The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-14
SANTIAGO rs IN
A VERY BAD WAY.
Insurgents Say That the Town IL On
the Verge of Famine and SPAN
ish Troops Are Deserttng-

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WEDNESDAY. June S. SIS p m. VIA
Kingston. June g. lois p. uA--tdeaayed n
transmission Approximately s9o..o
worth Of ammunition WAS expended on
Mondays bomhardment. has apparently X
has no; checked Spanish activity on the
earthworks.
Monday afternoon the lookout men on
the Brcokiya saw a boat approaching
from a point about four miles west OF
Fl Moro.
The Vixen want out 10 meet IL ard
brought 10 the flagship. three insurgents.
who asked for a vessel % she'll spanish
force with which The insurgents were
then engaged near the shore. The Marhe-
head was sent on this mission. and soon
scattered the Spaaiards with the result
that the Insurgents captured the Spanish
camp the tents ana a quantity of am
munitiosl. One Of the Ma:oehead's shells
killed a Spanish captain and lieutenant.
fatally wounded a surgeon and injured
several soldiers
While the work OF arming and feeding
the Insurgents . pusfed vigorously, tha
Spaniards n Santiago are reported suffer-
ing from an lncipent famine, and Gu
ban officer off shore yesterday asserted
that the guerriilas were deserving In force
TO the insurgents. Yesterday Lieut.. Com
rnander Deiehanty, with the gunboat
Suawannee. armed 5000 Cubans with
rifles, ammunitisn and machetes. To-day
he landed 500 rifles 100000 rounds of am
munilon. u large consignment of
machetes, d quantity Of medicine and
several tons of breakfast bacon.
The CubanS are Very active. expressing
the greatest confidence and promising to
maintain "A c.ose blockade of Santiago on
the land side. The insurgents represent
their number as rapidly Increasing. Ger
tainly they have shown their ability In the
have got possession Of the railway terlnini.
The fine harbor there will make a good
American base.
The insurgents say that they watched
Mondays hognbardment from the hills in
the rear OF Santiago, and as many as 600
Spaniards were killed and several guns; dis
mounted. Terrible execution was wrought
by the l2-inch shells from the Texas II
their statement can he relied upon the
Spanish garrison az Santiago Is on half ra-
TONS and the town itself Is even much
worse of, the military authorities refusing
10 sell citizens provisions at any price
On Sunday night. June 5, Ensign Palmer
took the New York launch on harbor
picket duty. and another launch was sent
from the oregon. Ensign Palmer was
obliged 10 20 within I5o yards of the bat
teries. The Spaniards opened a heavy fire,
but Palmer kept his position regardless
of the shells. His orders were not TO go
nearer than a mile from shore
Ensign Palmer and the crew got back
safely. When Admiral Sampson heard of
the shooting he said tn Palmer: You
were ordered not 10 so nearer shore than
a mile"
Those were my orders" replied Palmer
But. sir. | was also told % see that no
torpedo boats came out With only two
boats. could not he sure that none came
out unless l went right under the batter
les
The admiral replied; You were perfect
" right. Mr. Palmer That's the kind Of
stun OF which officers Of the United States
are made"