The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-12-15
People of Ali Glasses Aroused
:: by the Reported Assassina.
tion of General Maceo.
MANY VOLUNTEER TO FIGHT
AGAINST SPAIN.
In the Senate Call of Florida De.
nounces Weyler's Violation of
the Rules of War.

NEW YORK, N. Y, Dec IA. - The
formally organized in this City this ven
ing. The men behind the movement are
so well known and carry so much weight
that it is beyond doubt that this is the
beginning of movement that will take
no small part in the history of both coun-
tries. The meeting organized with Colonel
Ethan Allen as president and the follow
ing as vice presidents: Charles A. Dana,
Ex-Governor Roswell P. Flower, x-Post-
master-General Thomas NJ James, Chaun
cey NJ. Depew, John NJ. Dospassos, Theo-
dore Roosevelt, ex-Mayor Thomas F. Gill
roy, George Hoadley, ]. Edward Simmons
and G.. H. Dennison.
Francis Wayland Glen was elected Sec
retary, Darwin R. James treasurer, and
the executive committee was made up as
follows: John Jacob Astor, Paul Dana,
General Daniel Butterfeld, Colonel Fred
D. Grant, Edwin Wardman, John G. Nc
Guire, R. c.. Alexander, Constant A. An
drews, Frank B. CARPENTER, John D. Kei-
ley and Thomas E. Stewart.
In opening the meeting Colonel Allen
read this call:
1--WE. the undersigned, citizens of this
Republic, ANXIOUS Tor the success of all
people in obtaining the civil and political
liberty which this Nation secured more
than century ago and still enjoys,
unite in organizing the Cuban League
81 the United States of America.
The object of this league is to secure
for Cuba by all lawful, peaceful and
honorable means the political inde-
pendence which her patriots are now en-
deavoring by tremendous sacrifice OF
treasure and life to gain, to encourage
them with our sympathy and moral sup
port, and to arouse the whole Nation to
demand an end of the campaign of mur-
der and destruction in that island.
Mindful of the help which our fathers
received in a similar struggle, we are con-
strained by sense of gratitude to return
TO Cuba the kindness which was so ef-
feciiveiy gwen to us.
"Il is apparent to all thoughtful observ-
ers that Spain has not the power to crush
the Cuban patriots, and therefore the con-
tinuance of the cruel struggle in Caba can
only serve to prolong a sense of abase-
ment and humiliation in the minds of all
men who are confident that this Republic
has the power to END it, and is in honor
called upon TO do so for the highest good
OF all parties directly concerned"
This call was signed by all the men
above named. Other prominent sigma
lures attached to it were General Powell
Clayton, A B. Hepburn, Silas P butcher,
General C. 7. Christensen, Colonel H. L.
Swords, Coils P. Huntington, Louis
Windmuller, General Stewart L. Wood
ford. Colonel William L. Brown, General
Martin T. Mcmahon, Hon. Noah Davis,
Warner Miller. General Howard Carroll,
DR.. A. NJ Fernandez, Alonzo B. Cornell
and about fifty others.
Colonel Allen predicted that the move
ment thus started would become historic.
A monster mass-meeting will be held in
Cooper Union next Monday night, when
Senator Morgan of the Foreign Relations
Committee and Congressman HIT of the
same committee in the House, Congress-
man Reed of Maine and Senator Cullom
OF Illinois will speak.
DES MONIES, Iowa, Dec. H-Organ-
lied only week, the Iowa Cuban Junta
promises a regiment of Iowa troops for
the insurrectionists il means can be found
to get them transported. President Olney
of the Des Moines organization has hun
dreds of letters IRON all over Iowa and
several other States, asking information.