The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 8, 1898, Page 1

VOLUME LXXXIV.—NO. 38. SAN FRANCISCO, FRIDAY, JULY 8, 1898, PRICE FIVE CENTS. HOBSON TELLS OF HIS MOST DARING EXPLOIT PROCLAIMS ATTACK ON SANTIAGO ARRANGED Toral Wants to Surrender, but Linares Is Yet Stubborn,. All the Horrors Following Slaugh- ter on Land and Sea Described by Richard Harding Davis. o fed ¥ a ter. WASHINGTON, July 7.—A report has been received that at a con- ference between Shafter and Sampson it was decided to make a combined o land and sea attack upon Santiago on Saturday at noon. B e g g -F-F-3-F-8-F-F-F -85 - 8- R TR -F-F-F-F 1] bed o General Ran- & ph, with six batteries of artillery and 3500 men, will have then reinforced L L& e =R =R =R eg=g=-FoR -2 3-8 F-3-3-2 3-8 - 32 -F-F-2-2- 20 Special Cable to The Call and the New York Herald. Copyrighted, 1898, by James Gordon Bennett. BY RICHARD HARDING DAVIS. the attack will be coming. 0000000000000 0000CO General Pando has not reached San- tlago. The Spaniards have only am- munition for three days. All the women and children who intended to before the b ard- ady left. It is estimated s passed through our e in great need of sur- geons, nurses and supplies. The sani- tary conditions are worse since the bat- tle on account of decomposing bodies. Many bodies are floating near the wrecks of Admiral Cervera’s ships. The cry of the Spanish naval prisoners is: “Let Cuba go and give us peace!” The Venezuelan Consul says he has positive information that Ge al Li- nares and General Toral are at odds. General Toral wants to surrénder. In this he has the support of the Arch- bishop of Santiago, who has lost some of, his recent warlike spirit. General Linares positively refuses. A Spanish officer, speaking to one of our men during an armistice, said Li- nares would not surrender without the consent of Madrid, and hinted that the Americans should demand the surren- der of Santiago from Sagasta instead of Linares. All the foreign attaches wonder how our ships were so little damaged by the ghips of Admiral Cervera. Official re- ports of the killed and wounded in Fri- 1y's fight are not vet in, but estimates 1 here place the number at 1itinual exposure to rain and the men. Nine hun- wounded have been neral hospital. nt ( nel Rocsevelt has been ended for a medal for bravery under fire. Captain O'Neill was simi- recommended, but was aftérward Our shi EXTENSION OF THE ARMISTICE A MISTAKE Too Much Time Given the Enemy to Strengthen Rifle Pits and Dig New Trenches. Special cable to The Call and the New. York yrighted, 1898, by James Gor- don Bennett. BY RICHARD HARDING DAVIS. SAN JUAN DE CUBA, Wednesday, July 6, by The Call-Herald dispatch boat Golden Rod to Kingston, Jamalica, Thursday, July 7.—The armistice which was to have ended to-day at noon has been continued in order to allow the Spaniards tc bury their dead and con- vey their wounded at El Caney into Santiago. Our men are very eager to continue the firing on the trenches be- fore the city, and in the opinion -of many it s the greatest error to per- mit an extension of the armistice on any pretext. The enemy’s forces are working busily on their rifle pits and EL POZO HILL, NEAR SANTIAGO, Wednesday, July 6, by The Call-Herald Dispatch Boat Golden Rod ‘to Kingston, Jamaica, July 7—Though General Linares -has said he will not consider the surrender of the city, it may capitulate before the Americans try to take it by assault. In any case a long siege is out of the question. The stench due to the dead men and horses about our position is frightful. t is thought to-day there will be no firing till to-morrow, when the plan of joint attack decided Sampson and General Shafter is likely to be put in operation. I have been unable to get a definite statement whether or not delayed on account of General Miles upon by Admiral are making new trenches within 200 vards of ours. Our own men, however, have not been idle. They now have the range of almost every rifle pit and siege gun of the enemy. The attention of foreign military attaches has been called to the fact that the Spaniards placed two 6-inch guns in embrasures 100 yards in advance of the building | covered with Red Cross flags. They will make representations accordingly to thelr governments. FIRING NOT RESUMED, ALTHOUGH THE TRUCE IS PROBABLY ENDED Copyrighted, 183, by the Associated Press, 1}1‘ THE FRONT, SANTIAGO DE CUBA, July 7, 1 p. m., via Guantana- mo, July 7, 7 p. m.—Firing was not re- sumed to-day, although the truce is supposed to be ended. Both armies have been informed that Washington and Madrid are negotiating terms of peace. W The white flag still files over the San- tiago lines. There have been no mes- sages (.r’n‘!::;aggergags of truce between the when Hobso; n and his me; v - changed. n Were ex: Se————— SPANIARDS PREPARE A STRONG DEFENSE Copyrighted, 183, by the Assoclated Press, MAI:.ILA, June 30 (via Hongkong, July 7).—There is no material change in the aspect of affairs here. The Spanlards are strongly posted about the outskirts of the .town and also 2long the whole length of the conduijt of the water works, eight miles inland. It is believed the Spaniards only hold the water works on suffrance, because the insurgent pickets hold sway every- where and could easily raid and wreck the conduit. But the insurgents are extremely anxious to conciliate the neutrals and therefore refrain from causing horrible privation. The insurgents have never employed cannon before Manila, but they are now bringing up sixty guns, with the inten- tion of making aj simultaneous rush upon the Spanish intrenchments at Santa Mesa, Santa Ana and Malete, thus rendering the other positions of the Spaniards untenable, and by a sin- gle coup drive the Spaniards inside the citadel, with a minimum of destruction to non-combatants and property. It is expected that it will take a week to bring the guns along, as they have to make a detour through a difficult part of the country and it is not desirable to hurry. The American trcops are expected here momentarily, and then probably there will be & quick finish of the war. A river steatner from Bulacan to-day ran the blockade, bringing 200 refugees, women and ghildren. The Spaniavds are employing gangs of matives, afned with axes and ma- chetes, to destroy/the woods in the out- skirts of Manil, under Spanish over- seers with horséwhips. \ since 3 o'clock yesterday, | 0000000 0000LOOO0000C00 CONER RO RICHMOND P. HOBSON, THE HERO OF THE MERRIMAC, WHO HéS JUST BEEN RELEASED FROM A SPANISH PRISON. Failed to Block the Char)nel. Merrimac’s Rudder Shot - Away. 0308 400 308 X0 308 30 308 30 00 108 308 300 308 308 0 00 308 30 108 06 30 308 306 06 50K 308 308 306 30 308 306 0¥ 306 06 00308 30F 06 308 300 306 308 308 306 X0 308 306 306 ¥ K 3% 04 WASHINGTON, July 7—General Shafter has announced the exchange of Lieutenant Hobson and his men in the following telegram: “PLAYA DEL ESTE, July 7.—To the Secretary of War, Washington: of the Fifth Army Corps, Cuba, July 6.—Lieutenant Hobson and all his men have just been re- ceived safely in exchange for Spanish officers and prisoners taken by the United States forces. All are in good health except two seamen, who are convalescing from intermittent fever. “SHAFTER, Major General Commanding.” gCU:Efifififififififififififififififififlfifififififififififififi)}fi)}fififififififi{ifi)&)}ufifli}fififi Headquarters L b= b= L b= o3 bed b= o o =3 Special cable to The Call and the New York e Herald. Copyrighted, 15, by James Gor- don Bennett. GEN. SHAFTER'S HEAD- QUARTERS BEFORE SAN- TIAGO, Wednesday, July 6, by The Call-Herald dispatch-boat Golden Rod to Port Antonio, Ja- maica, Thursday, July 7.—I saw Mr. Hobson in the evening after he had made his report to Ad- miral Sampson, and he consented to give The Call and the Herald a full interview about his experi- ence. Being very modest he does not fully realize the great sensa- tion his exploit caused, but he spoke in glowing terms of the courage and bravery of his crew. “We have been thirty-three days in a Spanish prison,” said \Mr. Hobson, “and the more I think of it the more marvelous it seems that we are alive. It was about 3 o’clock in the morn- ing when the Merrimac entered the narrow channel and steamed under the guns of Morro. The stillness of death prevailed. It was so dark we could scarcely see the headland. “We had planned to drop our starboard anchor at a certain point to the right of the channel, reverse our engine and then swing the Merrimac around, sinking her directly across the channel. This plan was adhered to, but circumstances rendered its execution impossible. When the Merrimac poked her. nose into the channel our troubles commenced. - The deadly silence was broken -by-the‘ wash-of a |- small boat approaching us from the shore. I made her out to be a picket boat. She ran close up under the stern of the Merrimac, and fired several shots from what seemed to be three-pounder guns. The Merrimac’s rudder was carried away by this fire. That is why the collier was not sunk across the channel. “We did not discover the loss of the rudder until Murphy cast the anchor.- We then found that the Merrimac would not answer her helm, and were compelled to make the best of the situation. The run up the channel was very exciting. The picket boat had given the alarm, and in a mo- ment the guns of the Vizcaya and ‘Almirante ' Oquendo and of the Continued cn Second Pages - HIMSELF PRESIDENT Aguinaldo Would Rule Over a Philippine Republic. General Monet Deserts Starving Troops and guised as Escapes Dis- a Woman. GENERAL AGUINALDO, WHO HAS PROCLAIMED HIMSELF PRESI- DENT OF THE PHILIPPINE REPUBLIC. P OPOOPPPOCOORP®S 09000V PPOVPPPOV09V V0090000000V COOOGOGS (A A A A AR A XA AL R R R R R R R R R RCERCRROR TR XX WY WASHINGTON, July 7.—The Navy Department has re- ceived this dispatch from Admiral Dewey: “CAVITE, July 6, via Hongkong, July 7.—United States troops have landed and have been comfortably housed at Cavite. The insurgents are active. Aguinaldo proclaimed himself President of the revolutionary republic on July L. DEWEY.” PPPPPP0O990 @ Special cable to The Call and the New York Herald. Copyrighted, 1865, by James Gor- don Bennett. MANILA, June 30, via i ongkong, July 7.—General Monet’s troops, num- bering some 800, have surrendered, giv- ing up their arms to the rebels. The L | captives were taken to Cavite. General Monet, as I cabled, escaped with Au- gusti’s family, who had a passport from General Aguinaldo. He was disguised as a woman, leaving his troops starv- ing. An indignation meeting was held by the Spaniards, who went to the Governor General to obtain an expla- nation as to why General Monet came here without his troops and demanding that he should be sent back. Owing to the fact that the Spaniards are excit- able Monet’s position is dangerous. The water supply of the city is nearly ex- hausted. The pumps have not been working for three days. et T AGUINALDO AND HIS PROCLAMATION Tactics of the Insurgent Leader Can- not Interfere With Uncle Sam’s Plans. NEW YORK, July 7.—A Washington special to the Herald says: Secretary Long is confident that no trouble will result from Aguinaldo’s proclamation. It is admitted, however, that it would have been much better for all parties had Aguinaldo not organized a repub- lic when he undoubtedly knows that General Merritt, the official military governor of the United States, is now on His way to Manila. The President and his Cabinet are trying to devise means to prevent com- plications arising with the natives from such action, but they are determined to retain control of the Philippines, at least until the end of the war, and Aguinaldo’s action will not be allowed to affect this course. Now that a detachment of 2500 Amer- icans are at hand it is expected that Aguinaldo will be anxious to make short work of the Spaniards, and will attempt to force Rear Admiral Dewey’s hand. But that official will not act un- til the troops are strong enough to do ‘Aheu'. work thoroughly, and to prevent the insurgents from acting as they please in the city after it has been taken. A long cipher was to-day wired to Rear Admiral Dewey giving the po- | sition of Camara’'s squadron, details concerning the detachment of the tor- pedo-boat destroyers and its present strength. PORT SAID, July 7.—Admiral Ca- mara’s fleet has removed from Suez Roads and has now anchored three miles further on. CLAIMS HE WILL NOW TAKE MANILA Aguinaldo Prepared to Capture the Chief City of the Philippine Islands. Speclal cable to The Call and the New York erald. Copyrighted, 1838, by don_ Bennett i MANILA Bay, July 3, via Hongkong, July 7.—General Aguinaldo claims that he will take Manila to-morrow or mnext day. This is not probable, however. Reports of the coming of the Spanish fleet through the Suez Canal coupled Wwith the encouragement given the Spaniards by Germans, has greatly stiffened Spanish courage, and it is ex- pected the city will not surrender with- out a hard fight. GERMAN WARSHIPS LANDING STORES Special cable to The Call and the New York Herald. Copyrighted, 18%, by James Gor- don Bennett. HONGKONG. July 7.—The British steamer Eddie, which left Manila on July 3, brought news that German war- | ships have been landing stores on Mari- vales Bay under cover of night. Four German, one Japanese, three British and two French warships were then at Manila. The British steamer Yuen Sang has arrived from Manila®with thirty priests from Dugupan Port, eight nuns and a thousand Chinese. The passengers re- port an engagement at Dugupan be- tween the Spaniards and rebels in which the rebels: were repulsed with great loss.