How The Battle Was Won

Santiago de Cuba, July 3, via Kingston, Jamaica, July 4.- Admiral Cervera's fleet, consisting of the armored cruisers Cristóbal Colon, Almirante Oquendo, Infanta Maria Teresa and Vizcaya and two torpedo boat destroyers, the Furor and the Pluton, which had been held in the harbor of Saniago de Cuba for six weeks past by the combined squadrons of Rear Admiral Sampson and Commodore Schley lies at. the bottom of the Caribbean sea, off the southem eoast of Cuba. The Spanish admiral is a prisoner of wax on the auxiliary gunboat Gloucester and 1,000 to ,500 other Spanish officers and sailors, all who esaped the frightful carnage caused by the shells from the American warships, are also held as prisoners of war by the United States navy. The American victory is complete and the American vessels were practically untouched, and only one man ■was killed, though the ships were subjected to the heavy fire of the Spaaiards all the time the battle lasted. Admiral Cevera made as gallant a dash for liberty and for the preservation of his ships as has ever occurred in the history of naval warfare. In the face of overwhelming odds, with nothing before him but inevitable Btruction or surrender, il he remainea any longer ia the trap In which the American neet held him, he made a bold dash from the harbor at the time the American least expected him to do so, and flghting every inch oí his way, even when his ship was ablaze and slnking, he tried to escape tha doom which was written on the muzzle of every American gun trained upon hls vessels. The Americans saw him the moment he left the harbor and commenced their work of destruction immediately. For an hour or two they followed the flying Spaniards to the westward along the shore line, sending shot after shot into their blazing hulls, tearing great holes in their steel sides and covering their decks with the blood of the killed and wounded. At no time did the Spanlards show any indication that they intended to do otherwise than flght to the last. They showed no signáis to surrender even when their ships commenced to sink and the great clouds of smoke pouring from their sides, showed they were on flre, but they turned their heads toward the' shore, less than a mile away, and ran them on the beaeh and rocks, where their destruction was soon completed. The officers and men on board then ecaped to the shore as well as they could, with the assistance of boats sent frm the American men-of-war and then threw themselves upon the mercy of their captors, who not only extended to them the gracious hand of American chivalry, but sent them a guard to protect them from the bands of Cuban soldiers hiding in the bush on the hillsWe. One after the other of the Spamsh hips became the victime af the awful rain of shells which the AMrican battleships, cruisers and eunboats poured upon them, and two hours after the first of the fleet had started out of Santiago harbor, three cruisers and two torpedo boat destroyers were lying on the shore ten to fifteen miles off Morro castle, pounding to pieces, smoke and ames pouring from every part of them and covering the entire coast line with a mist which could be seen íor miles. Admiral Cervera escaped to the shore in a boat sent by the Qloucester to the assistance of the Infanta María Teresa and as soon as he touched the beach he surrendered himself and his command to Lieut. Morton and asked to be taken on board the Gloucester, which was the only American vessel near him at the time, with several of his offlcers, including the captain of the flagship. The Bpanlsh admiral who was wounded in the arm was taken to the Gloucester and was received at her gangway by Lieut.-Commander Richard Wainwright, who grasped the hand of the gray tiearded admiral and said to him: "I congratúlate you, sir, upon having made as gallant a flght as was ever witnessed on the sea." Ho then placed his cabln at the disposal oí the admiral and his staff. At that time, the Spanish flagship and iour other Spanish vessels had been agor un adnubrdilWeJbL 'ci.g been aground and burning for two hours, and the only one of the escaping neet, which could not be seen at this polnt was the Cristóbal Colon. Bu half a dozen curls of smoke far down on the western horizon showed the fate that was awaiting her. The Cristóbal Colon was the fastes of the Spanish ships and she soon ob talned a lead over the other after leav ing the harbor and escaped the effect o the shots which destroyed the othe vessels. She steamed away at grea epeed with the Oregon, xsew iuik, Brooklyn and several other ships in pursult, all of them firing at her constantlj' and receiving tire themselves from her after guns. There is no possibility whatever for her escape. Capt. Evans, who was in the thick of the engagement, said that to the best of hls knowledge not one American ffhip had been struck. The torpedo boat Erlccson made a similar report. There is no means of tlling U9V -what ths Spanish loss was, but it Is believen to 'have been very heavy, as the prisoners in cuatody report their deckB strewn with. dead and wounded in great numbers and besides there is a statement tbat many bodies could be seen fastened to tke pieces of wreckage floating in the sea after the battle was over. A large number of the Spanish wounded were j removed to the American ships. Bryan In Federal Service. Omaha, Neb., July 6.- The regiment of Col. Bryan is now in the federal service. Col. Bryan is now actively assisting in the mustering in of nis command and has been eating from a tin pan for several days at Fort Oman. Fort Omaha is assuming quite a military appearance. The grounds are patrolled night and day, and military discipline is strictly enforced. More than 1,000 men are at the fort now, all thfc companies having arrived, with the exception of that from Alma. Money for Sampson's Men. New York, July 6.- The men of Admiral Sampson's fleet will get something beaides glory as payment for their work of destroying the Spanish fleet. A considerable amount of hard cash wJll be theirs. For every man on the Spanish warships at the time of our attack our sailors will receive $100 bounty. There were about 1,700 men on Cevera's ships when the battle began. The offlcers and men of our navy will consequently divide up over $170,000. Coneratulations to the Navy. Washington, July 6.- The following dlspatch has been sent to Admira] Sampson by Secretary Long: "The secretary of the navy sends you and every officer and man of your fleet, remembering equally your dead comrade, grateful acknowledgement of your heroism and success. All honor to the rave. You have maintained the honr of the American navy. "John D. Long." For Joint Attack on Santiago. Washington, July 6.- At a cabinot meeting it was determined to direct dmiral Sampson to confer with Gen. Shafter and arrange for an immediate joint attack on Santiago. It is expected that Sampson will enter the harbor, and reports are current that he has already done so. It is certain the bombardment only awaits the entrance of the fleet. Farming a Ble Armj. Washington.July 6.- Seven thousand men at Chickamauga are to go at once o Savannah to embark for Cuba. Two egimente from Camp Alger leít today. Two Ohio regiments left on the St. Paul from New York. Rush preparaions are belng made everywhere for he immediate formation of a big flghtng army. Will Ak for Negro Forcé. Washington, Jnly 6. - Secretary Alper will send to Congress an appliea;ion for authority to enlis 25,000 negro soldiers in case he deems jt necessary to increase the present forcé. Mar Oreat Troable. Berlin, July 6. - At a meeting of the Colonial Society at Dantzicon at the instance of the president, a resolutlon was adopted which ia liable to créate trouble. The resolutlon provides that no Germán, no matter where he may emlgrate, hereafter, shall lose his nationality except on his own initiative. A bül embodylng the resolution, which Is indorsed by the emperor and many members of the reichstag, will be introduced at the coming session. National Cali Itsned. Indianapolis, Ind., July 5. - A. B. Manning, ehairman of the Negro Natianol Democratie league, has issued a cali for the natlonal convention of the league to meet in New York the second Tuesday in August. The cali fixes the apportionment of delegates at one for each congressional district, and closes with a patriotic appeal to colored men to assist in electlng a democratie majority to the next congress. Pando In Santiago. New York, July 5. - A special dispatch f rom Playa del Este to the Evening World quotes General García as authority for the statement that General Pando has entered Santiago with 6,000 soldiers, re-enforcing General Linares. Lynclied a Negro. Pine Bluff, Ark., July 6.- Goode Gray, colored, charged with the robbery and murder of Bart Fredericks, a white man, was taken from the Rison. Ark., jail by a mob and lynched.