The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-05-16
Havana Clergymen DenOunce Bonn
bardment of DefenSeleSs Towns.
CARDENAS CASUALTIES
AMERICANS KILLED TWO AND
WOUNDED SEVENTEEN.
Set Fire to a Warehouse Full of Re
concentrados-A Spanish Cores
pondent Describes Many Skin
mishes Along the Coast, In Which
the Spanish Were Victorious.
(From a Spanish correspondent.)

Havana, May 1850 p. MIN all
the pulpits today the American prac-
tice of bombarding defenseless towns
without previous notification" was
severely censured. Those who admin
istered the rebuke said towns ought
not to be bombarded solely TO destroy
property or to kill people, or for mere
pleasure, and pointed out that in the
interests of humanity, international
law had provided that towns must
not be bombarded until the forces of
the attacking party were ready and in
condition to assault and take the
towns.
In political circles it is said that the
Americans, while pretending that they
do not wish the reconcentradoS to die
of starvation, are nevertheless ready
to kill over a million people by their
blockade.
According to private advices from
Cardenas the American vessels, about
10 o'clock last Wednesday, tried to
enter the harbor and at o'clock in the
afternoon three large American YES
sells succeeded in entering. The Span
ish gunboat Antonio Lopez fired the
first shot from the Zulueta wharf and
the gunboats Ligeria and Alerta
answered at the military commanders
headquarters, the city hall and the
Spanish casino, over all of which the
Spanish flag was hoisted The Ameri-
cans fired 400 shots. One shell fell in
the warehouse where many recon-
centrados were living, igniting the
building, but the fremen saved the
women and children from the flames.
Other shells fell near the military hos
pital. the Spanish casino, the Otero
theatre, the principal drug store in the
city and near many private residences.
The bombardment lasted for two
hours, the Americans finally retreating
toward Cayo Diano. All the wounded
were assisted by the religious societies.
Mr.. IrveS, the manager of the CardenaS
railroad, ordered all trains on duty to
remove the people from the town to
the ProgreSSo sugar plantation. The
losses were two killed and II wounded.
About Is shells have been found that
did not explode.
The Spanish steamer MontZerrat left
Cienfuegos on the 9th, for Spain. Mar
quis de Comellas, general manager of
the Spanish Transatlantic company,
gave Captain Deschams, her command
or. 500 for having saved the ship and
her important cargo.
MORE FIGHTING.
Friday morning the Americans tried |
tc effect a landing at Banas Beach, but |
were repealed after three-quarters of an 1
hours fighting.
On the 18th the Spanish forces. re- |
on the Rios farm near /
Parpeto, surprised the insurgents lodg |
ed in positions to assist the landings
of the Americans under the protection
OF the guns of two American cruisers
and three smaller vessels lying be-
tween three and four miles of shore.
After two hours firing the insurgents
abandoned their positions, leaving six
killed.
The Americans att,R pied a landing
on the Salado beach, near Banas, under
the protection of three vessels, one
with side wheels. A boat with about
30 men was beached at some distance
from the ostensible landing place, but
was there surprised by the Spanish
musketry. After "a hours firing under
he protection OF the warships, which
discharged upwards OF 20 cannon shots,
he Americans. re-embarled, having
suffered some losses.
On the 18th the Americans attempted
TO land at Herrauba beach, near Ca
oanas. sustaining a hot fire from the
Spanish forces. The American fleet
ired about so shots.
On the 18th the sound of cannonading
md musketry was heard at a great
distance, apparently coming from Table
)eague Beach. This was about 10
iclock in the morning.
On Friday the Spanish cruiser Condo
lie Nenadito and the torpedo boat Neu-
"a Espana left Havana harbor to en-
,age the American vessels. A great
rowd gathered on the wharves and
he San LaZaro literal, with many la
lies in carriages and on the roofs of
-djoining houses, to witness the YES
els departure and to cheer them.
'he Spanish vessels began the combat
~ firing at the Americans far away
n the horizon. The Americans returned
he fire, but withdrew still further, the
spanish vessels following them until
II were lost to view. The Spanish
hips continued to fire, but the Ameri- j
ans declined to fight them.
At o'clock in the evening two Span
sh launches left the harbor to scout
ver the area of firing. and were net
roubled by any American vessels. At
quarter past Z the Spanish warships
eturned to the harbor. 1t is believed
hat one of the American vessels suf-
cred damage and was towed out of
he combat