The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-10-30

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M u shan brings trouble.
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C<S6&P8 days of the trip. On
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AHAS ~ the morning all the
* {EMmY sailors left off work.
ZX@ They travelled as
passengers till Sun
day evening. With the assistance of
marines from the Hyacinth the rebels
were ironed. They will be brought
ashore during the day and placed
in Jail. There will be formal lnves-
tigation and regular trials.
Capt. King of the Nanshan is deter
mined to prosecute to the limit. He
and his officers have had trying,
dangerous time of it, and they
breathed restful signs of relief when
the anchors splashed into placid
Honolulu harbor.
Efforts to interview the crew yes
terday were fruitiess. The prisoners
would not go into details at all. III
they have any specific grievances
a court. The officers were courteous
and answered all inquiries.
A quartermaster started the row.
He was not steering properly and
Capt. King called his attention to the
bad service. The man ordered the
commander away from the wheel.
Capt. King was thunderstruck at the
audacity of the petty officer and rep
rimanded him sharply. At this the
quartermaster struck Capt. King.
The scuffie forward soon attracted the
attention of all on board and there
was a wild rush in that direction.
Several officers turned their attention
to the 900 passengers, doing all pos
sible to prevent a panic. The crew to
a man came to the aid of the quarter
master. Two or three had hatchets
for arms, others knives and the re-
mainder bars and clubs. Capt. King
and the Britishers who came to his
aid recognized that the odds were too
great to think of entering into COM
bat. No effort was made to enforce
discipline. The crew mixed in with
the passengers. The immigrants were
in sympathy entirely with the mutt
nous body, and leaders among the
travellers threatened to take up the
quarrel of the crew and stood ready at
all times to help the sailors.
Besides Captain King, First Officer
Gambler, and Second Mate Richard
son, there are three more Britishers
on the Nanshan. These men and
days. They were on duty day and
night, and, at the end, were well nigh
worked out "Supposing there had been
bad weather" the reporter suggested
to Mate Richardson. "Oh, we would
have gotten on somehow replied the
typical Englishman. At this time
Officer Gambler was in his room i'll,
and Captain King was ashore visiting
the British Consul. The Englishmen
have had an experience to remember.
For eight days the cool half-dozen
were completely at the mercy of 900
frowning, discontinued and prejudicial
japanese.
The Nanshan has q new flag, new
owners and new crew. She was for
merly in the Japanese-Chinese SER
vice, but is now practically an Eastern
tramp. She will sail from here as soon
As the ten rebels have had their cases
look into. The men are sullen at the
vessel. They wanted, on Sunday
night, to resist the marines, but were
quietly dissuaded from their purpose.
The boarding from the Hyacinth was
done quietly, and very few people on
the water front knew Of the affair
until this morning.