The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1895-01-25
REBELS In REVOLT.
Dozen Natives Killed and Many
Royalists Under Arrest.
An Attack Was Made by Rebels Under
Wilcox Government Forces Found
Themselves Equal to the Emergency.

Themselves Equal to the Emergency.
HONOLULU, Jan II. - The revolution
which has been SO long feared has oc
CURED, but fortunately the government
was supported more strongly than the
royalists expected and the conspirators
were beaten.
On Jan. Sunday Deputy Marshal
Brown and "a squad of police under Cap.
tain Parker left for Waikaikai with or
ders to search the premises Of Henry
Bertlemann, Appointment royalist, for arms
and ammunition.
On arrival there, Parker proceeded to
read his warrant. When half way through,
volley was fired by crowd of natives
under a shed in the rear of Bertlemann's s
house, and Charles Carter and Lieutenant
Holie fell wounded. The police charged
and drove the natives out, when the latter
retreated to the brush, keeping up a
desultory fire AS the police only num-
bered eight and there were three or four
times as many natives, they returned to
the house, taking with them three of the
rebels whom they had captured in the
melee, during which some 60 shots were
fired.
The rebels surrounded the house again,
firing into it repeatedly. Leaving one
man to guard the prisoners, the officers
returned the fire, but without effect, as 1t
was dark and their assailants could not be
seen. Realizing that their case was des-
perate and that word must be got to town
at all hazards, it was decided that Brown
and Barker should make dash for their
horses, which We're tied near the house
This was done with success and they were
Soon at the Nearest Telephone.
Within two minutes after receiving the
telephone account of the fight, a detail of
82 men from the regulars stationed at the
government headquarters were ordered
out The command was given to Lieu
tenant King. Volunteers were called for,
and nearly every man in the barracks
stepped to the front As soon as they !
came within Shooting distance of the scene
of action the natives fired parting volley
and fed.
At DAYLIGHT large force of natives,
who had taken up a strong position on
the slope of Diamond Hill, attacked
Kings forces After standing fire about
an hour and finding the natives had the
advantage of nu injers and position,
King moved his forces TO San Souci, II
pleasure resort with telephone communl-
cations. shortly after the telephone was
used Lieutenant Coyne and 20 more regu
lars were sent. The number of insurgents
were variously estimated from / to 2OC.
With Coyne's force was sent an S-pound
field piece. President Murray OF the Citl-
zens' Guard, with 25 mounted policemen,
went out into road leading toward the
insurgents. The first intimation that
Murray's force had of an enemy was a
shower of bullets which did no harm.
Had the natives waited a little longer
Murrays forces
Could Have Been Annihilated.
This fight occurred ON the side of
mountain, where a seriated side forms an
almost inaccessible valley of little width.
1t was the object of the government troops
to drive the rebels around the base of the
mountain, from which there could be no
escape, except over the famous Paoli road
which 10 or u men could hold against
small army.
On Monday morning martial law was
proclaimed and all saloons were closed.
The news of the death of Carter, who was
a popular young lawyer and was recently
elected a member of the legislature, in
tensified the general feeling, and it would
have gone hard with the assassins had
they not been strongly guarded.
After conferring with Captain Murray,
Captain Zeigler and company of regu-
lars were dispatched TO his aid, taking
with him one Australian field piece. The
troops advanced and forced the rebels into
the brush. 1t is certain that many OF
them were wounded. The only man
wounded ON the government side was
Captain Ludwig Then the first prison
ers were taken, seven in number, and
from them it was learned that the leaders
of the rebels were Sam Nowlin, former
colonel of the Queens Household Guard,
and Robert Wilcox, who was the leader
of the revolution in 1887, the other promi-
nent ones being half whites, formerly in
the service of the queen. After the first
surrender the natives came dropping into
the government camps In punches, until
there were soon more prisoners than
troops The prisoners claimed they had
600 rifles, but only
Five Hundred Men we're Arrested
At 6 o'clock the government forces
camped for the night pursuit being I'M
possible in the dense brush. While this
was going on, the tug Flu, with field
niece and detail of sharpshooters, LETT
Honolulu. and in half an hour was in a
position to shell from the rear OF the ma
tiyes, whose camp fronted Kings com
mand. A few well-directed shots scat
tered them like sheep, one shot falling
directly into their camp. Ii Is known that
I've men were killed here and large num-
Der wounded.
From natives captured during the day,
ft was ascertained that the captain OF the
little steamer Waimanal was responsible
for the landing of the arms with which
the natives were supplied The entire