The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-07-18
STARVING REFUGEES
Pouring Into Santiago Under Amer
i. .-.... ican Protection.
MANY FELL BY THE WAYsIDE.

Nothing to Eat Can Be Had in the
City, and the Hungry People Eager
fy Await the Arrival of The Red
Cross Steamer State Of Texas.
Santiago. July 18.-Since 4 o'clock
yesterday morning stream of refugees
has been pouring into the city, some
naked. and all hungry. skeletons and
footsore. Many had fallen by the way
side.
Twenty-Five thousand refugees are
quartered at El Caney. 5000 at Firme-
FAX and 5000 at Cuabitas FL Bonito and
San Vincente, where they have been
living for fortnight. In one case 500
were crowded into one building. whici,
: was a regular pigsty. with horrible
STENCIL They used the water from the
river. where soiled clothing was washed
and all manner of filth is floating.
The docks are crowded by incoming
refugees in starving condition. await
ing the arrival In the harbor Of the
Red Cross society's steamer State of
Texas. as there are no eatables to be
bought in the city.
The entrance of the refugees was
quiet and peaceful. they viewing their
wrecked homes philosophlcally as the
fortune Of war. Admiral SIMPSONS
last bombardment of Santiago wrecked
81 houses in the city, causing heavy
damage.
The town Of Santiago presents a dis
NAL sight. Most of the houses have
been sacked and the stores have all
been looted. and nothing to eat can be
had for.1 .1ove or money Insthe streets
of the city yesterday, at the entrench-
ments. at the breastWorks and at every
hundred feet or 80 of the barbed wire
fences were the living skeletons Of
Spanish soldiers.
Among the arrivals yesterday were
the German. Japanese and Portuguese
consuls and their families, the Brit
ish end French consuls having arrived
on Friday.
GeHeral Pando was never here. but
$500 men from Manzanilo arrived on
July 3, making the total garrison here
1000.
The armament of the shore batteries
of Santiago consist Of five brass six
inch muzzle leaders In the Moro for
tifications; two six inch Honoras. from
the cruiser Rena Mercedes and three
q centimeter mortars-never used--in
the Socapa upper battery; two useless
21 centimeter mortars two eight cent?
meter muzzle leaders and four cent.
meter muzZle leaders and four eight
centimeter field pieces In the i5strella
battery: one 81 millimeter and one rs
miIimeter Nordenfeldt and one 81 Mill
meter llotchkiss in the Socapa lower
battery, and two six inch Hcntorias,
two nine oentimeter Krupps and two
15 centimeter mcrtars at Punta Gorda.
The Spanish flag was lowered from
Moro Castle at 8 o'clock yesterday
forenoon, and steam launches from the
New York, Brooklyn and Vixen entered
the harbor and examined the batteries,
the wreck of the Merrimac and sunk
en- Spanish cruiser Reina Mercedes and |
the torpedo firing station. They dis |
covered six Spanish merchant steam
ers ard one smell gunboat in the har-
Dor, and prize crew was placed upon |
the latter.
In the afternoon the torpedoes weru |
t"f"no lip or exploded. after which the |
Red Cross steamer state of Texas en- |
tered to give assistance to the sick and |
wounded in ihe city. The warshps may
got sntsr Wa Earbor for several days,
probably until after tks arrangements |
have been completed for transporting |
the Spanish prisoners to Spain. Nearly |
all the American men Of war are now
in Guantanamo bay