Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-07-29
CUBANS HAVE 4 CRUISER
Insurgent Sympathizers Arm and Man Fast Steamship.
IS A PHILADELPHIA ENTERPRISE

She Will Carr3N Big Cargo of Arms and
 Ammunition to the Cuban Forces-Gan-
 era1 de Campos Met With a Reverse In-
 stead of Gaining Brilliant Victory. y
 PHILADELPHIA, July 29.-The Press to- day publishes the following: By Tuesday or Wednesday of this week there will be in Cuban waters the largest expedition from this country that has yet left. It will be under the command of Colonel Enrique CollaZo, who arrived in this country about July 6 and since that time has been pre- pairing for this expedition.
 Cuban sympathizers in this city play an important part in the expedition, as it was here that all the men were enlisted for it, and from here all the arms and ann munition were shipped.
 The ship is fitted out as war vessel and able to cope with or run away from any Spanish war vessel now cruising in Gu ban waters. She is capable of a speed of F knots an hour and has made 19. About ten days ago a trial trip was made off Sandy Hook. On board of her were the representatives of the owners, the leaders of the Cuban revolutionary party in this country and Captain Colloyo. Under forced drafts she averaged for the four hours nearly 17L knots. She was at once accept ed and the moray paid over. Clearance papers were obtained, and the vessel put out to sea.
 She Has a Good Armament
 A contingent of at least 25 loyal Cubans skilled shipwrights and experi- enced men of fwar's men were shipped on another vessel and were transferred to her on the high seas. The men at once went to work transforming her to condition suitable for the serious work ahead. Rap i'd firing four and six inch guns were pur- chased, and these, with two Gatling guns, were sent out in the same vessel, and by the time the boat reaches Cuban waters she will have quite a formidable battery in position.
 What is needed more than anything else by the insurgents is said to be aboard the vessel. There is said to have been loaded from this city 5000 Remington rifles and 50, 900 pounds of ammunition. The rifles and ammunition are said to have been shipped to this city by the manufacturers or rather to point near this city, and loaded on vessels at points down the river and bay. They were then carried out to 0 point on the high seas off the capes of the Delaware and there transferred to the ves- sel purchased by the insurgents. Every thing was completed for sailing on Satur- day night, and the vessel is now believed to be on it's way to Cuba.
 Name of the Vessel Kept Quiet.
 Among those enrolled are former officer of the United States navy and off, Ger of the national guard and four or five men who. served throughout the late civil war. The names of these people have been guarded very iealously and will not be made known until the vessel lands its men on Cuban soil.
 For obvious reasons the name of the vessel has been kept quiet and will also not be made known until the expedition is successfully carried out. As soon as the Cubans are recognized as belligerents by some foreign government the vessel will be purchased by the insurgents. When this is done the Cuban flag will be raised on her, and she will be named, in all probability, the President Marti, in honor of the late leader of the insurgents. This recognition is expected from a South or Central American republic in a very few days.
 The first step toward this will be taken in a day or so, if it has not already been taken. It is the purpose of those on the l island to set up a provisional government at ManZanillo or some other point in a day or so. If the advices received by the | local Cubans are correct to the effect that | General Martinez Campos is now practi- | cally a prisoner in Bayamo, the new gov | ernment will in al1 probability be set up at that point.