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NEGOTIATIONS ENDED.
Santiago Will Not Surrender
--Shafter Awaits Big
Guns.
fBv Gable to The Associated press.1

FBy Cable to The Associated Press1
OFF JURAGUA, July II, 1898 $500 P M,
via Kingston, Jamaica. July 13 Q0;0o
A. M)-All the negotiations for a peace
full surrender of Santiago de Cuba ended
in utter failure today, and the city must
fall by the sword.
General Toral, the Spanish commander,
has finally and definitely refused General
Skaters proposal for an unconditional
surrender and the American army now
only awaits the word of it's General to
begin the final struggle.
Just when the attack will be made de
pends upon the time which will ensue
| before General Randolph can land his
| batteries at the front, as it is definitely
settled that the forward movement will
not begin until the Army is fully backed
| up by the big guns, the absence OF which
| caused so many lives during the previous
| engagements.
General Randolph's movement began
early this morning, but tonight out Of the
| ten batteries, one of four guns had sue
| ceeded in making its way over the almost
| impassable trail to the trenches at the
| front This with the four batteries already
there, is not considered by the American
commander as sufficient and probably
| twenty-four hours more will elapse before
| the general engagement begins.
General Skaters second and last pro-
| posal to surrender was sent into Santiago
at noon yesterday. 1t went in the form
| of a terse note in which the General
| pointed out the hopelessness of the Span
| ish position surrounded by the Ameri-
can troops and cut off from reinforce
merts and without means to combat our
| feet. which can hurl shells by the hun
dred into the heart of the city. Uncon-
| ditional surrender, it was declared was
| the only terms to be considered and only
prompt acceptance of these terms could
save the Spanish forces and innocent cit-s
| izens from awful slaughter,
The firing which mas been gong on at
| intervals since Sunday afternoon, was or
dered stopped when the flag of truce
started for the Spanish lines and has not
been resumed since. No attention was
kpaid to General Skaters communiea-
ton until shortly after eight o'clock this
| morning when a reply came under flag
of truce. General Toral was as brief as
his foe saying in effect that If the
come and get it. He declared
unconditional surrender TO pc
entirely beyond reason and pos
sibility and expresses himself as ready
to meet an attack at any time the in
vading army saw fit to make one. Gem
eral Shafter accepted the reply as final,
and although no firing was ordered, ne
Immediately began preparations for the
coming struggle. Gen. Randolphs ten light
batteries were ordered rushed from the
landing place at Juragua and change IN
the lines was made. Gen. Lawton's en-
tire division was moved to the
northward a mile and half, his ex-
treme right being placed on the border
of the harbor. This movement places the
American forces in semi-eircie, entirely
surrounding Santiago and cutting OF the
retreat of the Spaniards, except by water
as our fianks rest at the waters edge.
The late arrivals of volunteers were
moved up from Juragua and the First
Illinois Regiment. the Eighth Ohio and
the regiment from the District of Coz
lurnbia were located in the trenches va
cated by Lawtons men. Hines Battery
was swung around to the north closely
connecting with Lawton's forces and now
occupies bluff from which it can fire
directly into the heart of the city. This
a most
the American forces to shell the city
without injuring the hospitals and public
buildings, which are flying Red Cross
flags. the present position being such
that shells can be thrown over all the
buildings thus protected from assault
The little town of Caimenes was evacu-
ated by the Spanish troops yesterday,
and is now occupied by the Cuban troops
with few companies of regulars.
Under the present plans the American
army and navy viii begin the attack at
the same time The fleet will hurl shells i
into the city while the great coil Of
American soldiery will gradually tighten
about the Spanish positions. the divisions
advancing from all along the lines. As
the semi-circle narrows, the batteries In
I he rear Will maintain q heavy fire.
The American officers feel confident the