Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-06-21
ALL QUIET AT HAVANA
No Vessels With Supplies Have Run
the Blockade
------- (RY TeleRran

EN,I
KEY WEST. FLA. June oo.-s.1a
M,-,tA vessel arrived here from ,hs
o!uehaae TINS morning and reported al,
luie. along the line. She brought an
,'.'cel OF the Cuban army and a pilot
y. '' e ,ale carving Important dispatches
=, y, senior Estrada Palma, of the Cuba,,
lun'a. from General Alexandra Rodri.
suez, the insurgent commander ar Ha.
N:tna province - 20
me Cubans We're taken on board on
".uruiy iast from an auxiliary gun
RqRfi1'ssRs:h, had niGiff&&aa esgu"Po :G :ss;,
s,s Shfni liRfe}s "iff IN TIE helgnoorloou,
q small boat and rowed out to sea in
vessel. They We're three days In the
boat before they were picked up.
The messengers class as false
the, report that vessels have
succeeded in entering Havana
with supplies They assert that since
fishing vessels have entered the har-
Dor and that no food whatever is re-
ceived from Cienfuegos.
The Cubans confirm the reports that
| work on the defense Of HAVANA Is pro-
c,ading steadily The lines OF torpe-
| does extend across the mouth of tho
| harbor. which is said to be further pro
| tectcd by two automobile torpedoes. one
! On each side. dischargable by pressing
| !, button. ..
|
hnr are the Condo de Venadito. Nuevn
! E.snana. Vicente Yanez PinZon and AL
| eonso MI. the last named being used
as n hospital ship. No other gunboats
or converted tugs are in the port
An auxiliary gunboat Off Cardenas
mas been visited by q Cuban oftices
from the shore. which reported thai
place to be effectively besieged by the
Insurgents on land and by the warshlps
IN front He made the statement tina
In two weeks time the whole popula
tinn Of Cardenas will be starving. n
described the people as living on pain
buds and dog meat. which. he claimed
Is considered n delicacy.
The Cubans also report that lard Il
selling at so cents. rice at 20. beans
"5 and meat at Is cents per pound an.
all arc scarce and they say that al
horses Of private families. stores an
!iycrv stables have been confscated b
order Of General AraooeS. the mllltar
governor of Havana. for use Of troop!
There is hardly any traffic In tn
streets of Havana. ana groups or NOR
. .han two persons are not allowed I
,niter on street corners. The stree
railway company. whose cars III
, drawn by horses are Obliged to run
car every hour instead of every nv
minutes as heretofore. as the horses
| the company nave Deen taken ny -
government.
The trocha from Guannpaco
= Paula vivnra and NIanagua to Puert
= 10 7 % Cherrera. thickly studded VIII
+ forts and round houses. protects u
approaches to Havana. The new pa
rerics which have been built just ca
Of Moro Castle. are known as NO.
: and No t. the latter being closest
y MORO NO has three Ordonex l1-fnt
II guns mounted. and No. has one CT
mounted and two guns ready 70
rlaced in position Of the same caatbl
u Two other new batteries have be-
constructed on either side of the mou
!. nf the river AlmendareZ. west Of San
q Clara and the Reina batteries are al
y prnvided with heavy ordnance.
y 1T is also reported that there are
II enn armed Cubans in Havana proVin
re nlttcd AGAINST $4,000 we'll eauipp
!" Sra n;n rds
= Tho health of the Cuhans in Hava
r,rovince 's excellent. Their camp
!" situated ut Ienea.
J. The vessel which arrived TODAY r
been patrnllinc n regular beat Off I
Cuban const Gust like a policeman
ne ~nine back md forth during the q
~ and NIGHT Sometimes she saw spa
= 'sh tronns moving about. but. on
= whole the blockade was nnoventfu
Is The tug NJ Moran arrived this mo-
-. ;nc from Progresso She belongs to
g ward lire and reports that the run
.'' 70 the effect that carrnas are leaV
G. nrnerneo for the Isle of Pines is untr
- Dnt she admits that schnoners arr
-, there with Cubans aboard. ~"