New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-22

the frign,e Dubourdleu will embark passengers lot
Mexico, transshipplng them on 'hc ope" s'@
The French steamer Lafayette. OF the french Hch-
oral Transatlantic Company
Tho Gensr cigar factory will try not 10 stop
working bu, ~ +, closes the workingmen VIII 10
sunpo,,eA with some money which VIII De uis-
tribuied regularly amcrg them
TIL. lac, provisions consigned 10 General Ice 'or
clio ro,,o, ~ tho rcconccntrados which were seized
bv the military authorities. have been get apart
Cor tho ,s. OF tho inmates OF the lunntc asylum.
II Is reported from Cnbaren that an Are''o""
/ o-nodo.boa, has been Mt cayos do IN Faor"h'
Tho Spanish gunboats Herman Cor'es Mu!a''
Csuto ard rntrcpidn have gone out to meet her
Tho former rehcl Brlgadicr-Gcnorai Mnsso le't
here to-day for Santa Clara to form the ''''d
battalion Of his brigade.
!, hos h.en rcror,ed from Cayo Frances that
forty v.,yels were seen ronE toward the west
People wonder II 1t g. the spanish hc'''
/ Tho ..uiario Ge Ia Marina" says the Spanish Sec
rotary FOR War General Correa, has declared that
snain mus, not mind II battle-ahip Is lost ~ an
enlargement. because it Is natural consequence
q. wv. hut commanders % vessels must be ready
- blov ~ their vc-sci. before allowing them 70
/ Sc cantured by the American Net. SO NAV .n
rar hoisicd over n spanish vessel A.. c..,..
Today w,nrs.sd ,hs op'nn,S Cd 'ne NH TT ACCOUNT
.hc c,rem enc 20 be cablcd to The Associated
/ Press. , ,.v
r.ho nrs division % tho Spanish feet coming here
/ ga commanded by Admiral Butler ana tho second
/ division s commanded by Admiral Ceryern' VII"
/ IN. been Secretary Of the Navy.
The German steamship TeutonIa IS expected n,
some port In cuba with cnrpo q 500 sacks OF
rice
Al. p m. WHEN Cabanaa Funshots announced
/ ,ho. General Blanco yrs leaving she Palace TO
! omen the cuban Chambers. enc % IN" American
| hlochading vessels started 20 move slowly toward
Havana coming rear the harbor entrance Wv Whr n
,,n,ed n Inc nroxini,v ~ no vessel IIe ordered
rc be orcaed on Der when she sho% Se W " hin
carriage for La Roma battery. The American
Y nd" vas Jos, Sight of on the horizon.
The Havana naval station authorities have given
thc hnrbor wthcut having piio, board. They
have also prohibIted any souHdlnsr in any part OF
General Hernandez de vcl,zco reported yes,el,
DAY on sS, an saaso Sah IN Np Of
The miliiarv commander Of Gunnjay reports that
T nr%co" nanc. Jnrro the spanish forces pre-
vented the landing. The Spanish troops had three
men wounded and two horses killed
FRIDAY. MAY
The crew OF the Spanish steamship Montserrnt
heard a mass OF Thanksgiving FOR their safe ar
rival n, Clenfucgos yesterday afternoon.
commission hns been inspecting all the wells
IN case the water supply through the Aibcar Chan
mel IL cut OF
-
proached too near MORO Castle and the Playa del
! Chiyo batteries hr.l upon th"m. Eight shot, were
the vessel and the third fell near the bow OF ono
! Of them. The other shots were fred while they
batteries to fire on. any American vessel approach
! lng within four miles OF the harbor.
SATURDAY MAY T.
This morning at $50 o'clock two American crus-
| crs pursued a Spanish schooner coming from Yucca
! tan with sailed Ash They approa ched too near
| the Vedndo batteries. which. ns the cruisers were
only five miles or shore opened Are on Them. Six
shots hred. and one OF them carried away
| which ahead. The projecte fell upon the deck
| OF the other cruiser. The number OF Americans
killed Ia not known Tho Americans answered the
the batteries. The cruisers retrcatcd Immediately.
AS they did so. three other American warships APP
| BY the batteries fell close 10 OF the cruisers,
| throwing great quantity Of water on board the
ship. II Is considered certain that hoe was
90 soon 90 the FIRST shot was heard a great
IaTmro. watching with opera glasses the " move
mcnts OF The American crul sers. They all applaud
ed enthusiastically when they saw tho Americans
An extra freight train composed Of fifteen cars.
arrived here to-day with al the war mntcral
steamship Montserrat.
Smallpox Is Increasing IN PInnr dol Rio From,
During S the last three days the American war
| vessels have fred about seventy shots against
Punia Maya and A. La carboncra Ma,annas with,
n blockhousc. but they have not killed or wounded
| anybody
1t IL officially reported that an American cruiser
and a torpedo-boat tried yesterday to force the
entrance Of Cardenas Channel, firing on the Span.
Ish gunboats Antonio Lopez, The Lgern and the
Alorta. After thirty minutes firing tho Spanish
gunboats Obliged tho American vessels TO retreat.