In 1874, an American ship called the Virginians, which had been illegally running arms from Haiti to Cuba, was stopped by a Spanish man-of-war on the high seas and taken into Santiago.
Ngo1874, inqanawa yaseMelika ekuthiwa yiVirginia, eyabe ihambisa izixhobo ngokungekho mthethweni ukusuka eHaiti ukuya eCuba, yamiswa yindoda yaseSpenishi yemfazwe kumalwandle aphezulu yaze yasiwa eSantiago.