The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-06-20

AWluA olrattS Wy hunger.
Copyright, 1898, by the Associated Press
On Board the Associated Press Dis
Patch Boat Dandy. on GAuTANAMo,
Saturday, June Is, 8 p. M, via Kingston,
jamaica, Sunday, June l5. 9:30 a. M
Cuban scouts report to-day that the In
titttaats OF Calmanera have s.rewn the
streets with straw and oil, with the In
tsa..on Of destroying the city before
feeling to the hills.
calmancra lies four miles up the bay
from Camp Mccalla, under the guns of
10 American fleet and the situation Is
desperate. Starving and tamine-s,rIcl;
en-, convinced OF the ultimate triumph
0: the American arms and without faith
IN The protection OF the Spanish soldiery,
the people are believed to have deter
mined to leave their houses In ashes be-
hind them and seek safety In the noun
ta!ns OF the north. The scouts declare
that the story is accurate and say that
every building OF the town Is being rap
Idly prepared for the torch.
The situation OF the bcsieged Is fear
tgl The people are eating horses and
mules, and are securing the hills for
fruits and herbs. Occasionally brief
b3nbariments by the American hee.
leave the helpless citizens terror-s.rick-
en-, no preparations FOR defence being
made. ErS
1t Is also stated that the Spanish gun
boat at Caimanera has been loaded with
!naanmables and will be burned with
the city. her commander declaring that
she Will never become an American
prize. Il q .,5 4.
In a State ofPanic.
The scouts also say that Spanish SOL
dlars are in almost as complete state
Of panic as are the civilians and that
they could. easily be induced to surrer-
der. Some OF the prisoners taken by the
marines also say that they believe the
Spanish troops are on the verge of sur
render owing to the lack of food. Cap
tain McCalla, of. the cruiser .Mar5leheaj,
-iu AiCtNEiidiEl SOiOiIel1 E1uuNiu 5 SUIsE LII
@nmand OF the marines, are not sure,
sewever, of the reported Spanish rort.
.Taey received information yesterday
that a general attack by force OF $500
Spanish soldiers and guerrlllas on Camp
IcCalla Is contemplated within a night
or TWO. Every preparation was made
last night for an expected assault. =.
: When the Associated Press dispatch
bat Dandy arrived In = Guantanamo
harbor at 5 o'clock, the hills about the
marine camp were brilliant under the
shifting rays of the searchlights Of the
Marblehead, Dolphin and Scorpion nnd
the marines re.lying in the rifle pits
a. the guns. ready and anxious for bat
tie. but the night passed without the fir
Ing OF a shot. The same watchful care
vas exercised to-day as Captain Nc
Gala Is convinced that an attack Is like
II 10 occur at any moment.
The Iowa Joined the fleet here this
norning and later the admiral camc
over on the flagship to Inspect the fo-t.-
dcations and confer with Captain Nc
Gala and Lieutenant Colonel Hunting
ton. g5. Z E+s-5
The coast in the vicinity Of Guanlana-
mo Is dotted with the bright hued Gu
ban flags. Numerous camps OF the IN.
surgents which have been established
along the beach between Santiago ard
this place are used by the admiral as
means OF communication with the Gu
bans in the interior. The aid which
shese men have given has proved highly
valuable to theAmericans. Their stories
o. the destitution and revolt among the
Spanish soldiery in this vicinity. have
oeen corroborated by interviews with
prisoners captured around the camp.
De';sr..e Condition, of the Spanisli.
General Perrejo, who is In command
Of the Spanish forces here, Is unduubted-
" desperate in regard to obtaining food
,or his men. The prisoners who have
oeea captured appear to have been III
.ed and are apparently Indifferent 10
their fate. ,., q 81.
Another body OF five spanlards was
captured yesterday by Ensign A. A.
sTatt. OF the Marblehead. While cruis-
ing In a steam launch outside the oay
10 picked up a flfty foot eloop contain
ing Spanish captain by the name of
lofes and four sailors. They sail they
we're on their way to Guantanamo to get
e supply OF oil for the lighthouse at
Cape MaysI. but papers found on the
tioop proved that they had been sent to
oo'ain information relative to the Amer
icah forces. The crew OF the sloop. ae-
serted that they had been ill-fed and
Nlshtfully ill-treafed by the Spanish
'mmander OF the Cape Maysl sorces. 4
:. There was brief bombardment OF q
oIockhouse UP the bay by the battleship
Uegon yesterday, and It is believed that
ssufins the firing ut least score Of
spaniards we're killed. Scouting parties
.sport that tho blockhouse was COM,
pIetely destroyed, but that they were
unable to discover any bodies, the re-
mans OF the soldiers who had been Kill
20 70 probably having been carried OF by
taeir comrades. s
Late this afternoon the flagship New
.iotS returned to tho fleet OF Santiago
me marines are growing very restless
oSlhs TO the delay In the arrival Of TIE
endorsements Of the troops but |. is
sshefally believed hero that the trans
Z Monday. fI. IS ~ q. 4. / 80
~, a nimor TO the effect that Lieutenant
ia,ooson Fud his fellow heroes OF the coll
~. =, Merrimac had been seen on the walls
" slorro Castle under n Spanish guard.
~, sed S much excitement among the fleet
WI W.. santiago to-day, but tho story Is die
asal'cd ,se on Commodore schley'7 tlag-.
ZIP. The officers there say that Span
rs1. hi seniries we're taken for the American
spain's Sentative jSrrrr,. r
MADRID. Juno 10. 8 p. n.--The state
NeDt that President NfcIyinio,. bo q SON.