The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-06-25
TROOPS GO TO SHORE.
Part of Skaters Command Lands
at Baiquiri.
The Movement IL Covered by Admiral
SIMPSONS ships, which shell the
spaniards - One Man Killed
on the Texas.

patches received Wednesday night by
both Secretary Alger and Secretary
Long indicated that the landing of
troops near Santiago was progressing
most favorably. The first landing was
effected at Baiquiri Wednesday morn
ing, and met with comparatively slight
resistance. This was stated In dis
patch received from Gen. Shafter by
Secretary Alger which, though brief,
was full of news and meaning. II was
dated Playa del Este, and said: Land
ing at Baiquiri successfully. Very lit
tile il any resistance" Secretary Alger
expressed himself as delighted at the
expedition with which the landing Of
the troops was being effected and with
the fact that no serious obstacle was
being offered by the enemy. He con
strued the text OF Gen. Skaters mes
sage TO mean that the enemy had made
merely n nominal and ineffective re-
sistance by firing from the hills at long
range.
Sampson Reports.
Shortly after Secretary Alger re-
ceived his dispatch, Secretary Long re-
ceived a more extended cablegram from
Admiral Sampson. IT, too, was dated at
Playa del Este, at $3.50 Wednesday even
Ing. The text Of the dispatch translated
from the navy department. cipher Is as
follows:
Landing OF the army IL progressing ia
vorably az Baiquri. There Is very little, n
any, resistance The New Orleans. Detroit,
Castine, Wasp and Suwanee shelled vicini-
4. u -.
stration al Cabanas 10 engage the atten-
dion OF the enemy. The Texas engaged the
west battery for some hours. She had one
man killed. Ten submarine mines have
been recovered from the channel OF Guam
tanamo. Communication by telegraph has
been established at Guantanamo"
Causes Great Satisfaction.
In both army and navy circles the In
formation contained in the dispatches
of Gen. Shafter and Admiral Sampson
was received with intense satisfaction
The landing Of SO large a body Of troops
as Gen. Shafter at present has under his
command Is a task Of immense proper
lions. A prominent official Of the war
department said that the complete de-
barkation Of the troops, animals
field guns and supplies within
week after their arrival off
the Cuban coast would be
task well accomplished. II Is probable
In the opinion of the officer referred to,
chat only partial landing Of the troops
was Effected Wednesday and that the
landing will be continued from day to
day until completed. IL is not unlikely,
too, that the troops will be landed at
f.lu oil . he f.fo
within short distance OF the head
quarters which Gen. Shafter will estab-
fish for himself.
work of the wnrshIps.
Later news OF the events attending
the landing of the troops at Baiquiri
say that everything went off as IL moved
by cloclwork. First the fleet opened
up and kept the gunners on the forts
busy while the small boats clustered
around the transports to get their car
goes of men. The first OF the boats
were on their way TO the shore when
the Spaniards began TO issue from the
fort back of Baiquiri.
a Battle In Progress.
This Spanish force had not fairly
formed when, with yells OF viva Cuba
librel" and viva los Americanosl'
Gen. Castillo's force of 1000 Cubans
burst out OF the woods and began fir
ing volley after volley at the Spaniards.
The latter had been none too steady
under the fire from the American ships,
and this unexpected attack by the Gu
bans ratified them badly. They got
back 20 the shelter OF the forts, the
Cubans pressing them hard. The fight
between the Cubans and Spaniards is
stil in progress, but out Of sight from
the sea.
This Cuban force that thus appeared
I'm the nick OF time was brought Tuesday
from Aguadores to Sigua. They were
reinforced and posted to do their part
I'm protecting the Americans In their
landing.
The New Orleans, Detroit, Castine,
Wasp, and Suwanee attended TO the
forts and batteries in the immediate
vicinity OF the landing place, while the
Texas did the heavy work further down
the coast.
BEST OF the Lot.
The batteries OF Cabanas and Aqua
dores have been the best served Of the
Spanish defenses that our ships have
gone against SO far, and il was as much
60 destroy these comparatively accurate
guns as to divert the attention Of the
Spanish defenders from the landing
that the bombardment was begun.
sampson Clearing the Way.
ADMIRAL SIMPSONS dispatch indi-
Gated that he was carrying out his in.
attractions thoroughly 10 clear way
for the landing OF troops. The demon.
strations which he made with the
Texas before Cabanas, which Is Just
east of Guantanamo, may easily have
led the Spaniards to suppose that a
general landing wns 10 be attempted IN
that immediate vicinity. IL was evi.
dent from the text Of Admiral Samp.
sons dispatch that considerable land
Ing had already been effected near
Guantanamo. MS he noted that com
Imunication by telegraph had been re-