The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-11-10
THE SILVER HEELS
ROUGH TIME of THE SCHOONER
WITH CUBAN MUNITIONS.
The Dauntlcss Got Away Part of II,
but the Remainder WINS
COnfscated.

New York, November 9.-The Times says:
The Silver Heels. which in the carly morn
ing Of Sunday, October II, evadsd the rev
enue cutter Chandler aud put to sea with
a cargo of arms and ammunition for the
Cuban insurgents, encountered other dan
gers. it appears, in her now famous expe-
dition and she had the company III her
fluctuations OF the tug r. II. Wise.
Michael Moran owner OF the WISE. was
sure on the day following the departure Of
the silver Heels that his boat was peacta-
bly, engaged in the humdrum work of Tow
ing seows to sea, The tug may have taken
"A cash tow OF the schooner on the morning
in question just to help to an ofilns
through Hell Gate or out past the bar, but
!, that was the case, Captain Cutler had
made no report OF the fact
The Silver Heels was subsequently re-
ported off the Florida coast, but nothing
had been heard OF ner. report recently
reached here that quantit, OF anlmnntion
had been found by British Officials on one
! of the Bahama islands. Whence u earle OF
| whittier bound was ret known and in the
absence OF an owner 1t was ronfiscated.
| II has Just been learned that these niunt-
| lions We're a part OF the silver Heels cargo
| ard that the tug r. II. Wise, a small craft
! designed for harbor towing. accompanied
J
! and narrowly escaped being lest with all
I on board. All the details OF the cxpedltion
| have not yet come to light.
1t Is presumed the silver Heels went 70
sea by way OF Long Island sound. II she
/ did 1t is fair inference that the Wise ala
/ not tow her to Montauk. for there was a
! fresh wind that morling from the west ana
the schooner racing down the sound before
/ II would have been In better position TO low
! the tug. They bota got 10 sea, however.
The Silver Heels is a two-stcker OF
! fourteen tons. The p II. Wise Is eighty
four feet long and can not carry enough
coal in her bunkers for sea towing OF any
great distance. II will be remembered that
after the Wise towed the schooner TO pier
| 81 East river to take on her cargo which
( had arrived from the Connecticut factories
In the Bridgeport boat, the Wise withdrew
| TO the opposite side Of the river apparently
to await the loading of her cargo. There
are coal packets on the Brooklyn shore
| When tugs of the Wise class go to sea,
they pile up their decks with coal 1t Is
surmised now that the Wise took on a
deck load OF coal. It returned subsequent
ly to the schooner and as she towed her
out in the stream marshal's messenger
put Off at hot pace to the Battery to notify
the United States marshal. Mccarthy,
who with force OF deputies and Pinker-
ton men. was aboard the cutter. The
chase was Hzzle. The Wise towed the
schooner down the coast and the trip was
| without incident till this side OF Hatteras
when the wind began to blow and the seas
began 80 roll over the bows OF the tug
and threaten to demoIish her cabin and
pilot house. They were catching the ridge
of the cyclone that tore up the coast on
the rampage about that time The little
tug rolled and pitched numerically The
night that followed was bad one for the
Wise. The fireman had difficulty In keep
ing the fires up and the water out The
seas bombarded the engine room door and
finally tore It from it's hinges and threw
1t into the Ell gine room II struck the
ei gineers hand and cut off the ends OF
his fingers. The Wise is hack here now,
but the entire crew has left her
The Wise coaled at a poin, In Virginia
and presumably at other riafes. Having
el,iied the government officials and sur
viyed the storm OF that memorable night.
Captain Cutler was continuing with his
friend, Captain Quinlan of the silver Heels.
He cav him TO the li,tle bahama isle and
aided in putting the cargo ashore
The fleet Dauntless OF filIbuster notoriety
took away about one fourth OF the stuff
In enc load and landed II safely in the
hands OF the Insurgents. When she re-
turned for another load the British off,
GERS bad accomplished their work and so
the poor Dauntless got none.