The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-06-05


Spanish shfp Chased she FORMER.
J&rksorvisIe, ria, June l--After q
thrilling voyage during which she vas
eh&s<d and Fred upon hy 6 Spanish
STEAMER. tho nifhossTring steamer Three
Friends has reached shis port. after land
ing more than 100 men and a large cargo
Of arms saa arnmonition Ia cssbs- The
landing WIS r1a6e on the night Of May
=. EsEf 81 Trinidad. on the sosithefr
coast ~ Santa CiAra provinces This nssn
fss afnmsrition were received by a strong
detachment from Gen. Lacfefm coiua4a
and thsss was not q S1ani&rd In sight 90
Interfere.
ON tfs day before the landing, May -.
occurred the most exciting incident Of
the voyage The AIlbasfer was OF the
coast OF Cuba. waiting for signals from
the shsre. when Spanish uarshsp hove
tn sight and gave chase. There was moth
ing 20 do but 10 run for q. and the Thres
Friends stood for the open sea. with the
epanisrd fn hot chase. Through a glass
tbs raptain Of the Three Friends watched
The apaniafd. sThe warship was evidently
erowdsnx on steam. for black cloud Of
smoke came from her stack In the cruz
sef's military top Capt. .Browasd RAN sew
rrs1 snHfltatds taking turns at the glass.
fnasrniy usert came q puH Of smoke from
the cruiser. and shell burst oser The
Three Fslen6F. The sIautaras sent shet,
after she'll after the fEibnnter, bur an
went w,dH OF the mark. Finally Cant.
bro1ard. who In an ex-sherig OF Dusal
county and noted far his courage. got
tired Of being shot II and decided 10 have
shst at the FpaniardA There was 4 IL
pound Hotehkiss gun mounted on the
Three Friends, and this Capt Bro~nrd
trained on the cruiser when he nax a
great connection on beard Several more
shots Nere exchanged. but meanwhile The
Three Friends sns gaining on the Span
lard The engines Of the niibuster be-
hssed beautifully and the stokers worked
with Efsat earnsstness. for there we're
more than 100 men on board whose lives
depended on the speed Of the Three
fFfendA. Finally the fslfbuster left the
crutspr. Ar the warshfp sank below The
herfson-~Grst the hull then the mast ana
military top. isst the Spanish ffag-a great
ehess arose from the daring men on the
Three Frsends
That night the Three Friends e,rc,e<
around ~ sea On Friday. May =. she
again cautiously approached she Guitar
Coast about nightfaii. vest Of Trinidad
rooket-the signal agreed upon-was
sent W. IL WAS answered from the shor.
eia surf beats were on board. ana IN these
tho men and arms were transferred 70
the shore.
In four hours the landing Vas completed
and the Three rr.ends slood Tor the F1mr-
Ida coast This II the third expedition
the Three Frfrnda has landed IN Cuba.
Capt broward would give no Information
about the LAurada save that when ale
loft jacksonville she had arms and men
for Cuba and that he expected to soon
hear Of her being In some Jamaica porf.
Washington city, June A-8snxalo De
onesada- one Of the Official Cuban repre-
ssntstiess In the United States, has re-
esissd telcxrsphic information OF ths safe
arrival in Cuba Of the Three Friends and
l-aurada. under command Of Col. portn-
oadc. with fun carzoas OF arms and am
manition for the Insurgents. The cargo
included sta ls-poenders and over i.eoees
cartridges. There sere also lse men in
the party.