafter has re- ported to General Miles that he can take Santiago in forty- eight hours, but indicates that the undertaking might in- He is fully aware of the approach of Spanish re-enforcements, and it is believed here that he in- tends to take the town immediately and that news of a battle might be expected at any time. 30 108 308 306 308 308 30¢ 306 16 X% reason it was with relief that the an- nouncement was received here that Shafter had succeeded in landing all of his artillery, including his siege train, for unless Sampson can be relied upon to force his way into the harbor and at- tack the Spanish ships the siege guns' planted in heights commanding the bay will be the main reliance of General Shafter in offsetting the presence of the Spanish ironclads. Undoubtedly Shafter is animated to attack as soon as possible by his knowledge of the approach of the re- enforcements for Linares from Man- zanillo, for, with this additional force, Shafter’s position would be disagree- able, if not perilous, at least until he had received re-enforcements. The War Department received the first definite news to-day as to the approach of these Spanish re-enforcements. This was in an official dispatch, stating that 8000 men, with pack train and droves of animals, were advancing from Man- zanillo and were fifty-four miles from Santiago. It has been known through reports from Lieutenant Joyce, made to General Miles, that the Spaniards have 12,000 men at Manzanillo and 10,000 at Holguin, and every precaution has been taken to guard against their advance from either quarter. The official report to-day showed that 8000 of those at Manzanillo had covered half the distance to Santiago, and it is the belief of military officials here that General Pando is making similar advance with his 10,000 men — BRIGADIER GENERAL H. W. LAWTON, U. S. A, WHO COMMANDS A DIVISION BEFORE SANTIAGO. [~ General Lawton is a veteran of the last war and was awarded a medal of honor for distin- guished gallantry In the Atlanta campalan. 1