Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-07-02
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How the Ling VIII BE Pitched.
THE DIANA INCIDENT.
Particulars of Her Seizure by the Hay
tian Navy and Subsequent Release.

Particulars of Her Seizure by the Hay
tian Navy and Subsequent Release.
New YORK, July 1.-The Clyde line
steamship Ozama which was captured by
Legitime's gunboats and taken to Port-au-
Prince, reached her dock yesterday morning
at the Erie basin, Brooklyn. Her captain,
e. O. Rockwell, the son of Commander
Rockwell of the 'Yautic," U. 5. N, was seen
by United Press reporter 10 whom he
gave the following version of the affair:
The Ozama stopped.
"Ou the morning of June 9" he said,
"when we were about thirty-two miles from
Gonaives, we 81 GIFTED a fleet of three vessels
who evidently intended TO intercept our
vessel They proved TO be the three gun
boats of Presi lent Legtime, named La
Defense, Marcelle and Toussaint rOverture
The La Defense fred shot across our bows
and commanded that we should heave TO,
and sent boat alongside in charge of the
first officer witt instructions that | should
at once come aboard the La Defense and re
port TO the captain of that vessel
Was Not Visitin,: Haytien Ofiic ials.
my answer t. the above was that if the
Haytien captain desired TO see me he would
find me aboard Of my ship, and further that
| didn't propose leaving it, When the Hay
ten captain received my answer he dis.
patched the boat second time to the Ozama
with one of the Hayticn cabinet officers
named Cox, who held the position of secre-
tary of the national defense He demanded
my papers, which l promptly showed. He
said that they were all right, but could not
| osradlIces ,,,..-fsstlieY,sss as 1t was block
| to which of the fOowing 20. @
fer to be conveyed by the Haytien feet, siiu
named Port-au-Prince, Aux Cages, Jacmel,
| and Jermie.
Taken to Port an Prince.
81 then strongly protested against such q
proceeding, bur it proved useless, and
selected Port au Prince. That evening al
dusk La Defense sent to the Ozama boat and
| placed on board of my vessel nine armed
| men, one of them going on the bridge and
| taking full command. That night at mid
| night we anchored in the harhor of Port al
| Prince and at o'clock the next morning
| the guard still remaining on board, tn,
| OZama was taken to the fort and tied up un
| der its guns Permission was denied me I,
| 60 ashore to see the American minister unit
| 8 o'clock on the afternoon of June 10. Tn
American minister then demanded the reason
of the seizure by the Haytien government
and also prompt release No reply wa
received that d6 to this demand
The Ossippee Takes Hand.
THE next morning at daylight the Unitet
States steamship Ossippee, Capt. Kellogg
| commanding, steamed into the harbor Capt
| Kellogg and the American minister prompt
ly called upon l.egitime's minister of foreigl
affairs and two other cabinet officers, and de
| manded the rel ase of the Ozama before
p. IN. of that day, ending his demand wit
the uitimatum that unless the Ozama wa
released by o'clock of that day he wou
proceed into the harbor and take her out b
| force, if necessary.
| Not Making Any Promises.
"The Haytien minister replied that if Capt
Kellogg would promise that the Ozam
would not go to Gonaives she would be re
leased at once To this Capt. Kellogg reptile,
that the Ozama was going to Gonaives an
that he proposed taking her there The re
suit was that at o'clock in the afternoon til
Ozama was released and at 30 steamed OH
| of the harbor and came to anchor at = o'cloc
close astern of the Ossippee That night tn
Ossippee convey ed us to Gonaives."
No Indemnity Demanded.
Capt. Rockwell, when questioned in rela
ton TO the report that 81, 900 in gold ha
been demanded and paid to Capt. Kellogg a
an indemnity by the Haytien government
said that such was not the case and tina
nothing whatever was said about a
indemnity.