Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 May 1891 — THE ESMERALDA WILL FIGHT. [ARTICLE]

THE ESMERALDA WILL FIGHT.

Her Captain Says the Itata Was Not Touched by the Charleston, San Francisco, May 18.—The Chronicle has received a dispatch fron*, Acapulco 1 from a naval officer on board the Charles- j ton. The dispatch is dated Saturday, and i says, in part: “The Charleston arriyed j here early this morning, passing close to the Esmeralda as she entered the harbor, I the Charleston anchoring and clearing the ; shipfor action, to be ready for emergen- j cies. Later in the day a formal interview ; took place between Captain Remy, of the Charleston, and the captain of the Esmeralda, the latter stating that the Charleston should never take the Itata until the i Esmeralda was sunk. Captain Remy replied; H have orders to take the Itata The fact that the Esmeralda is present will make no difference whatever.’ ” In Acapulco a fight is expected if the Itata appears. An officer of the Esmeralda, In reply to' a question put to him in the telegraph j office at Acapulco as to the probability of a sea fight between the Charleston and Esmeralda, said, in a jocular and rather ambiguous way: “Oh, the Itata is already out of danger. She has plenty of coal and provisions to carry her to her destination.” This remark has given rise to the report that theTtata coaled at sea, and proceeded to her destination, while the Chilian wa r j ship steamed for Acapulco to throw the , United States authorities off the track.