Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-02-25
LATE NEWS BY WIRE
Seizure at New York of Oubans as
Filibusters.
ALL But THE LEADERS RELEASED
Charged With Violating. the Neu'
traIity Act.
MINISTER DE LONE ACTED

NEW YORK, February 25.-Gen Calixto
Garcia and about sixty other Of the leading
spirits in the Cuban revolutionary cause
we're arrested by United States deputy mar
shals on board the British steamship Ber-
muda and the tug boats McCauldin and
Stranahan, in the upper bay, last night.
They were brought to the federal building
today. The remainder of the suspected fill
busters arrested are still held at the barge
office, but they will also be arraigned with
the leaders before United States Commits
sioner Shields later in the day.
The warrant upon which the 200 Cuban
revolutionsts were taken into custody is
drawn in accordance with section 52S6 of
the Revised Statutes. which is portion of
what is known as the neutrality act.'
Under the same section Capt. Samuel
Hughes. one of the prisoners today. was
arrested last October in the eastern district
of South Carolina for commanding the
steamer Laurada, with the Martini-Cespe-
des expedition, which left this port and
was subsequently landed on the Cuban coast
between Guantanamo and Santiago. AL
though Judge Brawley decided that there
was probable cause for the detention and
commitment of Capt. Hughes, the prisoner
was discharged from custody.
great many of the prisoners found on
the Bermuda and the two tug boats are
survivors CT the expedition which left the
Harlem river last month on the j. w. Haw-
Ens, which sunk off the east coast of New
Jersey, number of men going down with
the wreck. Since then the flibusters have
been watched by spies employed by the
Spanish and United States governments.
This surveillance leu to the discovery that
Gen. Garcia and his followers had pur-
chased the Bermuda to t.ike a large COM
pany CT insurgents to Cuba. with arms and
ammunition. The Bermuda, which had been
granted clearance papers at the custom
house TO Santa Martha. United States of
W "a m q IN .nrf
when Tn ted States Macsha's Mccarthy and
Kennedy made their raid. The steam light
er StranahaD, which had left one of the
Brooklyn piers, was seized, ammunition in
boxes which was concealed beneath piles
of cord wood was discovered. and in the
Bermuda were found several bags of gold
coin.
John d. Hart of j. D. Hart & Co of
Philadelphia was a prisoner at the barge
Office all the forenoon. He was indignant
at the treatment he had received from the
marShalS.
Il chartered the Bermuda. which vessel
l understand was recently sold by Outer
bridge Co, to firm in Germany Invent
aboard the vessel at O'Clock last night,
hear1! that there was some trouble When
l went up the gangway l found about $50
Pinkerton men, marshals and newspaper
men on board. l was at once placed under
arrest. j am still under arrest
capt Howard was taken off last night, -
said Mr.. Hart, "aud SO was about $1,000 in
silver. which has not been returned"
Mr.. Hart denied all knowledge of What
the cargo of the vessel consisted or that
erSons on board were fil;busters
Commissioner Shields released all the
men arrested, with the exception of Gen.
Garcia. Capt Hughes and two other lead
erS. The prisoners were relea ;ed because
their arrest WAS in violation of the in
structiCns sent out from Washington last
week by Attorney General Harmon, that
suspicion merely was not sufficient ground
Tor arrest. but that evidence of intention to
violate the neutrality laws was required
Senior dc LONE Gave the "Tip.''
Telegraphic information was received at
the Treasury Department and the Depart
Tent of Justice this morning of the seiz-
ure of what is probably the largest filibus-
tering expedition in the interest of the
Cuban insurgents that has been fitted out
IN the United States since the outbreak of
the present instruction. 1t involved the
seizure of the British iron steamship Der
muda, while lying eff Liberty Island, New
1ork harhor. laden with men and war ma
terial destined for Cuba
information in regard to the suspicious
character of the vessel was furnished the
Secretary of State yesterday by Senior de
LONE, the Spanish minister with the result
that specific instructions were sent to the
United States marshal at New York to in
vestigate the matter and to use every effort
for the strict enforcement Of the neutra Lii v
laws.