New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-19
BLOODSHED IN HAWAII.


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arrival Of he force Of shar, shooters and rhed
gun early in the afternoon. tho troops drew III
, upon him and sharp action began. iasiins
three hours, when shells drove tn" enemy ~, NJ
hiding In reccSscs OF the ridges ana buSi' VIZ VIZ
cox and his men fought savagely. hrlns ~.
shots. but inhcting no injuries TWO oi nn'
men were killed. and two deserted ana BUT
rendered.
| II was learned in the evening that wilcox
! and his men had climbed the ridge above IAN
talus and We're above the head of Panoa Valley.
| aiming 10 descend and escape through the
! Nuuauu Pass or over into Kalihl Sky men
| were sent up before midnight. and the Nuuauu
| Upper Road and Pass were occupied 50 as 10
! intercept them. At an early hour the lore. on
/ Tantalus pushed up IN search OF them. another
body going up the Panoa Valley. They located
: Wilcox and thirty men on the Upper fl9se'
! from which he may possibly escape into
} Nuuauu. \ Trail was found leading down INTO
that valley whore some of his men had escaped.
! \ few prisoners Were captured making their
/ way out The region Is 50 rough and the jungle
so dense that no doubt MANI hay" escaped,
! probably crossing 10 the kalihi Ridge.
/ The prisoners report Wilcox 10 be destitute
OF food and desperately struggling for his life
! He Is surrounded. but may slip through and
possibly find his way out OF the country. There
| are several hundred mon cage 10 capture him.
Although never far from the base of supplies,
! II has been no easy task 10 got food 10 them all
| THE EX-QrEEN SAID To BE ~ CUSTODY.
II is something Of a mystery where the ex-
/ Queen il. II IS said On good authority that tho
! Government has her ia custody in place known
! only To fcw persons This is partly to protect
B her from the indignant people and also to sepa-
rate her from her supporters.
/ Samuel Parker Yesterday communicated to ono
| II the leading citizens his desire 10 rally the
I lives t. seek annexation 10 the United states At
! his request this was tod t. President Dole. VINO
! replied crCouragingly. Parker has FOR some time
/ been convinced that tn" restoration o. the mon
archy Wa utterly hopeless. Nj Intelligent nat
..Vcs ar. coming t. feel that annexation will give
! security to all and especially to the rights 81 the
natives \ general agitation in favor Of annexa-
/ ton is expected To follow this outbreak.
VISIT TO WlLCOXS CAMP
ON Monday morning John Dunn. one Of the
most trustworthy men in tho Government en-
/ ploy. received Instructions to enter the lines ~
/ the enemy. l. he possibly could. and ascertain
the true situation Of the rcvolutionists Dunn
7 was selected for this hazardous undertaking.
J both account "f his intimacy with some OF
/ the rebel leaders and for - and his unhrching
/ courage ia ne face u imminent danger.
! Leaving Honolulu carly on Monday morning
! Dunn made his way out 20 waikiki n" sud
I denly found himself IN front of an armed guard.
VINO demanded whittier b. WAS travelling and
/ what his name was. Af."r some parleyiug. the
/ questions rropounded scr" answered 10 me
. satisfaction az the native guard Ia the CON
} Versation which followed Damn was informed
/ that IN. rcbol forces were campcd short dis
tance above. under tho zee Of Koko Head The
/, questions asked and answered satisfied the
guard - Dunu's loyalt'. rnd h" was allowed
: 20 proceed fo the rendezvous ~ tho insurgents
! Boldly entering On" camp. Dunn was received
, with welcome which far exceeded his most
/ rauSuinc expectation. he vas questioned so
fa4t that for time he found ~ difficult to givn
satisfactory answers. After be had told about
| The situation IN Honolulu. the spirits OF the
| rebels were somewhat Gampcucd.
Tho parry into which Dunn had found his wa
I consisted ~ over $50. al natives Most "f the
/ u'n were lying down. hil" several were walk
| ing bach ma forih ~ order :" keep warm
, Troy had ouiy q Few blankets and wraps. and
| many OF them were IN their shirt sleeves
I Robert Wilcox was In command. and II was Ia
/ him thai Dunn chiefly addressed his CONVERSE
/ run. Wilcox described how The Royalists
/ would maxi a. d,tour e the country. bc rein
. forced AZ different points. and finally enter
/ Honolulu 10y way ~ the plains with over
i.Ooo men at his command. They had plenty or
food. ammunition and guns and would surely
succeed 10 oNcrturnug IN" hated missionaries.
! wilcox also spoke "f san" NoWlicn. and said
he was not far away with srSonty-iiyc armed,
! vcil-drll-d and determined mon lie wanted to
know n the natives had rallied from Eva and
/ across Pail. a'd WAS much chagrned 10 learn
/ from Dunn that they had played the funk
/ act" Thi- h" could not understand. as every
/ thing had been arranged before he lefi Homo
lulu Inquiry was particularly made as To- the
| welfare ~ the white Koyalists. were any Of
! them arrested. and was the "righiful Queen"
( stiH az Washington Place
Early on Tuesday morning Wilcox announced
/ nis intention ~ changing base. Iasty prepare
/ lions were made for marching H. called l2j men
together aud spok" to them In the native tongue.
What hc said evidently pleased Them they
/ seemed anxious 10 icI iIi. Before starting. how
/ yer wilcox turned o. Hruu and told him he was
Eoing 10 march straight for Purchbowl and
would capiur' The Government powder magazine.
/ Duun was % proceed Immediately. advise Now
| Hen Of his intention and tcl him 10 join Wilcox
/ az Punchb1wl Win u.s. cnt!r" command as soon as
he could g., there Il viii capture and hold
PunchbiWl until he tNOWlitm arrives: bur all
haste must bee made by him - join me- there. "
Wilcox said thar large force ~ natives under
the Command - Evans. Canadian who was
! then supposed to - i'm The vicinity Of MOanalua.
would also JOIN him at PuuchhOwI In the Evans
parry there were seven white mon. all ~ whom
rad seen service in Canada during the Rlel re-
belllon Part II them came to Honolulu recently.
In the pay II a woll-known Royals.
DUNN TAKES THE NEWS To PRESIDENT
DOLE.
with these parting words Wilcox and his
party moved away on foot at fast pace. The
rest Of the natives had previously been told to
follow Dunn and Join Nowlicn. Dunn managed
To- cluGo the natives and started for Honolulu
as fast as he could travti. Travcl-stained. foot
sore and weary. h" reached the police station
with story that startled al thosc who heard
it. After hurried consultation with officers
there, Dunn was taken to President Dole's resi-
dcnce and there rccountcd his experiences The
recital or IN" story caused the Government to
take steps t. occupy Punchbowl Companies r.
and -. with hIi pieces. wore ordered to that
point At midnight ! short time afterward
punchbowl and surrounding points had been
occupied by Government troops no sign OF the
enemy being visible.
1T was by the testimony Of the captured ma
tivss thai the officials were able To discover the
instieai,rs II the instruction. Soon a net Of
conviction was woven about prominent Royal
, lists In town. and by Monday noon a list OF about
forty Of The leading agltat0rs had been made out
ON Monday afternoon Nurr.c +. j. Tesa A. L.
Peterson. H. T. Poor. Henry Won Werthorn, IL
=. RcdWard Henry Dcirics. J. +. Bowler James
*. kaula. Hen Kapu. Alexander Smith. Charles
Clark. Margarie and lsagawa. had been put
under arrest In the evening Charles Creighton
and Oliver r. Stman were added to the list
Norric IS editor of The IIplamua" and a shore
time ago vas tried and convicted for publishing
scditious articles Creighton and Peterson are
Nf,fl- lfta.t l.Nk htlksi
General under the monarchy. They also
prominent in the defence ~ the consplrators
l5uah cIick and Nawahi Charles Clark is O
hnngcr-on nf the cX-Quccn and was taken nj
Washington Place. where quantity OF arms
were also found. The others are all we'll known
Eoyalist sympathi2ers.