The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-09-12
;LlRE OF A FlLlBuSllR,
ROTH DANGER AND ADvENrn,,
GO HAND IN HAND. -
Wary and Watchf"l Are the Officer,
and Crew as the Fair island !,
Cuba is Approached.

and Crew as CHe Halr Island ~
Cuba is Approached.
T7ROM reliable sources il !,
II learned that the TIM =
y Friends, the small but swift; Win
y little Florida vessel which n, u.
On five different occasions landed man
arms and ammunition in Cuba, W.
! engaged by the Cuban junta to nal.
i've expeditions to Cuba for which, i
successful, the owners were to recei,a
s45, 1000:
the method OF conducting these eyue.
ditiops. 1t is generally known thu
danger accompanies the approach q
q tiilbuster to the Cuban shores, but |
how much cannot be imagined until
, the risks are understood. lnmskipr
it's five landings on the shores Of CuAss
the Three Friends has Ind several mar.
t row escapes.
When a tilibuster starts out 10, tbol
4 ;s\ond with a cargo Of arms, amuuui.
). tiop and men, it has sealed orders
8 from the Cuban officers on the island.
J. When tue captain is we'll out ct sea,
d these orders are opened. He dnds
o the dispatches provide three landing
n places. and dates as to the attempt a
r pach place, The tiIibuster is provided
with a pilot who is perfectly fauili,
10 with the entire coast Of Cuba, an|
% when he is notified where the cargo
i'd expected to be landed be makes hi
as calculations accordingly.
w A vessel the size OF the Thr.
he Friends has a great advantage over
on Snan,sh MAJ .ot.war, for the ress
,lY that the smaller boat can see I
IN, larger vessel a distance Of six milest
wn fore it can be seen by man.of:vl
This gives the ti!ibuster that muchl
vav in making calculations. Il,
snndorn, nothing is in sight, the
huster extinguishcs every light,
NO proceeds toward shore, an! the dan
ho. Of running the blockade Of twelve
the more Spanish mcn.of.war and nun
her Gus smaller Spanish craft begins
The The northern coast OF Cuba is IN
'ery wake OF all vessels travelling bets
the South American ports ana the IN
1853 States, but Whenever a lightarpes
the is supposed TO he that Of sps
lion ship, for these ships must cs sny II
emit even when sear ching for flibus
cur: The captain and pilot Of the 9. til'9 y
ured IRE guided entirely ny tue le ss u
|eys. If Hnyaua or some light on the i
1.-THE in milking their landing.
ught When from four to six iatho
rawn told by tue line the vessel is sto
how. ~ as' the shore must be near by, bu
TAX. tilibuster steadily approaches yet
4 the tie closer. A boat is lowere
feet manned, and, with mui}led u oa y:
cd to crew pulls for the Shore on Il
# the thev find tho insurgents aV
N the than: then everything is made
him. for the landing Of the cargo
brush small group Of insurgents on =, n
ate Of i is increased to a regiment with!
If he minutes. Boats are soon rus
did he and fro between the tilibuster
shore, the implements Of war v. !;
:etzer. yeyed from the shore back u, ! !
slodge woods, md by daylight inc D
,gainst ia ont OF sight.
e. Yet Should the lookout in the ,'
bridge, the tiliDuster, as the sun is DIP
ut lost low the horizon, however, see
nto the of.var or any other Spanish,
bridge, trolling the beach near the az
le in 9 1cnding place, the tlibuster
'stantly to seq and spends day id!y
), swan ahout. TIE next evening it
ucceed. proaches the shore and II tn
out 200 vessel is still in the nelghDor
an g. conclusion is that the sts.
IS there by accident, but t ,nn,;
ates. ish are "on to" that !, lap IA
last six ond place designated. ! !
9 homi. soma tactics are employed U
average hrster
ne time The Spanish troopsendea7
ecutions nosted on the movements.
startling sursent armies but tnS W. W
idly in. are too quick for them. :"
ing. In ara issued for q landing 81
MS were place there is not an ins t;p'
r month fifty miles of the t oes's'
nly 1890, twenty.four hours before
in 1895. Of the landing, however,
earlul in dreds Of them in in the ne'e
destroys They arr divided into squ'
or ore eieht, each patrolling = +
or q rem BE- beach. they keep watch ss|
in one We md If no boat approache'
AN easily long before daylight 1tou
vii OF any hiding. they see Spa D.,
: rs, not natrolling the coast. Ing:
committed hiding until the next ~
ines COM through the same mansu y,
ho are en- conditions are the same .. ~
improper t;on OF the next twenty
mean those thew move on to the peAS