The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-06-28
BATTLE
TOMORROW
Shafter Goes to the
Front and Santiago
Assailants Expect
Hot Work.
YESUYIUS THROWS EARTHQUAKES
Loud Explosion in the Span
ish Lines = Lieutenant
Blue Peeps at
Cervera.
DARING SCOUTING EXPEDITION.
Fortifcations Inspected and
Ships Located Cubans
and Spanish Shoot
Harmlessly.
FACTS CLEANED BY A SPY
santiago's Defenders Dream
That They Have inflicted
Great Loss Upon Us.
CITY is NEARLY STARVING
Spain Does Not Believe We Will
Attack Her rCoast--Camara's
Pleasure Trip.
tRy Gable. Copyright. 1883. by The Associated

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OFF SANTIAGO DE CUBA. MONDAY,
JUNE q. 1898, Via KINGSTON, JAMAI-
CA, JUNE %, 1s9S-(9;00 A. M.)-Lieu-
tenant victcr Blue of the aux
iliary gunbeat Suwanee returned to
the fleet today from another in
vestigating trip ashore. He reported
that Admiral Ceryera's ships are all in
the harbor. With the exception of one
torpedo-boat destroyer, they are at an
chor and show no signs of activity
Lieutenant Blue went ashore on Satur-
day. to the west of Moro Castle, accom-
panied by some Cuban guides He adj
vanced until about two miles north of
Cabanas and almost up to the enemy's
batteries He travelled sixty miles and
rejoined the Suwanee this morning. At
one time the Lieutenant was at a Cuban
outpost, separated only by four hundred
yards from a Spanish outpost.
They popped away at each other all
the time said Lieutenant Blue; but l
do not think the Cubans hurt the Span
iards very much, and I know the Span
iards did not hurt the Cubans."
Lieutenant Blue was able to accurately
locate the position of each of Admiral
Cervera's ships.
Rear-Admiral Sampson warned his feet
this morning to exercise great care in
shooting at the hills east Of Morro Castle,
pointing out that the American army had
advanced and that our own troops might
be deployed on the hillside.
1t is hardly likely that any serious ac-
tion will be taken by the navy until We'd
nesday. BY that time the army is ex-
pected to be ready for another forward
movement.
The dynamite gunboat Vesuvius fired
three shells last night They fell in the
vicinity of MORO Castle and the eastern
batteries.
During the night loud explosion oc-
CURED on shore, near Aguadores. 1t Is
believed to have been caused by the Span
iards trying to blow up the railroad trestle
near that place.
It is now said that Juragua may be se-
lected as the permanent coaling harbor
for the fleet
Gustav Weineck, an ordinary seaman,
belonging to the flagship New York, was
drowned yesterday The New York was
coaling in front of MORO Castle from the
collier Alexander. Weineck Jumped from
the collier in an attempt to get on board
his own ship. He fell between the flag
ship and the collier and sank at once.
The body was not recovered.
The Dolphin has gone to the Havana
blockade and the Helena and the Yank-
town have gone to the southern blockade.
A bulletin issued to the feet by Rear
Admiral Sampson, yesterday, said
..F'rom report made by one of the
wounded, a nephew Of Surgeon Berryhill
Of the flagship New York. considerable
part Of the damage to- our troops on
Friday last was done by even-millimetre
machine guns manned BY seamen, so that
there would seem to be some probability
in the report Of the use ashore Of the
crews of Admiral Cervera's squadron"