The Red Cloud chief., 1891-08-28

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NEW YoRK. AUG. s-Thc Netherlsnd
line steamship OLDHAM. which reached
this port late yesterday. WAS h scens
Of an attempt Of mutIny on The last
trip To Europe and one OF the ringiesd-
cn paid the penalty Of insueordins-
ton with his life.
According 10 the story Of Capt
Baker. the outbreak was the result of
. plot To take possession Of the ship
The ohsiam lcft this pr, July Is FOE
Rotterdam with upward OF 10 cabin
AM steeragc passenger She had been
running bu; twenty four hour, when
b officer on the bridge Informed the
captain that there was evidence of dis
satisfaction among tho french and
stokcrs all of whom were socialists
and had b-cn ugly before
Capt Baker went 10 tho urpsc
rooms and hi, presence WAS the ocea
sion for n round o! Kisses lie said
nothing. bu, going 90 his cabin sen, for
Chief Engineer lial. who told him that
the men We're On the verge Of mu;iny
and that he had pleaded with them in
vain. Il fear" he added, that the
men will draw the fires and leave US in
q nice mess
"You DO your duty and let matters,
shape themselves" said Capt Baker.
II have 500 passengers ou this ship and
any man below who tries - run the
vessel will pay dearly for it"
Everything vent well that night A
quiet search MAS made among the e.
fects Of the stokcrs for rum. but very
little was found The craft WAS forty
eight hours ont from por. Capt Baker
hal about made up his mind that the
fears Of his officers were groundless.
when the vessel began Ia slow down
and finally stopped altogether. lie
went Ia the bridge aud asked hat was
the mattcT. The second officer ou duty
told him hat he had given the engine
room No signal u stop or even I" sow
down.
just then h chief engineer rushed
to the bridge. Como below he shout
ed to TN. captain. the men have put
out the fires and threaten IL take my
life il ! insist on giving them orders
They refuse Tn obey me in any way"
Capt Baker hurried below lie
found twenty ~ the firrmen and coal
passers punched together beside the
furnaces They had drawn the nrcs
and the vessel was simply holding her
head tn the wind with the aid 81 IA few
sails
What i the matter with you fell
lows" laid the captain A general
howl from the men was the answer
'l'lI tell you What j. the matter"
said Peter Duzrn, VIII" appeared Z -
the rirglcadcr. We have grown tired
Of this life and we intend to run thing.
To suit ourselves That's what the
matter is"
lis that the expression of yourself"
inquired Capt Baker. ""r are ven act
ing ~ spokesman for the Others
Il don't care what u" other fellows
do, said Duzcn. Il am going Ia have IA
good time or know why
"All right. said the captain. You
a accomplish your purpose when YOU
do away with me"
If that is 80 I'll dn 1T now" said Du-
zen aud picking up n huge iron pick he
sprang al the captain. The latter drew
back. pulled a navy revolver from his
pocket, aimed il at Dunen and fired
The man fell at the captains feet
with an oath. The bali had entered
his left brcas, and two hours later he
died
The quickncss and determination %
the captain filed the remainder Of the
mutinccrs with alarm and they fici
In every direction about the furnace
room.
The fires were rclight~d and the vcs-
sci proceeded on her way. reaching Rot
terdam without further incident
The body of Dukcn was buried ut
sea Papers on his body showed that
he was n rabid anarchist. with any
thing but a good character. lie was n
folandcr and unmarried
At Rottcrd Am Capt Baker had all
hands arrested.
The 200 passengers who were On
board the vessel were greatly excited.
rs all expected that tn. ~mutineerS
would get possession Of the craft The
matter will be- fully settled on the re-
turn Of the craft to the other side.
Shipping men are confident Baker will
be honorably acquitted.