The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-08-04
WITH A MUTINOUS CREW.
THRILLING VOYAGE OF THE SHIP
EMPIRE.
The Captains Heroic Wifc-A Thirty
Days Vigil-Stories of Crew aud
Master Mate Cassidy.

Davis, arrived in port early yesterday
morning, 1913 days from Newcastle, n.
S. W, and thirty days from Honolulu.
The vessel had been all but given up,
when news concerning her was re-
ceived by the steamer Australia from
had put on June Sth, with her crew in
state of mutiny. Mate Cassidy was
sent ashore there with two seamen
named Campbell and MELONS, all three
being charged with INSTRUMENTATION.
Cassidy came to this port on the Aus
tralia, and told story Of ill treat
ment on board the Empire; of starva-
ton and mutiny; men locked in irons
while the ship was making water at
the rate OF three inches an hour, and
OF the captains preparations for de-
sorting the vessel while in this con-
dition.
The crew tell substantially similar
story to that of the mate, and con-
plain of the lack of proper food and
water, and of i'll treatment at the
hands OF the captain. But Captain
Davis has story to tell that rivals
in interest some of the tales OF Cap
tain Marryat. Mrs. Davis, the captains
wife, has experiences to relate which
resemble those of the wife of the
master of the Inflated Hesper. There
were threats of murder reported by one
of the crew. The captain was obliged
to take the place OF Mate Cassidy on
deck, and stood watch and watch with
the second mate. For two weeks Mrs.
Davis did not remove her clothing, but
remained awake to watch over her
husbands welfare. All the while Kittie,
her four-year-old daughter, was prattl-
ing about the cabin in innocent play,
unconscious of the gloom and danger
which hung over the ship.
eve have had tough old trip" said
one of the men acting as spokesman 10.
the crew, "and we are lucky to be alive.
We were not out from Newcastle more
than q few weeks when we were put on
short rations and told that the supply OF
provisions was running low. The ship
was leaking at the rate of three inches
an hour. Captain Davis, on top of this,
wanted lis to do double duty. We did
that for awhile, and then we kicked.
We asked him how long he intended to
make us work on both watches, and he
said as long as he - pleased.
I'VE had blow about the end OF
April and some OF the sails were blown
out and other damage was done. He
and the mate had some trouble and he
said that the mate was standing in with
us. He said he was going to land
Cassidy and some of us at Tahiti, and
we concluded among ourselves that he
would not.
"IIe wanted us to turn to when it was
He put the whole port watch in irons
and kept them there for six hours.
Then he put the starboard watch in irons
too, and all the while up to this time
''He ran the ship into Honolulu and
put Mate Cassidy and two seamen
named Campbell and MELONS ashore
charged with insubordination. He
could not make the charge stick
though, but he did not care for that
He wanted Cassidy out of the ship be.
cause he would not abuse and beat us
We thought that If we ever got to SEE
in the old tub we never would reaci
the shore again, so we begged to be
allowed to leave her. He refused anC
then we refused to turn to. Captain,
we said, this ship isn't fit to go to set
in, and we want survey made of her.
We begged HIM to allow us to go anc
see Admiral Walker, but he would no
do it. He said he'd see if we would
work or not, and he u crew from
the Philadelphia to heave the ancho
and get us under way. Then the Who'll,
crew was put in irons and kept Their
until we got ont to sta. We promised
then to do our work, but we did it 70
our own protection. because we though
that the ship would sink.
"This trip from the Islands has BEEF
one OF continual abuse, for this Davis
one of the toughest and hardest master
that ever sailed under the American
flag"
eyes" said Captain Davis, whe
questioned by the reporter, 81 had IN
crew in irons and I'll have some of ther
somewhere else before | get throug
with them. Not only did they muffin!
but | was given to understand that som
OF them were only awaiting a favorabl
opportunity to give me my quietus
the dark. They tried to scuttle til
ship, refused to turn to, and my ow
mate turned upon me. We left Ney
castle, New South Wales, on April Is
and after we were out short time Ma
Cassidy began to grumble at the foo
and he started the crew into the san
line OF discomfort.
"The mate himself shirked duty al
was lnsuDOrulhale III many ways.
the early part of May he pleaded sic
ness and kept to his room, | was oblig,
to take his watch, and while was {
deck one night the man at the whe
called me to him in mysterious ma
ner and told me to look out for myse
asked him what the matter was, al
he told me that he had overheard t
port watch planning to fix me sol
night in the dark asked him what
had done to them, and he said that
was because had logged them. Tho
of the crew who had been insubordini
were, OF course, marked down with
entry against their names. This mea
reflection against their characters
their lisabar,F.