Show PAINS ii I GH AT TIHEAT U S Will Give an Opportunity to Try the Little Game SAMPSON WILL OFFER NAVAL BATTLE Cp Verde or Combined J Itcti Can lUte Alt the light T7 IV nnt Porto Ulco to be Ivan Atttotlou New York May 5A special to the I herald from Washington says Spains Atlantic fleet Is I not to be allowed to each Porto mo or to approach the coat of the United States Rear Admiral Sampson has perfected perfect-ed plans for meeting the enemy on the high seas and giving battle at a time a ral place of his own choosing The ccessful Issue of this battle may de lend in large measure upon the Spanish I Span-ish admiral being kept In profound Ignorance Ig-norance of the intention of tho Amerl tn commander and being given the I east possible time In uldch to palble tm hlh eacalle or to prepare for battle Consequently the secretary of the navy and Rear Admiral Sampson have kept the details ot the plan of operations a profound iccretnnd as the time furthe Movement move-ment against the Spanish ships draws lear a censorship of telegrams from Key West has been established This makes it Impossible to obtain direct from Key West news of the movement of tho armored ships under the hams dlate command of Admiral Sampson All that Is J definitely known here la I that four of the mot powerful ships In Admiral Sampono ommandth New York the Indiana tho Iowa the Iurltanwer ready for u prolonged sea voyage yesterday Their coal bun kers were tilled to their capacity and additional supplies of coal were carried in bars l on deck Two collln carry log I 800 ton of coal were ready to accompany ac-company them to pea Iepor that tIvese vessels have Pulled eastward to met the Spanish shlpe have net been confirmed I At the same time ConmodoreSchly squadron at Hampton Roads comprllng I he Brooklyn the Movies cbutt and the Texas with two coi len caring l 6000 tons of cotUls ready to mill at a moments iotka Swift auxiliary cruisers are cruising the ocean In 8 arch of the Spanish leet These facts all point ti the theory that there Is I to be n nniui ul the a mored ships under Admiral Sanlfson with those under Commodore Schley at a point In the ocean previously agred upon and that the scouts are to report to them there the Imo nand n-and direction of the Spanish thins I Is I not believed to be possible lhnt the Spanish ships will be able to avoid all of the scouting vessels As soon as near Admiral Sampson learns the whereabouts of the Spanish fleet and the direction I In which I Is sailing he canget under way to Intercept Inter-cept I throwing his scouts out In front a 0 a 8 to cover n ulde expanse of ennnd following with his armored vessels 1 In line of battle and ready to give tight as soon as they come In conflict with the enemy Opinions differ somewhat In naval circles as to the destination of the Spanish fleet Many naval officers can scarcely conceive It to be possible that the Spanish admiral would be so rash ss to bring his vessels 1 within reh or such an overwhelming force a that which Admiral Sampson could bring against him They believe that It he has held n westerly course he counts on being able to rnch Porto mo and gt his eas 14 1 rarely Into the harbor of San Juan before he cnn be attacked by an he overmhelming left St Vincent American the American force When fore was divided Rear Admiral Sampsor apparently was fully occupied with the blockade of Cuban ports and the only vessels available to be sent against him were those under Commodore Echley SPEED OF TIm SPANISH SQUADRON SQUAD-RON New York May 5A dispatch from London Pays The New York World has obtalnd front 1 W Wilson author au-thor of Ironclad In action the mot noted living British naval expert a precise statement of Just how coal considerations affect the operative powers of the Spanish squadron He writes In view of the various very discrepancy discre-pancy statements made respecting the Spanish cruisers coal capacity It Is uncertain un-certain what quality of coal IB onboard on-board and whether It Is I the best Weist stuardor tile rubblhySpanlh or German coal Of the latter three tons will only do the work of two tons of the former Spain had no large stocks of coal 80 I Is probable that there Is much poor stuff In the bunkers Besides the coal carried In the bunkers some can bo stowed in bags for a long voyage The quality thus carried Is I naturally uncertain but about the extreme limit for the size of the ship Is I allowed All the Spanish armored cruisers have economical triple expansion en dries but thplr stokers are believed to be Interior The pad used would be economical about ten knots until the American nOt or cruisers art Sighted |