New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-15
THE ARMS WE'RE FOR CUBA.


INTENDED FOR THE USE OF INsuRREcTIoNIsTs-
| THE COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS AT FERNAYpINA
| SEXES 100 IN MR. BoRDEN's WAREHOUSE
TIE AMANDIs At BEAUFORT. n. c.
fBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUHE.l
Jacksonville. Fla. Jan. H.-Prominent Cubans
mere profess TO know all about the movement in
| which the two Spaniaris at Fernardna are i'm
plicated. and say that Mantell and Mrand are
| simply Cuban insurrectionsts under assumed
| names. The OF leading cigarmaker. a
Cuban. smiled knowingly tonight when the sub
ject was mentioned to him and added:
There dozens Of Cubans In this city to-
night who can probably tell just where Mantell
ana Mlrandi are now and who and what they
are. This thing has been known TO the pa
triots all over Florida for the last six weeks,
but. OF cot ise, they have kept II TO themselves.
have heard that about twenty-five or thirty
cisarmakers from here and Tampa had joined
the expedition and now form part OF the 800
men who are rendezvouscd on an obscure island
in the Gulf Of Mexico, awaiting the arrival of
the Baracoa, which vessel. you will recall. had
clause in her charter made through Borden
which permitted her TO take on board 300 laborers
with their boxes and tools and transport them
from one port ~ the West Indies to another.
The cavalry equipments found in fernandina
were undoubtedly intended for these men.
Would Cuban insurrectonis,s be likely to re-
Qulre this sort Of accoutrements?" the young
man was asked
Yes. In former instructions the Cuban troops
fought at a disadvantage, being always on foot
The Spanish cavalrymen would run them down
easily and disarm them. They have learned
something by experience and plenty Of horses
have undoubtedly been provided for them. The
Cuban patriots know the ground on the Island
better than the Spanish troops, which are kept
In the big cities Ike Havana and Matanzas Tor
nine-tenths Of the time and learn nothing Of the
face Of the country. In my opinion MantoIi and
Mirand are now on their way To cuba to report
knlp st.a Got, hot
d:tion. or else they are concealed somewhere in
this city
Fernandina Fla. Jan. "A (Spec!al)-Thcre was
a decided sensation in this city tonight when 1t
reported about the streets that Collector
BatZell had seized the cases belonging TO Jose
Mantell and consigned to ~ y. Borden There
are about 100 81 them. and they were found in
Borden's warehouse the river front. Mr.. Bor'
den fra nkly owned up that they were there when
the collector of customs approached him on the
subject In his official capacity Previously Bor-
den had not denied that he knew whore the bal
ance OF the cases were but he had kept his
council in the matter. These cases contain
cavalry Announcements and sabres Ike the others
on the Lagonda. but they have not all been
opened az yet II is said that rifles and car
tridgcs will be found In some OF them which are
different in shape from those already opened.
Collector BaltzeIl after ne learned that the
cases were In Bordcns warehouse. WAS unde-
cided as 10 whether or not his authority was
sufficient to seize goods consigned to Borden
and not as yet In the custody Of suspected
rcvolutlonsts. But instructions from the Treas
ury Department directed him TO seize the boxes
wherever found.
As was suspected Sehors Mante and MI
randi did not appear here again last night OF
to-day They have undoubtedly gone for good
never to return In View Of this circumstance
Mr.. Borden has lost faith In them lie said
tonight.
Manteu and his aged friend have not re-
turned and | have no news Of them what
ever. although they promised TO return ana TO
keep mo advised about everything 80 inns
afternoon | wired the owrer OF the yacht
Amnndls now AZ Savannah. instrucung MIN 10
recall her 10 her home port az neither OF the
charierers can be- heard from. The cnarter mas
been cancelled. and IN" JIG ~ up WIN hcr.
don't know when the owners OF the Lasonuh
can get their vessel back again. AS to the
future movements OF Captain Claussen ana the
naracon have no Information tonight
beaufort y c. Jan. 1.-THE yacht Amandis
has lust left her. bound South. and will probably
SION AT Charleston = c. The captain said he
was hound foe savannah whore he would ht
and the owners would come aboard and then 90
f. the West Indies He had coal sufficient To
make Charleston slowed on deck In bags Inc
crow numbered about nine. Close observation
failed - de,cc; any arms Or cargo. Inc yhun,
viii encounter head winds and seas to-day. ana
viii probably not reach Charleston III to-horro"
evening n q does not stop NJ SoH'hp"'"
Washington. Jan IA Emmett Wolfe. United
states District Attorney for the Northern Dis
trlc; 81 Florida has been instructed by Attorney
General Olncy q inquire into and report al
circumstances attending the arrival 81 the steam
Yacht I.agonda suspected of having on oo''"
arms for rcvolutl,nlsts or intended revolution