Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-08-12
Pitcher Of Bombs.
Latest Development of the Base
Ball Curver.
UTILIZED TO QUELL A REBELLION.

The Humorous Phase of the Insurrection
In Honoiuiu-The Royal Troops Seek the
Aid OF the Local Twirler to Shell the In
surgents with Extemporized Dynamite
Bombs-He Sends Them In Hot, and
the Enemy CapituIates.
SAN Francisco, Aug. 1.-THE most inter-
esting feature of the instruction at Homo
lulu, Hawaii, in which half-caste Hawaiian
named Wilcox, assisted by one Boyd, at
tempted with the aid of few hundred ma
tives to overthrow the government of King
Kalakaua, was the performance of base
ball pitcher named Hay Wooihouse, of the
Honolulu Base Ball club. The story is told
by passengers on the Honolulu steamer which
arrived Friday. They say that the blue
jackets from the U. s. S. Adams were
landed to protect American citizens and
property and marched into the city with the
band playing Marching Through Georgia"
wilcox I'm n Had Fix.
-fhe story then proceeds: The Honolulu
rifles had been called out by the king, and
covered by the palace building they made
lively play with their rifles at the insurgents.
1t was clear from the first that Wilcox was
the palace Many of his men were not
armed and assertions were frequent His
lieutenant, Sam Boyd, made plucky at
tempt to force the palace with a small can
non. The king had several small six-pound-
ers that came from France planted around
the yard, and Boyd got one of these and ran
it out To bear on the palace. The instant he
appeared sharpshooters killed the men with
him and shot him in the leg, but he got his
gun in place. just as he was about to fire
another ball hit him in the body and he ran
back to cover badly hurt. He came out
again and fired the gun, the ball doing great
damage, but after that the sharpshooters
kept up such steady fire he could not use
the gun again.
Woodhouse, the Pitcher.
After firing at the rebels all day, it was
decided to throw bombs into the bungalow
Bombs were made by filling lot of bottles
with dynamite and pieces of scrap iron
When a lot of bombs were made they looked
around for some means to fire them at the
bungalow. They had no gun. and at last
some one suggested that they throw them. 1t
was a good long throw, and in their dilemma
they secured the services of Hay Woo1house,
pitcher of the Honolulu Base Ball club.
Woodhouse took up his position in the
Coney building, Just across narrow lane
and overlooking the bungalow. No attack
was expected from that quarter, and there
was nothing to disturb the bomb thrower
The Pitcher in the Box.
Woodhouse stood for "A few momen' 5 with
a bomb in his hand as though he were in the
box waiting for a batsmsn to call for a high
or low ball He had to throw over a house
to reach the bungalow, which he could not
see The first bomb described the arc of
circle with an upshoot, went sailing over the
wall, made down curve and struck the
side of the bungalow about foot from the
roof, and the yell thst followed reminded me
of day at the Haight street grounds when
a good pitcher was in the box The bomb
had reached home and hurt a number of in
surgents, and later we heard that it had
knocked the royal bicycle into a dozs
pieces.
Applause from the Bleaching Boards.
Woodhouse bowed in reply to congratula-
tions and coolly picked out another bomb.
1t was slippery, AMI he rubbed his hand on
the floor Then he took step back, made
half turn, and sent il whining IL landed
on the roof OF the bungalow, smashed a hole
four men could have dropped through and
scattered old iron among the rebels until
they thought they were in a boiler explosion.
The base ball pitcher and his bombs were too
much for the rebels, and minute later VIII
cox came out with flag and offered condi-
tional surrender, but the people had too
much confidence in Wood house To agree to
terms, and Wilcox went back to the bunga-
low with the understanding that it was war
to death now
Little Moro Bomb, woodhouse.
"Heave over more shot, and the war is
overT shouted an enthusiastic fellow member
OF abe train Hay took bis aim, but there
was too much steam on and the bomb went
clear over the bungalow and the crowd
looked blue, and this nerved him for another
effort 1t was lovely throw and when the
explosion came we all felt tina I he war was
at last over, and so it was Wilcox came
out with all his men and made complete
| surrender. But for the killei and wounded
| the whole affair might have been taken for
joke.
Spreckels Involved in the Row.
Wilcox, the insurgent leader, is half
caste, who married an Italian woman OF
good family. He received good education
as a surveyor and military engineer while in
Italy, but got no preferment when he re
turned. He worked for a time for Spreck
els, and it was common talk on the island
that the suEar millionaire was back of the
instruction and promised Wilcox financial
support Wilcox hal been living for sous
| time on the bounty of Princess Liluskalani.
heir apparent, and there is no question thai