The herald., 1898-05-28
LOCATES THE SQUADRON AT
SANTIAGO
BLANC0'S ADvICES TO MADRID
Confirm the Statement and Add That
Admiral Sampson Is Playing
Athe Game Of Cork
Associated Press Special Wire


ated Press.) The arrival Of the gunboat
Hawk. a converted yacht, put the flying
squadron this morning into state Of fer
ment and anticipation.
She brought news that the Spanish
squadron under Admiral Cervera, for
which Commodore Schley is looking. was
at Santiago de Cuba. Commodore Schley
made immediate preparations to go in pur-
suit of the enemy. but as the ships were
somewhat short Of coal he had to walt In
q state of great impat tience while the bat
tleship Iowa took on 500 tons and the other
ships 250 tons each.
This coaling was conducted with the aid
Of the collier Merrimac, which arrived at
s o'clock this morning in company with the
Eunboat Castine. The squadron is to leave
this afternoon in a chase after the Span
iards and it Is hoped that Commander
Schley will find them bottled up in the har-
Dor of Santiago.
The flying squadron Is now one of the
strongest aggregations of fighting ships
ever gathered together. 1t consists of the
Brooklyn, flagship the battleships Massa-
chusetts, Iowa and Texas, the cruiser
Marblehead, the gunboat Castine and the
torpedo boat Dupont. 1t has plentiful
supply Of coal and can stay for long time
at sea. The men are not only anxious but
eager to fight and they express great salts
ia ction at learning the whereabouts of the
enemy.
A close examination was made of the
harbor of Cienfuegos last night. but moth
ing was seen which, in Commodore Schley's
opinion would warrant an attack. Some
concern is felt for the Scorpion, which left
here last night to take dispatches to the
cruiser Minneapolis at Santiago. The dis
patches of Commodore Schley are in cipher
and cannot be read If captured. About noon
the British ship Adula, bound from King
ston with orders from United States Con-
sui Dent to bring off refugees from Glen
fuegos was hailed and Capt. Walker said
he had seen the Spanish fleet at Santiago
de Cuba on the previous Thursday but un-
derstood it was bound for Cienfuegos.
Tuesday-Still off Cienfuegos. Il am
sending this by one of the Associated Press
dispatch boats.) The flying squadyon was
reinforced this morning by the addition Of
the cruiser Marblehead and the gunboat
Eagle. 1t was lying off the harbor and the
arrival Of these two vessels may assist in
solving the question Of what is concealed
In the deep harbor which lies at the end of
a long and tortuous channel, narrow
being made by a fleet except in single col
umn. The information given by the refu-
gees is to the effect that there are twenty
one mines laid in this channel, all contact
mines. When they were originally laid
the intention was to set them off by cleo
tricity, but there was some failure and
they were changed to explode by contact.
1t is also said there are sixteen gunboats
of the enemy in the harbor and many thou
sands of Spanish troops on shore.
A clear view of the harbor is not availa-
BILE from the American ships, and ia pos
sible that the Spanish fleet is far inside.
Tnis would be much more advantageous
place to land supplies and troops than San
tiago, because of the fact that there is n
railroad connection with Havana, while
Santiago is cut off by the insurgents.
A strict censorship Of news relating to
future movements of the squadron has been
established by Commodore Schley.
The Marblehead landed 5000 rounds of
ammunition tor the insurgents today
(Tuesday) and knocked down a block sig
nal house of the enemy.
Out-Maneuvered
. LONDON, May 28.-A dispatch to .
. the Daily Telegraph from Kingston, .
Jamaica, says
Q Despite the most energetic search,
the whereabouts of the Spanish
squadron remain unknown to the
American authorities. 1 am afraid
there is little chance of getting the
Spanish fleet. The probabilities are
. that Cervera after discharging am .
Q muntion and supplies for Blanco at
Santiago put out agaia to sea and ran
Q out to the Caribbean, past Martinique, .
and got into the Atlantic by the same .
. way he entered. In this way it appears .
Q the Spanish fleet has completely out
Q maneuvered the American command
Q ers and has succeeded in covering its
. movements, although the Americans .
. have some seventy warships patroll-
. ing the West Indian waters. .
1t is reported that severe fighting
Q look place between the insurgents ana Q
. Spanish near Cienfuegos on Sunday,
. in which the Spaniards lost 800 killed .
. and wounded.
Blanco's Report
MADRID, May H-Banco cables that
Cervera's squadron is still at Santiago and
that the bulk of SIMPSONS squadron is
DiocKading tnat port. Scnley' 8 squadron is
watching the Yucatan passage.
Captain General Blanco has received
news that nearly thirty American vessels
were yesterday seen in front of Cardenas
Blanco cables that the destroyer Terror
has arrived at Fajardo, Porto Rico. She
intended to go to San JUAN but found four
American warships cruising in front of the
harbor.
General Blanco cabled that he ordered
the departure of the French steamer La
fayette with a cargo of COAL as the coal
was required for Spanish ships
At o'clock this morning it was announced
positively at the navy department that
Captain Gridley of the Olympia had been
invalided home He will proceed from
Hong Kong to the United States, probably
Immediately, If he Is able to travel. The
department tonight notified Mrs. Gridey
that the captain was coming home The
nature of his illness is not known.
The statement in the Associated Press
dispatch that two other officers of Admi-