The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-08-31
AMERICANS FOR CUBA.
Two Hundred Mating Ia Chicsqo for
= Train.
THEY ARE OF THE UNEMPLOYED.


Chicago. August sO.--The Times Herald
savs:
Two hundred Americans and three car
loeds Of ammunitson are supposed to leave
Chicago tomorrow night for jacksonville.
Fla, there to board the steamer Solodad
for some point in Cuba. The date II .he
Sclcdad's sailing Is, according to spanish
reports. fixed for Saturday. The Amsvisans
composing the Chicago Cuban contingent
are made up mostly Of the unemploy I'd.
They have enlisted for twelve Months and
are to receive so month. In the event
OF Cuba's recciying her freedom from
Spain each soldier is promised large
tract Of land and a sum of money. Lieu
tenant Colonel Dominoz OF the Nc~ York
iunta Is now in Chicago He GENES as
the AGENT OF President Cisnercs and Treas
urer BENJAMIN Guciuu. He brought SOW
eral Thousand dollars with him and has
been using the money among those who
were found willing TO ioin the insurgents.
Unless Spanish Consul Fernanilno Staudy
Giminere. who will ask the Federal court
for an injunction prohibiting tho moving
o. these men and ammunition. la success
full the men will meet this afternc-n with
knapsacks and rifles ready to join the
forces OF Gomez In the Pinar del Rio dis
tricf.
Just exactly by what line the Cuban sol
diers are to travel between this pout ard
Jacksonville Is not known. The Spanish
consul acting under orders from Minister
| De Lone. who Is now at Lennox, Mass.
| has sent out q notice to all lines running
| southwark to the following effect,
You are hereby warned not TO carry
| consrabsnd material OF war or any material
| that will or may be subsequently, used for
or by the Cuban insurgents. II such mat
ter is shipped the Spanish government will
t-lI ...aflx sh.. II
\ the International law and by reason OF
| such protection .as the laws OF tho United
| States give the Spanish ne far as relates
| TO the shipping or carrying OF goods con-
| traband OF war TO acknowledgements"
| This warning was scnt out after the con-
sui had consulted with his governments
| attorneys In this city. At al late hour last
| night the consul telcgraphed Minister De
| Lcme asking II he should apply TO United
| States District Attorney BLACK for an In
| junction restraining all railroads from car
| rying men or ammunition supposed to bt
bound for Florida points. On this question
the consul Is In doubt. although he says
it appears to him that under the law HI
has tho same right to stop the men and
ammunition as he would were they abou
TO board ship at Jacksonville. AT all
events 1t Is likely that the matter will be
brought 10 General Blacks attention.
The Chicago consul under instruction.
from Minister De LONE, has also notified
all Spanish agents along the Mexican coas
to be on the lookout for Cuban filihustcrins
expeditions from Chicago. Minister Do
Lcrne has wired Secretary Sherman al
Washington calling his attention to tn,
fact that party OF belligerents had en-
gagged passage from Chicago to Jackson
vile and asked the secretary TO take meas
ures to prevent the departure OF these met
and TO seize whatever ammunition tina
might be found billed for Florida.