Show WILL GO HEELED STEAMERS WILL PROVIDE TOT SELF protection axim guns and cannon cannoa for def defence ence against the spanish gunboat gunboats Gun boats ts if they become offensive chicago jan 25 A special from philadelphia says the hart line it learners camers plying between this port and uba and the west indies will in fu ule uie be armed with cannon and maxim I 1 runs uns capt kerr counsel tor for taft own rs has notified the collector of the PO t that they will carry bow chaser P ind W stein chasers the two first arst on the list tor for equipment are tile the horsa II orsa and laurada both ot of which I 1 lave have gained no little notoriety front from their alleged connection with the fill fili metering luat cring expeditions to cuba the laurada has been chartered to carry negroes to liberia and the horsa Is soon to stait southward with a party who are going via mata noras to see the maher fitzsimmons ight capt kerr avers that both vessels will need arms for self protection the laurada from the pirates which infest the coast of africa the horsa II orsa from rom the spanish gunboats gun boats the spanish authorities in this city howe however ver took look with suspicion upon any movement by the hart company and will exert every influence to prevent the hart boats from leaving the port of philadelphia with arms on board capt kerr in an interview in connection with arming the vessels said 1 I am told that the spanish authorities have said that it if they catch any of the vessels ot of the hart line in ili cuban wa teis they will make it hot for them this information may not be true but I 1 have every reason to distrust the spaniards we know there are no united states war vessels to protect us so we have concluded to go into the protecting business ourselves and we will put guns on our boats and use them it if necessary there or are lots of 0 young men from our train training ll 11 vessels who would be only too glad to get po sitione where they could snow show their inear capacity and there are no better gunners in the world than they are we are not going to seek trouble with the spaniards but we ve cannot afford to have our vessels chased and do not want to go to the expense of 0 the extra coal that would be used in getting getling up steam to run away from a spanish cruiser |