The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-05-09
A MUTINY PUT DOWN.
Exciting Incident Of the Drum
rocks Voyage.
BATTLE WITH DRUNKEN SAILORS
On3cers Lay About Them with Be,av-
ing Pins at Ribs Until the Mutt
neers Are Power,e@s.

mere was muttny In the crew of the hIg
BRUSH ship Drunsrock now at West S.
attic, while she Was lying al Bio de Ia
nero four months ago and desperate
Dut unsuccessful attempt was made 10
a"nfoer CAPT Bailey and First Mate Tay-
.oa- ihe petty officers ard two young ap-
FLrutees aboard rallied 20 the assigsa nee
o. the captain and the mate. ard after a
para ana bloody battle the members OF the
mutincus crew were feliei TO sha daek
win the aid of Delaying pins. Then the
captain and the officers armed them
sSlFes. and after the crew had been placed
IA irons for time. they were set al liberty
well N'
The fact that there had been rnut,,v
ABOARD dtd not come out until YESTERDAY
"hen a reporter learned OF the trouhle
from persons who were familiar with rhe
anair Capt. Bailey has not discussed tha
matter since coming TO the Sound at least
not with newspaper men, and Second Mate
cailsy. who was In charge OF the ship
yesterday in absence Of the captatn and
first mate. simply told the reporter that a:
Rio de Janerio the ship had lost two Of
her crew
Inc two men referred to by the second
mate were mixed up In the mutiny. One
or them afterward died of the fever and
the other deserted the ship before she left
the port. Whisky was the cause Of the
trouble. Capt Bailey. who has been on
the sea for thiriy-seyen years, is well
known on the Coast. having made many
trips between the Pacific coast and Eng
fish ports, and is regarded as one OF the
most able nayigators and one of the kind
est officers TO be found anywhere. The
Drumroek carried crew Of forty men
when she left Liverpool She loaded coal
at Barrow and proceeded to Rio de ia
t.nI r.
weather was found TO be excessively
warm, even for that country. and several
nights after landing the members Of the
crew were permitted to go ashore They
filed up with whisky, and while In that
condition one of the number poisoned the
minds OF the others against the captain
and first mate. and as a result the
drunken and enraged crew. their brains
on fire with Rio de Janeiro whisky. re-
turned 10 the ship. encountered the cap
tain and started to quarrel with him.
Then First Mate Taylor came 10 the cap
tain's assistance and he was attacked.
Fortunately several OF the petty officers
and the two boy apprentices were near at
hand and they came to the rescue. bat
lie followed. The members Of the crew
were desperate and made strong effort
70 give the captain and the mate their
death blows. But they were not In as good
fighting condition as the captain and his
men, owing 10 the fact that the whisky
had weakened them. They grabbed NUM-
erous rough weapons, however, and made
a good fight. but the captain and his mea
succeeded In getting hold of a number OF
Delaying pins. Armed with these danger
Gus and effective weapons. they dealt
blows In every direction until every mem
Der OF the drunken crew had been put 20
sleep" on the deck. After the Drumrock
had taken on ballast. she left for this
port. and from that day until the present
time there has been no further mutiny in
the crew The Drumrock made the trip
10 San Francisco In ninety-eight days.
and at that port received orders to come
north and load with wheat for the United
Kingdom Head winds were encountered
coming 10 the Sound. and It required
eighteen days to make the trip.
The Drumrock Is one OF the largest and
best four-fn sted harks afoat. and will he
the second largest ship that ever carried a
cargo OF wheat out OF this port. Her
registered tonnage IL 2.s77 tons. but she
carries Also tons dead weight. She is Ssi
feet In length. IS feet beam and Is feet Of
hold The Drumrock was built ~ Leith
IN 1891 IN only eight months nv Ram@ ga
& Ferguson a. a cost of f27. 600 Her
owners are Ctilison & Chadwick. Of Liver
pool who own and control about fifty
steam and sailing vessels The Drumrock
nas made two previous trips 20 the Coast,
20 san Francisco In 1909 and isa3. on the
latter trip she came 20 the Sound country
and loaded with wheat She had fine
weather and made the trip to the Sound in
four DAYS The Drumrock can make 1875
knots an hour She expects to begin load
ing in few days. hut when she Will sail
or for what particular port of the United
Kingdom Is not known 20 Capt Bailey.