The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-07-06
.EXTRA---6 A. M.
FOREIGNERS FLEEING

From the Doomed City-The Inhabitants
ParaIyzsd with FsAr-Auatrtan and
Brltish Ships Arrive al Iklngston With
Number OF Refugees.
Copyright, ls9s, by the Associated Press')
KINGSTON. Jamaica, July 6.-2i5 p.
m.-The British warships Alert ana PAL
las the former with fourteen refugees,
and the latter with twenty-elght and
the Austrian man-of-WRr KalSertn Ma
ria Theresa. with thirty-elght refugees,
arrived at Port Royal to-day. They left
the entrance OF the Harbor at Santiago
de Cuba at o'clock yesterday (mon-
day.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, July 5.-2:15 p.
m.-The foreign war vessels were re-
quested by Admiral Sampson not to en-
ter the harbor, but 70 send steam
launches up to the city. They did so
and brought away such persons as the
British and Austrian consuls designated, /,
among them Miss Ransden, daughter OF
the British consul, and Mrs Brooks, wife
Of one Of the firm OF Brooks Bros. Most
of the fCiRitlVeB are well to do Cuban
English, or Cuban-Austrians Tf names
mot known outside the city. The pas
sengers Of the Pallas were landed here
about an hour ago. The Cubans assem-
bled at the wharf and cheered wildly,
and the women In the party burst into
tears,
KINGSTON, Jamaica, July 6-Thou-
sands OF people met the launches Of the
English and Austrian warships at the
waterside at Santiago; and when the
foreign residents learned that passen-
gers would be taken off. the English
and Austrian consulates were besleged
by hundreds imploring a chance to
leave.
one Spanish merchant, in a ptttabie
state Of alarm. offered the British con-
sui, Mr.. Ramsden. $4,000 In gold to des-
lgnate him as a British Cuban, worthy
to be taken away.
Those brought to Jamaica came In the
clothes they stood in, some even with
absolutely no kind OF baggage, having
thought only Of escaping with their
lives.
In a state OF desperate panic. Miss
Ramsden, the British consul's daugh-
ter. says the American shells flew
around their house on Saturday and
sunday morning. Mr. Ramsden could
not leave Santiago and his wife would
not.
bombarded yesterday, beginning at 10
in the morning or at noon. The reports
varied.
No one seems to know accurately the
strength OF the Spanish forces in the
city and its environs; but 5000 appears
a probable estimate Of those ht for duty.
Streams Of wounded have been flowing
In day and night from the firing lines.
Every fifth house In Santiago Is an I'M
provlsed hospital.
The sailing Of Admiral CerVera's heet
had q bad effect on the soldiery, They
were dismayed when they saw the war
shins no longer in the harbor and felt
themselves abandoned to fate. They
Interpreted It to mean that Admiral
Cerygra and General Llnares consider
ed the cltV could not be held. The de-
structIoR of the fleet was not known
when the Alert and Pallas left, but was
rumored through the city.
II Is understood here that an otticer OF
the VIzcaya, In civilian dress, who iiud
been on short duty, came on the Alert,
which IS still at Port Royal. The cap
tain Of the Almirante oquendo is sup
posed TO have arrived on the Alert In
The archbishop Of Santiago, having
addressed a Communication 20 General
Linares and the authorities, advising a
surrender OF the city and not having re-
ceIved favorable response, cahled to
Madrid on Monday morning before ca
BILE communication was interrupted. In
his cnblegram he said:
"That the Spanlards having bravely
fought and lost, should now in the in
terests OF humanity cease TO continue
the useless struggle"
Brlgadier General Vara del Rey, Sec
ond in command 10 General Linares,
having been killed on Sunday, and Cen
eral Linares having been Tounded.
General Toral is in chief command In
Santiago.
senior BeagV, the Mexican oonauI at
Santiago, with seventV-s other per
sons, has landed from the Austrian
worship.
II is now learned that the Austrian
man Of war carried ref
ugees, instead Of thirty-eight, Gs ortgi-
nally reported.
when the warships left Santiago It
was reported that 5000 SpaniGh troops
had arrived from the westward, and al
70 that the colonel in command was
seriously wounded.