The Monticellonian., 1895-08-16
RUN THE BLOCKADE.

Story of American seaman Discharged
 from the Woodall-Men and Munitions
 Landed in Cuba-B Blew Up Railroad and
 Captured Fl Village angs-&ear Hundred
 spaniards-Gen. Campos Sick and the
 spanish Cause Weakening.
 BALTiMoRE, Md, Aug. ff.-An Amer iean seaman is responsible for the statement that the American steamer James WoodaIl, which sailed from this port on July 10, ostensibly for Pro gresso, Mex, successfully ran the blockade of revenue cutters and war ships and landed men and munitions on Cuban shores in the interest of the reyolutionists.
 Seven seamen, members of the crew of the Woodall, were discharged in New Orleans a few days ago and ar rived in Baltimore yesterday. One of these men stated that the Woodall landed 153 men and large quantity of dynamite. rifles and reyolvers near Havana, Cuba, which were taken aboard off Florida. His statement is as follows:
 The steamer burned hard coal on her run down the American coast, making it impossible for Spanish maG-of-war to see her smoke at any distance. The crew was informed that the steamer was to take lot of plantation laborers from Florida to Mexico; but it soon developed that two of the crew shipped in Baltimore as common seamen were Generals Roloff and Sinehez, of the Cuban rev olutionists. While near Cuban waters and steaming ahead with no lights visible, Spanish man-of-war crossed our bows, going toward another ves- sel whose lights we saw in the dis tance Had we been five minutes earlier, or had our lights been show ing, the Spaniard would have caught us.
 Instead of going to Progresso, the steamer anchored during the night at Panquery, which is not far from Key West. off the southern extremity of Florida. There was nothing at Panquery but one solitary house. We took aboard from the house in the ships boats and from a schooner which had sailed from Key West and came alongside the Woodall t53 men. The ammunition brought aboard amounted to 600 pounds of dynamite, 600 Rem ington rifles. 200 six-ehambered re- volvers, 200 cutlasses and 253 900 rounds of ammunition. The men came from New York, having left that city for Florida about the time the Weodall left Baltimore.
 Capt O Hudson seemed afraid to land on Cuban soil, and ran his vessel back and forth along the island for ten days until the water in fifteen bar rels gave out For fresh supply he touched at small island off the Mexi- can coast, and during the day we lay there were photographed for the in- formation of the Spaniards.
 After this Capt Hudson steamed di- rect for Cuba and dropped anchor about II o'clock at night at village forty-five miles from Havana Disem- barking began immediately and all had been landed by 4 a. m, when the Woodall steamed away in the dark ness for Progresso.
 It was learned aboard the steamer later that the 153 men who had been landed blew up railroad and cap tured the village and 400 spaniards.
 The steamer James Woodall was purchased from Baltimore parties about the 1st of July by Capt. John NJ. Hudson, of New York. Before. leaving this port Capt. Hudson said he was going direct to Progresso, Mex. The Woodall was intended, he de- clared, for use along the coasts of Mexico and Honduras for the collec- tion of coffee and other products from the shallow water ports where steamers of any draft can't go. The hailing port of the vessel he said, would hereafter be New York, instead of Baltimore, because he was he man. aging owner and lived in the former city.