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How the ProminentA AEsn Of GubG Sawed
hsirlLtvsS; BusL.sst ThsIK Fortunes
me Rsfuseestn IN New York and q,Aeir
Ramaptle Experiences. -5rJl rsirse
81. nFFom the New York Graphic, ~
aOf the three thousand. or more Cuban
refugees who have made fhiss city their
residence, .fearteenA are under sentence of
death. 1t would, indeed, be singular If
shores so near a. ours are to the scene of q
war protracted and earnest as that for the
independenee of Cuba should not become
the refnge ofthousands WhOfor one cause or
another are obliged to fly from their
homes. iaas aifi
The frst shots of the revolution in Oe-
tober,, 1868, we're the first flames of 2 fire
that had ssniouldered for years, but which,
once ablsze, seemed 70 sweep from end 70
eHd Of the island simultaneously. 50
thorough was, the outbreak that every
Cnbah suspected every SPaniardy and dis
tricEs where either was dominant the other
found it polite to retire. The fighting
began in the mountain passes and the
wilderness of the Eastern District beyond
which il, has not even now progressed.
Here Spanish residents were very few, but
those that were there had to fly to
Havana. The capital, which has ever
beenthe residence OF the weslthy-both
CHbans and iSpaniards once became
the rendezvous of the royalist leaders, and
avery uncomfortable abiding place for 8
Cuban ef demonstrative temperament or
hearty. patriotism. Spanish detectives
| shadowed every Cuban, and when his rebel
proelivities showed themselves, he was po-
iitely notified to leave, il wealthy, or his
house twas summarily sacked cand he
chased into a hiding place at the point ei
1 the ,bayonet, if his worldly possessions
| ware too small or his influence and posi-.
1 ton too narrow to demand gentler treat
/ ment. I'd y ~. 8spas a5a 81 80 5nr.r
1 ha eIsEEgING LIBERTY AND LIFE. ~ J
! sAnd 90 six months after the first Pfesi
dent, and General of the embryo Republic
/ Cespedes; formed his little army from ths
/ villagers Of the Eastern Department no
4 one Cuban Of wealth or position remained
i in Havana. Theyyleft in open boats anC
\ yachts, Ss stoNs1ays on the steamships, a
4 night and In disguise, ofteRtimes within
i hearinkof the soldiers on their track AM
II in the glare Of their burning houses. GnlI
i last week two arrived at Key West naileI
II up IN sugar uOssHceNAS cafu nAHuS4rS'
n aboard trading vessel. Every rock AM
Il island in The Bahamas was AM Ararat T
some Of them, Just as to-day every city il
n .his country Has become .placeof refuge
i At New Orleans and Kew West-place
near Guba--theEe1 are as many refugees q
q in New York,, but they Are Of the humble
walks .ef lie, B ir. -s ,l-i 81 -tI.-ef ~
81 In Philadelphia there are 1,e0o,, mostl
u wealthy. men, and in Paris there are :
3 many, all efdWhom were 7of high pOsitio
and wide reppte in the island before th
) war. ~, ..l,o-t,-e 20 i.
In New York the Cubans are prineiPall
Il men who either managed tosbfing a con
8 petenee with them, or have accumulated
: modest sutfGeney in business since the
!, j arrival here. IsaEisa 2ainiH 7ii.n3 ie 9
o They live among us quietly, consortiE
1 a. much with our people as among then
! selves. In the early days of the Isl az
!, insurrection they banded together an
: formed q ,Junta,' or secret orgaaieatio
4 for the aid Of the revolutieHists, bat th
/ has long since been broken. up; and no
"a if they meet at all or work together it
y \ IN an informal manner as emergencies q
81 nand. T, .s..-s-.,, -.-l-5i-