The record-union., 1896-03-19

/ Tt was reported tonight that Maceo
had received the arms of the first ex
petition which set forth three days be-
fore the Three Friends landed. They
were not from the Commodore, for they
reported that they were now on the
| lookout for that vessel.
| On Tuesday morning, as the Three
| Friends was returning, she sighted
| steamer that answered the description
of the Commodore She was headed
/ southwark. and pushing along appar-
! emily at the rate of fifteen knots an
hour. This vessel has an engine capable
of driving a ship twice her size and has
speed of II knots an hour.
| On Wednesday, March 4th, General
! Collazo, Major Hernandez and Duke
Estrada left Tampa and reached jack
sonville the next day. They intended
TO leave on the night of March 9th, but
were delayed on account of the capture
of the Mallory until the 18th. After
the release the Mallory sailed with a
part of the arms seized at Cedar Key
last fall, some on an island some in
house that had been jettisoned and had
been released through the efforts of II.
S. Rubens, Consul General for the Gu
| bans
| The Ardell left Tampa the same night
with fifty-four men and Brigadier-
| General Vasquez, a brother-in-la law of
General Collazo Five tons of the NAL
lory's arms and ammunition were taken
from her at Tampa and shipped to
Jacksonville in a sealed car, with in
structions not to open until called for
| When the car arrived in Jacksonville
one of the clerks Of the railroad, not
| lrF1 Sy1r fl,1
| and unloaded it in the freight depot of
| the Florida Central and Peninsular
Railroad, and this discovery led to all
| sorts of rumors. 1t was known that
| the boxes contained arms, as they
| were heavy and were labeled Colts
Firearms Company"
| They were promptly removed to the
warehouse of Wightman & Christopher,
| the Junior member of which firm is
| known here as the President of the
Friends of Cuba Club Of Jacksonville.
! The arms remained in the warehouse
until the night of the 18th inst Mean
| while the Mallory had sailed from
! Tampa with the remainder of the cargo
to Alligator Key, the appointed rendez-
vous. Alligator Key is about 100
miles south of Biscayne Bay 1t is a
| part of the Florida reef, and being well
wooded, is an excellent place for the
purpose. There the Mallory was joined
! by the Ardell, where the two waited
for the Three Friends. This vessel left
| the dock of the Alabama Coal Com
pany in Jacksonville on the night of
| the 18th inst, and proceeded to the
dock in the rear of Cohn, Furchgott
& Co., where large lifeboat was taken
on board
AT o'clock she proceeded to the
Wightman & Christopher dock, where
she was loaded with arms, ammuni-
tion and dynamite. At 10 o'clock she
sailed for the mouth of the river She
stopped at Bucks Mill on the way and
took on board General Collazo and his
party and A. w. Barris, who had driven
out in carriages from the residence of
j. M. Barris. At this point a large
naphtha launch was taken on, as well
as two large iron surfboats to be used
in landing the arms, etc.
! AT daylight of the 10th she proceeded
| down the coast, with n. B. Broward
at the wheel She arrived at Alligator
Key Sunday morning, and then took in
tow the Mallory
| The Cubans on shore estimate that
| if the other two land that they will
have 100000 rounds of cartridges.
They say that when Gomez was before
Havana with $500 armed men he had
only 500 rounds of ammunition, or a
third of a cartridge to each man.
The Times Union correspondent
has told all the facts with the exception
of the place of landing, which IS in
honor bound not to be revealed.
SPANISH TROOPS DEFEATED.
HAVANA, March 1S.-News has been
received here of an important battle
which was fought on Monday in the
vicinity of Candelaria, in the province
of Pinar del Rio. The Government
troops were unable to drive the insur-
gents back, and retired from their posi-
ton with considerable loss
The Spanish forces were commanded
by General Linares and Colonels Inclan
and Hernandez, and the rebel forces by
Maceo and Bandera.
The fight was begun on a line parallel
with the roadway. The Spanish forces
deployed the Tarifa battalion, a section
OF the Vittoria cavalry and a detach-
ment of artillery forming the vanguard,
and opening fire upon the enemy The
rebels returned this fire, and at the
same time made an attack upon the
rear guard of the Spaniards, completely
encircling their column. Having entire
~ surrounded the Government troops,
the insurgents advanced upon the artil-
lerymen with machetes. The latter
made vigorous resistance, using mus
kets and grenades with such effect as
to check for a time the enemy's ad-
vance, but with reinforcements a sec
ond charge was made by the insur-
gents and hand-to-hand engagement
ersued. The battle terminated with a
bayonet charge. After a hot fight, last
ing two hours, the Spaniards were de-
feated, losing many killed and wounded.
1t was the intention of the enemy
to prevent Colonel Inclan from pro-
ceeding to Candelaria
The official report of the fight says
the insurgents suffered a tremendous
loss. The Spaniards lost two Captains
and five privates killed, and one Lieu
tenant, four Sergeants and fifty-four
soldiers wounded. General Linares ar
rived at Candelaria an hour after the
conclusion of the engagement, when
he reported his share in the battle.
Photographic communication was in
terrupted yesterday.
The rebels have burned all but fif-
teen houses in San Antonio de las We
gas. in the province of Havana.
CHICAGO TAILoRS' STRIKE.
Timely Arrival of a Squad of Police