Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-14
TWELVE CUBAN PATRIOTS After Seventy Hours of Suffering
 in a Boat ARRIVE AT NGS TON
Berefl of Valuable Letters by Authority of Her
 Majesty.
MAXlNO GOMEZ IS STILL ALIVE
Despite Spanish Reports of Ills Death Spanish Vieto ies-Consul General Lee Grossly Insulted by Spanish Journ-
 alist-Accused of Many Things

Correspondence of the Associated Press.
 Kingston, Jamaica July 13,-Twelve Gu bans, the last survivors of an inslrgent camp in the province of Camaguay, reached Rio Neuvo, little village on the north side of the island a few days ago in an open boat. They were in terrible condition of exhaustion as they had been seventy hours in making the passage. The little craft which had been capture at their camp a short time before their de- parture was found to leak in several places and owing to the high winds and rough water they were compelled to take turns at bailing her to keep from being swamped Again and again they were on the verge of destruction, the waves wash ing over the boat and filling her 10 the very thwart After three days of con- stant anxiety and struggling they man aged to put in at Rfo Neuvo in pitiabie condition.
 The names of the crew are:
 Dr. Gonzal Garcia Vieta, a lieutenant colonel; Commanders Miquel A. Narona and Felix V. Preval; Captains Arthur R. Joyce and Luis K. Miranda; Lieuten2nts Carlos Bordelois and Carlos Morena; Sub -Lieutenants Juan Ven2tar, Adolphus Casonovas, Alberto Diaz. Juan Calbds- ven and Lorenzo Vicente.
 During the voyage Carlos Morena act ed as pilot and several of the others as sailors. It is suspected by the autholi- ties here that some of the names are fic- titious and among the party are several important revolutionary leaders who have business in New York and who wsre traveling incognhto.
 It will be remembered last year that Car.os Roloff, the leader of many eXpe- ditions arrived in Jamaica under the nom de guerre eff Charles Robinson and de- scribed himself as an American journal ist. It was not until after his departure for Cuba that the Spanish consul in Kingston became aware of his real char acter Whether the suspicious of he government are we'll founded or not tt is hard to say at present, but in a few days the real facts will probably become known. Of the twelve men confposirg the party four are invalids. pr. Vista is TOW lying in Kingston tenderly cared for by local Cubans suffering from sick ness induced by hard trials and privation One has bullet wound in the thigh. a third bayonet wound in the shoulder and a fourth is not expected to recover from a n internal complaint aggra va ted by the severity of the voyage But hsir spirits are not deunted Geefu'.v they talk of the successes of tha rebels nd the defeats of the Spaniards. Their pr'ivat' 'ons and sufferings are. they say. as nothing as compared with what the Spanish troops are undergoing.
 In an interview witt Iha !Assaoatsd Press correspondent they comDlained of ahe action of the British officials for the visiting health officers had arbitrarily seized a number of important letters and dispatches designed for ttps Cuban iunta in New York. They had prot st eGi agairst this action, but the officials replied that breach of rhe postal regulations act had been committed and that the letters must be folfeit=d ss a penalty.
 Nearly eighty letters were taken from Dr. Vieta alone, and there is no prospect of any of them ever reaching their desi- nation
 My frs inquiry was with ref renee to the rumor that Gen. Maximo Gomez had been killed This was treated by all the patriots as simply a canard circulated by the SparIards in the hope of persradng a few de~srters to join heir ranks At the tim the party Jeff Cuba Gen Gomez Was in good health and ssnguna of the, result of his campaign. He wee then in command of strong force and not in the vicinity where. according to the Span isi canard. he had met his death.
 "The revolu-ion." said Morena. "is probably confined at the pres nit monlant to the Orienta and Cana qua provinces. The Spaniards are in possession of one or two small places but they suffer very severely from she want of food and ani- munitien. Then o1rnps are dec.ma tttl bv. sickness and numbers are deserting every day to joirf the ranks of the insurgaris
 'aThny are afraid 70 vent,re far. Hs ther forces are so small. and 1t is only when a. passing column n-irforces then, that they make a sally in search of siip- plies"
 A battle was recently fought at Cam