The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-06-15
ENM[SHING SANTIAGO.
Starvation Impending Over
the Doomed City--Girt
Around With Soldiers.

(By Gable, Copyright. 1898. by The Asso-
ciated Press.)
OFF SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Saturday,
June II, 1S9S-4:00 P. M, per the Asso-
ciated Press Despatch Boat Wanda, via
Kingston, Jamaica Sunday. June u
(7:00 p. M.)-Rear Admiral Sampson and
Commodore Schley, with their combined
forces, are slowly but surely placing such
a network about Santiago de Cuba and
are cutting off so clearly every source of
outside aid that within a short time Star
vation's tapping will give way to Deaths
solid knock for admittance at the doors
of the ill-fated place.
Within three days three separate
sources of supply and reinforcement have
been cut off and Santiago de Cuba is now
isolated from the world and is down to
famine rations.
When Admiral Cervera arrived at Santi-
ago de Cuba with his fleet, the people
there welcomed him for the relief they
thought he would bring; but, instead of
food, he brought them seven hundred
more men to feed and tons of ammuni-
tom
A map of the harbor furnished today
by insurgent spies shows that, after the
bombardment of the harbor forts by
Commodore Schley on Tuesday, May 81
the Spanish cruiser Reina Mercedes,
which was disabled, was towed into the
bay behind the Socapa Battery. where she
lies, with two torpedo boats Half mile
further up, under the lee of Cay Smith
and the mortar batteries. is the Viscaya,
commanding with her broadside the two
narrow entrances to the east and west
of Cay Smith.
Half a mile north and at the gate Of
the third narrow entrance lies the almir-
ante Oquondo, and half mile to the
northeast are the Cristobal Colon and
the Marie Teresa. The ships are about a
mile and half from the city proper,
shallow water forbidddng them to go
much closer. The sunken collier Merri-
mac is directly in the narrow part of the
channel.
Since the establishment of the blockade
several interesting and daring expeditions
have been made into the enemy's country
to discover the actual condition of affairs
in Santiago de Cuba. 1t is no easy matter
to get near the city these days. About
eight thousand Spanish soldiers and two
thousand home guard troops cover every
roadway about the place, and General
Pando, the Spanish military commander,
is very active, although his operations
are limited by the mountains surrounding
the place, which are full of insurgents
On Saturday week ago, June 4, the
converted lighthouse service boat SUI
vance. commanded by Lieutenant Com
mander Daniel Delehanty, arrived off
Santiago de Cuba. She had on board
about 10000 rounds Of ammunition, 5000
rifles, 1000 carbines, 1000 :nachetes ard
| hundreds of pounds of bread, bacon and
other provisions. With the aid of Gu
| ban patriot, picked up by Commodore
/ Schley, she landed this stuff in two days,
besides taking an active part in the bonn
bardment of the forts of Santiago de
Cuba. The landing was effected about
/! twelve miles to the westward of Santiago
! de Cuba and in the presence of five hur-
+, dred insurgents. About one thousand
more insurgents were on guard in the
! mountains and in the passes. The ammu-
! milton and food. with the arms, have,
| therefore, put the insurgents into excel
I lent shape to prevent the Spaniards from
/ getting provisions from the outside
| through the island itself. It is also be-
lieved that this arming Of force Of in
! surgents has assisted in cutting Off one
part of the Spanish Army from another
| On Tuesday, June I, while working near
| Gesseraxero, two miles from Santiago de
| cuba. Lieutenant Commander Delehanty
| saw two sloops trying to run away UT
the River Assx zero. He fred at them
ana they were run ashore and deserted
| Later. a boats crew from the Suwanee
| captured them. Each of the sloops was