The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-04-27
news FROM THE CUBAN War
Additional Information Concerning
Landing of General Gomez.
EMBARKED ON THE NOSTRAND
General and Party Land in a Fourteen
Foot Keel Boat Carrying $4,000
in Amer crican Gold with Them.
British Schooner Sunk.

Boston, April 26.-Additional infor-
nation in regard to the landing of
General Gomez and his party on the
coast of Cuba has been brought to this
city by Captain Lamont, of the steam
ship Indianapolis, from Central Ameri-
can waters. From authorities at the
island of Inagua the captain learned
that General Gomez and three other in
surgent leaders reached Cuba from this
country in roundabout course, by
way of Inagua, Jamaica and Hayti.
At Inagua they purchased a 14-foot,
four-oared keel boat and embarking
on the German steamer, Nostrand,
slung their boat from the Nostrand's
davits. Just at daybreak, on April 10,
when the steamer was two miles off
Cape Maysi, General Gomez and the
others of his party dropped their boat
into the water and quietly landed on
the Cuban coast Thence they made
their way through the bush to the in
terror, where they are supposed to have
reached the main body of insurgents.
1t was known at Inagua that General
Gomez had with him fully $4,000 in
American gold.
Particulars about the sinking of a
British schooner off the coast of Cuba
by the Spanish warship Conde De
Venadito was also gathered by Cap
tain Lamont from the 1naguan au-
thorities. 1t appears that twenty-five
Cuban insurgent sympathizers, exiled
in Central America, took passage on
the Atlas steamer Adirondack for Long
N,rtn tc1 Z.
they made negotiations without eXcit-
ing suspicion, for the purchase of a
small schooner, and they finally sue
ceeded through the American consular
agent, Mr.. harrington, in buying one
for 1900. One of the conditions of the
purchase was that Mr.. Harrington
should allow his crew and officers to
remain on board, their wages to be the
same as those paid by Mr.. Harrington.
Concluding this arrangement the new
owners cleared for the island of In
aqua. What they had as baggage was
not known.
Compelled to steer for Cuba.
After the departure Of the schooner
the Cuban owners, instead of al
lowing the captain to proceed
to InaguaI compelled him to steer
for Cuba, and they succeeded In
landing at a, point on the Cuban coast
near Baracoa. Then they told the cap
tain to return to Inagua or wherever he
cared to go. The schooner had not pro-
ceeded three miles from the Cuban
coast when she was becalmed and 1t
was while she was thus lying helpless
lao ho nn Ia,
sight, and without making any signals
whatever, fired into the schooner, sink
ing her and killing her captain at the
helm. Two of her crew We're picked up
by the Spanish vessel and thrown into
prison at Santiago De Cuba.
AS the crew of the schooner were
British subjects the Spanish govern
ment then communicated with Great
Britain and the British warship Mo-
hawk was sent down from Nassau with
orders to arrest Mr.. Harrington. 1t was
found, however that as the schooner
had cleared for a British possession,
Inagua, Mr.. Harrington had had no
ground for suspecting any trick, nor
had he any, means of knowing about
her since her departure from Long
Key. Moreover the bill of sale was
made out publicly, in due form and ac-
cordlngly Mr.. Harrington was not ar
rested. To make themselves doubly
sure of Mr.. Farrington's innocence
the Mohawk officers proceeded to Ina
qua to ascertain II the schooner had
been accustomed to touch at that
island. The regular agent there was
found to be expecting her within few
days, having heard nothing of the trou-
BILE. The Mohawk went to Santiago DE
Cuba, where the two sailors rescued
by the Conde De Venadito were taken
on board These two men are supposed
to be on board the Mohawk at the pres
ent time. if