The record-union., 1898-06-14
People In the City In a Worse Fix, Author
tiles Refusing to Sell Provisions.
Terrible Execution Wrought by the
Twelve-Inch Guns Of the Texas
in the Bombardment Of SANTA
go FortiAcations on June 9Th
Three Hundred Spanish Report
mounted.

WEDNESDAY, June s, SIS p. m. (via
Kingston, Jamaica, June ., 1918 p. m,
delayed in transmission)-(CO
1893, by the Associated Press)-Ap-
proximately 100000 worth of ammu-
milton was expended on Mondays bonn
bardment, but apparently, it has not
checked Spanish activity on the earth
works.
Monday afternoon the lockout men on
the Brooklyn saw a boat approaching
from point about four miles west Of
FL MORO. The Vixen went out to meet
it, and brought to the flagship three in
surgents who asked for a vessel to shell
a Spanish force with which the insur-
gents were then engaged near the
shore. The Marblehead, which had
been doing target practice, was sent on
this mission, and soon scattered the
Spaniards, with the result that the
insurgents captured the Spanish camp,
with tents and a quantity of ammuni-
ton. One of the Marblehead's shells
killed Spanish Captain and a Lieuten-
ant, fatally wounded a surgeon and in
jured several soldiers.
While the work of arming and feed
ing the insurgents is pushed vigor-
ously, the Spaniards in Santiago are
reported suffering from an incpient
famine, and a Cuban officer off shore
yesterday asserted that the guerrillas
were deserting in force to the insur-
gents.
Yesterday Lieutenant Commander
Delehanty, with the gunboat Suawanee
armed 5000 Cubans with rifles, ammu-
milton and machetes. To-day he land
ed 5000 rifles, 10000 rounds of ammu-
milton, a large consignment of machetes,
quantity of medicine and several
tons of bread and bacon
The Cubans are very active, express
ing the greatest confidence, and prom
ising to maintain close blockade of
Santiago on the land side. The in
surgents represent their number as
rapidly increasing. Certainly they
have shown their ability in the neigh
borhood of Guantanamo, where they
have got possession of the railway and
telegraph terminus.
The insurgents say that they watched
Mondays bombardment from the hills
at the rear of Santiago, and say that
as many as 300 Spaniards were killed
and several guns dismounted. Terrible
execution was wrought by the 12-inch
shells of the Texas If their state
'iA~ht Nohs oC lclic0 On, the spanish
garrison at Santiago is on half rations,
and the town itself is even much worse
off. the military authorities refusing to
sell citizens provisions at any price.
On Sunday night, June 9th. Ensign
Palmer took the New York's launch on
harbor picket duty, and another launch
was sent from the Oregon. Ensign
Palmer was obliged to go within $50
yards of the batteries. The Spaniards
opened heavy fire, but Palmer kept
MS position, regardless of the shells.
His orders We're not to go nearer than
a mile from shore. Ensign Palmer
ana the crew got back safely.
When Admiral Sampson heard Of the
shooting he said to Palmer: "You
were ordered not to go nearer shore
than mile
those were my orders" replied En-
sign Palmer, but sir. 1 was also told
TO see that no torpedo boats came ont
With only two boats I could not he
sure that none came out unless I went
right under the batteries"
The Admiral replied: "You were
perfectly right, Mr.. Palmer. That's the
klnd OF stuff of which officers of the
united States are made"