The San Francisco call., 1898-01-26
FILIBUSTER
 STEAMER IS
 ABANDONED Disaster OVertakes the Tillie of New
 York. Four Men Go Down With War Material for
 the Cubans. Nineteen of Those Aboard the III = Fated Graft Are
 Rescued. OTHERS LOST IN A STORM. Heroic Work of the Crew of the Schooner Governor Anaes Dur ing the Daring Rescue.
Special Dispatch to The Call.
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 PROVIDENCE, R. l., Jan. 25.-The small two-masted filibuster steamer Tillie of New York was abandoned at sea last Sunday afternoon while off Shinnecock. Nineteen of those on board of her were saved in the midst of terrible storm by the schooner Governor Ames. but four men could not be taken off and went down with the vessel.
 Forty tons of dynamite, three dyna- mite guns and a considerable quantity of ammunition, undoubtedly intended for the warning Cubans, were on board the TiIlie when she sank.
 The Governor Ames arrived from Newport News at Il o'clock to-day She was docked at once On board were the nineteen rescued from the Tillie. Ten of them were Cubans and the remainder were the officers and crew of the abandoned steamer, and the famous Captain Jack OBrien, who had charge of the expedition, it is sup posed.
 The rescued are: George w. Berry, master; c. Lindquist, first officer; w. H. Near, first engineer; Charles Nel- son, second engineer; Hugh Connolly and c. Anderson, seamen; Hugh Mo Gill and A. H. Fitzpatrick, firemen; J, T.. White, supposed to be Jack O'Brien; pr. c. Garcia Victa, New York; Fernando Tradier, New York; Octavio c. Deaguar, New York; Ben jamin Goberga, New York; Alfredo Parajon. New York; Dr. Frank B. Az ramonte. New York; Eliza Cartaya, New York; D. w. Demoya. New York Dr. Ramon Pajes. New York; Frank PagliOccia, New York.
 Captain Gust Waldemar of the Gov ernOT Ames says that last Sunday afternoon about ? o'clock, while twen- ty-eight miles south by west of Shin necock he sighted the steamer in dis tress. The wind was blowing forty miles an hour and the sea was fierce. Two boatloads of men from the found ering steamer commenced to work their way toward the Ames. The sea threw them around with great vio- lence and they were in danger of cap- sizing or sWamping. Lines were thrown to the boats. It was impos- Sible for them to come near enough to the schooner to allow the men to climb aboard, for the seas would have thrown their boats against the Ames' side and a wholesale fatality would have resulted. Bowlnes were made of small lines and thrown to the en- dangered men. They placed the bow lines around themselves, jumped over board, and in that fashion were hauled aboard one at a time
 Eleven men finally stood safe on the Ames' quarter deck. They said that twleve more, including Captain Berry, were still aboard the Tillie Captain Waldprn9r called for Uol1IDfaerc Who went in the Ames' largest boat to save the remainder of the steamers crew Eight of the men was all the boat could carry. Four poor fellows were left aboard. By the time the other men had been hauled aboard the gale had increased greatly in force The wind was blowing SiXty-five miles an hour. picking up the tops of the waves bodily and blowing the water in sheets along the surface of the sea. Darkness be- gan to lower. It would have been use less to have tried to make another trip. All hands realized that the poor fel- lows on the Tillie were doomed. Re luctantly Captain Waldemar put the vessel on her course.
 A reporter interviewed Captain George Berry, master of the Tnlie He said that she was purchased two months ago by McAllister Bros. of New York. and was fitted for carrying cat tie and freight. He took in a cargo of 2S0 tons of soft coal and a great quantity of cased provisions last week in New York. and sailed on Wednes- day. bound for Tampa, Fla. He said that after discharging the coal at Tampa, he understood that the vessel was to commence carrying cattle from Tampa to Havana for the Spanish Government. Leaving New York he proceeded to Montauk Point where or Saturday fifteen Cubans joined the yes sel. He took them merely as passen- gers, the captain averred. and was go- ing to land them at Tampa The Tillie put to sea at once She proceeded in a sOuthwesterly direction from Mon tauk Point under steam and sail at the rate of seven knots an hour Satur- day night she commenced to leak Her wooden hull was apparently tight. but Captain Berry thinks that the shaft alley must have been broken. for water commenced to come in around the stuff fng box. The danger was apparent from the start, for it was no tiny stream which trickled in at the foot of the Tilie's sternDost
 At the time the trouble began the vessel was fifty miles to the eastward of Barnegat and forty-three miles from the nearest land The steam pump soon became choked and the situation quickly became desperate. An unsuc- cessful attempt had been made to stop the leak upon its discovery. but 1t seemed to become worse steadily. The pumps became choked and the fires were put out. For two hours steam was kept up by using kerosene. At last the fires were drowned out and all nands gave up the last hope of reach ine shore.