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Sampson to Meet Spanish Off
Porto Rico.
MAY CLASH ANY MINUTE.
One Report Says Spain’s Ships
Have Already Arrived.
SAMPSON’S SHIPS SUPERIOR.
Figures About the Vessels That Are
to Fight.
Copyrighted, 1898, by the Associated Press.
Port au Prince, Hayti, May B.—The ar.
rival is rumored late this evening of seven
teen Spanish vessels, warships and oth
ers, at Porto Rico, and a battle is expected
on Tuesday.
It Is also reported from Cape Haytlen
that Rear Admiral Sampson’s squadron
has been sighted to the north.
The crew of the German ship Bolivia,
Capt. Bruhn, which arrived to-day, say
they heard cannonading to the northward
about 4 o’clock this afternoon.
Advices from Cape Hayllen say that yes
terday, off Mole St. Nicholas, two Span
ish warships captured a schooner bound
for Cape Haytlen.
Washington, May B.—ls any news has
been received from Admiral' Sampson at
the navy department to-day it was not
of a character that could be made public
without endangering the successful work
ing of the plans of the strategy board.
It may be stated positively, however,
that so fir the has heard
nothing of an engagement or of anything
approaching one, between the fleet and
the Spanish forces.
It is expected by thft officials that theio
will be nothing like the delay experienced
in the case of the Philippine fight in hear
ing from Admiral Sampson in case of an
engagement in the West Indies.
Without In any wise admitting that Por
to Rico Is Admiral Sampson's objective
point, it Is pointed out that even allow
ing the Spanish the retigption of cable
communication from that island to the out.
Side world, there Is an independent cable
connection from St. Thomas that cannot
come under Spanish control, running, as
it does through the chain of French and
British islands, southward from St.
Thomas anil thence to Hayti, where direct
cable connection can lie had with New
York.
From the character of the ships under
lAdrpirnl Hampson's direct command, the
officiate fed little doubt of the successful
outcome of a fight between hia force and
the Spanish flying squadron. Outside the
flagship Now York, which Is partly ar
mored. all of the vessels with Admiral
Hampson, with one exception, are full Iron
clads, and, moreover, their armor, being
full nlcklo steel, harveylsed, is so superior
to the armor of the Spanish cruisers that
It Is calculated that nine inches of it is
fully equal In resisting power to twelve
inches of the unhardened and older armor
of the Spanish ships.
The vessels which rumor says will take
part in the engagement off Porto Rico
are the following:
American Squadron-
New lorie—Type, Arm. C.;dteplacement,
tone; iength. r M); breadth. <4.10; horse
power, id,(MW; speed, 31 knots; armament,
ti 8-In.. IS t-.n. R. F., 8 6-pdr., 4 1-pdr, 4 M.
lowa—Type, Ist class B. S.; displace
ment. 11,340 tons; length. M>; breadth, 72;
horse-power, 11,1X0; speed, ih knots; arms,
•hem, 4 13-in., 8 S-tn, « 4-in. R. F., SO «-pdr.,
• l-pdr., 4 M.
Indiana—lst class B, 8.; displacement,
10.188 tons; length, 348; breadth. «9.3; horse
power. speed, M knots; armament,
4 TThn., 8 8-‘n., t> 4-ln. R. F., 30 6-pdr, 6
1-pdr, 4 M.
L*v troll—Type. Cruiser; displacement,
I.OSB tons; length*, 3®7;
power, 5.257; speed. 15.7 knots; armament,
8 Vln. 11. F„ 6 6-pdr., S 1-pdr., 1 M
Marblehead—Type, Cruiser; displace
ment, 2.006 ions; length, 357; breadth. 36;
home-power. 8.400; speed, IS knots; artna
inent. 2 <Mn„ 4 4-in. R. F., 4 6-p Jr., 3 3-pdr.,
IM. *
Mayflower—Type, T. B. dis
placement. i.Tw tons; horse-power, &.OCK);
•peed. 30 knots; armament. 1 8-in., 10 6-pdr.
IM. •
Spanish Squadron-
Viseuj a--Type. 3d class 4t 8.; displace
ment. 7.800 tous; 4s ng th. Ja); breadth. S 3;
boroo-power, 13,000; 30 ishots; arma
ment. 8 11-In., 10 5,34 n., R. F.. £ i7-ln..
8 3 3-tn.. 4 14-In., 3 M,
Oquendo—Type. Si class B S,; displace
ment, 7.400 ton*i length. 340; breadth. 65;
torwv-powcr. 13,<w, speed. 30 knots; arma
ment. 3 11-il*.. 10 8 3,3-in.. R. F„
8 1.4-tn., 3 M. ,
Cristobal Colon—Type. Arm, C-; displace
ment. d. 840 tons, length. ASS; broadib. <W,
horse-power, 14,000; speed, 20 knots; arma
ment, 2 10-in., 10 6-in., R. F„ 6 4.7-in„
10 2.2-ln., 10 1.4-in., 2 M.
Maria Theresa—Type, 2d class B. S.;
displacement, 7,000 tons; length, 340;
breadth, 65; horse-power, 13,750; speed,
20.25 knots; armament, 2 11-in., 10 5.5-in.,
8 2.2-in., R. F. t 8 1-4-in., 2 M.
Furor—T. B. Destroyer; displacement,
380 tons; length, 190; breadth, 23; speed, 28
knots; armament, 2 4.7-in., R. F., 4 6-pdr.
Terror—T. B. Destroyer; displacement,
380 tons; length, 190; breadth, 23; speed,
28 knots; armament, 2 4.7-in., R. F., 4 6-pdr.
| Pluton—T. B. Destroyer; displacement,
400 tons; length, 190; breadth, 23; speed,
80 knots; armament, 2 4.7-in., R. F., 4 6-pdr.
SPANISH TROOPS FOR PORTO RICO.
Governor Ordered to Be Ready to
Feed 40,000.
Copyright, 1898, by the Associated Press.
Cape 'Hatlen, Hayti, Mgy B.—The Asso
ciated Press dispatch boat Dauntless has
arrived here.
According to advices from Martinique,
the Spanish fleet has not been sighted off
the island.
The governor of San Juan de Porto Rico
recently received orders from Madrid to
provide rations for 40,000 troope. He ask
ed the of their arrival, and got the
reply, ‘‘Movements of the Spanish fleet
are kept strictly secret. Your question
cannot be answered. Be prepared.”
It is reported that five Spanish warships
were seen off St. Thomas on Thursday,
but they were probably only gunboats
from San Juan de Porto Rico scouting.
BATTLE OFF PORTO RICO.
Cannonading Alleged to Have Been
Heard at San Domingo.
New York, May B.—The World has re
ceived the following copyrighted cable
gram from George Bronson Rea, dated
Puerto Plata. San Domingo, May 8:
“Dominican officials report heavy can
nonading off the nerth of Monte Crisli,
about fifty miles from h«pe.
“It is believed here that Rear Admiral
Sampson’s squadron is engaging the
Spanish Cape Verde fleet.
• '"The firing began about 9 o’clock this
morning and was terrific.
“The American fleet was due to arrive
in Porto Rican waters yesterday after
noon.
“The Spanish fleet was expected, at
about the same time.
"A/lmiral Sampson cam<? here with or
ders to find the fleet and reduce it.
“He will, after destroying the Spanish
ships, begin a strict blockade, and, If nac
esaary, Ohtbarfl tM > I’orto
Rico. ; • ,
CRVISER MONTOOIiERY CHASED.
officer* of an Alleged French Steam
er Tell a Fishy Stony.
Copyright, 1888, by the Associated Press.
Port au Princs, Hayti, May B.—The
United States cruiser Montmogery, Com
mander G. A. Converse, is supposed to
have been engaged with a much larger
Spanish cruiser last night, northwest of
Cape Haytlen, a seaport town of Hayti,
on its north coast, ninety miles north, of
Port au Prince.
The French steamer Olinde Roddrlgues,
from Havre on April 16 for Haytian ports,
was at Cape Haytlen, where a Spanish
warship Is said to have been watching
her,, mistaking the steamer for an Ameri
can vessel.
When the Olinde Roddrlgues left Cape
dlaptlen, the Spanish warship approached
and allowed her to continue on to this port
on recognizing the French flag.
The United States cruiser Montgomery
left Cape Haytlen soon afterward and the
Spaniard, which is presumed to have been
watching for her, is said to have pursued
the American cruiser, both of them putting
on full steam.
The Spaniard, according to the story
told by the crew of the French steamer,
gained in the pursuit, which was wit
nessed from the bridge of the Olinde Rod
drlgues by the officers of that vessel.
The two warships went in the same di
rection. with the Spaniard behind.
The latter appeared to be a formidable
vessel, and much larger and faster than
the Montgomery.
By nightfall, it la added, four discharges
of cannon were heard, which were believ
ed to be the result of the Spaniard firing
upon the American warship.
Darkness, it is said, prevented any fur
ther olMMTvet'ons being made, though the
French officers say the moon* was so
bright that the battle could have been
continued, especially as the sea was calm,
only a mild trade wind blowing from the
land.
Strange to say. it appears that all the
passengers of the Olinde R«xLirlgues were
below at supper while this exciting inci
dent was occurring, but the officers of the
steamer, which arrived t»ere to-day, say
they nre confident the Montgomery was
overmatched and that her only means of
escaping waa to run close into shore dur
ing the darkness.
Tie vessel which pursued the cruiser
Montgomery is supposed to have been the
Spanish warship Vlxcaye; and it is sug
gested that poe«ibly the Montgomery en
ticed the Hpaniani within striking dis
tance of Admiral Ban>i>eon.
CJNtIhXXTI HIS NOT FOINDERF.D.
| The Cruiser t.yiua at Key West With
Nothing the Matter W Ith Her.
Madrid, May 3.—An official dispatch
from Havana aays wreckage belonging to
the Cincinnati has washed ashore, and it
is believed some accident may have hap
pened to her.
Captain General Blanco’s dispatch adds
that it is la’llered the Cincinnati has
fouiwkrt’d
Key Weat. Fla., May B.—There la no
I foundation tor Captain General Blanco's
I dispatch to Madrid as to the United States
cruiser CtnetnnatL She has been tying
here hex end days, and nothing is wrong
with her.
im ran
Spain's Ships Riddled With
Shot and Shall.
MARKSMANSHIP SPLENDID.
Americans Maneuvred As If On
Parade.
—t
TOOK REST FOR BREAKFAST
Crew of Ulloa Heroically Go Down
I at Their 6uns.
Copyright, 1898, by the Associated Press.
Hoflg Kong, May B.—Among na
val men, military men and civil
ians, Europeans and natives here to
day, there is only one subject of discus
sion, the brilliant, dashing, annihilating
victory of the American fleet under Com
modore DeweY over the Spanish fleet com
manded by Admiral Montejo in Manila bay
on Sunday last.
Owing to the fact that the cable be
tween this port and the Philippine Islands
was not in working order, having been
cut, it is said, some distance from the capi
tal of the islands, there has been delay
in obtaining a detailed account of the
battle, and facts in the case were only
available when the United States gun
boat Hugh McCulloch arrived here yes
terday, and, even then, the tremendous
pressure of business, suddenly thrown
upon the cable company, necessarily made
the earlier accounts of the engagement
somewhat brief.
Commodore Dewey’s orders were to cap
ture qr destroy the Spanish fleet, and
de ver were instructions executed in so
completp a fashion. At the end of seven
hours there was absolutely nothing left
of the Spanish fleet but a few relics.
The American commander had most
skilfully arranged every detail of the ac
tion, and even the apparently most insig
nificant features were cartled out with
perfect punctuality and railroad time ta
ble order.
At the end of the action Commodore
Dewey anchored his fleet in the bay, be
fore Manila, and sent a message to Gov
ernor General August!, announcing the in
auguration of the blockade and adding
that if a shot waa fired against his ships
he would destroy every battery about Ma
nila. '
The position occupied by the Spaniards,
the support which their ships received
from the land batteries and the big
guns they had ashore gave them
an enormous advantage. Therefore,
when it is considered that the
Spaniards lost over 600 men in killed and
wounded, that all their ships, amounting
to about fourteen, were destroyed and
that their naval arsenal at Cavite waa
also destroyed with its defenses, it will
become apparent that the victory of the
American commodore is one of the most
complete and wonderful achievements in
the history of naval warfare.
Not a man on board the American fleet
was killed; not a ship was damaged to
any extent, and only six men were in
jured, slightly, on board the Baltimore.
This grand achievement is quite as
due to the generalship of Commo
dore Dewey as to the faet that the Amer
ican gunners, shit's and guns are Superior
to anything in the same line afloat any
i where. Credit must also be given to the
fullest extent to the officers under Com-
I modore Dewey, for to a man they second
i ed their gallant commander in every pos
sible way, and thus helped him earn the
j laurels which are so justly his.
When the squadron left here it touched
! flrst at a point in the Philippine Islands
'< near Bolinao. as Commodore Dewey wish
ed the insurgents’ agents to disembark
’ there, ascertain the strength and disposi
tion of the insurgent forces, arrange to
| prevent needless bloodshed and iaform the
insurgents of his intention to change the
government of the Philppine Islands, the
commodore strongly objecting to giving
the rebels a chance to commit excesses,
j The insurgent leaders, however, refused
I to disembark under any consideration.
' end the American ships continued in
• search of the Spanish ships, but failed <o
I find them.
Commodore Dewey arrived at Subig bay,
: about thirty miles north of Manila bay.
I on Saturday, April 30. and sent the Balti
! more and Concord to reconnoiter the eA
; emy. They found no Spanish ships at the
| entrance of the bay, and so the commo-
I dote decided to risk the mines and pro
i ceed itust same night after dark into
I the bay of Manila, which he did.
The American fleet entered Manila bay
: on Saturday night with the greatest ease.
The Spaniards had not established a pa
-1 trol, an<! there were no searchlights at the
entrance of the bay.
In tact, the American ships would prob
ably have passed Inside the bay without
' any challenge had it not been that some
sparks flew up from the McCulloch’s fun.
nel. Thereupon a few shots were ex
j ehanged with the batteries on Corregidor
i Island; but the fleet did not slow up, and
SAVANNAH. MONDAY. MAYIB9?.
they took up a position near Cavite, await
ing dawn to commence hostilities.
The early hours of the morning revealed
the opposing shijbs to each other and the
Spanish flagship opened fire. Her action
was followed by some ; of the larger Span
ish warships, and thten the Cavite forts
opened up and the smaller Spanish ves
sels brought their guns into play.
The American squadron, which had been
led Into the bay and through the channel
by the flagship Olympia, did not reply,
though the shells of the Spaniards began
to strike the water around them.
The ships moved majestically onward.
When nearing Baker bay a sudden up
heaval of water a short distance ahead of
the Olympia showed that the Spaniards
had exploded a mine, or a torpedo. This
was followed by a second and similar ex
plosion. They were both utterly unsuc
cessful.
The American fleet was then drawing
nearer and nearer to the Spaniards, whose
gunnery was very poor, the shots from
the Cavite batteries and from the Span
ish ships being equally badly aimed, either
falling short or going wide of the mark.
When the American fleet entered the
bay, coming through the southern channel
between Caballo and Friles Islets, the
following was their order: The flagship
Olympia, Baltimore, Raleigh, Concord,
Boston, Petrel aqd McCulloch, wjth the
two store ships, the Nanshan and Zafiro,
bringing up the rear. that
they swept grandly before the city and
faced the enemy in column line.
The order of battle etaken up by the
Spaniards was with all the small craft In
side the stone and timber breakwaters of
Cavite harbor. The larger ships of Spain
cruised off Cavite and Manila.
Though the Spaniards had opened fire at
6,600 yards, the Americans reserved their
fire until within 4,000 yards of the enemy,
when the real baftle began.
The Reina Christina, Castilla, Don An
tonio de Ulloa, Isla de Cuba, Isla de Lu
zon, and the Mindanao were in line of
battle outside of Cavite at that time, with
four gunboats and the torpedo boats in
side the harbor.
The American ships then passed back
ward and forward six times across the
front of the Spaniard®, pouring in upon
the latter a perfect hall of shot and shell.
Every American shot seemed to tell,
while almost every Spanish shot missed
the mark.
After thus having scattered death and
demoralization among the Spanish fleet
and in the Spanish batteries, the American
fleet retired for breakfast, and, incident
ally, a council of war was held on board
the Olympia. •
By this time the Spanish ships were In &
desperate condition.
The flagship Reina Christina was rid
dled with shot and shell, one of her
steam pipes had burst, and she was be
lieved to be on fire.
The Castilla was certainly on fire soon
afterwards. They were eventually burn
ed to the water’s edge.
The Don Antonio de Ulloa made a tnag
nifioent show qf bravery. When
her cuir.numoer fc7.-Ki'ihe tx’as'so
the American shells that be could not keep
her afloat, he nailed her colors to the mast
and she went down with all hands fight
ing to the last.,
Her hull was completely riddled, and
her upper deck had been swept clean by
the awful fire of the American guns, but
the Spaniards, though their vessel was
sinking beneath them, continued working
the guns on her lower deck until she sank.
During the engagement a Spanish tor
pedo boat crept along the shore around the
offing, in an attempt to attack the Ameri
can store ship®, but she wu promptly dis
covered, was driven ashore and shot to
pieces.
The Mindanao had, in the meanwhile,
been run ashore to save her from sinking,
and the Spanish small craft had sought
shelter from the steel storm behind the
breakwater.
The battle, which Was started at about
5:30 o’clock jn the morning, and adjourn
ed at 8:30. was resumed about noon, when
Commodore Dewey started In to put the
finishing touches on his glorious work.
There was not much fight left in the
Spaniards by that time, and at 2 o'clock
the Petrel and Concord had shot the Ca
vite batteries silenoe, leaving them
heaps of ruins and floating the'white flag.
The Spanish gunboats were then scut
tled.
The arsenal was on fire, and the ex
plosion of the Spanish magazine caused
further mortality among the defenders of
Sixain on shore.
On the water the burning, sunken or de
stroyed Spanish vessels could be seen,
while only the cruiser Baltimore had suf
fered in any way from the fire of the
enemy. A shot which struck her exploded
some ammunition near one of her guns
and slightly injured half a dozen of the
crew.
Several shots passed dangerously close
to Commodore Dewey, but little or no dam
age was done on board the flagship.
On the other hand, about 150 men nre
said to have been killed on board the Reina
Christina, which was totally destroyed.
Admiral Montejo. the Spanish command
er. transferred his flag to the Isla de Cuba
when his ship caught fire, but the latter
was destroyed also in due course of time.
The Reina Christina lost her captain, a
lieutenant, her chaplain and midshipman,
by one shot, which struak her bridge.
About one hundied men were killed and
sixty wodnded on board the Castilla. In
deed, some estimates place »he number of
Spanish wounded during the engagement
at over one thousand men.
The Olympia was struck five times about
her upper works, and a whaleboat of the
Raleigh was smashed.
Although the Krupp guns on the espla
nade of Manila were fired continuously
during the engagement. Commodore Dewey
did not reply to them, and the battery af
terwards hoisted a white flag In token of
surrender.
The terms of the capitulation were still
unsettled whfn the MrCuHoeh left Manila
and it was said Com mod ore Dewey feared
rioting upon the part of the insurgents if
he attempted a bombardment of the re
maining fortifications at Manila.
The forts at the entrance of the bay
were dismantled on Wednesday, after they
had capitulated.
It is sa’d the American Comm <dore or
dered the cable to be cut Ixecause the
Spaniards r»-fused K> permit him to use it
pending the compfet® surrender of the
city.
It is said that the Spanish ships did not
get under steam until after the alarm waa
given. It Is s’aid a>o that the Spanish
commander informed the government that
it was advisable to surrender in the inter
ests of humanity, aa it was impossible to
resist successfully, ’xit that he and his
men were willing enough to fight up»i die.
Even when the Spanish flagship was shot
half awa«. her commander, though wound
ed, refused to leave the bridge till the ship
CContinued on Second Page.)
ffl ffISIN S W.
Vicksburg and Morrill Have
a Close Call.
SAVED BY POOR SHOOTING.
I
Lured by a Smack Under the Guns
of a Battery.
FLED FROM THE FIERCE FIRE
Shot Fell All About Them as They
Sought Safety. . 1
•
Copyright, 1898, by the Associated Press.
Key West, Fla., May B.—Only poor
marksmanship on the part of the Spanish
gunners saved the Vicksburg and the cut
ter Morrill from destruction off Havana
yesterday morning.
For over half an hour they were under
the fire of the guns of the Santa Clara
water batteries, but both escaped without
material injury, although shrapnel shells
from 8-ineh guns exploded all about them,
and both now show the pitted scars of the
Spanish bullets.
The wily Spaniards had arranged a trap
to send a couple, of our ships to the bot
tom.
They baited it as a man would bait a
trap.
A small schooner was sent out from Ha
vana harbor shortly before daylight yes
terday morning to draw some of the
Americans into the ambuscade.
The ruse worked like a charm.
The Vicksburg and the Morrill, in tne
heat of the chase and in their contempt
for Spanish, gunnery, walked into
lire trail that i.ad /ueta.
Had the Spaniards ixxssessed their souls
in patience but five minutes longer, not
even the bed gun practice would have
saved our ships, and this, morning two
more of our vessels would lie at the bot
tom within two lengths of the wreck of
the ill-starred Maine.
Friday evening the Vicksburg and the
Morrill, cruising to the west of Morro Cas
tle, were fired by the big guns of
the Cojimas batteries.
Two shots were fired at the Vicksburg
and one at the Morrill. Both fell short and
both vessels, without returning the fire,
steamed out of range.
It would have been folly to have done
otherwise.
But, yesterday morning, the Spaniards
had better luck. The schooner they had
sent out before daylight ran oft to the
eastward, hugging the shore with the wind
on her starboard quarter.
About three miles east of the entrance
of the harbor she cache over on the port
tack.
A light haze fringed the horizon and she
was not discovered unttl three miles oft
the shore, when the Mayflower made her
out and signalled the Morrill and Vicks
burg.
Capt. Smith of the Morrill and Com
mander Lilley of the Vicksburg immedi
ately slapped on all steam and started tn
pursuit.
The schooner Instantly put about and ran
for Morro Castle. On doing so she ifcould,
according to the well-conceived Spanish
plot, lead the two American warships di
rectly under the guns of the Santa Clara
batteries.
These works are a short mile west of
Morro, and are a part of the defenses of
the harbor.
There are two batteries, one at the shore,
which has been recently thrown up, of
sand and mortar, with wide embrasures for
eight-inch guns, and the other on the crest
of the rocky eminence, which puts out
into the water of the Gulf at that point.
The upper battery mounts modern ten
and twelve-inch Krupp guns behind a six
foot stone parapet, in front of which are
twenty feet of earthworks and a belting
of railroad iron.
This battery is considered the most for
midable of Havana's defenses, except Mor
ro Castle.
It is masked and has not been absolutely
located by the American warships.
It is probably due to the fact that the
Spaniards did not desire to expose its po
sition that the Vicksburg and Morrill ure
now afloat.
The vessels were about six miles from
the schooner when the chase began.
They steamed after her at full speed,
the Morrill leading until within a mile and
a half of the Santa Clara batteries.
Commander Smith of the Vicksburg was
the first to realize the danger into which
the reckless pursuit had led them.
He concluded U was time to haul off and
sent a shot across the bow of the schoon
er. The Spanish skipper instantly brought
his vescel about, but while she was t-till
rolling in the trough of the sea, with her
sails flapping, an eight-inch shrapnel shell
came hurling through the air from the
water battery, a mile and a half away.
It passed over the Morrill, between the
pilot house and the smoke stack, and ex-
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ploded less than fifty feet on the port
quarter. 1
The small shot rattled against her side.
It was a close call.
Two more shots followed in quick suc
cession, both shrapnel. One burst close
under the starboard quarter, filling the
engine room with the smoke of the explo
sion of the shell, and the other, like the
first, passed over and: exploded just be
yond.
The Spanish gunners had the range and
their time fuses were accurately set. The
crews of both ships were at their guns.
Lieut. Craig, who was in charge of the
bow 4-inch rapid-fire gun of the Morrill,
asked for and obtained permission to re
turn the fire.
At the first shot the Vicksburg, which
was in the wake of the Morrill, slightly
in-shore, sheered off and passed to wind
ward under the Morrill’s stern.
In the meantime Capt. Smith also put
his helm to port and was none too soon,
for as the 'Morrill stood off, a solid 8-inch
shot grazed her starboard quarter and
kicked up tons of water as it struck a
wave 100 yards beyond.
Capt. Smith said afterward that this
was undoubtedly an 8-lnch armor pierc
ing projectile and that it would have
passed through the Morrill’s boilers had
he not changed her course in the nick of
time.
All the guns of the water battery were
now at work. One of them cut the, Ja
cob’s ladder of the Vicksburg adrift/and
another carried away a portion ‘of the
rigging.
As the Morrill and the Vicksburg steam
ed away their aft guns were used, but only
a few shots were fired.
The Morrill’s six-inch guns werie elevat
ed for four thousand yards, and struck the
earthworks repeatedly.
The Vicksburg fired but three shots from
her six-pounder.
The Spaniards continued to fire shot and
shell for twenty minutes, but the shots
were ineffective. Some of them were so
wild that they aroused the American
“Jackies” to jeers.
The Spaniards only ceased firing when
the Morrill and Vicksburg were com
pletely out of range.
If all the Spanish gunners had been suf
fering from strabismus their practice,could
not have been worse.
The officers of both the Morrill and
Vicksburg frankly admit their own reck
lessness and the narrow escape of their
vessels from destruction.
They are firmly convinced that the pur
suit of the schooner was’a neatly planned
trick which almost proved successful.
If any one of the shots had struck the
thin skin of either vessel it would have
offered no more resistence than a piece of
paper to a rifle ball.
The accurate range of the first few 7 shots
is accounted for by ihe fact that the Span
ish officers had ample time to make obser
vations.
The bearings of the two vessels were
probably taken with a range finder at the
Santa Clara battery, and as this battery
ia probably contiected by wire with Morro,
(hey xycr . ,en' , b’M to tglre bear ngs f rom
both points, and by atxxrioas calculations
they fixed the positions of the ,wo ves
sels accurately.
With such opportunity for observations
It would have been no great trick for an
American gunner to drop a ehell down
the smokestack of a vessel.
As soon as the ships sheered off after
the first fire, the Spanish gunners lost the
range and their practice became ludicrous.
If they had waited five minutes longer be
fore opening fire, Capt. Smith says, it
would have been well nigh impossible to
have missed the target."
Later in the day the Morrill captured
the Spanish schooner Espana, bound for
Havana, and towed the prize to Key
WesO.
On Friday the French schoolship frig
ate Do Bourdleu, carrying thirty guns in
all, entered the harbor of Havana. She
was stopped by the Morrill, ana two sa
lutes were fired by the Annapolis before
she showed her flag.
BIG ARMY GOING TO CUBA.
Between 00,000 anti SO.OOO Men to Be
Landed at Once.
Washington, May B,—The Washington
I’ost to-morrow will say: "Between «0,-
000 and 80,000 men will be landed on Cu
ban soil at once.
"They will wear the uniform of the
United States, and they will not return
until they have defeated the Spanish
forces on the Island and the American flag
floats as proudly over Havana as it does
over the ruins of Cavite fortress in Ma
nila harbor.
"This is the idea of the military advisers
of America and the President has ap
proved the plans.
"The first section of the army to invade
Cuba will be the 15,000 or 18,000 troops that
are now assembled at New Orleans and
Tampa. They are all regulars and most
of them are men who have seen fighting
on the plains. They are seasoned, dis
ciplined, effective.
"They will be followed at once by an.
other army of 50,000 volunteers, who will
be concentrated at Southern ports as
quickly as the trains can carry them, and
will be transported as fast as the neces
sary ships can be collected.
"It is estimated that it will take at least
300 vessels to move this immense army
to Cuba.
"Nearly everything that floats has al
ready been secured by the government,
and last night the wires were hot in all
directions, directing that contracts lie
closed immediately in all the principal sea
port towns.
"Other details of the great expedition
have been arranged.
"Within forty-eight hours there will be
2,000 wagons at Tampa and 12,000 mules.
"Several hundred ambulances will also
be hurried to Tampa..
"They may be needed.
“All battles are not like the one which
has just been fought in Manila harbor."
MANILA EVACUATED.
Troops Take With Them All Their
Arms, Ammunition and Stores.
Madrid. May 8, 11 a. m._lt is claimed
that a message has been received here
from Manila announcing that the Spanish
troops have retired from Manila, taking
with them all their arms, ammunition and
stores.
HUB IIHI
I
Troops Kill 300 of the Mob
and Wound 1,000.
BUILT. UP BARRICADES.
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Cannon Brought to Bear on tha
Rioters.
I
PEACE AT A TERRIBLE PRICE
♦ --
General in Command Claims to Hava
Restored Order.
Lugano, Switzerland, May B.— lt ha»
been a terrible day at Milan.
About 1 o’clock this afternoon a verita
ble battle occurred in the Via Somtraire.
Thousands of tiles and chimneys weret
hurled from the roofs upon the troops,
who were compelled to retire.
A similar fight took place in the Via
Torino, and It is believed that no fewer
than 3CO were killed and 1,000 injured.
A Swiss merchant who has arrived here
from Milan describes the events of Sat
urday as completely anarchistical.
According to his account, the leaders
of the agitation evidently had well-arrang
ed plagis.
Columns of rioters emerged from all the
gates of the town and converged on a
center, where they rapidly constructed
barricades.
When they were dislodged by the troops
they mounted to the roofs and rained tiles
and chimneys down upon the soldiery.
The gates of the town were held by
troops in the evening and throughout tha
night, so that worknum employed outside
were unable to return to ,thelr homes.
th thia way the rising was deprived of
additional help from without. During the
night the city was In complete darkness
and funereal silence.
Artillery, cavalry and infantry bi
vouacked on the Piazza del Duoma, where
reinforcements were constantly arriving.
Late news this evening from Milan says
the Secolo has been seized, and its editor
arrested.
The postal telegraph offices have been
closed, and all dispatches of mails stop
ped;
The public buildings are guarded and
artillery has been placed in position on
the Piazza del Duomo.
Many fugitives from Milan have cross
ed the frontier into the cantons of Ticino*
and Fontana, ariiong them being the edi
tor of the Italia del'Popolo, the incrimin
ated Republican paper, who eluded the
police. ,
Eight thousand troops are quartered in
the city.
Another portion of the 1873 reserves and
a portion of the reserves of 1874 have been
ordered to be under arms by Tuesday $
At this hour the city is quiet.
The government’s dispatches received up
td 6 o’clock say that tranquility prevails
throughout the kingdom.
At Milan the rioters at the Porta Ticinea
have been completely suppressed; rein
forcements continue to reach the city and
many arrests have been made, but Gen
Taga has ordered all the factories to re
open to-morrow.
Other dispatches from Milan report ore
the contrary, the erection of fresh barri
cades by .riotous mobs in the Via Bertani,
at the Porta Ticinez and the Porta GarU
baldl. According to these accounts the
troops are compelled to use arms to dis
perse the rioters and a lieutenant and sev
eral soldiers were wounded.
Generally speaking the agitation contin
ues, but it is less intense.
The authorit.es have ordered Socialise
and Republican clubs to dissolve.
There is a rUmor that the rioters have
driven back a train under the impression
that it was conveying soldiers.
Lieut. Gen. Bava Beccaria, commanding
the Third Army Corps (Milan), telegraph
ed the Marquis di Rudlni, the premier
this evening: "
"The revolt in Milan has beep suppress
ed and all resistance is now ended."
REINFORCEMENTS AT MILAN.
Three Persona Killed and Sixteen
Wounded nt Monza.
Milan, May B.—A proclamation has been
issued calling upon the people to remain
tranquil, and reinforcements of troops con
tinue to arrive here. They will guard the
outskirts of the.clty.
At Monza, nine miles from here, there
was a demonstration yesterday against
calling out the reserves. The troops charg
ed three times. Three people were killed
and sixteen wounded.
The Queen anti the Queen Regent of Hol
land. who were expected here, have been
advised by the government not to proceed
to Milan.
CANNON ROARING AT MILAN.
Fresh I prl«in« Occam After thtf
First One Had Been Quelled.
London, May 9, 5 a. m.—The Rome cor
respondent of the Daily News says:
"Lieut. Gen. Bava-Beccaris wired from
Milan at 6 o’clock this (Sunday) evening:
‘After new and serious attempts, the re
bellion has been quelled by fusilades and
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