The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, July 11, 1898, Page 1

) § i to be taken fro i the Library.*+** This Paper not m + The "VOLUME LXXXIV —NO. 41. SAN FRANCI SCO, MONDAY, JULY 11, 1898, PRICE FIVE CENTS. SANTIAGO IS NOW BEING BOMBARDED COMBINED ATTACK OF THE ARMY @ND NAVY COMMENCED Rain of Shot and Shell From Siege Guns and the Fleet Will Soon Compel a Surrender. completely blockade the road O000000ODOD0O0ODO00O0 S. WASHINGTON, July 10.—Shortly after midnight the War Department gave out the following dispatch from General Shafter: “PLAYA DEL ESTE, July 10.—Adjutant General, Washington: Headquarters Fifth Corps, July 10.—Enemy opened fire a few minutes past 4 with light guns, which were soon silenced by ours. Very little musketry firing, and the enemey kept entirely in the entreach- ments. Three men slightly wounded. Will have considerable forces to-morrow—enough to General Garcia reports that enemy evacuated little town called Descanios, about three miles from Santiago and near the bay. C000000000000000000000000000C00000C0000000000000000000 SHAFTER.” 0000C0O0COO0C000 COCCO00COC0O000000000C000C0C0OC0000COC0CO000C00C000NCO0000 WASHINGTON, July 10— The bombardment of Santiago | has begun. | That was the verbal informa- | tion obtained this evening shortly [ before g o'clock at the War De- partment Almost immediately three bul- | letins were posted, the most im- | portant of which was from Gen- | eral Shafter. This announced | that General Toral, who succeed- ed Linares when the latter was wounded, had declined to sur- render and that the bombard- ment of the town would be be- gun by the army and navy about 4 o’clock this afternoon. The fact that the bombard- ment was scheduled by Shaiter to begin so late in the day created | some comment, but no explana-} tion of it was offered. In answer | to questions bearing upon that | movement General Corbin said: | “I have not the slightest infor- | mation as to the reasons General | Shafter had for beginning the | bombardment at the hour he| names, but it was probably be- cause he was ready just at that | time. You can speculate about that as well as I can.” | Information received by the War Department during the few days of the truce indicates that he has materially strengthened his position. During the past weeké he has received reinforcements | of both artillery and infantry. | Randolph’s battery of twenty- four guns which left Key West | last Tuesday at midnight is now | in operation before Santiago and, | as one of the War Department | officials expressed it, “When these long Toms of Randolph be- gin to talk, something will hap- pen in Santiago.” General Shafter has nearly fifty siege guns and a large number of | Rod to Port Antonio, 6-inch mortars, besides light ar- tillery, at his disposition. These | guns, taken in connection with the wreck that can be done by the fleet, will, it is believed, carry ter- ror and destruction to Santiago. Anxiety has been expressed by the War Department officials as to whether General Shafter had a | sufficient force to prevent the evacuation of Santiago by the enemy. This anxiety was allayed about half-past 12 to-night by the receipt of a dispatch from Gen- eral Shafter, which contained confirmation, too, of the earlier reports of the beginning of the bombardment. The belief is held by the best informed officers that General To- ral, the Spanish commander, will surrender when he finds it will be impossible for him to evacuate the city. Upon what grounds this belief is based could not be ascertained, but that information to that effect is in the hands of the war officials there is no doubt. General Shafter’s dispatch to- night shows that he is engaged now in strengthening his posi- tion and to-morrow will follow up | his operations with a final assault upon the city. e TORAL MUST SOON SURRENDER SANTIAGO Special cable to The Call and the New York Herald. Copyrighted, 159, by James Gor- don Bennett. GENERAL SHAFTER'S HEAD- QUARTERS before Santiago, July 9 (by the Call-Herald dispatch boat Golden Jamaica, July 10).—Before this dispatch reaches you the bombardment of Santiago will have begun. Negotiations for the peaceful surrender of the beleaguered city are at an end, and Admiral Sampson and Gen- eral Shafter have perfected their plans for the city’s destruction. General Toral, realizing his desperate position, has been sparring to obtain from General Shafter the best possible terms, but all his proposals have been rejected. General Shafter has delivered his ultimatum, demanding the uncon- | Toral ditional surrender of the city. General has declined to capitulate on these terms. General Shafter this morning re- celved a letter from General Toral pro- posing to evacuate the city under con- ditions which would insure ilhe free- dom of the Spanish forces. In this let- ter General Toral attempted to conceal his realization of his hopeless position. With boastful assurance he called Gen- ral Shafter’s attention to the fact that he had received a large number of re- inforcements, and declared that his en- tire garrison was strongly intrenched in a commanding position. He also as- serted that he had plenty of ammuni- tion and expressed the firm conviction that the Americans could not take the city by assault without sustaining an | enormous loss of life. General Toral proposed that the Spanish army should evacuate Santi- ago and the province of Santiago de Cuba unmolested, taking all of their cannon, arms, ammunition and standards, together with their sick and wounded. “I shall never surrender the city except on these terms,” the Span- ish general declared. General Shafter, after receiving this letter, was helped into a carriage and was driven to the front. After con- sulting with General Wheeler the American commander sent a reply to General Toral, in which he refused to entertain the Spaniard’s proposition. The bombardment, as planned, was to begin from the fleet off Aguadores, covering the advance of the infantry upon that fortification, the infantry to be further under the cover of sixteen 3.2-Inch guns toward the left of the line on the ridge of El Pozo. The Rough Riders are in the center of the line with their dynamite gun, the infantry taking little part in the general attack, except on the left. Eight mortars also are advantageously placed in the cen- ter. The siege guns are on the heights of San Juan. On the extreme left is General Kent's brigade, with batteries in the center 1 General Wheeler's cavalry division, including Young’s brigade, now undercommand of Colonel Wood of the Rough Riders, on the right, with Lawton’s division, com- posed of Ludlow’s, Chaffee's and My- er’s brigades. Wood's brigade includes the First and Tenth Infantry and Roosevelt’s Rough Riders. BIG GUNS PLACED DURING THE TRUCE Copyrighted, 1898, by the Associated Press. BEFORE SANTIAGO, Saturday, July 9 (per Associated Press dispatch boat Wanda, via Port Antonio, Jamalica, July 10).—Everythin~ is now ready for the commencement of hostilities in case the Spanish generals do not surrender. O 06 0000 0 00 00 00 00 00 106 308 306 06 308 40 0P 308 308 308 308 308 308 308 306 30% 30% 30% 306 0% X0 30¢ 30¢ 10 30 30 306 308 308 08 308 308 30¢ 30% 508 06 X6 XX XX Y O til peace is secured. of provisions and munitions of war. 306308 308 108 30% 30 308 308 30 0% 308 08 108 0% 30 0% 3¢ ¥ ¥ o331 REALIZING HOPELESSNESS, SPAIN MUST SEEK PEACE. MADRID, July 10.—Information received from the most reliable sources is to the effect that the darkest pessimism pervades Madrid officialdom. The hopelessness of the war is finally recognized, and the peace idea now seems to predominate in the Cabinet and negotiations are considered urgent. The Cabinet is likely to cohere un- It is now recognized that Santiago de Cuba is completely beleagured and cannot hold out owing to the lack It is considered certain that the Americans will blockade Cuban and Porto Rican ports, cutting off their supplies, while the authorities are convinced that an American fleet is coming to the peninsula. There is no confidence felt that the powers will intervene even if defenseless seaports aré bombarded, and, therefore, what measures of defense are possible are being made. PARIS, July 10.—The Madrid correspondent of the Tempes says: The end is impatiently awaited, even the Government no longer attempting to. disguise its conviction that after the fall of Santiago the time will have come for thinking about overtures of peace, especially as all the European chancellories advise this course. K0 J08 10 106 308 108 308 06 06 30 306 306 306 X0 X0 06 0K 0% 30% 36 306 30¢ 30¢ 30 308 306 306 306 30% 308 30¢ 30¢ 30¢ 30 30¢ 30K 30 36¢ 30¢ 30¢ 30X 30 308 30% 30 30€ 30¢ 30K 30K 30¢ 30K 308 The dynamite gun, which has been in position for several days, is now in better working order than at the time of the lattle of Sah Juan, and it is pre- dicted that its charges, consisting of twenty pounds of guncotton and gela- tine, will work havoc in the Spanish trenches when it opens fire. Twelve mortars in one battery are mounted and ready to do effective work in shelling the city. Three batteries of artillery are now posted on El Paso ridge, 2400 yards from the town, and the Capron and Grimes batteries are 1500 yards to the north of the road in the rear of Gen- eral Lawton’s division. In firing, the field guns will be compelled to shell the town over the heads of our men, but the artillery officers say it can be done safely and without injury to our soldiers. The dynamite gun has been so placed that it will be able to enfilade the Spanish lines. On the other hand, during the truce, which so far as re- gards the continuing of preparations for defense or attack has been no truce whatever, the Spaniards have not'been idle. They have been mounting guns, and some of these are of much heavier caliber than any the American army can bring into play. ‘When hostilities reopen by the bom- bardment great things are expected from the navy. Admiral Sampson is quoted throughout the army as saying that he will drop one shell into the city every five minutes, and if that is not sufficient to do the work he will drop one in the city every two minutes. The fire, in addition to what the land forces will turn in, it is thought, will be suffi- cient to reduce the Spaniards to a point where they will surrender. Sixteen Spanish prisoners, who were wounded, were turned over to the Spaniards yesterday afternoon. Dr. George Goodfellow and Captain Dryer escorted the ambulances and the corre- spondent of the Associated Press ac- companied them. The Spaniards dis- played great gratitude for the kind- ness, and there was considerable fra- ternizing, in which the Spanish officers’ desire for peace stood out like a head- light in a fog. There is no dought that the subordinate Spanish officers anxious to surrender, but they practi- cally said that upon General Toral's decision this would rest. They ad- mitted that they Were short of pro- visions, but all appeared to be deter- mined and resolute and willing to die, if need be, in the defense of the city. INVOKING THE GOOD OFFICES OF AUSTRIA Portent of Sagasta’s Interviews With the Embassador and Arch- duchess Elizabeth. PARIS, July 10.—A letter from Madrid says General Blanco, in replying to the Government's request for his views of the situation, urges hwarctg the glud and asserts _that the Cuban volunteers cannot be reconciled to the idea of the handing of the islands to the Americans and that a majority of the Cubans favor Spain. ?t is believed in Paris that the interview between Sagasta, the Spanish Premier, d _the Austrian Embassador, and :hat of Senor Bagasta with Arch. Duchess E;}ln‘betlhot A\;sltrg:, aredcotgectedt th e invoking o good offices o e t1Austr1nn G¢‘vemment ‘with a view of re- establishing peace. Recruits From Mountain States. SALT LAKE, July 10.—One company, consisting of ninety-three men of the Sec- ond Regiment of United States Volunteer Engincers, under command of Lieutenant Mills, left here at 1 o'clock to-day for San Francisco. The men were recruited Ttah, Montana, Idaho and Nevada. STORIES TOLD BY CAPTIVE SPANIARDS Vivid Narratives of the Destruction of Cervera’s Squadron. Special dispatch to The Call and the New York Herald. Copyrighted, 1§%, by James Gor- don Bennett. NEW YORK, July 10.—Admiral Cer- vera, with fifty-four of the officers of his destroyed squadron and 638 other prisoners taken from his ships off San- tlago, reached Portsmouth, N. H., to- day on the auxiliary cruiser St. Louis. On the voyage north all the captives but one were given parole and were treated more as guests than as prison- ers. When the cruiser dropped anchor in the outer bay of Portsmouth The Call-Herald correspondent obtained an interview with Admiral Cervera, who threw a great deal of light on matters that preceded his attempted escape from Santiago harbor. He received three orders from the Minister of Ma- rine to leave, he sald, and finally a fourth came directing him to go out and fight the American fleet, no matter what the consequences. His plan was to attack the Brooklyn first, break through the American lines, run to Havana and seek refuge in the harbor there. He knew that the order meant suicide, he sald, but he obeyed it. He sald that if the Americans attack Havana they will meet with terrible re- sistance and loss of ships and men. Santiago will fall, he says, unless Li- nares is reinforced. The correspondent also obtained remarkably interesting interviews with other officers of the Spanish fleet, descriptions of the parts played by every American ship on that day of glorious victory, a splendid tale of sea fighting told by the chaplain of the Texas and altogether a most com- plete and vivid narrative of the de- struction of Cervera’s squadron. PATHETIC STORY OF A SPANISH NAVAL OFFICER - PORTSMOUTH, N. H., July 10.—This is a plain tale of the Spanish disaster as rendered by Captain Maocrohon, second captain of the Maria Teresa. His chief, it will be remembered, was desperately wounded during the fight. “I love my country,” said the Span. iard simply, “and my heart bleeds for her now. Our fleet, my country’s pride, has been destroyed. I fear there will be an uprising at home when its de- struction is made known. “Our plan for escape was well ar- ranged, but better formulated than ex- ecuted. We had arranged to force our way out on Saturday night, and the Maria Teresa was to have led. But, contrary to our expectations, the searchlights of your ships did not illu- mine the channel that night, as had | been usual, and without that light we were unable to discern the wreck of the Merrimac, so we could not go out. You know how we came out next morning— Sunday that was. “Crowds were expected to come down to the wharf to see us off, but the American troops were pushing the city too hard in front, and there were none to see us. Our orders were to steam at full speed to westward after clearing the harbor and concentrate our attack on the Brooklyn, paying no attention to any of the other ships unless they forced us to attack them. So in the morning they signaled to us from the battery that only the Texas and Brook- lyn were to the westward, and we got under way, the Maria Teresa, be- ing the flagship, taking the lead. We opened fire on the Brooklyn and the Texas answered it, but her shot fell short; otherwise she would have struck us, for it was a straight-line shot. The Brooklyn and Iowa then fired, but nei- ther shot hit. Again the Brooklyn and Texas fired. The Brooklyn’s shell went into the admiral’s cabin and, explod- ing, set fire to the after part of the ship. A shell from the Texas pierced our side armor and exploded in the en- gine room, bursting the main steam pipes. We signaled to the engineer to start the pumps, but got no reply, and then found that all below in that part of the ship had been killed. ‘At th.t time it was like hell on our bridge. Shells were bursting all around us and the ship’s hull was being riddled below. The captain turned to me and said. * ‘Sir, do you think it best to continue this hopeless fight, or for the sake of humanity and to save life should we I\ PORT MAHON, - ISLAND - OF -MINORCA, AS SEEN FROM THE ENTRANCE. It Is One.of the Finest ‘Harbors ‘in the Mediterranean, and Hds Been Occupied by the Spanish Since 1802. It Is Probable That Port Mahon Will Be One of the Objective Points of Com- modore Watson’s Squadron. not beach the ship? Many of our guns are dismounted and our engines are crippled.’ **‘Sir,” I replied, ‘We are unable to fight longer. Let us beach the shi}.’ “Then, as I said that, a shell struck our captain. His last words were to haul down the colors. The American fire was so fierce and their shells were bursting around us so fast and making so much smoke that the Americans could not see that our flag was down and continued firing. I sent below for a blanket, and as soon as that was run up the firing ceased. “Meanwhile the Vizcaya had run be- tween us and the Texas and was then engaging three ships—the Brooklyn, Oregon and Texas. She made a des- perate but hopeless fight. 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