Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-31
ARRESTED AS FlLIBUSTERS
Twenty Men Ready to Sail for
Cuba.
officials Have Been ON
Their Track for Some Time-Dc-
tails of the Capture.

Twenty men were brought to Wilmington,
Del, yesterday from PENIS Grove, N. j.,
and lodged in Jail, charged with violating
the neutrality laws in having organized
hostile expedition to Cuba. They are still
in custody of the United States authorities
1t has been suspected for several months
that a Cuban filibustering party was at
work in Wilmington. Last night it was
learned that they had headquarters at III
Market street, and that at least one, if not
more, expeditions to Cuba have been dis
patched from Wilmington. Monday the
United States authorities were notified that
another expedition was about to take it's
departure.
United States Deputy Marshal H. E. Ian
men and several assistants, together with
the police authorities, have been keeping a
close watch ever since They noticed a
number of suspicious characters lettering
about the cigar store in the neghborhood
of the headquarters of the junta, and dis
covered that one Of these had gone to the
office of the Charles Warner Company and
chartered the tug Taurus to carry freight
to PENIS Grove. They Swallowed the tug
until she left her wharf at midnight Thurs
day night 1t was known beforehand by
the authorities that the alleged filibuster-
ing party was to wait at PENIS Grove Cor
q steamer to come from Philadelphia to
take them to Cuba. The name of this
steamer is not known. but 1t was learned
that she was not expected to arrive at
PENIS Grove until midnight last night.
The pursuing party, therefore, permitted
the men they were watching to load their
fl eight and embark their passengers with
out molestation, and saw them sail in the
direction of PENIS Grove, whittier some of
the detectives had been sent to await de-
velopments.
Following the Fflfbusters.
AT o'clock yesterday afternoon Marshal
Lapnen, with several assistants, Detective
Gaylord and two of his associates and
squad of police. under Captain Kane,
bearded the tug Media and sailed to PENIS
Grove There they found the party who
had chartered the Taurus lounging about
the railroad station and put them under
arrest.
When they overhauled the freight in the
hull of the Taurus they found that it con-
sisted Of twenty-seven cases of arms, a
lare quantity of ammunition, provisions,
clothing, etc. All Of this was seized and
the party returned to Wilmington.
An expedition very similar to the one
which came to grief yesterday put to sea
about three weeks ago, and 1t is under
stood that its members were safely landed
in Cuba.
The names of the men arrested charged
with being filibusters are:
Pedro Belacour, Edward Sauri, Guardo
Laudo, Manuel I4oyalo, Antonio Ruiz, Ed
ward zero, FREDERICK Montalvo Jose r.
Gomez, Frank Coullo, Justo Caveno, Pablo
Esteben, Gerado M. Domene, Frank Ma
vcdo. Martina Marien, Vincente Caullo,
Pablo Menocal, Ysmael Cejos, Romone
Perasa, Braulin Peno, Casone Toronto
They are all from Philadelphia and New
York. and were arrested under orders is
sued by the Treasury Department.
Another Expedition Lands.
Information has been received at the
York, that another expedition had landed
on Cuban soil.
Details as received by Tomaso Estrada
Palma were that seventy-one men, under
the leadership Of Francisco Sanchez Hech-
avacria, brother of Don Urbano Sanchez
Hechavarria, had landed on the east coast
of Cuba, armed with guns, ammunition and
supplies
It Is said that the expedition started out
side the Jurisdiction of the United States,
and that some of its members have figured
in former uprsings.
Arms for Cuba Seized.
The Treasury Department has received
a telegram from Collector of Customs
Cottrell at Cedar Keys, Fla, saying that at
the instigation of the Spanish consul at
Tampa, he had seized, at a point twenty
miles from Cedar Keys, $50 Remington
rifles, a quantity of cartridges and eleven
kegs of powder, which were to have been
shipped to Cuba.