The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1898-06-01
CAUGHT IN a 7 RAP.
-le p >niuh F.. e: Eo,t Cd Up IA sas lirso
d. CuEa.

At 1880 o-clcck Monday mo.n
ing the navy department received 3
dispatch f-onl Commodore Schley an.
nouncing defDi:ely that he had locat
ed Admiral Cevera's Cape Verde squad
ron in the bay of Sar'i SO de Cuba.
The commodore sts;es thst he has
seen aDd recognized the vessels OF the
Spanish fleet.
I'll not believed hist Admiral Ger
vera will al!eapt TO escape irom The
p1e1lcame ut III whica lie finds him
selt, as such courae WCuld surely re
suit in TIE destruction Ct his vessels
AID the loss Ct nary liyrs precious TO
Spain. Ele sUgsestioH Is made, how
ever, tn4t ice 5 farlsicS may bow up
bis ships r&iher tran have IhSm fan
into the hands OF Schlty, IS they will
if they remain IN tee barbor.
The deh9lteness CT Commodore
SchIey's dispatch would Indicate that
he has etfec!ed !aldlag near Santi
a:o and made q personal invest !isation
OF the harbor. l. wuuld be IN oussl b. e
troEl the euuaEce 10 lhe bay dehalle
ly to see ard Iec1gnlZa the Spanish
vessels, but By efGctIng landlng st
some point on either side OF the en-
trail ce, q vantage painL ccE!d De gain
ed very likely rom WHICH TIE entire
harbor couiI Oe eX'nIaod Ia all
proSa bllIty Commodore Schley or one
of his trus I'd officers bas successfully
performed tnls hazardous undertaking
Ia order 10 obtain Inc valuable lnlo1
nation contained in his lspatch.
Il Is impossible, owing to the late
ness OF tns hour, to OBTAIN
any omci-l expression upon the
news 1ou Commodore S,hley.
What effect ne certainty !ha.
Cesvera is practically helpless
will have upon tie pIans Ct the AZ
nlnistratlon with reference 10 tGe ia
vAsi0n OF Cu0a can only be corjsc-
tlr.d. Tne transportation Of lard
forces to tie isia-d, II IS understood,
was celaJ &C because of The uncertain
u concerning Tie location fthe Span
lSh squadron. Il Ihat understanding G
IS correct, tae probaoility Of an early
invasion OF CuDa Is sWong. II is not
unlikely that the movement OF troops,
which has been Delayed rom time 10
time, Will begin ILLS week and thai
before the eLc or the week The Uniled
States forces Will have obtained a sub
sIantial foothoid upon Cuban soil.
Two Italians who SET out from San
tiago de Cuba IN smsll boat on
Thursday May 19, and lauded near
Mole st. Nicholas On the ga, arrived
Port au Plince Sunday, brlnging in
formation as t. the Situation al San
l!sgo.
rne s.ste OF Affairs there is critical,
particularly so because CT he lack OF
tuCd. a great many o. the unforlu
nate people, especially tae reconcen-
LrAdUs, are dying OF starvation. The
whole p pulauon IS terribly dIscour-
aseo and kesnly desirous OF peace.
The arrival of the squadron u-d3r
CerverA without io1d supplies for the
clly deepsued tAe general dIs2on
dency.
rne squadron has disem oarked 500
men, a1lllIerymen and engineers, ana
landed 10000 Mauser rldss. a large
QuA1Iity OF ammunition and four big
guns, oesiiled for Inc fortihca,ions.
IN spite Of TIE strlc! silence main
tanned by the officers aad crews, the
general impression when the Italians
lett was that tce squadron would Set
out for San Juan &c Porto Rico TO OBJ:
tain suppIi=s and land ammunition
there.
For several days the rain had bean
falling in torrents AM many cases Cf
fever had broken Gu! among tne
Spanish troops.
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