The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-11-21
CUBAN PATRIOTS CAUGHT.
Ihey Left New York Openly and Made
No Secret of Their purpoSe.

Washington City. Nov. 2n-OfHcial in
FORMATION has been received here OF the
capture or the flibustering steamer Horsa
ana the arrest in Cuba Of the principal
members OF the expedition dispatch
from havana states that on Sunday A boat
win hEe Passengers and crew arrived
from Asuedores. six miles from Santiago
ae Cuba. They said they were fishermen
from Jamaica. but afterward admitted
mat they We're on the way to join the
fepeis ana mad thrown overheard arms
when discovered. Their names are Fer
hAndlno Alvarez. who had a commission
as general from Venezuela Fernandino
Meldaz. Francisco Zaldivar Manuel Haro-
tdFeha, Leonardo Nenet, all Cubans As
soon as the foregoing dispatch was re-
ceiVed- The men under arrest were ider-
ufied here as weIl-known members Of
the Cuban colony in New York. who left
mat city secretly on the night of Satur-
uay' november :, boarding the steamer
Horsa on Cape Barnegat
In view OF the seizure of the Uorsa al
Kingston. Jamaica, and the capture of
I'VE leaders. with the expected capture OF
others, the details OF the expedition are
made public. The reports received here
show that after a public meeting OF Gu
bans In New York on November the fill
clustering party rendezvoused at the mnta
headquarters, 66 Broadway. each man car
Tying bundle supposed TO contain arms
Later the party met al d wharf where A
tugboat was IN waiting A piece Of cloth
was nailed over the name of the tug. II is
claimed that the tug moved through New
York harhor without lights. to the danger
OF shipping there. In the morning the
HorSa was met of Cape Barnegat. and the
passengers. forty IN number. transferred.
The Iiorsa had sailed from Philadelphia.
claiming 10 he hound for Port Antonio
The party was regarded as Of more than
ordinary importance. as IL was command
ed by Gen. Francisco Garlic. with Col.
Jose Aguirre second I'm command. Both Of
these officers have heCu prominent in the
diplomatic negotiations with the United
States concerning Cuba. They We're in
prison i'm Havana when the rebellion be
gsn, and were set free At the request Of
the American consul at Havana. Mr. VIII
Jams on the ground that they We're Amer
lean citizens on being released they came
70 the United States gen. Garlic was
first apprehcnded at Wilmington. Del. rs
one OF the alleged hlibusters captured
there but was acquitted. With Aeuirre
he planned the Horsa expedition and took
command Of 10. After the party bad sailed
no secrecy was made Of the personnel ~
the party. and II is from publications Of the
iunta as 90 the names Of the party that
tho five arrested an Cuba have been ideu-
tined by the Spanish authorities as mem
hers Of the New York expedition. The ar
rest was made by p Spanish corporal and
his guard ar orc Of the Lighthouses alorg
the Cuban coast After landing pdrt Of
the mon tho forsa was chased hv a span
i1h uarshfp and sought shelter at Jamai-
ga. where the British authorities seized
her
Following is a copv I'm translation n an
order believed 20 bc authentic ard IsSuo1
from hrc touorters - portion Of tho in-
stlrrent forces operating partly IN santa