The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-03-23
ARE GIVEN FREE PASSES,
Board and a Steady Salary of
Fifty Dollars a
Month.
A STORY OF FILIBUSTERING
All the Preparations Said to Be
Closely Watched by the
Spanish Consul.

NEW YORK, March pa sensational
story was a1oat to-day to the effect that an
ate mpt was being made in this city to fit
out large American schooner for the in
surgents of Cuba. 1t is stated that the
name of the vessel and the address of the
men who have organized the filibustering
expedition are in the hands of the Spanish
Consul. 1t is said that about two weeks
ago the Spanish Consul was informed that
a suspiciously large number of men had
been employed to go to Cuba.
1t was necessary that these men should
be citizens of America, otherwise their
employers had no work for them. The
men were to be given free passes to and
from the island, food supplied them, and
were to be paid a salary of $50 per month.
Of those who were hired the ones who ap-
peared to be entirely trustworthy and likely
to keep the secret were told the real nature
of the expedition.
The plan was changed, it was said, and
it was arranged to send the men to Cuba
on a steamer of one of the regular lines
running to Colon, instead OF the chartered
schooner. The latter was then to be loaded
with munitions OF war, and if possible, the
cargo was to be landed on the east end OF
Cuba, at the scene of the present disturb
ances. The details of this plan, it was
claimed, were learned through detective
who had formerly been in the employ OF
the Haytian Government during the late
revolution on that island.
Arturo Baldasano, the Consul General,
when told of the story this evening, said
very decidedly that there was not word
OF truth in the story.
RELY ON FELLOW FEVER.
Ho,o Cubans Eapect to KtU the Spanish
Troops.
TAMPA, Fla, March 22.-Incoming pas
sengers from Havana report that the
sympathizers with the Cuban rebellion
arrested yesterday during the disturb.
| ances have been released. They are
watched, and should they be rearrested
will be confined at Matanzas. This re-
lease is believed to clear the prisons oil
Havana so that no evidence of the rebellion
will be observed by visitors
1t is reported that the insurrectionists
have discovered that General Sanvuilly
who was expected 10 lead the rebels, but
who was arrested before the uprising came,
has been receiving 5000 per month from
the Spanish Government for eight years
past to keep it advised of plots against the
Government by the Cubans.
1t is reported that Matagas, the ban
dit, with a force of 1000 men, has also
espoused the cause of the revolutionary
party, and his connection with the Marti
| cause has in it the favor of romance. II
was after the fiasco of 1879 that Marti was
looked for most ardently by the Spanish
authorities, and capture meant immediate
execution.
| 1t was at this juncture that Matagas
who had seen and admired young Marti
came to his aid. Hearing of plan to give
| the young leader up to the authorities, he
with band of followers, escorted him tc
a secure place in the mountain district and
patrolled the hiding place for weeks, finally
| aiding him to leave the country.
General Guillermo is reported near San.
| tiago with 1000 men divided into five com
| panies. For the next two months it is
stated there will be no great progress, as
| the Cubans do not now intend to assume
the aggressive. Early in June, the open
| ing of the rainy season, the Spanish troo DIS
not acclimated will be exposed to the ele.
ments. and yellow fever is relied upon to
kill more troops than the Cubans might
with rifles.