The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-06-07
THE COLON AS A BAIT
But SchIey Beat Spaniards at
Their Own Game.
SCHLEY COOL AS ICt
AMERICANS JEER THE s1AN-
JARDS' BAD AIN.
sCHlIY WORKS HIS GUNS ON THE FLY.
Stands Upon the Deck Chewing His Cigar.
and With Glass in Hand. Gives His
Orders With Inimitabe
Phlarm.
Phlegm.

N,1Is -
off SANTIAGO de Cuba. June 3.-ief
the Associated Press Dlspaich ho't
Wandn. via Kingston. june he htI
r,athnaIly sealrdfiect Of Spain in the har-
lor Of Santiago de Cuba got ITS INST
I t,ste Of American ~gun-poWder on Tues
a,v ,ftnrnoon and it was evidently not
10 the liking of the SpaniartS, !of WIN
the bic American Warships iIrln@ Only
two rounds from their largest guns one
Snanish ship was hit and parts Of forts
wore DESTROYED. One 12-incn Shcll from
:. The Massachusetts plunged into the deck
of the Reina Maria. the partly dlSlmahtied
Spanish cruiser. and killed eight Span
iardS. besides Woumding many moro. Al
! fer the discovery Of the fleet Of the enemy
! on Sunday Commodore Schley Wailrd
forty-eight hours to see II they Wtillt
venture cut. No movement WAS made.
however and on Tuesday morning the
Commodore decided he would ind odt
lust how far in the mouth Of the haEhor
the Spanish armored cruiser 'rlStpbal
Colon WAS located. appearance ut dIli'f-
ent angles being very deceptive. III ad-
dition 10 this. he was confident that III"
forts would return his fire and III that
Z WAY TIC lot6lIol VI llN b'l'tHi''iN8 $500
and the probable accuracy of their aim
could be determined.
At 10 o'clock. accompanied by Lieu
tenant Sears. Lieutenant Wells and En-
sign McCauIley. all of the flagship, he
boarded the Yacht Vixen and was taken
To the Massachusetts. Up to the time of
IS going on board there was no intima-
tion on the hattleship that She would be
allowed TO shoot.
After lunch Commodore Schley. with
his staff. Went forWard and took UP Il
position near the coming tower. Lieut.
cmant Sears. ut precisely 12.4o o'clock
si@nalled to the Iowa and the New Or
leans to swing into line and follow the
movements Of the flagship.
Eel them to clear for action said
the Commodore; and the Signal and
hardly been made out when 4 cheer from
each ship came over the water.
Tell them TO get ready for firing and
go To quarters" added the Commodorc.
The men were at their guns in AR in
stant.
Fire only with the large guns: Get
the ship in the harbor. and hit her if vou
c'n. hut don't fire ut the forts. The New
Orleans may try Il few shots ut MORO
for Il range"
In" Sims We're ready to move in when
captain lil@@lnson. preparing to 20 to
ms flGhtin@ station in the stccl-protrctpd
coming tower. said: You had better ~tcn
in the tower. Commodore. YOU will be
sure there"
No. replied Commodore Schley. |
want to see things; | can't see there
Then. still chewing his cigar. he stood
with his glasses in his hand. looking
toward the objective point.
! The men of the secondary batteries
Wll" Wer" not busy. protitcd by the exam
pie and stood out on the open deck and
watched the firing of the guns. The three
war vessels were then about SiN miles
from The entrance of the bay TO thr
southwest of it where the CriStobaI Colon
could not be seen as she Law broadsidp
on to the narrow entrance. There was
but one place where she could be fired
ut by the American ships and the firing
would have To be done, if the Sims
were moving. in two minutes.
60 ahead at 10 knots northcaSt." was
the order issued by the Commodore and
the ships Strengthened out.
Ilrt when You are ut about 800
:, yards. was the next order from the
4 ."nlil"d"fe' VIII" stood on top Of The l.;
men gun turret. Soon there was =
lfl&htlui roar and an immense half ton
proectilc, propelled by the explosion nr
''H'H vi iON Ger. Went nv
J ing toward the mark. For three seconds
II iieW along its trajectory and whom il
cropped there arose Il fountain of wafer
winch for Il minute hid the Colon From,
sight, Wlile Il ringing cheer Went M
from tn" JackicS on deck. "a IittI,
snort there. Try Your other Il li1tl,
higher up" said the Commodore and
: eleyating it to 5000 yards. the snconl
Dig gun hurled a projectile toward tn,
; enemy.
y fair hit" cried the men as the shell
crashed INTO the stem Of the Mercedes
:, ~ 'No AT guns then Spokc.lfter thi
= the entrance of the harbor of Santiar,
dc Cuba was closed out of vision fio,,
one board of hattlrShip.
by tins time the cruiser New OrIn.n,
hau come IL range and the forts vnr.
: opening a steady fire from what avi
! arhlly seemed to be high power faoaer,
guns The shells dropped thick and fas
over or short of the Massachusetts an,
+ the American bluejackets ieered nm,
| laughed ut the bad aim Of the Spaniards
+. ohe very we'll put shot close through III,
= upper works Of the Massachusetts I'm
: il did not hit anything and simnIv m.'I
Il SplaShlng in the water upon the Ohio
!. side of the battle ship.
: lhe long rifles of the New OrIe,n,
t We're by this time playing Il tatto on III,
: low forts near the shore so rs to drav
men IRE ana ascertain their range.
The trlStobal Colon opened fire VIII
ler big guns. but their shells never onc.
came near the line. while it is believe,
:. several SHOTS Of the American squadro,
damaged the Spanish warship.
II After running a mile to the oost ~, ~
til" Massachusetts followed bv tbn nthn
: american ships circled around ana ~,
DICK over very nearly the same co,r,o
Sleamlllg west by south. On rettin~ ma,
q the range where the firing opened ~,
e WarSiIps delivered one more round frar
Il their Starhoard batteries and drnw -,
OF the Spaniards range. "
r Tor half an hour after the Sims ~,
passed a mile out Of the range Of fl,