Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-06-16
WAR NEWS OF THE WEEK.
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washington, June 16.-The dispatches
from Madrid on Thursday of last week
gave the impression that Spain was
preparing to make an official plea
for a cessation of hostilities, but thus
far no move to that end has reached
washington. District Attorney Beck,
at Philadelphia. is investigating
charges that several prominent coal
dealers in that section have been fur
nishing the Spanish with coal, and
arrests are expected General Greedy.
chief signal officer. has ordered that no
news concerning the movements Of
American troops shall be sent to for
eien countries. The president nomi-
mated ex-Congressman j. Warren
Keifer. of Ohio. for major general and
r p. s. Goblin. of Pennsylvania. for
brigadier general. The nominations have
been confirmed.
An alarming report which came late
Friday night was that four Spanish
warshius had been sighted off Cape
HENRI AS nothing further has been
heard from them the later report that
they were merchantmen is generally
credited The navy department re-
ceived a report from Admiral Sampson
that he holds Guantanamo bay.
Saturday night came the story of the
landing of American marines on the
shore of Guantanamo bay, near Caima-
nera, and the raising of the Stars and
Stripes over block house used as a ca
BILE terminus. On Sunday the dispatches
told of an attack by Spanish guerillas
on the marines, the fight lasting from
Saturday night at IL o'clock until Sun
day noon. -Four of our men were killed
during the night. They were Assistant
Surgeon John Blair Gibbs, OF New
York, Sergeant Charles II. Smith, OF
Smallwood, Mass, Private william
Dunphy, OF Gloucester, Mass. and Fri
vate James McColgann' OF Stoneham,
Mass. Inc Spahlaros snot from the
thick pusnes, ana the marines were
FORCED 10 nfe from whence the snots
came, being unable TO see the enemy.
Finally the searcnhghts OF the shlps
were thrown on the laho ana py TINS
AID the MARINES hre became fore Ell
IectlVe. Inc advance pickels under
Lleutenants NeVlile ana onaW were
missing, ana II was leareo tney hau
per1shed. Later however, they re-
turned anu reporteu .le 'oss Vi oniy
one man-Sergeant smith, Oh company
K. since May Ia the subsistence oe-
partment OF the army mas loaoeo 10
SOHO miles OF provisions on Irelght cars
| Tor snlpmenl 10 the troops. Olher sup
| plies nave peen Iurnlsned IN ike pro-
| portions. Soldlers at ChlcKamauga
ra1ded an Illicit WHISKY JOINT Where one
of their number was wounded, ana de-
molished the gambling paraphernalia.
Mondays dlspatcnes Drought lurtner
| details of the fights OF our marines
with Spanish guerillas at Guantanamo
bay, together with the news OF other
| attacks by the guerIllas on sunday
| night. The Spanish losses are believed
| to be heavy. 1t is known that, while
our warships are landing food and am
| munition for the insurgents near San
| tiago, the people in Santiago are in
state of semi starvation. All the SOL
| diers but four of a volunteer com
pany from Butte, Mont, now at San
Francisco, refused to go out on drill,
| declaring they had not been given suf
| ficient food to maintain their strength.
AS they were excused from drill duty,
and were not disciplined, it would
seem that their complaint was well
founded.
| On Tuesday report received from
Admiral Sampson declared positively
that all of Cervera's ships are bottled
up III oanlid5o liai ~ - 49, "a
I;e,,tenant Rlua Of the Suwanee who
landed an saturday and proceeded to