Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1895-11-25
CUBAN EXPEDITION FAILS.
Five Leaders of Filibustering Party
Which Left New York
Are Captured.

Washington, D. c., Nov. 2O.-Detailed
official information has been received
here Of the exciting events attending
the capture of the ilibustering steamer
Horsa and of the arrest in Cuba OF hye
of the principal members Of the expedi-
! ton. The information is contained in
long dispatch from Havana dated yes
terday. 1t is stated that on Sunday
boat with five passengers and her crew
arrived from AugedOres, SIX miles from
Santiago de Cuba. They said they We're
/ fishermen from Jamaica, but afterWard
admitted that they were on their way
to join the rebels and that they had thrown
over their arms when they were discov-
cred. They were placed under arrest.
Their names are:
Fernando Alvarez who had commits
sion of general from Venezuela; Fernando
Meldez, Francisco Zaldivar, Manuel Harot-
zarena, Leonardo Wenet, all Cubans.
As soon as the foregoing dispatch was
received the men under arrest were
identified here as FIVE well-known mem
bers of the Cuban colony at New York,
who, it is said, left the city secretly OH
the night of Saturday, November y.
boarding the steamer Horsa off Cape
Barnegat.
In view of the seizure of the Horsa at
Kingston, Jamaica, and the capture of
five 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
Cubans in New York on November 8, the
filibustering party rendezvoused at the
junta headquarters 66 Broadway, each
man carrying bundle, supposed to con-
tain arms. Later the party met at
wharf, where a tug boat was in waiting.
A piece of cloth was nailed over the
name of the tug. 1t is claimed that the
tug moved through New York harbor
without lights to the danger OF shipping
there. In the morning the Horsa was
met off Cape Barnegat and the Passen-
gers, forty in number transferred. The
Horsa had sailed from Philadelphia,
claiming to be bound for Port Antonio.
The party was regarded as of more
than ordinary Importance as 1T was COM
manded by Gen. Francisco Garlic, with
Jose Aquirra second in command. Both
of these officers have been prominent
United States concerning Cuba. They
were in prison in Havana when the re-
bellion began and were set free at the
request of the American consul at Ha-
vana, Mr. Williams, on the ground that
they.were American citizens. On being
released they came to the United States.
Gen. Garlic was first apprehended at
Wilmington, Del, as one Of the alleged
flibusters captured there, but was ac-
Quilted. With Aquirra he planned the
Horsa expedition and took command of
it. After the party had sailed no Sc
cresy was made of the personnel of the
party and it is from publications of the
junta as to the names of the party that
the five arrested in Cuba have been
identified by Spanish authorities as mem
bers of the New York expedition.
The arrest was made by Spanish
corporal and his guard at one of the
blockhouses along the Cuban coast. Aft
er landing part of the men, the Horsa
was chased by a Spanish warship and
sought shelter at Jamaica, where the
British authorities seized her.