New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-01-29
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osity was hustled out Of the marble yard with
violence.
THE ARMS ON BOARD

stories told by the returning flibusters. Some
declare that the arms and ammunition had been
loaded secretly on the ]. W. Hawkins before
the volunteers went aboard at One-hundred-and-
thirty-eghth-st. while others assert that the
arms and ammunition were taken aboard at
Creenport. Long Island 1t is certain, now
ever, that the craft which had clearance
papers and was loaded with contraband arms,
made her way along the Sound in the darkness
of the night, that the only way OF es-
cape from prying rcverue officers. Among the
800 volunteers aboard were eight Cuban physi-
clans with their surgical instruments and stores
Of medicines
The arms on the boat consisted OF two Hotch-
kiss rap.d-fring guns. 100 Remington and
Winchester rifles and some revolvers.
There was plenty Of ammunition for the Hotch-
kiss guns and 1.OOO.OCO cartridges for the rifles.
General Garcia also had taken along 5000 pounds
Of dynamite and materials for making heavy
explosives. y supply Of good whiskey to cheer
the volunteers on the way to Cuba had not been
forgotten. and the boat had a good quantity OF
rations for the trip The old steamboat had
snub nose, and her engines were not powerful
enough to drive her through the water with
great rapldity. It necessary also to proceed
with some caution until she at sea. and she
lay to for a while Sunday at some point on
the Long Island shore
NOT so EASY IN THE OCEAN.
On Sunday night the Hawkins rounded the ex-
treme eastern end Of Long Island and then made
bee line for Cape Hatteras. She had got along
comfortably in the comparatively smooth water
Of the Sound. but when she began to breast the
waves Of the ocean she soon began to toss and
pitch and founder in a way that filed the souls
Of the patriots with disnlay and sickened them OF
the trip. Most 90 the llibusters were in agony
before their situation began to be so dangerous
to fill them with fright. Still the sea grew
rougher and rougher, and early on Monday morn
ing the old tub began to leak. The seams OF her
rotten null began to open with the bu.fetng OF
the waves. II the expedition had been OF less
fOOlhardy character the boat might have been
turned back then but 1t must keep on for Cuba at
all hazards the Genera said, and the snub nose Of
the Hawkins was kept pointing toward Hatteras
WATER IN THE ENGINE-ROOM
Presently the engineer announced that the
water was running into the engine-room faster
than he and his could pump 1t out, and ne
wanted help. The fllOusters who could stand on
their feet We're set II work In relays to bail out
the engine-room with buckets. Splash, splash
went the water overheard as the men worked in
cessantly. but still the seams Of the old boat
opened wider and wider and the water continued
to run IN faster and faster. The situation Of the
flibuaters was growing more periious every min
ute 1t was 30 desperate at length that Captain
Hall gave the order II tighten ship by throwing
overheard the coal with which the boat had been
literally ballasted. The coal was in bags and
was.therefore more readily handled. When most
Of the coal had been pitched overheard IL was
necessary to throw out the arms and ammunition.
OVER GOES THE AMMUNITION.
General Garcia was IN despair. What was the
use or going to Cuba without the Hotchkiss
guns. the rifles and the ammunition? Captain
Hall said it better To save their lives than
to sink w;h the arms and ammunition. and
overheard went the guns and cartridges and the
dynamite that cost the revolutionists in thia
city over s20o.0co. When everything had been
cast overheard. however, the water was still
running into the boat at a frghtful rate. and
the sea was fairly boiling about the i-fat'1
craft. Some OF the hlibusters were almost
crazy with fright. while others sick that
they did not much whether they lived or
died.
Daylight found them In most pitable cond'-
ton. Captain Hall had sent up rockets but
there re answering signal Ii was still
early in the morning when the engine-room got
SO full OF water thar the fires went out and the
steamboat lost headway with the stopping of the
engines. Then the boat driftei at the mercy
of the waves
AN ANSWER TO SIGNALS.
AT time when the rcvolu,ionists and the
crew had about abandoned hope, there came
signal from Il schooner which sailed into sight.
Then another schooner, and still third came
into view.
The Hawkins. at that time, about forty
five miles south-southeast Of Barnegat. The
three schooners sailed close safety would
permit to the distressed and sinking Hawkins
ard exchanged signals with Captain Hall. They
We're the Leander V. Beebe. and the Helen II.
Benedict. of Boston, and the Alice b. Crosby.
of Newport News II was plain that the Haw-
kins coud not keep atioat much longer. ana
the captain gave the order 20 man the boats.
There were six rowboats on the steamer. but
only five Of them were available one having
been smashed by the heavy When the
beats were lowered there was such a rush 10
get into them that they were overcrowded and
nearly swamped. Several men iell overpoard
while trying TO get into the boats. 1t Is de-
clared by some OF the rescued men that six or
more Of those who fell overheard were drowned.
Others declare that all OF the men were saVe'i.
Hernandez has said that he saw some OF the
men drowning. one was a French chemist who
had joined the expedition with the intention or
making explosives after the boat got to cuba.
Another man was said to have the name u
Alderiche.
THE BOATS PICKED UP.
1t was abOu. an hour before neon Monday,
when the men on the Hawkins took to the boats.
The first three boats were picked up by the Le-
ander V. Beebe. one boat was picked up by the
Helen II. Benedict, and the other by the Alice b.
Crosby. General Garcia and his son were In
the first boat. The General lost nearly all his
clothing. br;t he clung 10 the two valises full
of greenback;. The other rescued men saved
nothing from the wreck. They had to leave
nearly all OF their clothes behind them, and
they were drenched when they were pulled
aboard the schoOners The little clothing that