The Portland daily press., 1898-07-13
ANOTHER TRUCE.
Gen. Tornl Again Considering Ques
tiOn of Surrender.
Copyright 1898 by the Associated Press. !,

Copyright 1898 by tine Associated Press. }
Siboney, July IL, p. M. via Kingston,
Jamaica July IL, 11.30 a. m. A con-
certed movement has been made by the
United States army and navy against the
city of Santigo delCuba during the past
"a hours, which the American officers
here believe will result in the almost i'm
mediate fall Of the city. The fleet lying
off Aguadores three miles east of Morro
castle commenced the bombardment of
Santiago on Sunday afternoon and con.
tinued it this morning. Notwithstand.
ing the fact that our ships had to fire at
an extreme elevation and although the
range was nearly five miles, the aim was
so accurate that. many of the shells fell
IN the city and set fire to it In four
places. One shsll struck St. Michaels
church In which a quantity of ammunit-
ion and powder was stored and blew it to
pieces. During the bombardment from
the sea the army extended it's lines and
drew 1T closer to the city, 30 that at noon
today every road and trail leading out of
the city was guarded and the escape Of
the Spanish soldiers seemed impossible.
is to ferry across the bay to the western
side OF the harbor and even then they
could not get into the interior without
encountering American troops.
During the time the warsnips were
bonbarding Santiago this morning the
pat batteries OF artillery on the hills facing
the city shelled the Spanish entrench.
ments and received but light response.
The American sharpshooters also sent
in deadly fire and the Spaniards fell
back to their last intrenchments offering
but little resistance
The Americans suffered no loss
At about noon today Gen. Shafter COM
municated by signal with Rear Admiral
Sampson requesting the latter to cease fir.
ing. Then the General sent Gen. Wheeler
into the Spanish lines under flag of
truce with message to Gen. Toral, the
Spanish commander, ,reoiting the fact that
the American ships had given complete
demonstration that they could throw
shells into the city and destroy it at will,
that the American troops had the city
practically surrounded and that there
were $4,000 Spanish and Cuban refugees
starving to dsath at FL Caney, and also
pointing out that our army had no means
of feeding them. Gen. Shafter then de-
manded the unconditional surrender OF the
city and coupled his demand with the
threat that unless Gen. Toral acceded the
assault upon the city both by land and
sea forces would be renewed at once.
Several hours elapsed before any reply
was received from Gen. Toral and then
he sent message to Gen. Shafter to the
effect that the matter was OF such great
Importance that he had been obliged to re.
fer it to the Madrid government and that
he would send his final answer as soon
as he could receive instructions from Ma
drid.
1t was then late in the afternoon and
Gen. Shafter gave orders to all the troops
to get as much rest as possible and be
prepared to resume the attack at any
moment.
No other answer had been received from
General Toral up to 6 O'Clock this eY-
ming.
During the time the negotiations were
pending Major General Miles arrived of
Aguadores on board the Yale from
Charleston. Admiral Sampson went on
board the Yale and held a conference
with Gen. Miles, then the latter went
to Sihoney, landed for short while and
held a telephone communication with
Gen. Shafter, seven miles away.
Gen Miles will go to tho front tomor-
row, Tuesday morning