The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-07-01
SPANISH OMlNoUSLY QUIET
GIVING AWAY Be
FORE AMERICAN ADVANCE
of the Big Buildings In Santiago
Believed to He a Spanish Trick
to Prevent Smelling of the City
MORO Castle Silent, Though
American Ships Within Range.

American Ships Within Range.
Copyrighted by the Associated Press.
JURAGUA, Province Of Santiago
de Cuba, June 20, via Kingston, ia
maica, June 3O.-The forces of the
American army are being mobilized as
rapidly as possible in the vicinity of
Aguadores, four miles from Santiago
de Cuba. The moment the tedious
task is completed the attack on
Spain's last ditch in Eastern Cuba will
be begun. When that will be Gen.
Shafter himself cannot say. Troops
can be moved without serious delay
and are being pushed forward rapidly,
but the movement Of the pack trains,
wagons, ambulances and artillery is
taxing the skill and endurance of the
officers and men to the utmost.
From Baiquiri, where the artillery
was landed, to the present point Of
concentration, the road runs through
a tangle Of tropical underground, UP
and down steep hillsides and over
treacherous swamp-bordered streams
for a distance of over twelve miles.
Through this continuous thicket the
rear guard Of the army is cutting it's
way. Engineers are at work leveling
the track and filling pits, while large
force Of regulars and volunteers, with
axes, aided by Cubans with machetes,
are hacking down trees and clearing
out the brush. A few light guns have
already reached this port. The siege
guns are not yet within five miles Of
the vanguard.
BATTLE MAY BE DELAYED.
Gen. Shafter left his ship today and
took up his headquarters with Gen.
Wheeler at the front. His appearance
there gave rise to the rumor that an
attack on Santiago would occur tomor-
row. but the staff officers tonight say
1t is impossible to get the army in
shape to strike a blow for several
days.
About 1000 troops are camped four
miles east of the besieged city and
the remainder of the forces stretch
along the road from there to Baragua
and Baiquiri.
The advance forces are in a semi-cir-
Gle. the left flank resting about two
miles from those under command Of
Gen. Chaffee, with the extreme right
under command Of Col. Miles, about a
mile to the northwest. Beginning with
the Twelfth infantry at the extreme
left the Seventh, Seventeenth, For
tieth, Twenty-ifth AMI Tenth infantry
extend to the right in the order named
Beyond them picket lines are establish
ed three-quarters ef mile nearer Sam
tiago,- the city being iii plain sight OF
Gen. Chaffee and Col. Miles troops.
MuchS> amusement has been caused
among the officers by the large number
Of Red Cross flags flying from buildings
in Santiago. Seven such flags could
be counted today, and it is reported
that two more were hoisted tonight.
They are all flying from the largest
and most prominent buildings, and our
officers say the Spanish soldiers evil
IDENTIFY intend to thus try to protect
every place in the city offering a good
mark for the American artillery.
For the past day or Two, the landing
places have been without incident The
hospital corps has finished it's camp
and several patients are already under
going treatment. There are quite
few cases of measles under the care Of
the physicians, but majority Of the
cases of sickness result from heat and
the extreme hardships the men have
undergone, particularly in waiting for
shelter and food during the landing off
Santiago.
MORRO IS SILENT.
The fleet lies silently and grimly
waiting for the time to come when it
shall finally measure it's strength with
the harbor batteries. All day long four
men-of-war lay within a mile and
half Of Morro's guns, but not a shot
was exchanged. The sailors on board
could almost have exchanged words
with the soldiers ashore, and the fact
that the Spaniards did not risk a
shot or two is taken to indicate that
perhaps they are very short Of ammu-
milton. The Iowa, Massachusetts,, In
diana and New Orleans could easily
have been hit as they lay almost mo-
tionless within such easy range, but
MORO might have been a country
school house for all the hostile Demon
siration it made.
Word was received by Rear Admiral
Sampson today that the Spanish supply
boat Purissima Conception, which es-
capped from Jamaica recently, has ar
rived safely at Tunas, the port of Sane
ii Spiritus, on the southern coast Of
the province Of Santa Clara. TIL. naval
officers here are much chagrined at the
fact that the steamer got away.