Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1895-07-22
PLAN TO WRECK CUBA
DYNAMITE EXPEDITION TO SET OUT
 FROM AMERICA VERY SHORTLY.

Think Whole Towns Will Be Destroyed.
 Plans Fastened, and Heavy Work Will
 Soon Begin.
 "Our dynamite expedition is to start in about ten days, said the secretary of the Cuban club of Harlem to a reporter.
 'The recent action of the Spanish government will force the Cubans' hand sooner than was intended. According to the plan of campaign agreed on in May, guerrilla warfare was to be kept up un til the close of the yellow fever season in the autumn. Then large bodies of troops were to attack all along the line.
 Whether the dynamite expedition will start from near Perth Amboy, New London or Philadelphia cannot tell. We shall have about 150 men ready to embark on sailing vessel.
 'We shall not carry large supply of arms and ammunition. The feature will be dynamite. We propose to send a l couple of expert engineers by another boat few days ahead, so that they will be on the island ready to cooperate when the dynamite arrives
 I've shall carry lot of Fourth of July balloons to be used in new and startling way for war purposes. These balloons are propelled by the fumes of burning alcohol They can easily be kept afloat 10 or 15 minutes, according to the size of the sponge and the amount of alcohol ill the sponge when lighted l One of these toy balloons will carry three to five pounds of dynamite By starting the balloon on the windward side of a town the current will easily carry it high enough above the build ings to drop the dynamite among the 1 Spaniards and blow mp their works.
 "Our experiments prove that the feat will be attended with no peril and will be sure to work terrible destruction in the enemy's towns No matter how the wind may blow, we shall be on the right side of fort for the wind to wait our balloons directly over the point to be destroyed, and the amount of alcohol will be adjusted to drop the dynamite exactly where we want it to fall.
 Suppose we are on the west side of a town of 10000 inhabitants, with 8 breeze blowing from the west At o'clock in the morning we can start three or four of these balloons, each carrying say five pounds of dynamite, making 12 or 15 pounds in all.
 "Thunderbolts and earthquakes could F,,1 fancy that any escaping soldiers who may chance to survive the dynamite would be glad to be taken prisoners, even by the most desperate Cubans Death by the machete would be far preferable to being torn to pieces by dy- namite. When we drop our explosives into forts, the mir will be black with fly ing masonry and missiles far more de structiye than grape and canister.
 We propose to give the Spaniards something to talk about in the next few months The horrors of the yellow fever will be forgotten when we begin to rain dynamite from balloons
 ''The public should not imagine that all our work is being done by profes- sional filibusters. Our plans are so far advanced now that think I may risk saying that these professionals do us great service ill attracting the attention of Spanish agents from our real plans of operation Professional filibusters make much noise Patriots who are fighting for home and country, wives and chil- dren, honor and free flag say little. You will hear from them when Cuba is free. We find that the best materials for recruiting our ranks is the class of men who fought so well in your late civil war.
 "Now that the harvests are nearly over we shall have no difficulty in en- listing recruits among the young men of the interior-sober honest Ameri cans, They will not sell us out like many of the half breed filibusters, who are always treacherous when there is much Spanish gold about. "-New York World.