The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1898-06-07
HE WOULD BE ANNIHILATED.
SchIey Has Some of the Finest
Ships In the World.
SPAIN HAS SOME GOOD CRUISERS
But They Are of No Use to Her at
the Present Time.
SOME SPECULATION INDUCED IN.

The Public Does Not Know Whether
| the DeIuded Spanish Admiral Is to BE
Corted Up and Left For Awhile, or
whether the Forts VIII BE Reduced
and the CownrdIy Braggsrts Compelled
to Fight-Cervera Intended to Go to
San Juan For Coal and Supplies, but
When He Learned That Admiral
Sampson Had Fired Few Shots In
That Neighborhood He Concluded He
| Was Being Hunted and at Once
He Missed His Coal Ship, Which Is
Now In the Hands of tb, United States.
Key West, May Speculation
now is over whether Spain's four
cruisers and two torpedo boat destroy
ers shall be allowed to remain bottled
UP in Santiago harbor or whether the
| forts shall be reduced and the vessels
compelled to come out and fight.
In the latter case there can be but
one result, for Commodore Schley has
some of the finest ships in the world,
to say nothing of cruisers and various
| srlaller vessels, and could in a few
warships. 1t would be foolhardiness
on the part of Cervera to offer battle.
1t is now known that when the
Spanish admiral sailed for the West
Indies he expected to enter San Juan
de Porto Rico for coal and supplies.
On touching at Curacao for news
his plans were upset by the receipt of
dispatches telling him that Rear Ad-
miral Sampson had bombarded the
| San Juan Notifications and was still
in the neighborhood of Porto Rico.
Thereupon Cervera sailed for the
south coast of Cuba. Why he entered
the Santiago harbor instead of the
harbor of Cienfuegos is not known
but the American commanders were
inclined to think the Spaniards would
90 to the latter port.
Washington, May - Admiral
Sampson, with his fleet, is hurrying
to join Commodore Schley, who has
been cabled not to give battle to the
Spanish in Santiago harbor until
Sampson arrives.
| Dispatches from Schley seem to in
dicate his determination to attack at
once. Secretary Long fears he has
not enough ships to successfully wage
battle.
Kingston, Jamaica, May The
Harvard has sailed to join Commo-
dore Schley's squadron. She took a
pilot familiar with the south coast of
Cuba. 1t is believed Santiago harbor
is to be forced.
Washington, May - Unless the
orders of the war department have
miscarried the troops that have been
gathered at the gulf ports are now
aboard transports waiting to carry
them to the enemy's country.
About 25 of these ships, the biggest
and fastest that could be obtained
suitable for the purpose, had been
gathered ready to receive the troops.
|
900 men for the short voyage with
safety.
How many troops started, where
they took ship and where they are
bound for are questions which the
directing spirits of the campaign re-
fuse positively to answer.
| orto
ny decorated lhe tomb of Lafayette.
Ambassador Porter made an eloquent
address. M. Bartholdi in reply showed
plainly the sympathy of France with
Spain, and said the America of today
was not what it was in Lafayette's
time 1t is believed he spoke for the
government, and that he has at last
thrown off the mask of hypocrisy.
Rome, May The pope has for
warded peace proposals to President
Mckinley.
Key West, May '-Cervera is with
out coal and Is not liable to get any
II the bunkers of his ships are ever
Of an American commander,
The British steamer Restormel
owned by j. Cory & Sons of Cardiff
Wales. with an enormous supply ol
coal for the Spanish squadron, was
captured last Wednesday by the aux
iliary cruiser st. Paul, Captain Sigs
bee, while trying to get into Santiago
harbor.
She sailed from Cardiff under 6
) Spanish charter, although she still
carries the British flag. She went t.
) San Juan. where she cleared for, bu
} there she received orders from SpaiI
to proceed to Curacao. When she ar
rived there she was ordered to San
, tiago.
The collier was captured four mile
off Moro castle and 1t required sUli,
shot to bring her TO, the blank pu
across her bow being ignored. Sh
was brought here in charge of a priz
crew. Her captain has told the who'll
story frankly.
The prize commissioners hav
libeled the ship and her cargo, an,
they will go before the courts in tn
same form as the other prize cases.
New York, May All except A
,, Of the coal passers of the auxiliar,
cruiser st. Louis returned to work
Their places were filed and the cruis
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