The morning times., 1896-10-19
OUTWTTED THE WARsA|Fs
Flllbuster Expedition Embarks
From he Florida Coast.
ARMS FOR MACEO's DIVISION
Steamer Laurada Secretly Loaded Mt
Palm Bt.nch-Scheme SkillfuIiy Car
ried Out by the kevOlu tionists and
Their A Americansympathiz thizers-ka
road Officiuls Interested.
Especial Correspondence The Times.)

Especial Correspondence The Times.)
Linton, Fla, OcL. l4.-The steamship
Ldura,ia ieIJ Lile southeast coast or FioIiua
lOur Nights ago Win iOrLy recruits, o,OUo
| Hl.iguAiiic ilI.es, tWeiye machine K uns, anu
three car loads OF military stores. Her
| destination is to be point on the west
Coiso of C.ua, and nef IuI,sion is 70 throw
these supplies inVo Maceos 3 arny,-a division
| OF which IS-to cover the landing.
The place of embarkaUion was Palm
| Beach, IL settlement 800 miles south OF
Jacksonville, and ON narrow strip OF
| land De6ween tile Atlantic ocean aud Lake
So.tn, ine sCiivie, wulCii Was Sail IiJ
| carried out by the revolutionists and their
| American symptthizers, is an Interesting
| one
| West Palm Beach is a small town on the
| mainland, and on the main stem of the
| Florida East Coast Railroad. 1t is a little
| place, the existence of which practically
depends on winter guests. At this season
| the town is dormant Very lew people
| are there.
| Across the lake is Palm Beach. This is
| reached by raiirOad bridge one-halI d
mile long. At Palm Beach, the short
| branch OF the East Coast Railroad runs out
| on a long pier, touched at by the Florida
| Nassau steamers. Palm Beach consis s
mSdniy of hotels for the accomln odatun oI
| winter guests. They are not open, and
| will not be till december. Thus the place
| Is very quiet.
ARRIVAL OF THE STEAMER.
| 1t was about 6 O'Clock in the evening
| that the gate keeper Of the railroad bridg ge
| across Lake Worth was notified by a higher
railroad employc that he must remain at
his post all night to attend the passage OF
| special train from the North. This gate
| keeper must have spoken To some outsider
| OF the unusual order he had received and
| half of the few people at West Palm Beach
| remained up to witness the arrival of the
| train.
At a. m. a strange steamer came along
| side the pier ut Palm Beach and made last.
| At O'Clock a mixed train, consisting of
| engine, three cars Of Coal, four box cars
| and day coach, rolled down the track
of the East Coast line, turned. WESTWARD
into switch, thundered by the untena nte,l
hotels, and out upon the pier. The gate
| to the pier was locked and no one other
| than The train hands and recruits were a,I-
! mitted.
The work of transferring the munitions
from the train to the steamer proceeded,
| till the east made faint promise of day
The steamer pulled out and stood to sea
'steering directly east. Two of the freight
cars We're side tracked, but curious people
were blocked by the seals.
CARGO TRANSFERRED
At nightfall OF the following day a mast
| light rose aDnEe the horizon at the east
1t came directly onward. 1t was the
| steamer When she was WITHIN onc
mile OF the pier she stopped and the cars
| we're pulled down to the landing. A
man on tine pier circied nis lantern lhfiee
and the lights on the steamer We're ex
tinguished. The headlight OF the loco
motive was also put out. The pier was
In darkness. and the people who stared
| through the gates saw nothing OF the
business of landing.
AT midnight there was grating OF
chains aud 4 straining of haW sers. The
| Ladrada headed of snore and turned south
The locomotive headlight blazed out. AM
the empty cars were taken back to Jack
son Vile.
This was done while three government
ships were watc hing several reported
filibusters in st. Johns River.