The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-01-22
THE PIRATES CAUGHT
Devastating by Nanaimo Sail
ors to Be Broken Up.
SMALLPOX At GATE CITY.
HiEhwaymen Flourish in Portland Be-
cause the Police Arc Corrupt
Profits OF Some "Bssts."

NASArMo, Jan. 2L-rSpecial. THE cap
tains of the different vessels in the harbor
held consultation relating to the kidnap-
ing of the crew of the British steamer
Bawnmore, and the result has been that
the government has offered $500 reward
for information leading to the arrest and
conviction of the offenders. Chief Stew
ard sent out a constable this morning on
the Clutch, and the result was that the
Coast Seamen's Unions smart sailing
craft Minnie was overtaken, and on eX-
animation was found to have in the hold
the kidnapped men and three union men.
The names of the latter are given as &.
Robson, J. r. Mann and Martin Poitair.
The sailors are Eric Arrhue. G. +. Brag-
ner, Antoine Grin. George Peaze and A.
Anderson. The sloop was brought back
to Nanaimo, and statements were taken
by shorthand writer from each OF the
sailors and they were released. The mem
bers OF the union were sent 10 jal! pend
ing trial. Chief Steward, who has served
in the army, said: ut makes my British
blood boil to witness a few foreigners COM
ing to an English port and committing
such an outrage on an English vessel un-
der our very noses" The members of the
union appear to De greatly surprised.
VICTORIA, Jan. q. Especial. For
several years the Coast Seamen's Union
has practically ruled all shipping entering
Nanaimo tor coal cargoes, and, the town
beng strongly union, have carried matters
with higher hand than would be tolerated
elsewhere. For months past every nom
union crew arriving in port has been mys-
teriously spirited away, the few who es-
capped telling Wild stories of masked men
boarding their ships and hurrying off the
crews at the pistols point, not to be heard
from again. At midnight on the 18th the
British ship Bawnmore was thus invaded
and the crew kidnapped. The captain, who
had signed the men in England, appealed
to the government, to whom application
for protection had previously been made
by American Consul Myers. and a reward
of 500 was offered for conviction of the
kidnapers. Superintendent Hussey, of the
provincial force, took charge Of the case
in person, and this morning found the
Bawnmore's crew on the siOOp Minnie,
owned by the union and used for raids
only. The intention was to send them to
China as the others had been sent.
The statement of one of the Bawnmore's
rescued sailors is that they were taken off
the vessel at the PISTOLS point on to
steamer, then transferred to an island
near Nanaimo and closely guarded. This
morning they were taken off on sloop in
which they were battened in the hold, and
were rescued by officers on board the
steamer Clutch. There have been several
arrests of union seamen at Nanaimo, and
| more are expected.
SAN FRANcIsco, Jan. 2l.-Thirty ship
owners have formed an association and
| will hereafter ship their own men without
| regard to whether the sailors are union
| men or not. Its expected that this ton
| will result in a strike of sailors on the
| coast steamers manned by union sailors.
| VANCOUVER, &. c., Jan. 21.-The union
men who kidnapped the crew of the steam
| collier Bawnmore, at Nanaimo, on We'd
nesday night were captured this morning
/ in the sloop Minnie off Cover point. fif-
| teen miles from here. Three union men
had five sailors in the sloop. They had
left Nanaimo last night and were making
for Vancouver. Officer Mcklnne noticed
that the sloop had disappeared, SO he took
passage on the regular steamer Clutch to
| Nanaimo and overlook them. No resist
| ance was offered. The men and sloop were
| taken back 90 Nanaimo. The provincial
| government offered 500 reward yesterday
tor the capture and conviction of the
| kidnapers.