The sea coast echo. [volume] (Bay Saint Louis, Miss.) 1892-current, 1897-09-04
American Men OF for Cuba.

Chicago, Aug. 3O.-The Times
/ Herald says two hundred Americans
and three carloads Of ammunition
are supposed to.leave Chicago to-
morrow night~for Jacksonville, Eia.
there TO board the steamer Sol aa
I for some point in CUBA. Ehet ate
Of the Soledad's sailing is, occording
! TO Spanish reports, fixed for Satur
day. The Americans composing the
Chicago Cuban contingent are made
up mostly Of The unemployed. They
have. enlisted for twelve months and
t'are to receive $40 a month. In the
event of Cuba's receiving her free
dom, from Spain, each soldier is
promised large tract Of land and
sum of money.
Lieutenant Colonel Dominez, of the
New York junta, is now in Chicago.
He comes as the agent of President
Clsneros and Treasurer Benjamin
Guerra. He brought several thous-
and dollars with him and he has been
using it among those who were found
willing to join the insurgents. I'm
less the Spanish consul, Fernando
Staud y Giminere, who will ask the
federal court for an Injunction pro-
hibiting the movement of these men
and ammunition, is successful, the
men will meet this afternoon with
knapsacks and rifles ready to join the
forces of Gomez in the Pinar del Rio
district.
just exactly b J what line the Gu
ban soldiers are to travel between
this point and Jacksonville is not
known. The Spanish consul, acting
under orders from Minister DeLome,
who is now at Lenox, Mass, has
sent out notice to all lines running
southward to the following effect:
"You are hereby warned not to
carry material contraband of war or
any material that will or may be sub
sequently used for or by the Cuban
insurgents. If such material is ship
ped the Spanish government will
hold you responsible under the rules
of international law and by reason
OF such protection as the laws of the
United States give said Spanish gov
ernnent as far as relates to the ship
ping or carrying Of goods contraband d
of war to acknowledgements"
THIS warning was sent out after the
consul had consulted with his govern
menrs attorney in this city. A later
hour last night the consul telegraphed
to Minister De LONE asking if he
should apply to United States Dis
trict Attorney Black for an lnjunc-
rion restrainiug all railroads from
carrying men or ammunition suppos-
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On this question, the consul is IN
doHbt, although, he says. it apears
to him that under the law he has the
same right to stop The man and am
munition here as he would were
they about to bore ship at jackson.
yell. At all event, it is likely that
the matte will be brought to General
Blacks attention.
The Chicago consul, under instruc-
tions from Minister De LONE, has
also notified all Spanish agents along
thet Mexican coast TO be on the look
out for Cuban filbusteung expedi-
tions from Chicago.
Minister @ Lone has wired Sec
retary Sherman at Washington cal
ling ..is attention to the fact that
party of belligerents had engaged
passage from Chicago to Jackson
vile and calling on the secretary to
take measures to prevent the depar
ture of these men and 10 seize what
ever ammunition that might b.
found billed for Florida.