The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-05-27
fEUGEES FROM
HAVANA ARRIVE.
fhousands Tried to Get Away on
the French Steamer.
xsssssitsnt Prices Paid for Tickets
WEALTHY Merchants Who Were
pastc-stRfeken Over the Prospect
~ n 8embardment by the Amert-
.e.s and IN Attack by the lnsur.
~..ts-Great SUFFERING In the City.

xEw YORK. May s7.--The Press says;
1neux the twenty-sevsn passengers
.s.eh the British steamer Arecana, char
ss,a by the Ward line. brought here from
rsrican ports, were the families OF REF
go from Havana. With many others
ss.y escaped from Havana TO Vera Cruz
% he Freaca steamer Lafayette.
he refugees are Jose otero. his wife
ed fys children. Alferdo de La Ferte.
s.s and two children. and Mrs. F. c.
| psnsranfa.
Txy say the Lafayette tried TO pur-
| .Azse e5ai, but Gen. Blanco would allow
ssas 10 De sod. The limited supply now
! ssrs il being guarded jealousy and a;
s;xtt the city lis in complete darkness.
20 sisetrar light has been shut down,
a factories where coal Is used as fuel
/ ~ stopped and the gas and water works
Ire forced 10 get along with as little coal
q possible. For tlSls reason water IL
gsrce.
| whsG the Lafayette sailed for Vera
ryus there was a stampede 10 get out OF
.as city. Fully 1900 Spanish and Gu
. hsw had obtained passports 10 leave. but
nMb.tant prices for passage were de-
Eaaaed. and only a part OF them could
sSsra the rate. AS Il was. the Lafayette
! took ]. 30 men, women and children away
! fam Havana, all that she was able to
AIRY. There were thousands left. who
ksaoagh willing 10 pay the price asked.
soaEd not> get passports. and they ran
ssast ike mad men. offering the fortunate
sass twice the amount they had paid for
.ckefs
| passenger named xiaues paid sl.foo
fv passage fer himself wife and two chill
ersn. Many others paid as high az si.ooo
i zach, and then they were compelled 10
sstp on the decks or wherever they could
| fiS room TO lilo down. Three miserable
tass we're spent on the Lafayette. with
! ely scanfy allowance OF food for each
| fssssngsr Nearly all the passengers were
ssalthy Spanish merchants I'm Havana.
saf other Cuban citizens. Jose Otero,
saa brought his wife and three daughters
| 70 this city. was formerly connected with
sas city government In Havana. He said:
When lest Havana, II was said that
re insurgents were only fifteen miles
mn tns city, aud at night the lights OF
d ths hills. From fear az homhardmert
y ne United States warships and an al
sssk BY the insurgents the city is panic
rnssen. and combined attack Is looked
sar every hour.
"rcot fs very scarce. and fresh meat
az scarcely be bought at any price.
The blockade is fe.t more by the poorer
rtSsss. and as they are the ones who
/ Asse been most loyal 10 Spain. the suffer
* Among them is thu worst"
gr. otero would say litsle about the
Spanish troops in Cuba under Gen Blsn-
g. but from other passengers u was
kaFned that the army Is about as badly
semnFsilzed and panic-stricken as the CIV
Ears Ammunition is scarce, and many
y the troops are clothed In rags ani
slgheui shoes. Rations are being daied
~ to them sparing,y bat the soldier
sascA carefully al places where pr0vls
sns are known 10 he stored. and the an
saaritles viii not afew private families
purchase supplies for more than one
/ az n, time
ssnor dc TIA Ferte Il "a Cuban Of French
teseert, who owns a large plantation near
Havana. He said. he had brought his
hsi1 here for safety until the war Ii
svss. bat at the outbreak Of the rebellion.
lsaardo Garcia. the manager OF hts pan
ssea, hsi raised = regiment Of GO men
ron his and ne'ghhoriug plantations and
ssssd the insurgents.
Whsn IN spanish soldiers heard Of -"
10 senor de Ia Ferte they marched
sFn nv plantation. burning and destroy
g everything above ground. We only
81 away With our lived"
SaeF ts Ia Fegte said he did rot think