St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-10-09
SOLDIERS Off FOR MELILLA
THE SPANISH WILL ATTEMPT TO
CRUSH THE MOORS.
In an Engagement Between the
Gunboat Crews and Moors Off
Tres Forcas-The Caby1es Re-
ceiVing Reinforcements and
Erecting Extreme Breastworks
increasing in Audacity.

MADRID, Oct. s.-A large body of
troops left this city today for the front,
Melilla, in Morocco, being their objective
point. The approaches to the railroad
stations were densely. packed with peo-
pie, who frantically cheered the depart
ing soldiers. Another gunboat has been
ordered to Melilla, and almost at the
same hour news reached here this even
ing that the gunboat Cuerva, which had
been shelling the piratical haunts on
Riff coast, near Melilla, has reached
Malaga with dispatches from Gen.
Margello, requesting that no reinforce
ments be sent to Melilla for the present.
The general reports that the Moorish
tribes continue to fire at intervals upon
Fort San Miguel, the fire being directed
upon the fort from the neighboring
heights. Yesterday evening, Gen. Mar
CELLO adds, the Moors fired into Melilla,
a bullet from the heights lodg-
Ing In the governors house.
When the Cuerva left Melilla. the
commander of that gunboat reports she
was fired upon off Tres Forcas. The
gunboat promptly returned the fire and
regular engagement followed, during
which many of the tribesme were
killed and numbers were wounded. The
Cabyles outside of and near Melilla con-
tlnue to erect extensive earthworkS,
and seem to be preparing for regular
siege and to resist a strong effort to
drive them away. They are receiving
reinforcements hourly and are increas-
ing in audacity every moment. In spite
of this, however, Margello needs no fur
ther reinforcements, being certain, with
the troops already at his disposal and on
fhe way to Melilla, to defeat the Moors
if they attack him. and to take the Of
fensive when all his plans for so doing
are perfected. This is the first and only
authentic news received from Melilla
for some days past, and 1t comes direct
from the general in command of the
Spanish forces there.
LATEST INFORMATION. sa
Later-The bey of the Melilla dis
trict, it is further learned from the dis
patches from Gen. Margella, has visited
that officer and has asked permission
for the Moors TO bring provisions into
the Melilla markets. The bey declared
that the sultan of Morocco would pun
ish the offending tribes. Gen. MagelIa
is of the opinion that the real object of
the bey's visit was to ascertain what
war preparations we're being made at
Melllla. The hey previous to his de-
parture, stated that all the chiefs of all
the tribes would assemble at Frajama to-
day in order to decide upon peace or
war. The minister of war, upon receiv-
ing this communication from Gen. Mar
CELIA, instructed that commander to re-
ject the false overtures of the bey and
to fire upon any Moors invading Span
ish territory. AT a cabinet council held
today it was decided to send squad to
Algeciras, near Gibraltar, only, and not
to Tangiers, as at first proposed. The
war ship Conde Vanadito, however,
will go direct to MeliIla. Supplies
enough to last 5000 men for two months
have now gone to MelilIa.
MADRID, Oct. S.-The war minister
thinks that more troops will be required
in Morocco when work on the construc-
tion of fortified tower at Guarlaeh is
renewed. He is prepared to send 10000
men.