Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-05-16
LIKELY TO FIGHT.
MAY BE Battle Between the War
Ships Charleston and
ltata.

SAN FRANCE or, Cali, May 12.-Ths
facj is no longer concealed even in
OH ia naval circles tHat I e swift
cru,Ser Charleston is now of in hot
chase after tle Cmhau transport Itata,
winch lelt San Diego last Wednesday
carrying Oh tie deputy Cot ed $ ates
marshal
Tie ltata, after leaving Suu Diego,
took on beard a cons gumsul OF rifles
aud ammunition which had been ship
ped from san FRuci~vu ou the schooner
Robert and Minnie, Tie trausftr OF he
cargo IS believed so have ovcurueI oil
the San C,emeute islands, northwest &C
san ihego h.rhor and q is believed
the lta,a steamed south Friday night
or saturday morning.
Tie ChIl1u tlurer ISmeraljn ~
believed 10 he tNua on Cal san
LU,as, which is TIE soulhyumosl point
OF laua va Lower California, awaiting
supplies carried by tie ltata.
van Probabi, Bc ovcrtaken.
The sel run TO that point is about
seven hundred miles, The ltalu being
heavily loaded, and although reputea
tea "a last craft, u Is estimated sha
CHuuot eNt yed Sis 10 eight huuts, aud
tive Charleston, winch lett san Pedro
this morning, n l~ Thought, certainly
can oNertake her or reach Sau lucusin
advance ot the transport not found
there the Charleston will proceed
directly o Acapulco, which will le Tbs
first point at winch any further MEX
ligeuce can be received.
Even though the cruiser Esmeralda
is met us convoy ct the HAT, ID tS an
derst ood hat The orders 10 the Charles.
ton are eNphoit on the point OF capture,
aud q the ltam is sighted ~ Is believed
certain noW that there viii be cap
ture or a eight, or both.
En rort az Acapulco.
The fact that the Chilan cruiser ac-
compamed The Ilata north was first
asoertaued through de>erlers from The
ltuta WHO escaped from that steamer
ut san Diego II wa, at first doubted
that Que ot the most powerful of the
Cmilpu Wur>hpv should go SO Tar ttom
tho Chlian coast at this Juncture, but
70 is now definitely known HAT tho
Esmeraida is ~ port at AcApulo on the
McXl,au coast, Which fact tie navy
department at Washington was proba-
Div fully advised q when the orders
were ssued TO the Charleston. The
effort TO keep the destination Of tho
! Nl'ai ''aN"" S''''' ,,3
nttulal' as representa- 'Nea VI we ''''il-
/ ian insurgents "oui' ne prompt 10 az
/ wise ,he EsueIalda OF the vessels
/ movements
/ ltis now deemed probable That the
! Esmeralda VIII cruise north toward
! San Lucas m hone OF meeting the ltata
| before the Charleston can arrive and TO
! protect the cargo aud crew from
! seizure il possible
It rs now known hRl on poaiu ule
/ ltata are the eomin'nuef on Tue E'Iler-
! aida and a large portion "' HeI crew
and pr"eum"p'N It p"ll w ~ '"o i'N''e'
aldh SECONDARY "'' 'e'
Therefore a strong " eeu''Ne on ''e p,'V
OF the hil'on "aIHn'l, y" h''eu wy
llaih aoa prevent hV' "''ur '""FoS'"
o''N "N 1t" N''''' ''."
Lii.rli {" h' Hattie
The fact hat there appears now %
very strong llkcl'ho"d OF meeting Oh
The lwo evenly ~ lched WAfsllpS uhaeF
conditions llhl WI require hhs
management To preNehi bB"t "
thoroughly recoGulHea ~ oaNh men
on tDe coast lhe orders TO IapI
RemN OF the charleston are wen au-
then u'a'e" 10 ~ U'.',ue w. ',,o ,i ',,l
OF lie rr,api IRE OF the llala, i sighted,
aud on tue part OF lhe fen'e ,A'u' ~
Is believed as tnIly ihaI she WIZ
, night II sue can teath lne scene ~
ume The Charleston ana hsn'ef,
aida are Nslei NhiPs ~ 10 general
plan and losses ne1f'N tNe same
armament Tue E7meral"h' now
ever, has two pivot guns OF ten
inch callber WIN welSht o. twenty
I've tons tach' Whne '''e NV ,"Sto ~,
} weighing Twelve ''i" '''l' lon -"