Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-11-22
lie Great War Syndicate.
BIZ TRAEE R. STOCKTON.

47~cr," "Ite late Frs, Srll.' Tho
izuadrcdth Man." ".'lin Crsting Away
g.. 7,-4. l.echs sud 8;r,. A!esh;ne,' Tho
E>,.-srte.,'' etc,
- me r=:98 approached, the stern
Jacket CT the AdaEians was let down and
:he cp@i,us were slowed. THIS stern
5ac,set, wren protecting the rlId,lcr and
I,EopeLtars, looked very much Ike TIE
COS" catcher Of a locomotive, and was Ga
pGAic oE bein;; pat to q somewhat sill.iar
,:5e. Il was the intention Of the captain
81 Tao AGA .nant, should the crabs at
fasisl: to attach themselves to his stern,
60 suddenly psf on ali steam, reverse his
engines and beck upon tleia, the stern
jIcEpt answering rs ram.
The commander of the Adama..t had
70 doubt that in this way he could ru1
i5tp a CRIB. rcl it over in the water, and
r'lon i. wa5 lying bottom upward, ike
a floating c2s.i, he could more his ship
- a distance and make target OF it. So
ClsirG,sa vas this brave ind somewhat
faovC:ogs captain to try his new plan
mon > crab that he foreborc to fire upon
;c no vessels Of that cl@ss which were
approaching lin. Some Of his guns We're
- mounted that their muzz!es could Ec
Gyca, y depressed and aimed at an object
IL tie water rot far from the ship. But
theso vcrc nat discharged, and, indeed.
tha crcla, which were new ones Of uH-
Usuat s"'iItHcSs, were alongside the Ada
Ias- il ali Incredibly short time ard out
q tie r2nrn Of these guns.
Grab J w&s Oh the starboarl side OF the
A1.na:.t, Crab ( was on the port side,
and, simultaneously. the two laid hold Of
her. lSGt they were not directly astern
Of the great vessel. Each had its nippers
fastened 10 enc side of the stern iacket,
5~2T the hinge like bolts which held it to
the vessel, and on which 1t was raised
and lowered.
In moment the Alamant began to
steam BACKWARD, hat the only effect of
tal5 molten, which soon became rapid,
VIA 10 swing the crabs around arains:
her sides and carry them with her AS
the vessels were thus moving the great
f:lCera Of The crabs were twisted with
tremendous force, the stern Jacket Oh
enc SIDE WIS broken from its bolt, and
GA tie other the holt Itself was drawn
out OF The ride CT the vessel the nippers
then opened. and the stern jacket fell
from their grasp into the sea, Swapping
Ill its fell the chain by which it had been
raised and lowered,
This disaster occurred so quickly that
few p2raonS on board the At,amant knew
what k%d happened. Hut the captain,
who lad seen everything. gave instant
orders to so ahead at full speed. The
first thing to be done was to get at . dis
tancs iroM tiIase crabs, keep well away
from them, and pound them to pieces
with his heavy guns,
Bat the iron screw pronallers had
ecarcejy begun to move i'll the opposite
direction before the two crabs. each now
Tying 1t right angles with the length ol
the slap. hut neither of them direCt!v
G5tcm Of hcr, made a dash with oaen
nl2p54s. and Grab J fastened upon one
propeller, while Crab X laid hold of the
other. There was a din and crash OF
breaking metal, two shocks which were
1S4t Throughout the vessel and t!e a.is,.
tered and crashed blades CT tho PROB:
lars Of the great battle ship were power
less 10 move her.
The captain Of the A5amalt, palliG
with fairy, stool upon the poop. In {
moment the c7a3j would be ut his rul
de-! The graat gun, double s.ottcd anc
ready 10 fire, was hanging from is boon
over the etcTn. Crab +, whose roof Ia.
the additional protection OF s7rine
Rrinar, now r1ovcd round So Us to b;
dlrect,T aGteTn OF the Adanant. Dofor,
sac c0atd reach the rudGcr her forward
part c.-l1a under t.9e Suspended cannon
and two massive steel shot were driver
down upon her with a force sufficient t,
sand them through masses of solid rock
hut from t.lc surface of elastic s5ee
springs and air buffers they bounced II,
ward, one Of them almost falling On til
deck OF tho Adamant.
The Gaanars of this piece had bee,
we'll trained. IN nor4ent the boo:l
was swung around. the cannon reloaded
and when Crab K fixed her miners OF
the rudler of the Adamant two NOR
shot came down upon her As in tn
first inailnce she dipped and rolled, bu
the ribs of her uninjurcI ar.aor hat
scarcely sprung back into their place
before her nippecs turned and II
rUdder Cf the Adamant was BROKEN i
t,'c and the upper portion dragged fror
is f2st2aings; then quick bac.swar,
jerk snapped its chains and it wa
dropped into the sea.
Y signal was now sent from Grab ] +
Repoiler 10. {, TO the elect that the ADA
m2nt had been rendered incapable Q
SCANNING or sailing, ana that she Law sui
ject to order.
SUBJECT to order OF not. the AGarnar
did not remain passive. Every c,,3 o.
board which could be suficieatI7 DE-
pressed WAS made ready to fire un31 In
crabs should they attempt to cct aw3r
-Four large boats, Furnished with rlac!,i5
gins. Gr2pneis, ana with various anil
"-ces which might he BROUGHT into t,s
or a,eci plated roof were lowered from
tHelr d27iis, and Immediately began liz
lats u22a tho exposed portions Of III
crabs. Their machine cans were lo,.,a,
VIII: small shells. and Il these nane4vett-
under the horizontal pl.to3 OF . cra,
AID through tae heavy glass which ".
sup posed - bo il these ices. 4.
crew o. the submerged craft woaIl L
sooa destroyed
The quick eye o. the cape2ia Of II
Adanallt had OBSERVED t.lrosl III lis .-l2s-
whIie the CRABS v-,2ra s::ti a. a c.,,,s.,,t,
le5- t''-lI I'io,Ec3lirlg ar Ij.9a.
aild he had Instructed the o-..csr; !
charge Oh the boats to make an esuocia