The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-11
GUERlllAS KlLLE[
ARRIVAL OF SURVIVORS FROM
ADMIRAL CERVERA'S FLEET.
COLONEL 0RD0NEz TWICE WOUNDED
Gifts to the Red Cross Society'-Men from The
Aphonso XII in Havana BIanco Dis
tributes Rewards Energetic Cam
paign 10 be Supported.

|
Havana, July 9.-On July 9th the pro
| duce, money and stock exchanges sus
pended operations, observing the day a,
one of mourning for the loss of Admiral
| Cervera's fleet.
On July 9TH, communication with San
| tiago de Cuba was re-established Ac-
cording to the first dispatch received
| from Santiago the bombardment of the
| place had not begun. This dispatch
stated that an exchange of prisoners
| had been effected Among the prisoners
! exchanged was Captain Vera del Rea
il brother of General Vera del Rea, who
was killed i'll the engagement at Caney
Captain General Blanco has rewarded
the corporal and privates who landed or
June 10Th at Cayo Piedra, province OF
Matanzas, in sight of the American war
ships and captured Il quantity of Ameri
can effects.
Colonel OrdOneZ, the inventor of the
cannon bearing his name, was twice
wounded during the engagement at San
tiaGo. Colonel Escarios, who recently
arrived at Santiago with re-enf0rcements
after a heroic march from Manzanillo,
during which he had several engage
ments, has been promoted to the rank
of brigadier general.
The Civil Governor of Havana has
decided that the festival, which was
fixed for July 10th, for the purpose of
collecting money to establish free kitch-
ems for the poor of the city, shall not
be held because of the destruction OF
the Spanish fleet off Santiago.
AT Union de Reyes, province of Ma
tdnzas, memorial services have been
held for the officers and men who lost
their lives when the Spanish fleet was
/ destroyed.
The French cruiser D'Estaing arrived
this evening from Fort de France Is
land of Martinique. Some of the mem
bers of the Spanish mail steamer Al
fonso NIL, which was run ashore and
burned at the entrance of Mariel har-
Dor in preference to letting the Ameri-
can ships capture her. have reached
here.
considerable number of gifts to the
Red Cross Society, to be used in the
establishment Of free kitchens and in
helping the poor have been received
While Il party of Alquizar gucrillas
were accommodating along the railroad
and examining drai between Alquizar
and Canas, a dynamite bomb exploded,
killing fifteen members of the party.
On July Sth, 1913 sailors and officers
of the different ships of Admiral Ger
vera s fleet including Lieutenant Manuel
Bnstament and Lieutenant CabalIero
and Naval Cadet Raymon Naverre, ar
rived at Santiago. They reported that
al the crew of the war ships Almirante
Oquendo and 1nfanta Maria Teresa
were either killed or wounded.
The commander of the French cruiser
j, Estang. accompanied by the French
Consul. to-day visited General Blanco
and had a long chat with him.
The Colonial Government will give jts
unconditional support to an active and
energetic campaign against the Ameri-
can forces. adopting all means at their
command to repcl the invaders.
The Spanish mail steamer Alfonso
MI was pursued off Cienfuegos bv three
American cruisers. The Alfonso XII
fled toward the Isle of Pines, where she
lost sight of her pursuers. When eight
miles from Havana, she was Intercepted
by three American warships and was
run ashore at the entrance to Mariel,
with the object of saving her cargo.
After grounding. the steamer was fired
upon by the American ships. Il number
of projecties from whose guns fell on
board of her. While the work of remov-
ing her cargo WAS going on the Alfonso
MI was approached by an American
boat, evidently with the intention of
blowing her up by means Of torpedces
The boat. however. was driven away by
revolver shot from aboard the steamer,
and the fire from the shore by Spanish
soldiers. The ship was subsequently de-
stroyed by fire. caused ny explosive
bombs from the American vessels.