The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-05-08

or leaving their hiding place for the
purpose OF signaling the boats off
snore. Inc Dewey ran in toward shore
with the Dupont. Diaz was to wave
MS handkerchief. AS Dewey ran in
toward shore with the Dupont beside
ner made out boat with fishermen
in 1T and beyond that, half concealed
by the bushes, man in light clothes.
Whlch, at the distance, appeared to be
those worn by the insurgents in the
neld. He concealed himself at inter
vals, but finally advanced a little way
from cover and waved his handker-
chlef. We waved in reply. and then
at the suggestion of J. E. Cartav Who
had given Captain Hyers information
Whlcn enabled him to find Diaz. a white
SlShai was tied to wire stay and al
lowed to flap there. 1t was some ones
bly, e'>''iiii d
The man on the beach waved energet-
lcally, and | lowered a boat from the
Dewey and with Cartay rowed in T
mad told Captain Hyers to keen his
glass on the man, and as we left the
tug ne shouted to me that two men
were IN the bushes beside the one which
slgnaled. and had rifles. These we sun
posed were the men sent from the "a mn
OF the insurgents with the messenger.
and so 1t proved. One was the SON If
Diaz. The three hurried across the
sand to the edge Of the rocks which
form the coast there The LITTLE hoat,s
gunWale was grasped by the Insurgents
in trfce. Diaz remembered that he
and | were old shipmates. having sailed
together in the Three Friends when she
was hred on under the hills of the
south coast of Santa Clara in Decem-
Der, 1897, and so he was willing to fell
what news he could.
The torpedo boat a few hundraa
yards away beside the Dewey, was orr
guarantee that the cavalry would nrob-
ably keep on the other side of the trees.
DfaZ climbed into the boat and fold
his son and the other insurgents to
hurry back to camp. They would have
from friends, but he reminded them of
the time, and they hurried away. We
returned to the Dewey, and as we went
over the side shouted our thanks to the
commander of the Dupont The tor
pedo boat steamed off shore, after
sending boat to us with mail for Key
West. Diaz told us the Spaniards were
hurriedly moving troops westward and
to the coast cities, and withdrawing
them from the interior. He did not
know the details of the killed and
wounded at the Matanzas lombard
ment. He said that Belancous. briga
der of the insurgents In Matanzas
province, had about 500 men and only
a small sick list. The hospital facili-
ties are bad, and men wounded would
be in bad fix, but RaJos had only
four of them. The country folk are in
terrible straits for food.
DiaZ said the insurgents had really
been feeding their friends in Boca de
Camarioca. There disease and famine
had carried off 80 Of the wretches who
found shelter there in the last few
months of recommendation. The dead
outnumbered the population which the
village would have in time of peace
Some Of Rojas' men who were captured
by the Spanish three days ago were re-
leased and sent back with a message
that the Yankees had begun war and
that the CubanS and Spanish. being
of the same blood, should combine re
fight the United States The insuro
gents were surprised at not being killed
by their captors, and said they would
take the message gladly and hurried to
Rotas Their story was laughed 81
Colonel Rojas said the news from the
outside world would not prevent his
fighting the Spanish. Diaz saws sucb
efforts to make the Cubans desert ara
becoming general. Little notices ara
left on trees, saying that the Yankees
will leave nothing Spanish on the fsI.
and If they have their way and urging
all Cubans to unite and fight then,
The Spanish are still burning and de-
stroying as they move, and still the
guerrilla cavalry scours the country,
driving the cattle into the towns. AS
far as Diaz could learn, the railway
between MatanZas and Havana has
been kept open.
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