The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1891-11-17
TREATED LIKE DOGS.
THE STORY OF CRUELTY TOLD BY
THE GREW OLA WHALER.


THE GREW OLA WHALER.
Story that Sounds DISQUALIFICATION Har-
messed to Sleds and Compelled to Haul
tho Brutes Who Kicked and Cuffed
Them About.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. S.-Almost in
credible stories of cruelty and hardship
are told by the crew of the steam whaler
Grampus, lately returned from q profita.
bic cruise in the Arctic.
a sailor known as Charley left the
ship at East Cape, Siberia, taken his
chances In atrackless waste of ice and
snow rather than remain aboard. When
the Grampus went into winter quarters
at Herschel Island, others of the crew
ran away, risking death in a perilous
attempt to journey from the mouth of
the MackenZie to some trading port on
the ukon River.
One of the men gives this account of
what the crew endured:
When in winter quarters at Herschel
we had to haul wood and ice, dragging
sleds to Lower Sandspit and back, a
distance OF twenty-four miles. Twenty
degrees below zero was considered mild
weather.
"Twelve men and six dogs were har
messed to each sled. Captain Norwood.
OF the Grampus, and Captain Tilton,
or the Mary ID. Hume, usually went i'm
charge, one for each outfit. They would
rue on the sleds and lash men and dogs
together to make them go faster. ff
the lash of the long whips failed to
MAKE US move as fast as they wished
the captains would get off and strike
the men with marlin spikes.
The harness for the men consisted
or broad bands Of canvas, and that can
vas was issued to the men from the
ships stores and charged to them.
"Ihe men were kept at dogs work
ana fed OH dogs food, We couldn't
stand this treatment and made up our
MINDS nn6 to run away. We had more than
1000 miles to make to reach white resi-
dents and fully relied the dangers
ahead.
Early in the morning Of March I5
robert Coleman, fireman Of the Mary
-. llume; G. q. McFauw, James Mason
and Fred Craig, from the Grampus.
started out for Lower Sandspit.
Late in the second night of our peril
Gus tramp natives told us that two ship
captains and two natives had come to
take us back. Before we could get our
ooots on we were confronted by Win
cherter rifles i'll the hands of the two
captains and compelled to surrender.
Mason was told to unhitch the dogs
from the captains sled, and while so
doing was knocked down and pounded
III the face by Can't Tilton. Norwood
grabbed McFauw, threw him down and
kicked him in the face With frozen
boots. They then went into the hut
where Craig and Coleman were lying
helpless from freezing. Tilton struck
Coleman in the face five or six times
n Il nlyN
CimeS IN the side. Both captains were
drunk.
"Ihe next morning, Coleman andb
Craig, unable to walk, were put on tiH
sled. The dogs were taken ouJ and W.
fauW and Mason were ordered to Eut
on the harness and haul the sled lack
to the ships. The two captains rode
on the sled, only getting off wheJ nee
eSsary to exercise to keep from fre'H' -.
Their two native guides also ro~, on
":ne men pulling the sledwere lashcd
as " they were dogs during the whole
ride. Only two stops of any length for
rest were made on the back trip Of thir.
ty miles.
"As soon us we arrived at, the ship we
were put in irons. Cold irons were
put around our frozen wrists without
anything being donG,to allevia5e the
pain. Before g. o'clock at night this
caused McFauw's Wrists to swell until
the skin burst. Then Mate Lyohs went
to the CAPTAIN andigat him st9 remove
the IRON from biursd sWfSS.
deck: :, ,Captain5l Wopd g$apped Ma
son by, the necN and Sh ale fiEg ham
met; from the:Riae Esmjbl Estflis isk M ason
in the facey$WJ tfiss the Z hard lie. Tiien
catching McEgasf the throat the
Captain struck him thress times lial the
and KEPT III X ~ ss,s, SrssS s
ut was almost impossible tG stand
the cold in the forecastle. The Ere ifi
the stove was ordered put out. Atss6
o'clock each evening, and the men 4,
to walk about to keep their blood I'm
circulation. Frost in the forecastIe
was hanging from the under side of the
deck an inch and a half thick, and we
could never get heat enough to thaw
1T out during the winter.
I'VE were kept in irons four days.
Things got worse right along, and a
second attempt to run away was made,
but the mon were caught again and the
next morning they were given thirty
lasheS each on the bare back. Captain
Norwood welded the whip, which was
q quarter inch rope with a raWhide tip
That cut into the flesh at each blow.
They were then kept in irons at night
for one month and two days"
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