The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1898-06-10
CERVERA FOUND At LAST
AN ENGAG INIENT REPORTED At
SANTIAGO.
Meager and Conflicting Reports lndi-
cateiThat the Battle was Indecisive
Both Sides Claim Victory.

NEW YORK, June2.-A journal
dispatch from Cape Haytien purport-
ing to give details of the Santiago
fight of May 31st, says
The torpedo boat Porter arrived at
st. Nicholas with dispatches for Wash
ingtou. She left Immediately, but
before going she left the following
story of the fight with journal cor
respondent at the Mole: The Ameri-
can squadron, augmented by the tor
pedoS boat Porter and the auxiliary
cruiser st. Paul, and protected by the
cruiser New Orleans, formerly the
| Amazonas, approached the entrance
| of the harbor of Santiago at about
1890 p. m, the Iowa leading. Inside
! the entrance to the harbor was one of
the Yarships of Cervera's fleet stripp-
ed for action. AS the American feet
drew near, the New Orleans detached
and steamed forward ahead of til.
Iowa, Texas and Massachusetts. o.,
of the forts opened fire on her. thu
other two ships directing their fire
on the battery on Punta Gorda with
in the harbor and westward of the
position occupied by the Spanish ship.
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Imandous domnpe to tbe defenees of
| +be barhor The masonry on Socopa
and Norro were battered almost 70
dust and the forms of Spanish artil-
lerv and infantry could be plainly
secn fvinp for safety behind neigh
borinp hills The anxiliarv cruiser
which ioined Schlev's fleet lust be-
fore the battle took place. was hit by
sbelIs from tbe forts and if is be-
lieved that she has been seriously
damaged After seeking the prore,.-
tion of tbe iutting headlands, the
/ Spantsh warsbips continued to fire
nroiectiles over the hills toward the
aeet hut had no range. not even di-
rection. to their shots. and the shells
fell harmlessly into the sea. That the
number OF killed ana wounded on the
spanish SIDE was enormous no one
douDts, 1or tllne ana again the Anne
rlcah shells mt 'he batteries square,
~ ana anna the nylhS riiasohr! anu
the dismantleo guns the iornns Oh the
men could pe seen. Inc damage uohe
, 10 the american meet cannon ne learh-
ed' but IL rs not tnoughI tha' any per
son was kllleu IL lhueeu any ohe was
wounded
ANOTHER ACCOUNI.
PORT ANTONIO, Ja., June 1.-(De-
layed in transmission 1.-The AssocIa-
ted Press steamer Dandy which arriv-
ed here tonight reports that the fleet
of Commodore Schley yesterday at
tackled the batteries at Santiago, and
the fleet of Cervera lying in the har-
Dor. The Spanish flagship Cristobal
Colon was struck twice by shells from
the Massachusetts and the batteries
were badly damaged by the firing of
the cruiser New Orleans Three hun
dred shots were fired by the Spaniards
, ana one-1ourtn or that huihoer ny lne
Niherlcahs' NO Aiherlcah 'eeeoi ""'
nit ana no one on the shlPs lnJuie'''
Inc spanish loss was hoC he"Ns'
CERNERA IN n IRAP.
NEW YORK, June "A dispatch to
the World from San Domingo says:
The American fleet, attempting to
force the Spanish squadron which
has taken refuge in Santiago de Cuba
to engage in battle on Tuesday, our
5 vessels bombarded Forts MORO. Soca-
pa and Punta Gorda. discharging 20
q shots. The Spanish did not dare to
\ place themselves in position to re-
q turn the fire of the American fleet
Only the cruiser Colon discharged
n few useless shots. The Spanish feel
? ing at Santiago now is that Admiral
: Cervera's fleet is in rat trap. Fri
vate news from Porto Rico shows that
AZ persons We're injured during the
bombardment of San Juan. The lane
batteries suffered heavy damage The
g Americans and Cubans here have to
i day transmitted by mail pre-announ