New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-20
THE MAINE FIXED
conanued from, nrst p"~e'

IN Wv .,u,.nta, point OF view. II declared IL
..0a no assistance from any o'he' "'o0"
nee .r, 70 hs assured that the Government
--,tns 70 pay a fair price FOR the "orN' 4.
,-,a that its record for graf enterprises Va
character should have mao more "e'e"S
~ TOO many irresponsible smaA hr"'' nav
M .rr,tr8 for bids and consequently one mao
w. ..,,d 10 do all that was required TOT S'os-
- -a,ch WAS Of course. prepoeteroue'
W" <u LONG TO END THE DISPUTE
seory,ary Long intends to put an
~ the unsyemy discussion ana 'urn '''
enc q, y. undertaken Jointly by the Bos-
,>,.,n,c4 Company and the Merritt q Cnap-
"" r,.r..ck and Wrecdng Company oi NV"
- znese comprise the principal companies
49,, country, and the work they undertake 10
>.,>v the largest Of the sort ever en'er'u
-, N this part Of the world Secre'af' ~'Ae
~. No doubt they Will agree 70 ARRANGEMENTS
.-,cx- 70 those made at the time OF ene n'"
-. wreck. involving per dlem coi'ip'"'
.o- the investigation into the Malhe 'o
80, and n they subsequently save 'he "-S
,-.,s her l,ack TO New-forK the 49,.
anu "a, undertake 70 satisfy Judgment OF 'he
-. ,nr the usual salvage
shown at the outset to-day tha'' ~h"o
.non mo might pay the companies Io' ee"uIe
- aoparatus 10 Havana X "ouiu nV'
Their "p' ,arg,n for raising the ship, ana
-, - would be certainly inadequate 70 49,
~, ,er removal by DESTRUCTION Inc ~"
f,,,on,es Informed the Department '""' '
s.srt their vessels for Havana on
...o-anh,c notics Sunday afternoon anu 'iie'
80. that no time be lost. as the oatue-ehip
,,oo,v becoming more deeply imbeddeo IN
the mud every Gay -,
~, Merit, company undertook 10 raise the
-r,ooo.s sunk IN Vineyard SOUND IN Au-
- 1884 ror the round sun, OF s"oo'" MS
ves made without consulting any one
10, +schnicaltties and caused no suose
Quent trouble -,,,,
SENTIMENT FOR SAVING THE Shif
mr.. Continent Of the Navy to-day was more
..---,,ras than ever regarding the necessity
,-.,e1ng the Maine home at whatever cos'
.srrd,ng her to such extent as was re-
% make her an effective modern oa'''e-
strip ,.s- ,ur
-, corrrrc-cr Hichnorn, to-day. AFTER Iur-
-, =, mo framing Of the ship, announced
~. .o-r.c.,on that the multiple cellular struo'-
:. ,,s hull would offer much greater re-
1000 IN distortion and disruption than 'he
-. and therefore ne was confident 'ha' 'ne
80, gave way IN the explosion. ana DIV thuS
...,.,S nressure on the hull saved u from
cor,r,ete destruction.
WE increases the likelihood that the "a'e'
..v,, coropartnents especially those a' oil.
ss.encs from the magazine. are sui ul''n'".N
-, canabIe 81 partially supporting 'he snip
Tho, they are pumped out ana Haue I'LL
us o,.o assured himself that the tops Vi '.'e
-. .ha four ten-inch rifles could be
,,- .o.ao,eA thus materially tightening the
.,,,nrfv,ns the work Of floating her
10 New-York
rr,up FOR THE VICTIMS FAMILIES
.,ss good dea' Of talk to-day among
.a,,.,, ~ .ha need Of speedy relief measures
g. ,ns heneat Of the families OF the victims Oh
,,a sxn,o~,on Under the Treasury rules Tie a'
,a.,sn, a. nortions Of pay to members OF their
,.,,c,ss made by the men who pershed IN the
- mus, stop al once. II is not doubted t'a'
C,rs-s.. Will DO as It did in the case OF the
aar,oan dIsaster-provide for year pay 10 '"7
families o, the sailors who died at their posts
The difficulty. however IS that such a measure
cannot he passed az once. and In the mean lii'e
anne OF the families OF the dead sailors VIII De
q, .es+ 6,e+ress The subject has been taken
m ny Mrs. Long. who has called a meeting
for Monday to initiate the movement
II happens that by the rare chance OF an I'M
expe-ted change % paymasters recently httle
o. the saving # the Names sailors went down
IN the vessel About two weeks ago Paynas'er
IrreAeld Of The Maine. was relieved by pay
master Ray The former came 10 Washington
and mas settled the accounts Of the snip up 10
the time he left The record shows that Pay
master Ray lad on hand in his safe only aoou'
5000 IN cash. probably gold. and check for
5000 which II course ia safe, without his IN
dorsement. against loss.
THE SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION THEORY
Since the spontaneous combustion theory has
eorre so prominently 10 the front as accounting
,or the disaster the officials have been looking
over ,be records to find a parallel case. The
eaesb,- Now York was discovered 10 be on fire
n, March q 1896 Smoke was issuing from her
,,ai, ,ra.,azine This was cleared Of powder
sofal, ard il was found that the WOODWORK
had hae, chsrred deeply. The cause was not Al
e-e, ,arcentible but il was soon discovered thal
O., sa.ot,ing coal bunker was burning Wheh
the bunker was opened the coal on the top was
M, bo, hut as the men dug into the mass II
was found 20 be red hot inside. Ihere was 10
r,a,i.astation Of heat on the top Of the bunker
nor on any except the one SIDE near 'he "ids"
zine That startled the naval oihcers' anu INC
ol,..,.,o.ors made a considerable air space be
,vaen the bunkers and the magazine. In the
desig,irg ~ the new batte-ships now on th@
stocks ,he lesson was kept in nina ana every
thing possible done TO Isolate inc o'"
bunkers from the magazines.
Secretary Long has directed tha' WIN '"' y"
rsra,,on ~ to-day the order TO all shlpS ana
commands to display the Nauohai co'o's a.
half-mast need no longer be observed