The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-04-30
REFUGEES FROM CUBA

! copyrighted 1898 by the Associated Press
| Kingston, Jamaica, April 2s.-The Ger
man steamer Remus. from Hamburg, for
/ Baltimore, touched ct Port Antonio, this
| Island, early today and landed there al
/ German, Cuban, British and American
| refugees from Santiago de Cuba They
will be detained a short time in quaran-
| tine. to comply with the law, and will
| be brought TO Kingston by train this af-
| ternoon.
The Remus, which is loaded with iron
ore. agreed with Brooks Bros, of Santi-
ago de Cuba, 10 take the passengers as an
act Of charity and ran out Of its course
70 Port Antonio in order to land them.
The refugees are mostly women and chill
dren, many of them persons of refine
ment.
There was no accommodation for them
on board the Remus. and therefore they
were compelled 70 'tay on deck all night
and they had nothing to eat, as the
steamer was not provisioned for so many
people. The refugees. not having had
any breakfast. were very hungry when
they arrived ana wore worn out by their
comfortless nigh at sea. One of them
said: I'VE may as we'll starve here as
there. The Spaniards have attached all
the food in Santiago de Cuba for the
army and the civil population Of that city,
about 10000 persons. are almost entirely
without provisions."
Many OF the children and women on
the Remus were sick from lack OF food.
Pulaski D. Hyatt. the United States con-
sui at Santiago de Cuba. says the in
surgents' activity has greatly increased
lately owing to the news that they have
received from the United States and
they are raiding up 10 the very out
works OF Santiago de Cuba and Guanta-
namo.
The city OF Santiago de Cuba when the
refugees left was in a state OF semi
panic. fearing the blockade of the port
by the United States feet. There were
about 1900 Spanish troops there and in
the vicinity. But food excepting army
supplies was running low The agents
of the insurgents communicate daily
with the city of Santiago de Cuba
The Bandero Espanola, a daily newspa-
per of Santa 60 de Cuba, IN its issue OF
yesterday. printed the following telegram
from Havana, received over the subma-
rlne lines around the island:
"a dispatch dated from Washington
gives the assurance that Havana Will not
be bombarded This, It IS said has tran
quilted the city OF Havana
Mr.. Hyatt left fifty tons of provisions
In the United States consulate at Santi-
ago de Cuba, and 100 tons OF supplies,
which had just arrived. In the custom
house The British consul to Santiago,
acting for the United States, has distrib-
uted the fifty tons of provisions which
were left in the consulate. but has not
been able 10 get the 100 tons OF provts
Ions stored In the custom house. owing
TO the tech licsl devices adopted by the
Spaniards TO prevent HON frfm doing so.
These provisions. which consist Of -four.
corn meal and rice. have not yet been
confscsted by the spaniards. but It Is
said this will probably be done before
long.
The British third class cruiser Pearl ar
rived here today The sound OF her guns
saluhng the commodore at Port Royal
made the population believe that a naval
battle was taking place outside the har-
Dor, and crowds OF people ran down to the
beach expecting 10 witness the engage
ment
The Spanish steamer Leonora arrived !
at Port Royal last evening from ManEaN |
Milo. having on board twenty refugees |
including several Americans.
At Port Antonio the crew Of the Amer |
lean schooner Mary Sanford, OF well |
feet, Mass. has refused to taks her out !
os the harbor. fearing capture by the |
spaniardS
Savannah. Ca. April .s-The Norwegian 4
steamship arrived this morning from Ma
tanzss. She had on board fifty Cuban /
women and children, but no
men. She was boarded by a crew from
he Cincinnati after she lsft Matanzas
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