The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-21

OFF SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Sun
day, June 19 (vfa Kingston, Jamaica,
June 2C).-The United States troops un-
der Gen. Shafter have not yet arrived.
Inc delay Is tnexplicable. According
to the latest information IN possession
Of Admiral Sampson, the transports
sailed last Wednesday, June Is. and
| they should have reached here this
morning. Valuable time and favorable
weather are lost by the delay. Though
1t is blisteringly hot there has been no
rain since the marines landed. The
Cuban officers say, however, that In
this mountainous sectIon of the south
ern forest the heavy rain has practi-
cally ceased until the end of July.
CUBANS ARE ACTIVE.
The Cubans are extremely active. and
a Gordon has been drawn around Sam
tiago de Cuba. Gen. Garcia. with 1000
troops. coming by forced marches from
Canes, is now nearing Santiago. HIS
troops are within forty miles of the
city. He left 1900 men at Holouin to
prevent the Spaniards there effecting a
Juncture with Gen. Toral at Santiago.
Spanish troops at Guantanamo, under
Gen. Masso are also cut off from Gen.
Torai, and are badly pinched for food
They wildly appealed for provisions
and reinforcements, but the only reply
they got was that both were impossI-
BILE. Gen. Masso said his men were
even then at half rations, and that the
supply was only sufficient to last dur
ing the present month.
GARCIA MEETS SAMPSON
Gen. Garcia and his personal staff
were picked up at Gen. Rabbits camp,
eighteen miles west of Santiago, and
brought to the flagship this afternoon
by the gunboat Vixen. There the griz-
zled and wounded patriot had a long
consultation with Admiral Sampson re-
garding the operations for the invest
ment of Santiago, and the cooperation
of the American and Cuban troops.
Gen. Garcia is very enthusiastic. He
says the Spaniards are starving and
cannot hold out long. and that the war
in the island will end in a few months.
Two regiments Of troops will be land
ed at Guantanamo bay, which will be
held as base until Santiago falls
There has been no sign of Spanish
troops in the neighborhood of Camp
McCalla for several days. It is esti-
mated that over 300 have been killed OF
wounded since the landing. Fifty-eight
bodies were found yesterday The
Spaniards seem satisfied that they can
not dislodge the Americans, and have
withdrawn.
GRIPPING OF THE ENEMY.
The upper bay is to be occupied i'm
mediately. Lieut.. Delehanty, with an
expedition, Is nightly at work remov-
ing mines form the river connecting the
upper and lower bays. When this is
clear the ships will move up the chan
mel and take the town of Caimanera,
whose forts were demolished by the
Texas last Friday.
The auxiliary cruiser ST. Louis cut
the Kingston cable last night, within a
mile of Ell Morro.
Last night the dynamite cruiser We
suvius discharged three more shells. A
terrific uproar followed the second ex-
plosion, and it is thought a magazine
was blown up.
SIGHTED Conveyed TROOPSHIPS.
PORT ANTONIO, Jamaica, June 20,
p. m.-Capt. Hopkins, of the Boston
Fruit company's steamer Brookline,
which arrived at Port Morant this
morning, reports that he sighted trans
ports conveyed by United States war
ships, fifty miles south Of Crooke's ISL
and Passage, yesterday morning. He
was due north of Cape Maysi. Capt
Hopkins reports also that he was
chased by the United States gunboat
Helena.
The transports he says, were headed
southeast, and, in his Judgment, for
Porto Rico. He argues that If they
were bound around Cape Maysi for San
tiago they were far off their course.
1t is believed here that Capt Hopkins
was mistaken, and that the transports
were simply keeping clear of sight of
land.