Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-05-25
THE FIGHT AT cARDENAs.
An lnsurgent Tells of the Engagement
IN which Ensign Bagley Was Killed.
M%@ (By TeIecrsnh

An lnsurgent Tells of the Fnga cement
IN which Ensign Bagley Was Killed.
tBy Telegraph)
KEY WEST, FLA, Nav o4-Tba
S ranama case was before the United
states district court today. The arpn-
nlent on both sides was largely on The
same lines as In the case Of the other
his decision ca
1t has been decided that such shns
as are held to be legitimate prizes Of
war snail be sent north for sale so
as TO bring better prices. This will
PROBABLY not be done. however. until
mined. 71
A new aspect was given today to the
engagement at Cardenas, where I'm
sign Bagley and four men of the tnr-
pedo boat Winslow were killed. by a
statement of insurgent colonel. John
iowa.
Colonel iowa has been in Cardenas
since the engagement and he says that
mortality on the Spanish side was BY
no means so great as reported at the
time in the United States
According to his information. which
seems seen 70 De corroborated by other Gu
bans taken Off by the vessels of the
blockading feet. only eight persons
We're killed on the Spanish side. A
shell fell in one Of the stores Of the
town. killing two women and two
children, while two sailors and one
medical officer on Spanish gupboat
fell under the fire OF the United States
ships: the firing from the shore was
not from masked battery but from
the three Spanish gun boats to attack
which the WINSTON was sent in. Two
OF them were disabled, but not perma-
nentiy damaged. and the third ran
away. According to Jovas informa-
ton, the shells from the Wilmington
dis little execution because she lay
too for off shore. No fewer than
three Spanish flags were brought down
by stray shots from the Nilmington's
guns. One shell struck the flag pole
on the casino in the heart of town,
chrashed through the roof and explo-
ded In China shop below. The place
was wrecked but no one was hurt.
The second flag that come down was
flying from the Spanish barracks and
used by the American consulatee. 80
The presence OF the Spanish squad
ron In south Cuban waters is confirms
ed by all incoming bulletins. although
no information has been received
from our ships. The feeling that
great naval battle is imminent
amounts almost to conviction. Seven
hundred marines came ashore today
and are camped near the barracks.
pending the return of their ships or
of some other vessels.
1880 P. M.-The United States auxa-
larry cruiser Wampautuc brought in to-
day a story of a sharp skirlnish off
Santiago De Cuba last Wednesday.
The tug, with the auxiliary cruiser
st. Louis. went into the Santiago chan
mel to cut the cable. While the vessels
were engaged in the work. they were
fired on by the shore batteries. The
ST. Louis returned the fire and n lively
fussilade ensued for about half an
hour The Wampatuc eventually sag
ceeded in cutting the cable. None Of
the Spanish shots succeeded. in reach
ing either boat. while neither Of them
in turn boasts Of having inflicted any
damage upon the enemy. From san
tiago the two ships proceeded to Gu
antanamo, the Wampatuc going in
about four hundred yards from shore
to cut the cables there. The st. Lou =
lying out OF range. The shore batteries
acain opened fire and the St. Louis sig
nailed the tug to come out. which she
| did without having cut the cable at
| that point. This adventure was equal
ly harmless. Accounts of it reached
here today in a grossly exaggerate ted
form, including report that the cruis-
er and little tug had silanced the Span
ish haffeTfeE on shore. y. " sf