New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-06
HELP SENT TO THE CUBANS.
AMMUNITION AND DYNAMITE LANDED
BY THE LEYDEN.
THE .wILMINGTON's FOUR-INCH GUNS DROVE
AWAY A PARTY OF SPANISH CAVALRY
WHO TRIED TO INTERFERE.


AWAY A PARTY OF SPANISH CAVALRY
WHO TRIED TO INTERFERE
rBY TELEGRAPH TIE TEIHUNEl
Key West. Fla; May 5-The first attempt to
land ammunition for Cuban insurgents uhue'
the protection of a United States Nessel "as
made yesterday. and it proved to be extremely
successful. At the same time it was developed
that The Spanish Army is maintaining strict
and energetic surveillance of the cuban coast
The information obtained may be OF value When
the time comes for an American INVASION oi '"e
island.
The United states tuEboat Leyden. which Is
unarmed steamed out OF this harbor on Monday
afternoon hound south. ON board her were six
Cuhaus who are in the confidence of the In
qureent leaders besides Capta ain j. II. Dorst' OF
Conceal Nles's staff Lieutenant J. +. Caytaya
represented the Cuban Junta on the expedition
The Ievden also carried 10000 rounds OF small
arm ammunition and two boxes OF dynamite
which she was to place in the haLds OF the III
surgents.
Early on Tuesday morning tho tug anchored
off cove between Mariel and Havana apoul
seventeen miles distant from the latter place..
\ small boat carrying. besides the crew four OF
tho Cubans went ashore. and the Cubans were
successfully landed.
Rv this time daylight was at hand' anu '"'
Levdcn stood of to sea. Later she mt Wv
blockadlng squadron. which was theh near '
tanzas. Toward evening the Leyden returned
toward Maricl. the United States gunpoa' w"
mlngton following her a. some distance
SPANISH HORsEMEN APPEAR.
Early yesterday morning the Leyden reacheu
the place where the Cuhans had d'seinpai Nv''
tho idea being 10 pick them up and land the
cat
ashore and the Cuhans were taken apo"'u'
1ue, as the l9at was returning 20 the tug
squad n Spanish cavalry which had eVldeh'S
heor accommodating. came racing down '"e
beach The Lcydcn stood of again and sienahed
- tho Wilmington which had been destroying
- cra,ieh blockhouse several miles further east
to come up. , -,
While tho Cuhans had been ashor" they hhn
concentrated a party Of about fifty % their COM
natriots who were to receive the aihinu''''''"'
rbts ,or,, remained in ambush wher they sa"
,ho cavalry approach Several shots were sent
a, the Iovdon from the rifles - the cavalry" mn
o,d . number - bullets struck her smokes'A,hS'
knocking If the paint bu' coins no ""'''N'
,rhe sailors on the American boat lmP''''H
mir ~ Quaker guns. which they trained on 'n'
STANDARDS. who fed Thy returned l"'er wiz"
,hev saw they had been hoodwink'd. lh's ''"'
,hov were reinforced by party "i over '"'
hundred men. ,.,or
ANcr this harmless encounter '"e
r,,,od westward for milo or two. ana one "'
the Cuhans was sent ashore ~ i'H inc AN
ing marty that the Loydcn wouh re'"'" '''''
THE wEIIINGToN TAKES HAND.
Meanwhile the wilmington wa' speeding 10
ala the Irvden and when th" i"o F's'''S "'''
.he, moved 20 the place whore ihe '"oanS WIZ
waiting for them 49,. -,
rn. ,o,c. of spanish cavalry by this tim" had
been increased to nearly two hundred men ~
,hev did not dccamp when the wilmington '"',''
49,, s.voral shots from the 4-lnch guns on 'he
,,,o-,,ar hoa, were sent after them Wiih'N'
so much as ,,averlng f0r. a second. tn" d"i"'h-
mont rallopod away. Tho Insurgents hi'' " ~"
seots after the reireatng force. when '"S"''''
vi,h several vollcys nred al fM com.
v.bor tho cavalry Wa out ~ the way '"'
rovden.s small boat. laden with an nfui'''''" anu
dynamite WAS sent ashore and ~" stores wiz
turned ovor TO the insurgents ms ann UNI
,ior and dynamite were purchased nN inc una"
Iunta and had been stored IN TINS city ''' '0''''
time awaiting transportation.
,rbo c,,hans who returned IL "a said on com
,e,ont authority. brought valuable Information
rocarding tn situation in cuba. Two Oh '"'
nor,y remained in cuba to deliFc. messages 70
| General Gomez.
4, the office of the cuban Delegation II was
said Yesterday that TWO small EXPEDITIONS ""'
,o,ded in cuba this week MI Rrnens' 'ouh-
sci for the Delegation. said the TWO parties con
sietod Of twelve men each nearly all 'f "ho'"
we're cubans. The cuban colonel Acos'a' VINO
was in the party. has recently recovered 'o'"
wounds received when he was in charge o' '"'
cuban forces in Havana Province lie came -
! xey-York several weeks ago for ue"''''"''
rinutcnant Caytaya who was also OF me pa' -
! has boon active in landing number 81 'NP'N'-
,ions on the cuban coast and is faih'"' wa"
| the bays and inlcts- He was one oI '"' s"'
! viyors OF the expedition on '"' i"''
went down off Montauk Point