The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-05
render Of the city on pain of bombardment.
This dispatch is as follows:

render of the city on pain of bombardment.
This dispatch is as follows:
Headquarters United States Forces,
Near San Juan river, Cuba, July 8 $50 a. m
ITO the commanding general OF the Span
fish forces. Santiago de Cuba:
Sir shall be obliged, unless you sur
render. TO shell Santiago de Cuba. Please
inform the citizens of foreign countries and
all women and children that they should
leave the city before 10 o'clock tomorrow
morning. Very respectfully your obedient
servant. W. X. SKATER,
Major General. U. S. A.
Following is the Spanish reply which Col.
Dorst has just returned at $50 p. M:
Santiago de Cuba. p. M, July 8.
His Exeellency. the general commanding
the forces of the United States. San Juan
river:
Sir have the honor to reply to your
communication of to-day, written at $50
a. m, and received at p. m, demanding
the surrender of this city; and that in the
contrary case. announcing to me that you
will lombard this city, and that advise the
foreign women and children they must leave
the city before 10 o'clock tomorrow morn
ing. it is my duty to say TO you that this
city will not surrender and that will in
form the foreign consuls and inhabitants of
the contents of your message. Very respect
fully. JOSE LORAL.
Comnlander-in-Chief Fourth Corps.
1.-THE British, Portuguese Chinese and
Norwegian consuls have come to my line
with Colonel Dorst. They ask If noncom-
batants can occupy the town of Caney and
railroad points, ard ask until 10 o'clock of
the 9Th inst. before the city is fired on. They
claim that there are between 1900 and 10000
people, many of them old, who will leave.
They ask If I can supply them with food,
which ] cannot do for want of transporta-
ton TO Caney which IS fifteen miles from
my landing. The following is my reply:
1.-The Commanding General Spanish forces,
Santiago de Cuba;
''Sir-In consideration of the request of
the consuls and officers in your city for de-
lay in carrying out my intention to fire on
the city. and in the interest of the poor
women and children, who will suffer very
greatly by their hasty and enforced de-
parture from the city, have the honor to
announce that 1 will delay such action sole
ly in their interest until noon of the 5th
providing during the interval your forces
make no demonstration whatever on those
of my own. 1 am, with great respect, your
obedient servant, W. r. SHAFTER-
Major General United States Volunteers"
MASTER OF THE SITUATION.
General Skaters other dispatches breathe
the same air of confidence and determine
ton as shown in his demand on the Span
ish commander. The first one made pub
lie during the day stated that his lines com
pletely surrounded the town from the bay on
the north to San Juan river on the south.
leaving the city thus enveloped by a stretch
of water on one side and stretch of frown-
other dispatch General Shafter epitomized
the strength of his position by saying: 'I
feel that am master of the situation and
can hold the enemy for any length of time. :"
In another dispatch General Shafter states
that his demand for the surrender of Santa
go is still being considered by the Spanish
authorities, which indicates that the re-
fusal of the Spanish commander to canitu-
late was not final. In any event, IL o'clock
on Tuesday marks the limit of Skaters
concession, and If Santiago has not capitu-
lated at that hour, the great siege guns now
brought to the front and in position. backed
by the batteries of lighter field pieces will
begin their work of destruction. General
Skaters various dispatches. all dated
Headquarters Fifth Army Corps. near
Santiago. July 8. are as follows:
Tonight my lines completely surround
ed the town from Bayonne, north of the
city, to point on the San Juan river on
the south The enemy holds from the west
bend OF the San Juan river at its mouth. up
the railroad to the city, General Pando. 7
md tonight, is some distance away and will
not get INTO santiago SHAFTER.'
KILLED Spanish general in the affair at
Caney and a large number of officers and
men who are still unbured. General Lin
ares's arm was broken. My demand for sur
render of Santiago still being considered by
the Spanish authorities. Pando has arrived
near break in railroad with his advance.
Wink ne Will De stopped. SHAE'TER."
When the news of the disaster to the
Spanish fleet reached the front, which was
during the truce, the regimental band that
had managed to keep it's instruments on the
line. played The Star-spangled Banner and
'Therel be a Hot Time in the Old Town
Tonight Men cheering from one end of
the line to the other. officers and men with
out even shelter tents have been soaking for
five days in the afternoon rains, but all
are happy. SHAFTER.".
MILES TO LEAD AN EXPEDITION.
General Miles sent the following dispatch