The age-herald., 1898-07-05
The Spanish Fleet Was Pounded
 Into Helpless Hulks.
THE CRISTOBAL COLON LEAD
Sampson's Battleships All Opened Fire at the Same Time and the Spanish Vessels Were Soon in Hurricane of
 Shot and Shell.

New York, July 1.-The New York Her aid has received from its correspondents at Santiago the following details of the destruction of Admiral Cerveras fleet. Three of the Spanish cruisers that were bottled up In Santiago harbor and two tor pedo boat destroyers were pounded into helpless hulks by the guns of Admiral Sampsans fleet on Sunday in vain att tempt to escape from the harbor. The vessels were beached in a last effort to save as many of the lives of the crew as possi- ble.
 . Admiral Cervera on board the Cristobal Colon, headed his fleet in an attempt to get away at about half past nine o'clock So little were the Americans expecting the dash that the New York, the flagship, was coasting up the coast to the east and re- turned only In time to see the finished fight and fire a shot or two at the torpedo boat destroyers.
 The Iowa, Indiana, Oregon. Massachu- setts, Texas, Brooklyn and the converted yacht Gloucester, formerly the Corsair, formed in position to give battle as soon as the Colon sighted rounding the wreck of the Merrimac.
 Americans Reserved Their Fire
 The American vessels did not open fire al once. They waited until Cervera's ships were out of the range of Morro's guns be- fore giving battle Cervera headed to the west, the Colon in the lead followed by the Vizcaya and Oquendo and the destroy CTS all firing rapidly
 All of the American battleships opened fire at once and the Spanish were soon in a hurricane of shot and shell but the Colon kept on bravely until when about ten miles from the westward of Morro Cas- tie Admiral Cervera turned his vessel to the shore and beached her. She was blaz- ing in score of places but her guns kept at work and the white flag never showed until she was completely disabled
 The OQuendo and Vizcaya were opposed to the Iowa, Texas and Indiana, and went down to defeat with fearful swiftness, cov- ering but about half the distance made by the Colon before their captains ran them ashore. Their crews fought with desperate bravery but their courage was no match for the courage of our men, added to their superb gunnery. The Spanish shell went wild for the most part but the American gun fire was marked by merciess precision. Two cruisers, both on fire, were beached not more than one quarter of mile apart.
 Dramatic Featurelof the Battle
 The most dramatic feature of the battle was the contest between the torpedo boat destroyers and the Gloucester. The latter was struck several times, and is the only American vessel reported damaged At first the Gloucester fired upon them with her six-pounders, but they ran past her and engaged the battleships. Finding the fire too hot, they turned and attacked the Gloucester again until both destroyers were afire and had to be beached. Their crews threw themselves into the surf to save their lives. Just before this the New York came up and assisted in giving the finishing blow to the destroyers.
 There was explosion after explosion from the beached vessels. It was at first report ed that Admiral Cervera was dead, but this was afterwards denied.
 Chicago Newspaper Muddle
 Chicago, July 4.-At the request of the typographers the Chicago papers will not be published before Wednesday morning. Representatives of the typographrs are sanguine that their union will not quit because of the stereotypers strike, but they wish an opportunity to discuss the matter tomorrow