Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-03-18
AMERICAN SHIP SUNK.
Reported That She Was Fired
 on by a Spanish Guuboat.
CREW SAID TO HAVE PBRISHED

Passengers on Steamer From Havana
 BrinE n Rumor That Schooner Flying
 Our Flag Met the Fate With Which
 the AlIianca Was Menaced. KEY WEST, March 1S.-Passengors on a steamer just arrived from Havana bring news of reports in circulation there of fur thcr deprcdatiOns by spanish cruisers on American vessels along the Cuban coast.
 The latest report is to the effect that the Spanish gunboat ArCcdo fired into and sunk an American schooner off Puerto Padre. It is reported that the crew of the vessel, numbering 16 persons, perished with it.
 | It is not known whether the schooner had arms or carried an expedition for the Cubans. It was reported in Havana that the schooner had sailed from Key West. ! Inquiries, however, fail to show that any boat is missing or unroportod except those engaged in legitimate trade Many sailed recently for West Indian ports with fruit cargOeS.
 The Spanish cruiser Infanta Isabel Captain Duenas, has sailed for Havana. Ii Is believed she was withdrawn on account of the Allianca affair.
 i Puerto del Padre is an harbor on the northeast coast of Cuba in latitude 21 de grccs IT minutes north, longitude 76 de groNs 49 minutes west. It has n long and narrow entrance and affords excellent anchorage. It is not far from tho place where the Spanish gunboat fired on tho AilianGa.
 With Marti and Gomez and Collazo 1T the east, with the insurrectionists already in possession of the Vuclta Abajo district
 ,e ;- I,x- lence which she knows from cxpcricnc, must result in the death of many faithfu subjects and tho loss of a largo treasury.
 Tbe forces now at work have been gath ering 25 years. On the defeat of the rising of 1868 the insurgents fed from the island and made their homes i'll tho United State: and spanish speaking republics of Soutl and Central America Wherever ono set tied he formed the center of a conspiracy
 GrCatost secrecy was observed and alwayi with Q guard against treaty complications So careful have they been not to give causC
 for international friction between thu
 United States and Cuba that all of thcil moves have been made directly from othcl countries, principally SpaniSh-Amcrican. ! Marti, Gomez and CollaZo landed iron
 San Domingo, whilo MaCCeu went directly
 from Costa Rica. In thosr homes of cxil, revolutionary funds were quickly opened and regular secret contributions wCr, mado until in New York alone S3, 800, OO( was on hand and the cigar makers O
 tho fund at the opening of hostilities $3, 900 per day.
 Story of an Eyewitness. | A trustworthy report of the condition
 of affairs in tho eastern end of Cuba i brought by a passenger on the steamer Mascotte.
 "I havo travelled throughout the noun tainous district constantly since the trou
 bio began" said he and matters arr now in much worse condition than tn, beginning. Tho fighting started in dcSultory and scattered fashion, but tn,
 forces gradually became crystallizcd, ant thoro arc now fully 6. 900 insurgents undc
 arms. They arc in q dozen or more de ! tachmcnts and arc giving tho govcrnmcn no end of trouble. In many cases tn
 Spanish troops have been beaten back with heavy loss.
 The most deplorablo feature is tho pill
 laging and burning. The insurgents hay, gained confidence sinco the beginning O tho trouble, and matters in tho easterl , district arc In almost as bad condition a } during the war of 1868.
 Many leaders are SprinGing up, and by 5 forco of their intellectual ability the, have induced the insurgents not to hol, of longer for the arrival of old leaders The general opinion in Santiago is that i , the Insurgents can hold out until summc the yellow fever will help them greatly. ; Ut is said that both Pabi and Mass are guarding every road. and nobody i
 allowed to pass without giving tho strict est account of himself. It is as much a
 a man $ lifo is worth in Santiago to tall
 in favor of the Cubans or tell the truth B Several persons have bcon shot on accOun of an expression of opinion.
 l Cuban Patriots Winning. I: "Instances where the Spaniards were de featcd have been published as governmen victories Four spanish cruisers wcre il
 the harbor of Santiago one week ago. Nov there arc but two guarding tho easterl [ coast and ono tho southern ' The passenger also said the revolt wOul' kill business in Cuba for two years Mon
 lay is already scarce, and prices aro high n A panic Is feared. It seems to be the gcn l eral impression among tho Spaniards tha ] the United States feels bitter toward tn l Spanish government and would like nOth 7 Ing better than an excuse to seize the is . and; hence their hatred of Americans I Nothing official has hccn received on tn t report of the spanish cruiser firing on tn T Allianca.
 It is understood that tho Spanish of1l
 sials in Havana claim the Allianca wa
 within thrco miles of shore, and that tn : tusal to halt