Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1898-06-11
PUT ASHORE NEAR SANTIAGO
UNDER COVER OF THE GUNS.
Strong Force of United States Troops
Landed at Port AGuiIareS-Can-
nonading Heard From Cape Hal
tien-Protest Against Spanish
Spies in Canada.

Cape Haitien. Haiti, June 6.-At S
o'clock this morning strong cannonadin9
was heard before Port Aguidares. y
nonading was greatly increased, the fir
ing evidently preceding from guns OF the
largest caliber.
Admiral Sampson There.
New York, June Ga special from
Cape 1aiticn to day reports that at day
light this morning. under cover OF Ad-
milal Sampson guns, forces of the Unit
ed States were landed at Aguidares, a
short distance east OF Santiago harbor
Siege Gums.
New York. June Ga special from
Kingston reports that 5000 United States
troops have landed near Punta Cabrera,
a little to the west of Santiago, where
Il junction was effected With General
CaliNto Garcia army of 5000 insurgents.
1t is landed the landing was effected un-
der cover of fire from SIMPSONS fleet.
With the troops were several heavy
siege guns.
Washington Comment.
Washington June 6.-Naval officers
shook their heads in the negative this
morning at the stories circulated to the
effect that troops had been landed in force
at Santiago. They were so confident the
reports were premature as to warrant the
belief that. from their knowledge OF the
movements of transports at Tampa and
Mobile, it would not be possible for troop
ships to have arrived by this time on the
south coast of Cuba.
The Resolute, reported yesterday to
have been at Nicholas Mole for a brief
space of time, is not Il troop ship i'll the
strict sense of the term She is a marine
transport and has OH board the 500 ma
rines taken to Key West on the Panther.
The cable cutting ship sent down by the
signal corps to Santiago to cut the cables
connecting Cuba with the outside world
has not vet completed that work, for
General Greedy, who is directly i'll charge
of it. had notice yesterday that the cable
leading from Guantanamo to Haiti was
said to be still in operation.
This particular cable was reported in
the press dispatches to have been cut, but
it is probable Il mistake was made and
one of the local cables running along the
coast of Cuba was cut under the impress
sion that it was the main line. 1t is be
leved. however. that this last link that
remains to connect Havana with Madrid
will not last longer than a day or two
more.
Gables connecting Key West and Ha-
vana will not be interfered with by our
government, inasmuch as the censorship
exercised at Key West prevents t!;em he
ing used i'll Spanish interests.
The department of war this morning
sent a list of prisoners at Fort Mcpherson
to Admiral Sampson. and the admiral
himself will enter into communication
with Ceryera respecting an exchange OF
prisoners. Cervera will be allowed to
select from the list of persons whom he IS
willing to take in exchange for Construct
OF Hobson and the gallant crew that
manned the Merrlmac on her last run. The
officials hardly expect to complete the eN-
change of prisoners in less than two
weeks.
Captain Sigsbce has gone back to New
York to join his ship, the st. Paul. While
in Washington he spent good deal OF
time before the naval war board. and it Is
supposed the members of the latter were
availing themselves of the extensive
knowledge of the topography of Havana
hal b and of the character of the defenses
there possessed by Sigsbee.
Ambassador Hays Protest.
London June 6.-Amba assador Hay call
ed at the foreign office today and present
ed eviden that Spanish olncials are MAX
ing Canada a base of operations, and pro
tested against the continuance of this
practice. The protest is based on the fact
that it would be preach of neutrality Tor
Great Britain to permit her territory to
be used for such hostile purposes Colonel
Hay also recently drew the attention OF
the foreign office to the small expectations
from Great Britain of war munitions for
Spain.
ORDERED TO ACTIVE SERVICE.