The age-herald., 1901-10-08
NEW MIL LION DOLLAR STEEL PLANT
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son replied in the negative, saying that the last paragraph of his letter of denial had not been printed. This paragraph referred to the enclosure of a newspaper clipping.
 MT. Rayner began his cross-examina- ton by asking MT. Hodgson whether the Marblehead had nailed the Brooklyn when the two vessels passed each other as the Brooklyn was on her way to Cien- fuegos.
 The witness replied in the negative.
 The examination then turned upon eSseats about Cienfuegos, and in reply to MT. Rayner's inquiry Hodgson detailed these at length.
 Talk About Signals.
 Commander Hodgson said in reply to these questions that he had seen the lights on the short at Santiago, which were afterwards determined to be signals, but he had supposed they were signals between different branches of the Span ish forces on shore. He added that when Captain McCalla arrived with informa-
 ticn as to the meaning of the signals he
 was immediately dispatched to the shore | to communicate with the insurgentS He | said that the progress of the squd Iron was impeded between Cienfuegos and l Santiago by the heavy weather, the
 smaller vessels, the Vixen and the Eagle,
 were making very slow time, especially | the Eagle.
 MT. Rayner then asked: How far were l you off during the blockade of Santiago l from the Moro during the day and night | of May 2S, %, 30 and 31?'
 | In response the witness said: Early in l the daytime our hapitual position was about six miles; in the night l think we steamed up and down in front of the har- Dor distance of about six miles, He stated that the picket boats, the Marblehead and Vixen, were inside the the line of the fleet, about midway be- tween that line and the shore lines. The witness then, in response to a re- quest from MT. Rayner, continued his de- scription of the naval battle of July from the point where he had dropped that description at Captain Lemleys re-
 quest while he was on the stand Friday.
 Brooklyn Did All She Could. In this connection he said: "The Brook lyn did all she could. She got into action | just quick as steam could carry her | We commenced firing as fast as the first l gun on the port bow would bear and we kept the port battery firing until she
 turned with port helm through the arc, | using the aft guns until we got all the starboard guns too bear. We got around | as quickly as we could with port helm | until we almost paralleled the course of | the leading Spanish vessel, when the | helm was eased and the steamer coursed l a parallel with the Viscaya, which was | then the leading vessel, although the Ma
 ria Teresa was probably further to the westward than the Viscaya. She was standing at an angle into the shore. | When we got around the smoke was so
 very dense nothing could be seen of any
 thing in the rear of us. The three Span | ish vessels we were then engaged with
 were the Viscaya, the Colon and the l Oquendo. The Viscaya was about 250C yards on our starboard bow The Colon probably was a little forward of the star
 board beam.
 "The Oquendo was abaft the starboard l beam. We continued in that direction, when remarked to Captain Cook that it seemed rather lonely for us out there. He
 was in the coming tower. He asked why | I said that we were all alone with the | three Spanish vessels, and 1t seemed that | 1t depended on us to knock them out. | At this time the smoke was so dense that
 could see nothing, and I supposed the | New York being away, the Brooklyn was | steaming ahead of the slower vessels. | He stepped out of the coming tower and | exclaimed to me: What is that off our | starboard quarter? I looked in that di- | rection and saw the heavy bow of a ship,
 and said, That must be the Massachu- 1 setts. He said, Tt cannot be the Massa-
 chusetts; she has gone to Guantanamo.' I said, It must be the Oregon and he re-
 marked, God bless the Oregon I said, | Well, I am very glad to see her. Oregon Gets Into 1t. 1.-The Oregon was at that time about, I should say, four or five hundreds yards | off our starboard going at full speed. | We continued in that position until the | Brooklyn's speed began to increase as we began to get up steam and drew a little farther ahead of the Oregon. She was never that close to us again, as remem- | Der.
 "The Oquendo soon fell out and went i ashore. The Colon gradually drew ahead and also went in shore.
 "1 remember very we'll the time that the Viscaya blanketed her from our fire. The chase was continued In that direc- tion, when off Accreaderas the Vizcaya ported her helm and ran in shore. The Colon at that time had gained speed and was in shore, l suppose, some seven miles. After passing the Vizcaya we steamed ahead and ceased firing The men were allowed to come out of the turrets one at a time to get breathing spell, although, of course, all guns were manned and everything ready. But the gaining upon the Colon was very slow; in fact. she apparently gained on us. This was about 1:15 o'clock. when the vizcaya stood in for Accreaderas.
 "The chase was continued then after the Colon. l knew 1t must be six or seven miles away until we gradually began to gain. remember keeping the stadimer at work on her, although the 130OO yards | would not register m fha etodiy,,ar