New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-30

SEVERAL. AMERICAN wARsHIPs IN THE
HARBOR AGAIN.

ARRIVAL. OF THE PANTHER. conveyed BY THE
MONTGOMERY MARINES not LANDED
NAVY READY FOR An ADVANCE ON
Cr'RA-MORE PRISONERS OF WAR
fry TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBuNE.l
Kev West Fla April 29.-Key West Haroor
Iooks much "a II did before the squadron sailed
70 begin hlockading Cuban ports. with the
monitors Puritan and Amphitrite coaling. the
Nevnort brirging In prize. the torpedo-ooat
Cuehirc al It's dock and several Of the mosquito
fleet moving In and out. the advantage OF nav
,rr y hosc So near the Cuban coast IS made more
apparent than ever.
Much interest attached to-day 70 the pres
enc ~ the Montgomery. which was ordered
North several weeks ago for repairs She came IN
M l1lO a. n,.. conveying the troopship Panther'
which had ESQ marines on board The two yes
scls wcathered the gale of the Atlantic coast
lasting from Tuesday night to Wednesday after-
noon. Tho Montgomery and the Panther were
lust three days in making the voyage from
Fort Monroe.
Cantain Converse does not know whether the
Montgomery Will he ordered 10 reJo!n the squad
ron or not In her present dress she can hardly
he DISTINGUISHED from the Detroit and the Mar
blehead Admiral Sampson needs more VesseIs
Of this type in maintaining the blockade The
Montgomery having cruised along the coast
f-,rn Havana to Santiago n few weeks ago. and
visited intermediate ports. her officers are eager
for n share IN the work that IS ahead
The Panther Hes in the harbor with the ma
r,nes yet aboard her. 1t is stated that they VIII
No, 60 n quarters on land This Is taken as
an indication that early service Is expected OF
tbom They will be assigned to ships which
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junction with regular troops or in separate par
ti"s.
So far az the squadron goes. nothing Is now
lacking for effective cooperation with the Army
I'm a military advance on Cuba. The beach is
SIN omen at Natanzas and that Is the best
nloce for the distribution Of food. Plenty Of
other places are equally advantageous from
military point Of view.
Nevs from the fleet this afternoon Is meagre
CAPTAIN Harrington OF the Puritan has author'-
tatiyelv deniod the story that Cardenas was
boubarded yesterday afternoon. This is in
cluded in his station at Matanzas He visited
the ships lying OF there the last thing before
coming TO Key West Everything was quiet.
and there we're no orders which would have
permitted the vessels to open fire.
Significance is given to the capture OF the fish
Ing SCHOONER Engracias by the Newport of Ha-
vana because the vessel Is said TO he enrolled
as part OF the Spanish naval reserve, and It's
crew. therefore. became prisoners OF war. The
rngracias ran out Of the harbor to spy on the
vessels of the blockadng squadron.
In Havana a call has been made for patriouc
Spaniards To man a torpedo-boat which woulu
slip out and destroy one or the Dig American
warships The capture OF the Ehstaclas Is 1 NOT
,ikoIv to encourage belief that such Sn expert
mont would be successful. The waters from the
Rahamas to Havana are now secured for span
ish gunboats. A report has been received .has
,. ~ 1vin,ington sighted one thirty miles east OF
Havana. and warned all vessels to he on the
lookout for II.