The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-19

paper Of Santiago de Cuba, and from
the fact that a number of Spanish reg
ular soldiers have surrendered to
Capt McCalla. offering as reason FOR
SO doing the necessity of obtaining
food. The letter reads:
TOO WARM FOR COMFORT.
CAIMENERA, June 13.-To the command
ing general of the military division of Santi-
ago de Cuba:
At dawn on Saturday, seven ships appear
ed before the port Of Caimanera and fired
grape shot and all kinds OF projectiles on the
Plaza del Este and the Cayo Toro, until they
set fire to the fort on the Plaza del Este
burning the houses of the pilots. which were
occupied by detachment Of American
marines.
The cannonading continued with more or
less intensity until 5 o'clock in the after
noon. AS the Plaza del Esta had only two
muzzle- loading guns and sand entertainments
the damage done it from six ships firing on
1t from all sides caused the detachment to
retire into Managua aad to Cuzco hill, where
they remain today, making sallies on the
beach. From that day the soldiers occupied
Punta Caracoles observing the movements
of ships which occupy all the outer port
with war transports, variable number Of
armed ships, other vessels Of war and armed
merchant ships. The total is never less than
four l have also taken the Enanto passes
and the vigilant gunboat Magnet is here
ready to fall on them where damage can be
DONE remain in CaimaneEa and will only
leave when think 1t necessary. have only
been able to antagonize the American ships
with rife fire.
Forts Sandoval and Cayo Toro fred their
pieces of artillery, but their effectiveness
WI wit hu fha chn Off fhajr
range, or when the ships retired to the CEN
ter of the channel and took up a position In
the middle of the bay. Sandoval has not
even seven rounds of armor piercing projec-
tcles, and Caimenera battery did not fire,
reserving is fire until the ships entered the
channel, which is where Its guns reach.
INSURGENTS ACTIVE.
I am told that the insurgent forces at
Baracoa have come down to Signabos, being
apparently greatly pleased now that the
American squadron has taken possession of
the outer bay, as If for base of operations,
the American ships now being anchored as
if In Of their own ports.
Since Saturday the enemy has cut the ca
bles at the entrance and center of the har-
Dor, and have not been able to repair them,
but they have not again molested me- ex-
cept with two cannon shots on Monday. 1t ap-
pears from the work which is being done that
the Americans are preparing to plant the har-
Dor with mines or to place their ships so as
to disembark troops at Plaza del Este, their
favorite place. If this turns out to be the
case and that l have been the first to call
your attention to it., I would suggest that
some of our vessels should come here. The
members of the fire brigade are in good
spirits.
FOOD is SCARCE.
I am continuing to serve out half rations of
everything, and in that way 1 shall be able
to reach 70 the end Of the month only, es-
pecially in bread. have no flour of any kind.
as l have previously said, and have no way
OF getting any, there has been no grain
here for some time past. We are equally short
of qunfne in the hospitals. However, have
taken possession Of the private drug stores,
and will have enough until the end of the
month. The town is suffering from prvation
On Saturday we had only two men wounded.
At Craigo MORO the cable house was riddled
with SHE'LL, but it still stands, and if the