The San Francisco call., 1897-02-20
New Friends Join the
Local League Each
Day.
Mayor Phelan Expresses His
Sympathy With the
Movement.
Many People Write Letters and the
Committee Plans for Public
Meeting

There were many callers at the Cuban
headquarters yesterday, and Secretary
Mascherini was busy explaining to them
the progress of the local movement.
eve shall be obliged to issue some
definite circulars on the subject" he said
last night, 'for it requires too muca time
to explain to peopie just what we mean.
There is scarcely a day passes I. at we do
not get offers OF men to GO on the fields of
battle, but that is not what we want. The
Cubans cannot be aided in violation Of
international laws and treaties"
Each of the fifty eight committeeman
selected by the league to cooperate with
Colonel Ethan Allen and Charles A. Dana
of New York yesterday received a letter
from the Mayor of San Francisco notify
ing him Of his appointment. The follow
ing is a copy of the letter sent by the
Mayor to the committeeman:
Dear Sir: Pursuant to a request of the Cuban
League OF the United States 1 have appointed
you 10 act as one of a committee OF fifty to
organize branch of the said league in this
City. The object OF the Gu ban League is to
enlist the sympathies of our citizens in be-
half of the Cubans in their struggle for inde-
pendence. 1 believe it to be our duty to
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find it possible to give the movement your
earnest support. Very truly yours.
JAMES D. PHELAN Mayor.
James W. Orndorff is one of the best
known members OF the committee, which
is IN every particular representative
body. By reason OF his wide acQuaint-
ance with frontiersmen and pioneers he is
in a position to know the feeling on the
l'nhaD ntraStinn in q datipita L
ing of the subject yesterday he said:
There is a wonderful sentiment in
favor of the strugglers who are battling
for freedom against Spanish brutality.
Were this Government to take hand in
the matter il would be easy to revive the
old fight for liberty. 1 do not think the
Government ought to meddle in the mat
ter but we ought to give Cuba our moral
support
The following is a sample of the letters
that come to the committee daily:
102 n. FOURTH STREET, SAN JosE,l
Feb. II, 1897.
MessrS. Jones and Mdscherfai-DRAR SIRs: To
you and your fellows in Cuba'S cause tor free
dOml l must tel you that my heart leaps
with joy TO learn that in San Francisco SO
many noble, unselfsh hearts beat in sympa-
thy for their struggling brothers on Cuba's
Isle. l say God speed your endeavors to gain
ana SaIeIy convey 10 tnen the ala Iney sOreIy
need TO speedily drive heir foe beyond their
gates. In my youth N Paterson, n. j., knew
many of the sons of wealthy planters of Cuba
who married into our best familes-married
New Jerseys patriotic. blue-eyed girls, and
many of our blue-eyed sons and brothers went
to Cuba and wed it's dark-eyed maids.
May the freedom-loving children in Uncle
Sans domain remember the time when their
sires were in need of aid to gain the freedom
we now enjoy. God bless you
MRS. A. AsBERRY.
The developments of the past two weeks
have shown that there is perhaps a
warmer feeling for Cuba in this City and
on the Pacific Coast than anywhere in the
Union.