New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-02-03
FROM THE AMERICA AND
NICTHEROY ARRIVE HERE.

THEY HAVE STORIES TO TELL OF HARSH TREAT
MENT on SHORE AND LAX DISCIPLINE
AFLoAT-QUARRELIING AMONG THEMsELvEs
Almost a half-hundred Adventures who went to
Brazil to make their fortunes returned to this city
yesterday. Their conduct showed that their
perence had not been Of the peasantest kind Most
of them refused 10 speak 10 reporters saying that
they wanted to earn honest dollar by writing
themselves the story Of their adventures.
The men came from Brazil Oh the steamer Words
worth Captain Harbe. which arrived here late
Thursd ly night from RIO % Jane TO Pernambuco
They sailed from ,ernambuco January -.
There were on board forty-three sailors from the
cruiser America, and four men from the Nictheroy.
Many were intoxicated. and out OF the VII num-
Der only half n dozen seemed 10 what became
Of them. They quarrelled among themselves made
wild threats TO shoot another. and frequently
charged another with attempting sink or
disable the America. Lieutenant j. q. Dillon. nayi-
gator and formerly the first officer accused George
Coleman. the former first engineer. OF having tried
TO blow up break down the America, and said
that Coleman was responsible for the injury 10
Captain Crossman's leg. Coleman. who was sober
and was the cleanlicst and best dressed man Of
the lot. denied every Of Diilon's charges. He
said that the damage TO the America acct
dental: the air-pumps broke. AS to Captain Cross
mans injury he said that the captain slipped from
the ladder leading from the main deck to the
upper deck. Captain Crossman. who inter
viewed in Philadelphia this week. upon his return
here from Brazil. confirms this statement and he
also says that Coleman one of his best men
1t would that all discipline on board the
America had been destroyed when Captain Mess-
ner took Captain Crossmans place. 1t is said
that he drank with his men. and allowed them to
DO practically they liked.
The officers Of the America who came here on
the Wordsworth Lieutenant. Thomas NJ
OHalloran. executive officer; Lieutenant j. G. Dill
nd Grct offic r
Russell, second watch officer; Lieutenant W. r. l.
Dalton. third watch officer; Lieutenant Irving
Bount, fourth watch officer; George Coleman first
engineer William Atkinson. first assistant engineer;
Charles S. Packard chief steward. and DR. Randall
surgeon Among the men H. ID. Monacesi
clerk and William Bassett, chief cook
The America, according to the accounts OF the
sober men. arrived at Pernambuco December
90 On January 4. Brazilian officers on board
and ordered to be taken off all the provisions and
stores. The following day all the ammunition was
taken off and the guns forward dismounted On
January 6, half Of the men ordered 10 leave
the ship. and the following day the balance re-
ceived the same orders The officers quartered
in the hotels but the men say they were compelled
to sleep the boards. or In the courtyard Of the
barracks there. Pots of boiled beef frequently un-
1T to eat. were handed in twice day. and in the
morning a lot OF weak coffee given to them.
The men complain bitterly Of their treatment by
the Brazans. They tina. the Brazilian Off
GERS at Pernambuco are In sympathy with Meo.
and t1 ny d Kdn all tn h s S to the
The Wordsworth on her trip from Rio TO Per-
nambuco carried as a passenger Silvino Honorio
de Macedo. a Lieutenant In the Brazilian Army, but
who was n sympathizer with Melo. He 1t was
said was an agent OF Mello who had sent him to
Induce Captain Messner to turn his vessel into the
rebel service. When the agent arrived at Pernam-
buco he found that the America was inside the
harDOr. an
ahout as they liked and the Brazilian Government
paid their wages and their passage here About
hrty-fiye the America crew were left at Per-
ma mbuco for lack OF room on the Wordsworth. !
Others left for this city by way OF Hamburg DR.. |
IIanford one OF the surgeons. was left at Per-
nambuco. An, -. ,,o-.., 49,. -, =,
Uor,Isworth sailed. and he seemed to be contented
He has been appointed to petty office In the bar
racks. ,., IT,, .,, .
dav. con New Years Captain Mcssner gave
each man an allowance OF punch. but the men |
manager I, get hold of more than their allowance |
IN Some way and they had lively time: The |
~ t.ysrH wss nermitted to use his discretion re-
ssrdng the amount Of liquor he should sell to the