The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-01
PENNS GROVE FILlBUSTERS.
THE GOVERNMENTS FIRST HINT
FURNISHED By THE SPANISH
CONSUL.

the state and Treasury Depart
ments-Pena, the Leader of the EN-
pedition, Has Bcen quite Success
fuI in Landing Men and Arms iu
Cuba-The Party Charged with vi
OIating Neutrality Lnws-Bail I'm
the Sum of $500 Demanded.
/ Wilmington, Del, Aug. Sl.-The twenty
/ Cubans arrested at PENIS Grove, n. J.,
! yesterday, were arraigned before Acting
United States Commissioner McAllister
/ this morning. The court room was
crowded
The commissioner read 70 each man sep
arately the charge and each pleaded not
guilty. Ralph desoto Of this city, agent
OF the Cubans here, acted as interpreter.
! The charge against the men was viola
ton of the neutrality laws. under section
52S6, United States revised statutes.
At the conclusion Of the hearing, Com
mission McAlllster held the accused in
| $500 bail each for court. It is expected
they will get BAIL Ralp deSoto, who was
one of the leaders in the expedition, may
| be held by the commissioner.
! Wilmington, Del, Aug. 3l.-The United
| States authorities here were kept busy
until 10 O'Clock tonight making out bail
bonds for twenty prisoners. The court
| room was a busy scene and many prom
! iuent Cubans from Philadelphia and else
where were present. There was no trouble
in securing the bonds.
| DR.. ]. A. Draper, one Of the most prom
| inent physicians in Delaware, and who Is
personal friend Of Ambas-
sador Bayard and United States
Senator Gray went on four
/ L Tnag lrn 1guf1 Ia
president of the National Morocco Mems
| Association, also went on six bonds.
! Ralph de Soto, who had charge of con-
cenuating the expedition here, went Sc
curity for the remaining ten.
1t was suggested that he (de Soto) be
held under bonds, he having admitted
| that he was with the party, but his at
torney held himself responsible for his
clients appearance should he be wanted.
The Cuban's are pleased with the treat
ment accorded them by the government
| officers and express themselvs as much
! touched because of the sympathy shown
BY the people of Wilmington. They were
! in custody for about thirty hours. The
case will probably come up before Judge
Wales in the United States court on
Sept. 10.
The men are said to have left for Phil
adelphia. They were permitted to take
their personal baggage, which includes
the letters addressed to Gen. Gomez, but
the arms and ammunition are held by the
marshal.
washington, Aug. S1.-The first infor-
nation the United States government had
Of the contemplated Wilmington filibus-
| tering expedition to Cuba came to the
/ state department here in telegram from
! the Spanish consul at Philadelphia. II
| was al once transmitted to the Secretary
! Of the Treasury by Acting Secretary Of
] Al fol ah
/ sui al Philadelphia is about to make COM
| plant under oath at Wilmington on
knowledge and belief that an armed eX-
! pedition left that port at midnight last
night on the tug Taurus to be transferred
to a steamer for hostile purposes against
the peace of Spain in violation Of the neu-
| trality statutes Of the United States. The
name of steamer to which the expedition
/ was to be transferred has not so far been
| ascertained, but the evidence against the
/ Taurus appears strong. The Spanish con-
| sui asks, in the name of the Spanish min
! lister, that steps be taken to hold any
steamer with suspicious assemblage on
board, and to detain the Taurus until an
opportunity can be afforded to institute
due judicial proceedings to-day"
Instructions were Immediately sent the
collector OF customs at Philadelphia, to
the commander of revenue cutter Hamil-
ton at Philadelphia, to the custom officers
2
toms at Wilmington, Dell to look out
for the expedition on the Taurus.
A telegram dated Wilmington, Del, at
6:20 o'clock p. m, yesterday from George
L. Townsend, collector of customs at that
port reported the capture of the Taurus,
bound for Cuba, with arms, twenty men
and twenty-seven cases of ammunition"
Philadelphia, Aug 31.-The Cuban nil
busters expedition, which came to grief
at PENIS Grove. n. j., last night, was
planned in Philadelphia, and the first hint
the government officials had Of the move
ment came from DIT. J. COngosto, the
Spanish consul at this port. Wilmington
was chosen as the point of departure,
it is stated, because the close Inspections
made by the customs officers of this dis
trict makes it impossible for such a
scheme to escdpe detection, and probably
also because a similar expedition sue
cessfully evaded the officers of the Will
mington district about a month ago.
Regarding the PENIS Grove capture,
DR.. Congosto said to-day: "Branfio Pena,
who is mentioned in the Wilmington dis
patches as the leader of the expedition,
and Col Emmilla Nunez, who bailed- some
of the men arrested, are leading spirits
Of the Cubans Of Philadelphia. They have
been very active in sending arms and
ammunition to the Cuban insurgents, and
must say they have been successful.
'Pena IS a member of the firm of
Frau & Pena cigar manufacturers in
Philadelphia. He was a captain in the last
Cuban revolution 10 years ago, and was
wounded in battle. he is very energetic.
do not know Col. Nunez personally, but
] know that he was a colonel in the Gu
ban revolution 10 years ago.
These expeditions" said the consul,
''are like fieas. You catch them here and
then you catch them there. Wilmington
was chosen in these cases, / suppose, be-
cause it was thought the shipment could
be gotten away there easier than any
other place"
Havana. Aug. S1.-A dispatch from San
ia Clara says that Col. Palanca. with his
command had had a sharp battle with
rebel bands under Suarey and Hayas. at
Cariblance. The rebels were dispersed
and their camp captured. Their loss is
unknown. The government troops are
pursuing the fleeing insurgents
A dispatch from Santa Clara SAYS
Lieut., CObos, who. with his command, is
detached at Matas learned that on Aug.
2S a band of rebels attacked the pIanta-
tion at Macegua. Cobos Immediately
started FOR the plantation with seven
teen men and on the way met force Of
80 rebels under Leader rermudez A