Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-05-10

,,r York. May 1O.-A dispatch to
NO World from Key West says
T,e torpedo boat Winsiow engaged
.A-se spanish gunboats off cardenas
n-,, sunday afternoon. She disabled
and came out unscratched,
,,sr, Hnrnardo, Ensign Bagley and
49, mon of the winslow. thought ODDS
:, ,bree to one a fair one, and theif
ons FOUNDERS fatr match Tor the
sn,n,sh aggregation of six FOUNDERS.
:. u.as a brilliant minor engagement.
The winslow and the gunboat Ma
.,,as were on the blockade off Car
s.rss Yesterday. The harbor is
,,,crlv strewn with mines and torpe>
soao In the entrance to the channel
,,rea small gunboats have been bot
,.3 no since the beginning of the wal
occasionally they have stolen out TO-
v,rl sea but never venturing beyond
fine inner harbor, running like rats at
the sight of the American ships.
Torpedo boats have tried to draw
ma enemy out by lodging inside as far
=. safety allowed. A few days ago
huoy was moored by Spaniards in
sda the entrance OF the bay to mark
the position for entrance of the gun
boats A signal station on the shore
osposlte was Instructed to notify the
v,rboats inside when the torpedo boats
were within the limit distance marked
BY the buoy.
The scheme was that the gunboats
could run out, open Are at the one
mile range thus marked OFF for them,
and rstrat without the chance of being
es.eH The men OF the winslow eyed
tbs buoy and guessed its purpose.
On Sunday afternoon the Machias
stood away to eastward for a jaunt
ast the winslow was lett alone to
rLntain the blockade.
The Winslow steamed in nearly 10
The range buoy. when the gunboats
slipped their cables and ran to their
safety limit. The siX-pounders were
trained at two thousand yards, In
few minutes shore signals told the
spanlaids that the torpedo boat was
In range. The siX-pounders cracked
and three shells threw water spouts
around the Winslow. But she was
not struck. Instead of running away,
she drove ahead, attacking the boats
Lieutenant Bernardo no sooner saw
the FIRST white smoke pulling from the
Spanish guns than he gave the word
and two forward one-pounders dropped
shells In the middle of the notilla. ON
plunged the Wlnslow to within 1900
yards of the gunboats, while the row
raised by the rapid fire one-pounders
was like a rafting tattoo, The Spanish
We're apparently staggered at this
fierce onslaught single handed and fired
wildly.
Ihe WINSTON now swung around
broadside TO bring her two after guns
to bear, as the spanish fleet scattered
and lost formation.
The Winslow soon unanswered so
that she Was peppering all three boats
at once. The sea was very heavy and
torpedo boat rolled SO wildly that 1t
vas impossible to do good gun practice
ilOm her decks. but the rapidity OF her
me and remarkable Effectiveness un-
der the circumstances. demorall' ell
three opponents. which, aft 'he
Wins!ow had fired about so she e.
gan gradually to work back toward
he shelter OF the harbor.
They were still hammering away
WIN their slx-pounders, but their fire
was Wild. Several balls passed over
astern.
A, last one-pound shell from the
lWinslow struck the hull of the gun
GOAT Pinzon, little after amidships,
apparently exploding ON the inside.
me Wlnslow men yelled. The Pinzon
stopped, evidently disabled, while one
VI hef comrades went to her assist
ny this Time the Spanish boats had
ieueated nearly into the position
~aefe they could not be followed be-
cause OF mines. The Pinzon got under
,"4y slowly and limped homeward with
n.1 heIp OF tow line from her consort
Dsrlhs this episode the Machias had
ry,urned and when within the two
, ~h1 range, let fly two four-inch shells
T Thicn accelerated the Spanish flight.
che hotilla managed to creep back into
N5mruehas hlrbor In safety.
WI, inis Is the hottest encounter of the
,u ~ ~ cuban waters up to date. al
SPEAK '"e' 81 u
me Spanish gunboats at Cardenas
sHa!i unarmored craft about the
hslS, hen OF the Winslow, but mounting
When the Three Friends came near
'.lsha at II o'clock Monday forenoon.
cl,'ilgle OF masts and murky\ smoke
s6 guu northeast from Moro castle for
Ws,u u' ten miles looked as II the fleet
,,ese assembled in marine conyen-
mr.. ~ proved to be the Norwegian
bv't,hhahtman Bratzberg, surrounded
n s ne gunboats Newport, Mangroye.
na1 sn,ai Spanish schooner. and two
bs,r dispatch boats. The Bratz-
elebs NAG been captured in the morning
nS S" miles east OF Moro by the New,
van van which picked up also a deep Ha-
ss' go 1shing schooner. The Bratzberc
wera nigh and light. Her decks
wera pullt high with cattle pens. which
Ia re-, empty. The steamer was trying
oyer Sn NE blockade In Havana when
surnn, auied by the Newport. and was
her h ay stopped by a shot across
Was lows, This is the steamer which
MeSio gaptured several days ago from
a Ian ports bound for Havana with
into OF live cattle She was taken
tlon i hsy West but released on condl .
a ns,, MAJ the cargo would be taken Ia
T Neutral destination. " 'aAeh 10
Nar -v sratzberg sailed away with tho
OF ba,raa nag flying, with promises
"k good. She turned Up again