The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-01-29

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making heavy explosives. All these tninrs
we threw into the sea. which, by THIS
ti'ne was boiling around MS and sending
great waves over the decks. We worked
an night and when daylight came wo
| rad thrown all OF the cargo and ccnl over
beard. But the water continued to gain on
us IN TIC engine room and at last II pu,
out tie fires.
AT intervals all through the hours of
| haikn.ss We burned rockets and ircp sig.
nais or distress. But II was not until after
| O'CLOCK In the morning that we saw
| any other vessel. AT that time we sighted
| ,nree schoonefs ana they sailed as close
| TO MS as they could with safety. Then
| " was that We were ordered to take to the
beats. There were six small boats ON the
| steamer, but only FIVE OF them were await
able The sixth was so covered with
wrccknse which had been thrown over Il
ny us In the Efforts to get at the arms
and coal that we could not launch IN time
| we got into our boats as fast as we
could, hut there was n terrible sea by
| TINS time and the work was dangerous and
| slow. We found on, Afterwards that we
| Were about Sa.6S latitude and Il. 80 longitude
| west
| taIistoa Garcia 1gnia was In command
OF the rcvolutionsts and hts son Carlos
Garcia was second In command General
Rosa was also on board. These officers
| D'HNiNi tS 10 Ndht 10 inp ncttN. anu We
diu 80, l was In the FIRST boat. There were
about twenty men besides myself IN that
BOAT, ana 1t was greatly overcrowdcd and
hafd TO manage In the rough sea.
! The other sixty odd men came In the
other boats. Six were drowned In trying
10 get into the last two boats. I do not
1 Know the names of all who were drowned,
but one was u French chemist. who wos
with the expedition TO make heavy OK
plosives when we got TO Cuba. There
were two of these chemists, but only ono
OF them was lost. Another Of those who
were drowned was man named Alvc-
richie He WINS n member of the revoiu-
tionury party. as were the other four
who won, down IN the sea.
The boat ! was in was picked up by
the schooner Lcander V. Becbe, Captain
| liowes Of Boston She picked up the
first three beats to leave the steamship
and the other two were picked up by
the schconers Helen II. Benedict of Bos-
ton and Alicia II. Crosby OF Portland, Me.
1--WE loft the ship at O'Clock on Mon
day morning and twenty minutes later
saw her go down. She gave n great lurch
to one side and then settled In the sea.
THE schooner Leander V. iiecbe sailed
for this port. but was taken of her of
Long Branch at 1910 this morning by the
tug Fred b. Dalzell and brought direct 10
this city. | landed Mt pier No. 8. North
river. at 2;4O a M, and reported Mt oEco
10 tho headquarters OF the revolutionary
! party IN the Manhattan building. There
they told me that they had received tele-
grams from Woodshall. Mass saying that
all were safe except the SIX who were
drowned when we left tho steamship.
There were no Americans on board the
Hawkins. They were all Cuhans who had
5 been enlisted In this city TO fgiu for the
cause OF freedom for cuba. We were not
drilled in this city but were enlisted here
= for the cause. We only knew that we
= were going TO cuba. No one except the
captain and the commander Of the party
D knew what part OF Cuba we wore bound
for"
At the headquarters OF tho Cubans n,
GS Broadway It was denied that the Haw'
kins was on It's way to cuba.
I'VE would have known about her. said
Y the secretary. Gonzales DE- Quesada. III
I she had been fitted out for Cuba The re-
port that Garcia was aboard Is absolutely
false, as he Is still In this city,
New York. January 2S.-At no tint
> since the beginning OF hostilities ha
there been such excitement at me hthn
, | quarters of the Cuban revolutionists II
this city as there was today when II wa
learned that the steamship j. w. HAWK
ms which had been fitted out as a I'LL
busterer with great trouble and expense
had been wrecked of the eastern end o
, Long Island on sunday night and ma
been abandoned by the revolutionists AM
the crew on Monday morning. The new
, came as n thundorbolt among the lead
ing spirits In the revolutionary cam
here for the evening papers IN thci
late editions published "A report 10 TN
effect that the steamer Hawkins had beef
+ fitted out in this city with arms ana am
u munition, and this. If proved. was lkei
L to get the leaders into trouble win IN
poyernmcnt The story was to the cffec
| that the revolutionary party had recchtl
- purchased the steamer In baltimore. S'l
! had been engaged in tho ilshihg 'ran
;. and was Of l25 tons net and lS 'ons(gross
4, She was commanded by captain iia'
: and her mate was G. ~, Crow'h.
: Jose Hernandez. one of the fiiibustererf
r who arrived In this city. was creditc
. | with having called at the rcyoutionar
y haadauarters and with having made
full report OF tho accident and all IN
y circumstances attending u minister I"'
ma Tho latter Is said to have give
o him money to assist the meinpers OF w
J., party who arc now in this city ann Bos
. ION This was not denied by Palma a
will appear later.
Hernandez's report TO Palma foIowc
closely the interview contained IN IN
# Associated Press dispatches tonight. IN
reports were conflicting az to whethe
every one had escaped or not IL wa
not untl I o'clock at night that about
e score OF newspaper men sncceedeu III gr'
j. ting an interview or statement from "a.
J. ma personally. lie said that IN ms on
a cial capacity he knew nothing about w
a alleged filibustcrng expedition TIC u'
clined TO say anything about the Erec
| Of the Hawkins or whether he haa Ie
II ceiyed n dispatch from Woodshall. Mass
o and from Boston that those OF the reVt
& mtionjsts who had not been taken 20 No'
/ Yorl, had arrived there safely.
, He did admit. however. that he ma
" received a dispatch from Boston. u
" also admitted. after a gnat deal OF fre'
- sure. that a young man had called upo
70 him who was In need Of financial assist
:. ance and that he had given money I
k him What his name was or what u
II wanted the money for Palma would no
state.
=, "Gentlemen." he said, becoming eHcl'
ed, you surely can not expect me
u tell YOU all that | know or may nav
II heard | have told you all that has com
20 to my official knowledge. but about th
E. administering business ! know noth'hs
:, You do not want me 10 say mat III
NJ a filibusterer do you2 Wen. can nc
Il. say anything more. We nave npthli'
q TO do with filibusterers here. DO u!
d ask me 10 say more. because nave nv
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