New-York tribune., 1886-05-13
ELUDING SPANISH ENM1TY.
WHAT cArsEp COLONEL MORE TO FLEE.
An OLD CHARGE OF PIRACY ON THE HIGH SEAS
PREPARED BY SPANS CONSUL

Az OLD CHARGE OF PIRACY ON THE HIGH SEAS
PREPARED BY SPANS CONSUL
The flight of Colonel Manuel More has, 1t Is SAID,
.aved him from arrest OH the charge of piracy on
the high seas In 1872 Colonel More with Em'la
Prado, son of the President Oh rern wt"S at Vera
I'm with some sixteen followers. The Cupan
Revolution was in progress at that nme, anu % ,"uV
and More held commissions from the hevoiut'o 'on",S
Goyernment. They embarked on the Moh'elun1a 1
as passengers, but when the snip f Mas i"thy ~
ut sea they went into the saloon WIZ d,,ner
captaln and other passengers were az u a
and demanded the surrender ol the Moh'eHuln"
in the name OF the Cuban kepubIc; hi.ti yer n s,ro
gle in which the captain was hiiIIn h, Then thew
furers obtained control of the snip. III inea l ,nvS
steamed 70 an island and put the passengers @ 1sno,r
After this the Montezuma was neqsn H." nd Secre
mort near Colon. where fresiuch' i"uo h'" W
fy sent arms and munitions OF war. ,a ho,r
'Refnrc the arms could be taken on board. now
ever Spanish man-oi-Msr apat'be & t6e Snan;or WAS
the coast ensued Seeing that me opamiaiu ,s vas
eaining. Prado and More ran the Montezuma ashore
md sci fire to her. They themselves escaped lnto
the interior. All efforts to capture 'neLh
were unavailing Years passed away and me
affair was forgotten. Bat when More was arrested
on thc Cliy oi Mexico the Spanish authorities re-
caIeI the Montezuma affair aud began TO try 60
have the Government mold More for piracy. + an
ing III this they were TO have demanded MS tA,Ia
dltlon on "A charge of murder. Perfectly conhue"t
that 10 law had been violated III VIZ ~ ,Sn;oi NJ
Mexico case More was intending 10 stand ms uia' ,
before the Circuit Court here, before WITCH is st
bunai he was to have appeared Ncs'iu"t. 80, i-''
week however he got wind OF What 'le HpthlS
Consnl was doing As the Cuban kepubhc neNes
was recognized as abelllg'rent fower' ms ac,ui y"
tLr Nontezuma would easily be proved piracy,
and So he decided that II was hlghIS dcs'aoo 40 n" w.
change has residence But be was uhuer +oVIYo w,
ha,I and ne refused to leave his bondsueh IN 'he
imrch 4 meeting of Cuban residents IN tlls Guy
was he id on Thursday night 10 consider the matter
anJ they gave More So, 900 to send to his bonds
~,nn Tho next night Mol6 was of Detectives III
the elupoy of the Spanish Consul say tnatl lhel sM
him IA ke a train at the Grand Centrai DePo' I'll
day night.
TO ASK THE CAUSE OF SMALLER REVENUE.
For several years the city received comp
little for It's ferry franchise to staten islahui
inb, n Starin agreed to pay considerable al
vance over " hat the old staten Island Ferry '0m-
pany had paid The Bay kidge ierry, run ;t ps ~
rhn Tav EIdrr the North Shore and South shore
staten island ferries start from the loot OF nte
haiist Mr Wiman on August ], 1851 obtained
control of all these ferries his bids Tor the iran
cbiscs being higher than those OF Mr. StaTln hder n
the terms of the sale Of The lease ne pu %ioVGo to
Sonth Terrv l4l per cent of the gross receipts or
1he North Shore ferry, the same amount OF tie
gross receipts of the Bay tdge rgrtE orn anu pv'
cent of the gross receipts OF the South ShoIe cry.
Exclusive of the $4,000 per annum paid Tor the
dock rent the city has received as ioli9ws vs. %i IoI
Vorions onarters from the Staten Island Rapld
Tran'if ra,ois Haiiroad COMPANY represented by Mr.
Wiuan: For the quarter 10 November l; 1854
Sl42>4 30 February l. 1882 Te,oot eti I"S oe .
Noyem5er l. 1875, ~ .O62 20; February /. 1856,
S9I5O so: May !, 1856, S5,216 63. The very
tbe onarter ending with Nay l, this year. COM
pared with the corresponding quarter last year IS
believed TO be due to the opening OIL the ralIroau
on Staten Island from ST. GEORGES Ioint Inc
passengers who wish TO go by rail and boat are
charged . cents on each. Formerly the price Oh
ferrage 10 cents Or 1t NAV De tnat 'ne ~, leriy
engers by tho SDuth Shore ferry, from wmrh the
CITY only receives per cent OF the gross rcceiptS
Mr. Wlnan is abroad at present but is expected
home in June He will be asked by the Controller
10 explain the falling oil in the payments to the
city.
HOTEL MEN STEAM AROUND THE CITY
The members of the Hotel Mems Association
went in for good time yesterday as all the Dusi-
ness matters connected with the convention were
finished Tuesday evening. Shortly after III
O'Clock in the morning the steamer Laura NJ Starn'
placed az the disposal of the ASSOCIATION by MT.
Starin, having on board large number OF I29cs'
most of the visiting landlords, a crowd oi New
lorkeis and Cappas v a rEegmens "aHf 1t
down the bav The patty visited BedlowS Island
and then sailed up the East River to Ward $
Island Without landing the party returned to the
North River again and happened to reach the
National Line pier just as the America Win DlAey
on board was lcay ing the dock. lhe banG piayed
.It's English YOU know and Dixie and every
body gave three cheers for the young coinodlan 10
was nearly > o'clock wien the boat reached one
hundred and twenty fitl-st., where MI luehsIihg
aud a committee wee III WalthE lot Tue ku~VS'S. ~
Many who were not able TO get to the boat III tIe tIe
came up 10y train. SO that there "TIe pe.wuen aTo
and 300 al lunch in the brewery Inc visitors Gee
gated Nr Wall. OF the Holman House. ana MT.
Eice OF Chicago 10 attest the general appreciation
feit ioI MI. Nucngngs efforts 10 entertain lIicn;
,rtner sreoches Werc made hy J. SeaVer lage and
Charles Foster, who also gave several lccllaliolS
The boat returned to Twenty -seCond-st, about I
nm Last evening was spent al the theatres by
nearly all of the visitors. Ihe New, lOIk Gcega
tlon provided each Out-oi-tOwn member Win tlck
els 0r all tie Principal theatres wnlle the cOnNen
ZION lasts Thls morning special train OF parI0I
coaches will take the members TO Mauch hunk
where they Will lie entertained at tue Mansion
House and return this evening.
EX.CONGRESSMAN POTTER ON MR.. Villas
subject which commanded general interest an(
discussion at yesterday meeting OF tHe boaiu o
Trade and Trans spOrtatlon was a resolution olered
Gv President Ambrose Snow, that the Legislature
BE- asked to urge upon Congress the passage Ui th'
shin huuutV bill, some other blII tlat Will tenC
TO reconstruct the merchant maTine IX-COngIess
man Potter said that he desired to see the merchan
marine reuN Nenatcd. rchablltated, and TelnVlgor
ated thongh lie differed with some on tie PROPOSE
f,on of offering bOuMties. VI hen was IN Con
gress," he added, Il supported the proposition V
nav the American lines Tor carrying the mall
which has been stigmatiZcd as bounty. lhe
measure was passed, but the Executive Government
saw fit not TO carry ont the law OF Congress.
think 1t should have been done; IL would haV'
been paving our own citizens instead OF foreigner
for WORK that should be done by our own pcOp'
ond under our own flag" Two members, wbo>
dialect BETRAYED them as coming from the Brltlsl
Isles argued III favor OF iIeo SHIPS: an sac
President snow " 1t is not the question Of buyln.
eLips IN tne cheapest market. What we want is
way of meeting the competition OF the fOrclgi
ships" The resolution WAS then adopted. A reso
luton was adopted advising the public TO patronH
The Commercial Cable Company. Resolutions were
a!opted favOring the issue of " sufficient supply
of clean well-securcd paper cuIrency OF the &c
nomination OF one and two dOllais.D
ARREST OF FX-SHERIFF s SrEGMAN.