The evening times., 1898-06-21
THE LOG OF lHE|: St. LOUIS
Story Of the cu,li|sg 4 Of the Ca
bles Near Santiago.
BRAVERY OF THE SAILORS
When Volunteers Were Called for 10
Go ON Shore to Take on . Body
Of Cubans Every Man ON the
Great Auxiliary Cruiser Wanted
- to BE Selected for the Duty.


On Board the United States Cruiser St
Louis. on Santiago, June 1.-THE fol
lowing are interesting extracts from the
log Of the second cruise fof this ship. once
one of the cracks" of the American line;
\ Monday. May 30.-Gapt. Goodrich re-
ceived urgent orders to proceed to sea
3 p. Unfinished taking In stores and
coal; cast Off from the American line
pier and proceeded down the bay. Passed
Sandy Hook lighthouse and steered
south. Marines busily engaged placing
four extra guns received In position;
crew assisting and clearing up ship.
Tuesday. May 3i.-l0 a. m.-Albert Tur-
| ner, cook, was found missing; every
search was made without finding any
trace of him; supposed he must have
| jumped overheard whiie temporarily in
sane.
Friday, June al a., m.-Sigh,ed the
| fleet in Santiago Bay a. m.-Arrived
alongside the flagship New York. After
breakfast Capt. Goodrich went on board
| to confer with the admiral and the cap
| tains of the other ships.
Saturday. June 4.-Shortly after mid
night we proceeded full speed. An alarm
was signaled that torpedo boat was
escaping. We found later that it was a
train running over trestle work close to
the waters edge. Several shots were
fired from the ships of the fleet. 9 p. m.-
Received orders from the admiral to pro
coed at once for Guantanamo: Marble
head and Yankee to accompany u.s. Left
about II p m. The two latter ships or
ders were countermanded.
Sunday, June 5.-o a. m.-Arrived at
Guantanamo; found no Marblehead or
Yankee there: returned and arrived of
Santiago a. M; found feet as susal do
ing nothing in particular. p. m.-Left
with dispatches for Mole ST. Nicholas
Monday, June G-Arrived at Mole St.
Nicholas, received dispatches on board
and left at once for Santiago. 40 miles:
arrived at go p. m, after being chased
by torpedo boat Porter. her commander
taking us for an enemy until we fired.
Then she showed her night signals; II :55
p. m.-Received orders from the admiral
to proceed at once to Guantanamo.
Tuesday, June I. $50 a.-lm.-Arrived at
Guantanamo; found Marplehead and
Yankee waiting 70 -us Ne led the way
into the harbor. feeling our way with
the lead; Marblehead and Yankee follow
ing. all three ships firing from both sides
until reaching shallow water Then Mar
blehead and Yankee being Of an incn
less draught. passed US, and. feeling their
way round the point and In range of the
forts and gunboats. opened their batter
les with full force. 5-inch guns telling ev-
cry time for all they were worth. In the
meantime the ST. Louis kept up i con-
stant fire with her 6-pounders crew with
rifles and revolvers particularly the
BLACK Watch" under Mr. Walls, chief
engineer ST. Louis. object being 10 grap-
pie and cut the cable running TO Santiago
told friends of May 49,. When the Mar
blehead had gained the point inside .he
harbor her shells set fire to some works
and in very short time the whole Ill
lage was In a blaze: log house on the hill
also in blaze and fell in.
The ST. Louis. in position, lowered her
srapnels over starboard side and steam
ed SLOWLY across the harbor In A very
short time the grapnel caught the cable:
however. in hauling it IN the grapnel
broke. Then they lowered another and
commenced over again, and in a very
short time the mems hopes were realized;
the cable was grappled again. successful
ly hauled in, cut and destroyed Such
hearty cheer the officers and men gave
The cable reached the forecastle head at
p. m.
AT this time two insurgents were OBJ
served on the beach waving Cuban flag
Captain Goodrich called for volunteer
crew to man the boats. Instantly the
hands of the officers and crew were held
up. in some cases both hands being held
in the air. the marines all being anxious
to go. The boat was manned by the third
officer. six men. Lieutenant Catlin and six
marines. and in less than no time they
were on shore and the two Cubans came
on board. They were poor, ragged, half
starved creatures, the youngest cap
tain in the Cuban army, the other of
the negro type. sent by their commander
with two others who had not reached the
beach when they lefD. and had been trav-
cling for four days in hopes of finding the
means of reaching n ship to convey that
he was there with his command and only
required a days notice to be at any given
point they might be required
we gave them four white suits complete
with other clothing and heaps of food
and 1t was most pitiful to see the raven
Gus way in which they clutched and ate
1t. Captain McCalla took them on board
the Marblehead and shortly afterward
landed them where we saw their two
comrades waiting for them
The st. Louis was graphing all this |
time. steaming slowly across the harbor |
for the cable running from Guantanamo |
to Mole st. Nicholas. Haiti About n
quarter to such cheer came from the
hauled in sight, making the St. Louis |
third battle one grand success, cutting |
two cables in one day under fire. |
After cutting the second cable Captain
Goodrich wished Captain McCalla of the
Marblehead, and Captain Brownson. of |
the Yankee, good-by, and the St. Louis |
started on mission of her own. Captain |
Goodrich. Captain Randle and the officers |
and crew of the st. Louis: Captain Nc |
Gala and the officers and crew of the
and Captain Brownson and |
the officers and crew of the Yankee, with |
the naval reserve. deserve great credit |
for the cool. brave manner in which they |
aS fho Lott
keeping the forts employed while the St |
Louis was graphing for the cable.
Thursday. June 9-Cruising off Morant |
Point. Jamaica, 2:3e a. m.-Sighted a |
steamer; bore down to her, put search |
lights to bear on her and when abeam |
fired two guns, one astern and one for |
ward. meaning that she tmust heave to. |
Read her name distinctly .Twickenham. |
of London, the prize; we were looking |
for. laden with coal for the Spanish fleet. |
She came to at once. We lowered our
boat and Ensign Payne and boats crew |
and six marines boarded her and brought |
the captain on board. He gave Capt. |
Goodrich to understand that he was laden |
with Goals consigned to himself, in his |
own name, for any port in the West In
dies, which was his best market He
made the best case he could for his own
ers, but could not tell satisfactorily who |
his owners are. From information re-
ceived the Goals were put on board on |
Spanish account and for the fleet now |
locked up In Santiago harbor; therefore |
he could not get this cargo to them. He |
went into Martinique and saw the Span
lsh admiral. who. no doubt wanted him to
land and sell the coal This. the French
would not allow. Then he
sailed for Jamaica. intending to land
them there: thus we were here to inter-
cept him, which we have done and nut