Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-23
Arms and Ammunition Being Col
lected in America.
ACCORDING TO A SPANISH OFFICIAL
It is Denied That There is Prospect
of Race War.
RIFLES HID IN A STREET CAR

KEY WEST, Fla, March 23.-An official
Of the Spanish government who has :Est
arrived here, says exact and detailed in
formation Is in the hands of Spanish Of
ficials as to the places throughout the Uni
ted States where arms and ammunition, it
Is believed, are being collected and shipped
to the Cuban insurgents Two important
rendezvous are stated to be at Philadelphia
and Perth Amboy, N. ]. The Spanish Of
hcials have the locations of the rendezvous,
with names of persons most active and the
manner Of operation. Their Information is
said to show that Philadelphia is hotbed
OF the movement and that heavy shipments
OF arms and ammunition have been made
from there. These northern rendezvous
are In addition to those at Savannah, Fer
nandina and other points in the south, con-
corning which information is being col
lected by Spanish officials.
This is being laid before the Spanish min
lister at Washington and may form an i'm
portant part In pending negotiations be-
tween the United States and Spain, and is
likely to form a basis for request for the
issuance of orders by the Attorney General
OF the United States to the district attor-
veillance to apprehend the parties alleged
to be engaged in the systematic forwarding
OF revolutionary supplies.
A Trick of the Government.
TAMPA. Fla. March 23.-Dispatches
from Nassau, N. P, stating that the
negroes OF Cuba are attempting to make
the instruction race question, have
caused much comment here, and their
truthfulness is denied by Cubans generally.
Col. Figuredo was questioned about it,
and said: 1T is merely a rumor put up by
tie government to discredit the rebellion
There are many negroes under arms, but
the whites are undoubtedly in the major
ity. To show you there is no line between
the races in this fight, Havana papers and
letters state that a prominent lawyer
named Fortunate of Santiago has gone
out with thirty or forty young men of the
hest families in that section. Thew were
gcirg to join the forces of Gen. Moncada,
who is negro. He has many white men
VI der his command. The color line is not
drawn in Cuba politically and in business
as II is in this country The negro popuIa-
ton of Cuba has decreased, and the whites
or the island are in the majority.
II Is said one reason the province of
Puerto Principe has been so slow to rise
IS because the government surprised the
insurgents In that district. They intended
to rise with Spanish arms but Spain was
too alert. Some time ago the government
gave the citizens of this district permis-
sion to arm themselves against bandits
who are very numerous. The people took
advantage of it and two days before the
uprising every man was armed. The gov
ernment officers who searched the houses
In Puerto Principe secured no less than
5000 rifles, but expected 10000.
"A young man was here two days ago
who conveyed arms in a street car from
New York to Puerto Principe. Street cars
We're ordered. and one of them, intended
for carrying freight, was loaded with arms
in New York and shipped to Puerto Prin-
cipe: Some negligence at the depot there
disclosed the cargo. and the arms were
seized by the soldiers
Not Equal to the Brooklyn Strike.
BALTIMORE, Md, March 23-Capt
Rains of the steamer Jessmore says the
much-talked-of revolution in Cuba is moth
ing compared to the recent street car
strike in Brooklyn. The Jessmore on her
way from Tampico to New York and Bal
timore, stopped at Sagua la Grand to take
on sugar. No warships were in the har-
Dor, but the government barracks were full
of Spanish soldiers.
Capt. Rains says there Is belief in Cuba
that Capt. Crossman of the Alliance, which
was fired upon, had rebels aboard
The schooner Annie R. Kemp, Capt
Gray. has arrived from the United States
of Colombia. Capt. Gray says he heard
the usual rumors of revolutions in the
South American countries, affecting Costa
RIGA. Colombia, the Mosquito territory,
Cuba, &c, but they were vague Masters
OF South American vessels expect a new
form of government down there almost
every time they drop anchor and a mere
revolution is too common an occurrence to
attract much attention. The Kemp brought
cocoanuts and oranges.