The record-union., 1898-05-15

fatal; Harry Hendrickson. seaman,
shot through the liver, probably fatal;
Ernest Suntoney, apprentice, first class,
fracture of right leg; John j. Doran,
bcatswain's mate. second class, gum
shot wound in right buttock; John Da-
Wis, gunner's mate, third class, wounded
in right leg; William Levery, appren-
tice, first class, wound left leg, very
slight; Robert Voltz. seaman on Nash
vile, severely wounded; Lieutenant
Commander Winslow, slight wounds in
hands. The casualties occurred in cut
ting the cable at Cienfuegos.
Lieutenant Winslow was placed in
command of the steam and sailing
launches of the Nashville, Lieutenant
Anderson second in command. Orders
were to drag for and cut cable, under
the protection of the guns of the Mar
blehead and Nashville. Succeeded in
cutting cables leading south and west.
but not third cable inShore, under fire
of infantry on shore with Maxim guns.
Lighthouse destroyed, when enemy
took shelter there. The officers and
men performed their work with the ut
most coolness and intrepidity under
trying circumstances. McCalla's re-
port mailed REMEY."
SITUATION AT CIENFUEGOS.
KINGSTON (Jamaica), May a.
Copyright, 1898, by the Associated
Presa "A correspondent of the Asso-
|ciated Press, who passed through the
Cienfuegos blockade on the steamer
Adula on Monday last, succeeded in en-
tering the city and getting a good idea
of the situation. He left Cienfuegos on
I, or of no
on Tuesday, and last evening he sent
the following dispatch from the quaran-
tine station:
When about forty miles off Cienfue- :
gos on Monday afternoon we sighted
the American blockading squadron,
consisting of the Marblehead, Nashville
and Eagle. The flagship, the Marble
head, bore down upon us at full speed,
and fired blank shot across our bows.
We came to. and We're boarded by a
Lieutenant We showed him permit
from the State Department to pass the
blockade for passengers, on condition
that we carried no cargo, and we were
allowed to proceed. The officer Of the
Marblehead said the flagship thought
the Adula was a Spanish troop ship
which is expected daily.
when about 400 yards from the mar
row entrance to the harbor Spanish
twenty-ton gunboat, mounting one
quick firing one-pounder aft, poked her
nose out from the mangrove-c covered
reef and stopped US. Our papers had
been vised by the Spanish Consul at
Kingston, and so we were allowed to
enter the harbor
THE harbor entrance of CienfuegoS
is about go yards wide, and there are
forts on either side of it. These forts
have Ions rows of oldfashioned guns,
and just inside the harbor there is a
modern fortifcation building of timber,
earth and sand. The British Vice-Con-
sui, Mr.. Fowler, told the correspondent
of the Associated Press that the Span
iards have eight or ten modern high
power guns to mount on the new woi ks.
Their calibers were four to six inches.
Inside the harbor We're three tiny
gunboats The only warship of any
consequence in port was the third-class
cruiser Galatea. The correspondent
counted four guns in her main battery,
and she had one quick-fire aft.
'"The Galatea went outside the harbor
few days ago to engage the United
States auxiliary gunboat Eagle, Com
mander Sutherland, a vessel about one
third the Galatea's size. The engage
ment was short, sharp and decisive.
One of the Eagles six-pound shells
splntered the corner of the Galatea'e
deckhouse, and the Spanish cruiser
quickly retreated into the harbor.
Besides the warships there were two
2,000-ton merchant steamers, the Rio
Janeiro and the Alava of Bilboa, and
three coasting steamers inside the har-
Dor of Cienf legos. These vessels We're
caught in the harbor by the American
blockade fleet and will doubtless fall
into the hands of our sailors in the
course OF time.
"A crowd of about 1000 curious peo-
pie gathered at the wharf to meet us,
and the correspondent was told that
there had not been so much excitement
in Cienfuegos since the preceding Sat
urday week. when a few shells were
thrown at the forts by the American
warships, following an attack made
upon the Eagle. No one was hurt.
THE correspondent went ashore and
walked through the principal streets of
the city About one shop in four was
open, and business was utterly lifeless
Blockade prices for food are charged in
CienfuegoS. Flour sells at 20 cents per
pound; meat costs 40 cents a pound,
and if you want milk you must pay 20
cents quart for it. On the other hand,
bread, fruit and plantains are plentiful
at or q cents a pound. The corre-
spondent was told there was enough
food in the city to last forty five days.
The population are afraid the blockade
will result in starvation.
There are at least 10000 to 10000
people in Cienfuegos and its vicinity,
including about $1,000 regular Spanish
troops and 5000 volunteers. The towns
people and the soldiers were talking
about vaguely glorious victory said
to have been won by the Spanish forces
at Havana.
General Pando left here for Havana
on Sunday, and heavy fighting took
place on Tuesday about thirty one miles
from the city.
The British Consul, who was the
charterer of the Adula, has sent to
Jamaica his family, several Cuban
Americans and forty of the lbest Gu
ban families in Cienfuegos-in all 3J7
persons. AS the Adula was only pro-
visioned for 130 passengers, they were
SNORT ol IdlloilS, uul HODouy BTunlpleti,
all being glad to get out of the block
AIDED city.
The Adula steamed out of the Glen
enfuegos harbor at 1920 a. M, at which
time the American blockading squadron
had been increased by a large fighting
ship whose name was not discernible
Nothing is known here concerning
the reported bombardmento of Cienfuegos
by the United States squadron, but as