Show RUN BY A SPANISH STEAMER thrilling experience of crew I 1 of the three friends it was W a very hot flat chase in which were exchanged before the Wart rt WM was one hundred lives liven were in the balance chicago june aa special to the times herald irom from jacksonville fla says ays after a thrilling vo voyage during she was wae chased an and aage fired on b a spanish steamer the filibustering steamer three friends has reached this port alter after landing more than men and a large cargo of arms and in cuba the landing was made on the night of may 30 20 west of trinidad on the southern coast of santa clara province the men and ammunition were ere received by a strong detachment from general la crets column and there was not a spaniard in sight eight to interfere on the day of landing may 38 28 oc burred the most exciting incident of the voyage the filibuster was off the coast oc cuba waiting for signals from the shore when a spanish warship ho hove ve in sight eight and gave chase there was nothing to do but to run for it and the three friends stood for the open sea with the spaniard it in I 1 hot chase through a glass captain broward in command of the friends watched the spaniards the warship was evl dently crowding on steam for a black ablack cloud of smoke came from her stack in the cruisers military top captain broward saw raw severah spaniards taking turns at the glass suddenly there came a puff of smoke irm the cruise and a shell burst over the three friends the spaniards sent shell after shell at the filibuster but all went want wide of the mark finally captain broward who Is ex sheriff of duval counte count and noted for his courage got tired of being shot at and decided to have a shot at the span lards chere was a 13 12 pound hotchkiss kul gun mounted on the three friends and tills this captain broward trained on the cruiser for he saw a great commotion on board several beveral more shots were ex changed but meanwhile the three friends were gaining on the spaniards the engines of the filibusterer filibuster ert behaved beautifully and the smokers stokers worked with great for there were more than men on board whose lives depended on the speed of th three friends final finally the filious left the cruiser As the warship sank rank below the horizon first the hull then the mast and the military top and last the spanish flag a great cheer arose from the daring men on the three friends that night the three friends circled around at sea on friday may 29 she again cautiously approached the cuban coast about nightfall west of trini did a rocket the signal agreed upon was as sent up it was answered from the shore and six surface boats on board and in these the men and arms were trans berred to the shore in four hours the landing was completed and the three friends stood for the florida coabe chis Is the third expedition the hirce friends has landed in cuba captain broward would give no in formation about the laurada save that when she left jacksonville she had arms and men for cuba and that he expected to soon hear of her being in some ja ivalean port |