The record-union., 1895-01-19

mounted police, were sent out on road
leading to The rear OF the insurgents.
They met with no resistance until they
reached Palolo Valley, over the ridge OF
which stone wall extends, behind
which large body OF insurgents with a
small howitzer were established. The
first intimation Murray'S force had of an
enemy was a shower of bullets and
shrapnel, which did no harm. Had the
natives waited a little longer Murray's IS
troops could have been annihilated. They
retreated a short distance, established
and fortified camp and established tele-
phone communication with Lieutenant
King, the object being to prevent any
possi BILE retreat.
This fight occurred on the side Of a
mountain whose serrated sides form al
most inaccessible valleys of little width.
1t was the object of the Government
troops to drive the rebels round the base
of the mountain, from whence there is
no escape, except over the famous Pail
road, which ten or twenty men could
hold against small army.
AS soon as it was known in Honolulu
on Sunday afternoon that there was or
ganized resistance to the Government, no
time was lost in communicating the fact
to its supporters, both by telephone and
messengers. No general alarm was given,
it not being deemed necessary. In re-
donned their uniforms and repaired to
their armories, the members OF the Citi-
Zens' Guard reported at their respective
rendezvous, and yet SO quietly was
everything done that many in the city
were unaware that anything had hap
pened out of the usual Sunday quiet.
Between and 8 P. NJ, however, the APP
pearance of squads OF the Citizens Guard
at every street corner told the tale. PeO-
pie were quietly warned TO 90 home and
stay there. Every important avenue was
guarded by squads numbering from
twenty to forty members of this body,
leaving the entire police and military
force at the immediate disposal Of the
Government.
Cabinet and army officials made their
headquarters at the Marsha's Office dur
ing the night, but nothing occurred to
warrant particular alarm. In The morn
ing the news from TIE front decided the
Government TO take Immediate and
stringent measures for it's protection. At
$3.50 martial law was proclaimed, and all
saloons and liquor stores closed. The
news of the death of Carter, who was a
popular young lawyer and was recently
elected a member of the Legislature, in
tensitied the general feeling, and it would
have gone hard with his assassins had
they not been strongly guarded.
BY noon Monday all the stores were
closed, and there We're few people on the
streets. The Street-cars and buses were
stopped, and the only excitement was at
the MarshaVs office, where arms were
being distributed. etc. The announce
lnenU that the writ OF habeas corpus was
suspended was quickly followed by one
requiring all persons not engaged in the
military or police forces to deliver all
arms or ammunition III their possession
TO the Marshal within twenty-fOur hours.
After conterring with Captain Murray
at noon on Monday, Captain Ziegler and
a company of regulars were dispatched to
his aid, taking with them an Austrian
field-piece. The ten-pound shells from
this gun scattered the natives in every
direction, bat did not seem to hurt any of
them. At p. ". the troops advanced and
forced the rebels into the brush, LIeuten-
ant Ludwig and ten men being detailed
for flank movement. As soon as
Ludwig got into position, the natives
were beaten and scattered into the dense
brush, followed by the troops. 1t is GER
tain that many OF them were wounded
here, as blood, shreds of clothing, etc. ,
were seen everywhere. The only man
wounded on the Government side was
Ludwig, who received flesh wound in
the thigh.
Here the first prisoners were taken,
seven in number, and from them it was
learned that the leaders of the rebels were
Sam NowIein, formerly Colonel of the
Queens household guards, and Robert
Wilcox, who was the leader of the revo-
luton in 1887, the other prominent ones
being half-whites, formerly III the service
OF the Queen.
After the first surrender the natives
came dropping into the Government
camp in bunches until there were soon
more prisoners than troops. The prison.
ers claimed they had G0O rifles, but only
500 men were armed.
at P. NJ. the Government forces
camped for the night, pursuit being i'm
possI BILE in the dense brush.
While this was going on the tug Eleu,
with a field piece and detail of the
sharpshooters' company, left Honolulu,
and in half an hour was in a position to
shell from the rear the natives whose
camp fronted Lieutenant Kings COM
mand. A Jew we'll directed shots scat
tered them like sheep, one shot falling
directly into the native camp. 1t is
known that five men were killed here
and large NUMBER wounded.
The natives were pursued by Lieuten-
ant COyne's company as far as the nature
of the ground allowed. \ shot from his
field piece scattered a crowd of them who
appeared on the edge OF the crater and
four dear- bodies were the result. Thirty
six rifles, Two lO0-pound boxes of cart
EIuSGS anu Two uy HdLlILC DOnDS were
found in an improvised fort, also lot of
clothing, including United States navy
dress coat.
Squads of troops secured the summit of
Diamond Head, but no natives were
found. Two cases of gin were found and
brought to headquarters. After being
examined by DR.. Cooper, the army sur
geon, the stuff was pronounced poisoned
and destroyed.
of lNn
tured during the day, it was ascertained
that the Captain of the little steamer Wal
manalo was responsible for the landing
of the arms with which the natives were
supplied. The entire crew was arrested
The mate confessed, and when con-
fronted with his testimony, the Captain
also acknowledged his guilt. The Gov
ernment claims to have evidence of the
whole transaction from the original pur-
chase until their final disposition.
During the day a large number of
prominent koyalistS were arrested, in
Guiding the editor OF the HOiOmuG, which
paper has suspended, the business man
ager being since arrested.
Some excitement was occasioned dur
ing the afternoon by the appearance OF
two strange barks and two small schoon-
ers Off port. TIE steamer CIaudine aud
the tug Eleu, with fifty men and two
cannon, went alter and searched them,
but no contraband of war was found.
w. a. Kinney, a prominent lawyer,
with his party, including four ladies' and
two gentlemen, who were passing
through the rebel liues, were detained
from Sunday afternoon until released by
Government troops on Tuesday after
noon.
Up to 4 P. NJ. Tuesday thirty-four of
Honolulu's prominent royalists, not in
cluding natives, were under arrest At
midnight the remaining rebels were be-
ing pursued in every direction by small
squads of police, the troops returning to
the barracks during the night, their torn
clothing and dilapidated appearance
ShnWlilrr the OF L ha I'd ri