The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-05-26
A GREAT GAME IS BEING PLAYED
Sampson and schley on the Track of the Willy spaniard and His
Fleet Of Fast Cruisers-The American Squadron OF
Havana When the News Came.
1898 by Associated Press.

Copyright 1898 by Associated Press.
On Board h Associated Press Dis
patch Boat Wanda, off Havana, May
%. via Key West. May rs, Sis D. NJ
At daybreak on Monday morning the
entire squadron under Rear Admiral
Sampson was lying directly opposite
the entrance to Havana harbor. about
10 miles on shore. a formidable mousse
colored fotiila of battleships. monitors.
cruisers, yachts. lighthouse tenders
and torpedo boats. The decks of every
ship swarmed with crowds OF blue
jackets and white Jackets, marines and
officers. Around the flagship, from
who's mainmast fiuttered the crimson
pennant of precedence. rocked on the
choppy waves a score of launches and
gigs from surrounding warships, each
manned by sailors in spotless white.
They had come aboard the flagship
with the commanding officers of their
respective vessels, where they had ap-
parently been summoned for orders.
over head the sky was a field of
blue, broken by a single cloud. and the
restless sea reflected it's color in a
deeper and most intense tone. Against
this background the stars and Stripes
stood out In bold relief from the mast
head and stern pole of every vessel
there. In the distance a bit of red and
yellow bunting hung Imply from the
nagpole on Moro Castle. Beyond was
the blush outline of the Cuban coast.
A half hour later the gigs and
launches left the flagship and returned
with their oficers aboard their own YES
0nvG 49,
or black smoke began to pour from the
smokestacks of the assembled fleet, and
slowly, almost imperceptibly, the flag
ship began to move to the eastward. A
number of vessels were left behind on
blockade duty, the acting flagship flying
a I pennant. About two hours later
q large, double-masted and double-fun-
neled cruiser came steaming under full
Roadway from the westward. When
within hailing distance, and without
Stacking her speed, she exchanged sig
mails with the acting flagship off Ha-
vana. A string of colored bunting was
hoisted aloft on the flagship halyards.
and the cruiser rushed on to the east
at full speed.
Afterwards the squadron was In the
Nicholas channel, off Cardenas, heading
for the old Bahama channel. The
squadron was proceeding with care. for
<AufIliTdl StTNeTd Hdu nOt yet dCtudfly
been bottled up, and care must be taken
lest the fox u n dash out of SAN
tiago. around the east n of Cuba, up
through the Windward passage and
north to attack the cities of the Atlantic
coast of the United States.
In all likelihood. Commodore Schley
will be able to spring a trap and then
Rear Admiral Sampson may hasten to
Santiago.
A great ga mo is beiup MIA yed and the
situation is one of extreme
After Admiral Cervera is sealed up in
Santiago harbor, the problem will be.
as in the case of a ''varmint' caught
in a trap, whether to shoot or starve
In any event. Admiral Cervera,
1t is believed, cannot reach Havana.
powerful fleets, each having fast
as well as heavy ones, each
able to destroy his. are closing in upon
him Naval officers here believe that
the battleship Oregon will be ordered
to join Admiral SIMPSONS fleet.