The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-07-16
IN THE NICK OF TINE.

| uNFfeuueFtnI-lLle army ntltl Navy NHul
Prepared for Desperate Work and San
tinKo WsuIi Have Been Torn In Pieces
OFF AGuADoREs. July IA. Is p. M.
via Port Antonio, July IS. 4:i5 a. MD
Santiago de Cuba was surrendered to-
day. Menaced by the American forces
on land and sea. dlsheartened by past
defeats and without hope of victory,
General Toral yielded his city to cave his
people.
The end came swiftly and unexpected
ly. The Santiago campaign, with les
| deeds Of splendid daring and dark with
the record of slaughter had been be-
lleved by many high In rank 10 have
only just begun. The refusal OF the
Spanish to surrender has been so emJ
| phatlc and so recent, that both army
and navy had fOrsaken the idea nf VIC
tory without further bloodshed, and
noon to-day had been set for the hnai
and desperate assault upon the stub
born defenses Of the city. That Its FORTH
icatious were strong. and that it's hopes
were brave all knew, and to-day had
been looked forward to as likely to be
the bloodlest In the history Of the cam
| paign; and, when soon after o'clnck
this afternoon Admiral Sampson re-
celved by signal the news that General
Toral had surrendered, the admiral and
his officers scarcely credited the story.
RsGdy esr Action.
At about II o'clock General Miles sent
an aide de camp from Jurngua to Rear
Admiral Sampson, telling him the
chances for surrender were good and
that no shots must be fired from the fleet
without definite orders from the shore.
As the hour OF nuon approached the
New York ran close In shore at Aqua
dores and took up position n readiness
for the expected bombardment OF the
| hidden city The Brooklyn ranged In
the rear uf the New York and the other
vessels took up positions previously as
signed TO them. The swift little Hist
steamed down to Juragua to await
word from General Miles.
Neon came and although the expected
| call to quarters was not issued, the men
fingered anxiously, close to their places,
eager to begin the work OF lombard
ment. From the bridges Of the warships
the officers trained their glasses alter
nately on the signal station ashore and
on the feet OF transports on Juragua,
behind which the Hist had disappeared.
As / and O'Clock passed without an
order to begin bombardment the excite
ment among the officers who knew the
significance OF the delay became intense.
It was few minutes after o'clock
when the Hist pushed her way from be-
hind the armored transports and started
on the short run from Juragua to Aqua
dores. Rolling and pitching In the
rough sea, the gallant little yacht dashed
for the Gagship, signalling as she press
ed onward.
The battleship Oregon was the first
vessei'in line andthe signal THE enemy
has surrendered" was first made out
from the bridge OF Captain Clark's ship.
A cheer burst from the officers on the
after deck and 1t was echoed by the men
clustered forward.
The nIomentouS Meaning.
At almost the same instant the other
ships in the feet caught the momentous
meaning OF the bright colored signal
fags, which flashed at the Hists sway
ing masthead and a great cheer from a
host Of American throats swept through
the squadron from ship TO ship. while
answering pennants flew from each YES
/ EEl lll ANHlbAlbN ~ III ~" @"AAA - tNf~
tition of the Hlst's signals.
Eventually the Hist ran alongside the
flagship and delivered her dispatch; II
contained no details, being simply
brief message By. wire to Admiral Samp-
son from General shafter, saying that
the enemy had surrendered.
The admiral had not taken an active
part in the negotiations, but he had been
consulted freely by General Miles and
General Shafter and undoubtedly he
will be considered In the settlement OF
the final details OF the surrender. He
declined to discuss the matter further
than to express Joy at the fact that the
taking Of Santiago was accomplished
without further bloodshed and TO re-
mark that the terms Of the capituiation
were not to be made public for some
time.
within 1--WE minutes Of the Hlsts ar
rival the signal officers ashore began
sending messages with the wlgwag nag
on the hllltopto the right OF the ravine
in which the ruins OF Agundores Tort ne;
This hill has been selected as the signal
station and from there was teleEraphed
to Admiral Sampson a confirmation OF
the surrender. This message was as un-
satisfactory as was the Hlsts 20 the
Officers of the fleet, who were anxious 70
know the terms OF the surrender and
other details, while the wig wagged
| rnesEage slmply set forth the bnre state
ment that the surrender Of Santiago had
occurred.
The Iowa was at once ordered to
etean west to Moro Castle, evidently
being sent to watch the movements OF
the men manning the shore batteries.
In the Nick OF Time,
General Turai surrendered in the nick
of time for had the plans of t"-day's
battle been carried out the city OF San
tlago would lave been torn to pieces be-
fore night.
The fleet had the exact range and al
though the city was about eight miles
away and hidden by the hills along tne
cnaEt Commodore Schley said that shclls
| cnuId be dropped In the heart or the
town every two minutes for as long
time ns General Shafter thought 1t nee
ABIDE from the work Of the feet seven
batteries OF artillery were In postum
ana go placed that three-inch snellS
could have been hurled into the town
| from all sides, -,
The spnnlards. however. had made
careful preparations and had even erect
ed barricades In tho streets reauy l"
| fight to the very last
General shnftcr and his officers conn. ~.
dently expected the American loss 70 pe
heavy II the attempt had TO be mace !"
capture the city by assault ana eiauo1 ,5,
ate hospital ARRANGEMENTS Wett nv n'NuS
| In anticipation OF such an oceuIIe''s,e, o 49,, :,
large number Of tents having neeIl
- - Csth.,,o,. atnro tho buildings