New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-23
BJJSY DAYS AT THE VIXEN
TWO srX-INcH GUNS AND SOME n""0'
milton RECOVERED.
r,Ir crIArr.ArN's MoRTuARy REPORT
SOLICITATIONS WITH THE INSURGENTS
Fss-oPERATIONS ~ THE
EAST OF THE IsLANp-EE-
PORTS OF sKIR

TErtFSS-OPERATlON ~ '''''
EAST or THE IsI.ANp-EE-
PORTS OF sKIR
Havana March 22-The wrecking contract
,,..oua h,,,o hoo, busv on the Maine to-day. rails
inr two six-inch guns from the after cao'n VIII"
go, dte,cr;tv and getting ammunition from
the magazine aft. In doing this the divers are
oon,noIled 10 go down through the turret AT
q, , narrow chute ard then along the Geek W
tho magazine opening. They are liable 10 ne
t,r,roed and great care is necessary. III may pc
oou,site 70 cut hole through the decks direct
into tho MAGAZINE Moreover. the divers a'e
oornouhat nervous. about the handling or eH-
posives. ..,..oa h,s n,or,uory
,onor, ,b,ch shows that two hundred and hfty-
,evc, men and two officers perisned IN
"a. catasrrophe. six succImbed 10 'hsi
irtrr,es while lying in San Ambrose LOS
pital here; one died on the spanish 'ra"S
mort Colon One hundred and seventy >
ono bodies have been recovered from ''e
vroc,s of which sixty-one have been identHed'
enc hundred and slxty-o0e have been p'r'e" III
Colon Cemetery and eleven at Key west
This Ia the official report, MADE pu'''c' ai'D'
oore,,, correction, for the first time. 1t is prob
able that many more identihcations VIII oe ~
tahI,abod when the enlistment records are com
pared with the notes In chaplain '"u"'0N
possession OF marks IN the corpseS.
r,n 90 tho hour Of closing the cable office TO-
,,oh. tho officer. Of the Maine in Havana mad
,', .ooo,,,od orders to go North Ali but Lieu
tenant Commander Wainwright may be ordered
oy.o, At any time He has been placed officially
n cbarre Of the v;recking in progress under the
oor,roc. Cap.ain Slgsbee ard the other Officers
80 o,,rnosod 70 remain only while the Court
=, inquiry was in session here, and they arc con-
osart that they will be ordered away BEFORE
,rru ne after that date stringent quarantine
,a,,e against yellow fever will be enforced more
,o,d,v than ever on account Of the outbreak
last wear I'm Orleans and elsewhere III the
United States. The younger officers arc ANXIOUS
70 get away to prepare for EXAMINATIONS lney
fool badly Handicapped in this respect all 'He
records having been lost in the Maine wreck
Captain Sigsbee is not very we'll He Is anN'
ions to go North but. of course. says no'h'"s WI
tho subject being willing to wait patiently TOT
orders.
ro.uorrov morning at s o'clock Bishop Man
mel Santander Y Trutcs, Of Havana assis'ed u!
CbapIain Chadwick. will consecrate the centra'
relief station, in Estrella-st.
Tho death Of Henry Williams. one Of the div
ing force Of the American tug Chief OF the
Merritt Wreck.ng Company. which occurred a'
Z o'clock last evening. was due, according 10 the
American physician who attended him. 10
chronic hemorrhage OF the stomach. 1t was not
unexpected. Mr.. Williams was Ill before ne ie''
the United States. The body VIII be sent 10
Key West.
The central relief station, in this city, Is feed
ing 10000 persons daily. 1t Will be formally
NH mai
already. The system is admirable and food is
plentiful There are 1OS5 tons Of supplies now
on hand or aAoat. Advicas from the country
districts are satisfactory.
La Discussion to-day critcises the editorial
Of La Lucha" referring contemptuousy to the
charitable work Of Americans in the island.
SYNOPSIS Of which has been cabed, and says
that the editorial was inspired by hatred OF the
Cuban people from whom LA Lucha" has de-
rived a large part Of its income inc EDITOR OF
La Lucha" says La Discussion, Knows that
there are 100000 victims Of starvation, and
would not care II there were as many dead. He
Is ignorant CT the great charities maintained
by the United States. and also OF the great gifts
Of supplies from the United states to other coun-
tries than Cuba in time Of need" La Lucha'
and La Discussion" are political opponents, and
their editors are personal enemies
The floating dock with the cruiser Alfonso
XII. rose without mishap. All the machinery
Is working nicely and her crew are busy clean
ing the bottom OF the vessel but the dock will
not be accepted until more fully tested by
heavier ship. Some minor defects OF cOnstruc-
ton in the dock have been noted. but nothing
vital
1t Is now known positively that the negotla-
tons between General Pand0's delegates, Ra-
nd n
and other prominent insurgents. in which the
Radical Autonomists made what are said to be
final offers Of practical independence. have
proved an absolute failure. No particulars have
yet been received at the Palace here as 10 the
place or the particulars OF the meetings. but
the failure OF the negotiations is known. since
hostilitIes. which were suspended in order to
allow OF the negotiations. were at once resumed.
General Pandos command is again moving
eastward purposing 10 carry out the plans In
the provinces OF Puerto Principe and Santiago
de Cuba made prior 10 General Pandos arrival
at the city Of Santiago de Cuba.
The fact that General Maxine Gomez remains
inside the Jucaro- Moron trocha and in General
Pandos makes the latter the subject Of
criticism upon the part Of military men in Ha-
vana. II Is acknowledged however. that the de-
tails OF the movements of the Spaniards and
insurgents are meagre. and that all Judgment
passed Is liable to revision on receipt OF fuller
Information.
The insurgents recently attacked. captured
and destroyed Fort OlesO In the district OF San
Juan Martinez. Province Of Pinar del Rio. Five
OF the Spanish garrison were killed. and five
were wounded The name OF the irsurgent leader
Is not known.
The rumors that General Pando has been re-
called and is awaited here with six thousand
pronounced TO he without foundation.
Generals Pando and Salcedo, II is further
the Province OF Puerto Principe
1t is announced from Spanish sources that the
insurgent Brigadier- General Rafael Cabrera
died recently. from sickness. at the farm OF Las
Oliyas in no district of Sancti Spiritus Prov