Show FIRST FIGHT WITH CEitYEiLI It t Occurred Off tie Harbor of Santiago on Sundiy Night Ido 0 III UI 110 o 101 rokln > nntl blng lIrd New Tork June IA dl pitch to the VorIel from 1ort Antonio Jamaica oay The flnt rnKaiwment between Commodore Com-modore Hchteys Hquielron nnd Iho Bliinlih fhipi of Orvcra took place Sunday nlKht nbout midnight Two torpedo boats male a desperate effort to destroy the American alill They wire ntoppcil < I III Ihe nick of time owlnpr to the lglUncp of the men under un-der Caitaln rhllllpn of the Texas The torpedo boats had cleared till harlror nrd were creeidnpj along In the shaduw of the Coxtle Morro and tin owuntnla nt he cntronoe In the hor bor They had iveleel two miles to fhe westward when tho otllccr ot Ih ilick 1 on the Texas sighted them HirnUKh Ills nlKlit Klasaes Two of the siarchllirhts of the Texis were turo on Ihem nnd tho nel III Unt the men who hael been sU epInK nt the laI guns werc aNuOl1 on t work The IHshlnR ot the lights told the ipanlartlH tint they woe discovered nltol tnty made a aulck ruh with all peeil on toward the Hrookljn anil the rou lIoCor theIr Iml hd MWUII nround the crewl ot tho port batteries oC the re were pumping sl el 1 it hem The rapid lire guns were eiseil The din of the gunH of the Texas tinned the whole licet Tho machine guns or the lIool < lyn ero 01 work a lew 80conl oltor t o YXTJI hid started In The other ships vere I Ing ftlilher oft shore The call to jcncral ciUJrtcrs vas sounded In uch of Ihom In the billif that all of orverni lloet W i cxmlng out In a espcrate effort to escape Search lights were pln > cd on the valors by all of Hie ships The Texas nnd the llrookljn pouied I such a furl ou howr oC mall ohclls at tho tr loedo th1t the IlItr woro ColCd to turn ahout and 1 satOl In the i irbor What dimage they sustained Is unknown Tho torpedo boats took shelter under the CorlS and ne nllpt to purouc th wa 111001 It li thought that neither of them was struck as Ihoy retreated quickly nol they made mivHll targels In tho uncertain twilight The 8panlsli did not discharge tor ledoes Ihiiugh they got nllhln COO nrda of the Texas Tho greatest vigilance Is I maintained lIt III hl on the Alncrlean net to pro YOlit such attacks as these hchlcyx ships have made examination examina-tion of the batteries nnd < l the channel levtllIn Inuch otronr mls nM mines than vvero Btipposed lo exist ruur rows 01 mill IlIle b n 1111 < 1 nCroo 1100 nnrrew enlronoe ot Iho hr Lor Unrly this morning tho Marblohiml rnttircd to within two miles of the inrlxir anil positively recognized the rulaer Closliibnl Colon and two eruls rs lit the Vlzcnja typo and the ills iinntled cruiser Helna Mercedes upon vlilrl cunB have bi > en mounted ninklnu her a fl > ntlnj fort Thisjtaves only two ships of tho Gapo Yerlo squndrn unnccnunted tor jut Ciimmodore Schley Is Bure they aro further up the bay I All the ships were originally In such a position In the harbor tint they oulcl not be Been from the outside but nn the n11lIrlllOC ot tho Amerlcnn vniHhlpn they liMrnjn their presence 1II0lu ncro Iho elltrnnc to wp It vxllh broadsides Conimodoro Hchliy does not nnllcl mlu an nltemit by Cervcra la break IIUt In the rnco or superior numbers IIml armam lIt Amlct over the con problem was relieved today by the arrival or Iwo illlMH ronvojoil by the Niw Orleans tho sea Wa no smooth 00 gins Tho low and llrooklyn coaled In full view of the guns of the Intlerlos The itlHT chips had already coaled The olTlrcrH and I men of the 111 ore nltpcted by the Intense heal livery utertuii In I cloned nt night lo pmcm he cress of Usht OllUrra and mon Bleep In tho dark Umucratlc raehlon |