The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-05-01
PASSENGERS
WILL BE HELD AS PRISONERS
OF WAR
EXAMINATION OF HER CARGO
Reveals a Large Supply Of Arms and
Ammunition Intended for the
Use Of Spain
Associated Press Special Wire

Associated Press Special Wire
NEW YORK. April So.-The Evening
Posts Key West special says: All the
IS passengers on the captured steamer
Panama will be held as prisoners of war
They left New York. with the intention Of
beligerency, not of keeping the neutrali-
ties, one of the men being on the way to
join the Spanish army. The United States
marshal will turn them over to the army
authorities who will lodge them In Fort
Taylor.
The dispatch boat Dolphin encountered
voluntary prize yesterday and sent one
of her men with her to port this morning.
She was the fishing schooner Lola. bound
| for Havana, and her skipper when warned
away asked to be seized, as if the Span
iards caught him, they would Immediately
impress him into service.
Her Cargo Contraband
NEW YORK, April 3O.-Discoveries have
been made on the captured Spanish steam
er Panama which make it very improbable
that she will ever be returned to Spain,
whatever disposition may be made of the
Buena Ventura and other prizes taken.
says the Key West correspondent of the
Herald.
The prize commission has discovered
200 new Mauser rifles and large consign-
ment of swords and bayonets, besides u
quantity Of fixed ammunition for the Pan
amas four 14-pounder guns, which she
might have used to blow her captor. the
Mangrove, out Of the water, but did not.
The Panama's captain had refused to adj
NIT that his cargo included any contra
band Of war. 1t is believed a further
search will reveal many more weapons and
possibly more ammunition.
The prize commissioners also found pa
pers tending to show that certain of the
Panama's passengers and other New York
Spaniards had been actively engaged In
plans for aiding the Spanish Of Cuba in
getting arms, ammunition and supplies.
The discovery of these documents has al
ready led to an order from Washington to
hold as prisoners of war a large number
of the passengers Of the Panama.
Some patriotic sailors and marines object
because the Spanish flag still flies over the
Panama, Guido and other prizes of war.
After Qualtrough came ashore from tho
Guido, having turned his prize over to the
United States Federal authorities, one of
the marine guards hauled down the Span
ish flag from the staff where it f1oated I'M
der the stars and stripes and announced his
intention of keeping the Spanish flag as a
souvenir. He has been sharply reprimand-
ed and compelled to restore the flag to its
place, as 1t Is there rightfully, until the
Prize Court condemns the ship.
Not Allowed to Leave
KINGSTON, Jamaica, April 3O-Mr.
Evans, the Colonial Secretary, refused to-
day to allow an American dealer in
metals here to ship twenty tons of lead
to New Orleans, defining it as contraband
of war.
The cable to Santiago de Cuba is work.
ing twenty-four hours day. Long Span
ish messages are sent and received. The
Cubans who have just arrived here by
the steamer Remus assert that strong
anti-British feeling prevails In Santiago
de Cuba. The street crowds few nights
ago cried Death to the English" In front
of the British Consulate and threw stones
at the Consul, who has charge of the
American relief work. He has been
threatened with personal violence. The
authorities have placed a guard over the
consulate.