HELP FOR THE CUBANS AND SNOW STORM DISRUPTS TRAINS

Cortland Evening Standard, Saturday, March 21, 1896.

HELP FOR THE CUBANS.

Three More Big Expeditions Soon to Sail.

NOW NEGOTIATING FOR STEAMERS.

Will Carry Gatling Guns, Rifles and Ammunition—Funds to Carry Out the Project Already on Hand.

 Latest News From the Island.

   NEW YORK, March 20.—The Advertiser today publishes the following:

   As a result of a conference of the leading Cuban sympathizers in this city, held recently, three steamers will be fitted out within the next six weeks and will leave for Cuba laden with arms and ammunition for the insurgents.

   The entire cost of the expedition will approximate about $225,000, of which nearly all has been raised, it is said, and is now in the hands of John D. Hart, the Philadelphia man who successfully started the Bermuda on her trip to aid the Cuban cause.

   Of this amount, it is said, one wealthy man in this city alone contributed $5,000.

   Mr. Hart is now in this city. He has already made overtures for the purchase of two steamers. He will endeavor to purchase a third, so that if the money is raised the three filibusterers can leave this city before the last of April.

   Gatling guns and several thousand stands of rifles will be taken on the steamers, together with 2,000,000 rounds of ammunition.

OPERATIONS IN CUBA,

Pinar del Rio Fight Now Looks Like a Cuban Victory.

   HAVANA, March 20.—Details of the engagement between Colonel Ynclan's forces and the insurgents under General Maceo near Candelaria, in Pinar del Rio, the news of which was cabled yesterday, are still meagre, but the losses incurred by the Spanish troops are admitted to have been serious, the engagement more in the nature of pitched battle than any previous one during the insurrection and the attack made by the insurgents boldly effective. A telegram received from General Linares at Cayajayabos admits this much and says the troops are worthy of the highest praise, as they had to attack in the open an enemy barricaded behind stonewalls. General Linares also reports that the column under Lieutenant Col. Francis had taken the insurgent position after a stubborn defense directed by Maceo, Banderas and Delgado.

   Maceo was encamped Thursday at the plantation of Flora, west of San Cristobal, having penetrated further into Pinar del Rio since his battle with Colonels Ynclan and Hernandez. Colonel Suarez Ynclan advanced to San Cristobal and formed a junction there with Colonel Echavarria. General Linares followed Maceo towards Mayarie, south of Candelaria, but Maceo changed his route, taking the north Havana highway toward Pinar del Rio.

   Colonel Hernandez reports two fights with the insurgents and he has returned from the plantation of Merced. At Montesino he reports fighting Maceo, Banderas and Perequito Perez with a loss to himself of seven wounded. The insurgents were dislodged and pursued and once more overtaken at Merced. They were again dislodged with the bayonet and artillery. Colonel Hernandez has carried his wounded back to Candelaria. The report says that the insurgents left in both these fights 20 killed and 150 saddled horses.

CUTS FULL OF SNOW.

Trains Delayed at Delphi on the Lehigh Valley R. R.

   The storm of yesterday is conceded to be the worst of the season for railroads. It came on the top of the storm of a few days before and found the cuts all full, except where the track was, and the wind soon filled that up. There was no opportunity for a snowplow to throw the snow aside, it must be thrown clear up out of the cuts. The Lehigh Valley has a bad piece of road to keep open between Woodstock and Rippleton and over Perry hill.

   The two snow plows were kept busy all day, Train 4 due in Cortland from

Canastota at 3:17 P. M. got stuck in a huge drift in a deep cut just east of

Delphi and the locomotive which also had the snow plow became derailed in its efforts to get out. It had to spend the night there despite the efforts of a small army of shovelers to get it out, and it arrived in Cortland at 9:20 this morning running on the time of train 2. Train 6, due in Cortland at 8:25 P. M., spent the night at Perryville unable to get through the drifts or past the other train in the Delphi cut. A train was made up here in Cortland last night and left for Elmira on time. The real train 2 due in Cortland at 8:52 this morning came in during the forenoon bringing the milk cars to join the D., L. & W. milk train as usual.

   The west end of the road has had little trouble and the trains were nearly on time. The east end of the road is now open and trains are running as usual. It is hoped that this is the last blow of the season, and that spring will soon put in an appearance and be prepared to stay.

   Reports from all over the country show the big roads tied up. Central trains were abandoned yesterday in the western part of the state and the Lehigh Valley has really fared better than some of its rivals.

  

Change of Location.

   The barber shop of N. E. Glassford in the Sager building on Clinton-ave. has been divided by a new partition, The east part will continue to be used by Mr. Glassford. The west part will he occupied by James E. Sung, Chinese laundryman, who has been located on North Main-st. Mr. Sung will continue to do work on Tompkins-st, as usual, but the main office will be in his new location.

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BREVITIES.

   —Auburn is to have a free public library. Walter E. Case has offered to present a site and erect thereon a building to cost $25,000.

   —The Foley & Chapman property at Marathon was sold at sheriff sale yesterday and was bid off by Hon. A. A. Carley of Cortland for $2,000.

   —New advertisements to-day are—A. Mahan, pianos, page 5; Warner Rood, ''Girl Wanted," page 5; A. S. Burgess, boys clothing, page 8.

   —A pleasant time is reported from the maple sugar social given by Bible class No. 11 of the Homer-ave. church at H. E. Andrews on Lincoln-ave. last night.

   —The wrecking train from Syracuse arrived at 1:30 yesterday afternoon and started for Syracuse soon after 7 oclock with the locomotive which was disabled near the junction by a broken axle. All north and south bound trains were delayed until the track was cleared.

   The friends of Richard Stark are joking him about the cold water bath he received Thursday night when he was thrown from a cutter at the corner of Main and Court-sts. into the slush on the street car track.