The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-01-19

used Liout, CoynG and twenty-five moro
oi tho regulars wcto sent. Tho number
OF INSURGENTS was variously estimated
IRON 100 TO 200. With Coyne's force
was scnt an eight ccntimo,re fold niece.
prosident Murray, OF tho citizons' guard,
win 20 mounted policemen, was sont
out on road leading to tho insurgents.
They mot with no resistance until they
approached Paoli Valloy, over tho ridge
ol which u stone wall extends, behind
which largo body Of insurgents with q
small howitzOr woro established.
no drat intimatlon Murray's forco
had Of an enemy was Il shower OF bul.
iets and shrapncl which did no harm.
Had tho natives waited littlo longer,
Murray's troops could havo been ami.
hilatcd. They rotrea,ed a short die.
tance, established and fortified n camp
and established telephone conlmunica.
ton with Lieut.. King. tho object being
TO prevent any possible retreat, This
light occurred on tho side OF noun.
tain, whose serratod side forms an nj.
most inaccessible valley OF little width.
1t was tho object OF tho government
troops to drive the rebels around tho
base oi tho mountain, from whence
there Is no escape except over the ia.
nous Paoli road, which ten or twolvo
mon could hold agains. small army.
A QUICK RESPONSE.
As soon as itNwas known In Honolulu
on Sunday afternoon that thero was
organized resistance to the government
no time was lost in communicating tho
TACT TO i.s supporters. both by telephone
and messenger. No general alarm was
given. i! not being deemed necessary.
In response the four companies Of
militia donned their uniforms and re-
paired to their armorios, the members
oil the, citizens guard reported Mt their
respective rendezvous. and yet so quietly
was everything done that many in the
city were unaware that anything had
happened outside tho usual Sunday
Quiet Between S and Q p. m., however,
the appearance OF squads OF the citizens
guard at every street corner told the
tale. People were quietly warned to go
homo and stay there. Every importan;
avenue was guarded by squads number.
Ing from twenty to forty members OF its
body, leaving the entire police and
military At the disposal Of the govern.
ment. Cabinet and army officials made
their headquarters at the msrshal's
office during the night, but nothing
occurred to warrant particular alarm.
In the morning the news from the front
decided the government to take imme-
dia,e aud stringent measures tor its pro-
lection. .5z.'-
MARTIAL LAW PRocLAIMED.
AT 0:S0 a. IN. martial law was pro.
claimed and all saloons and liquor stores
closed. The news Of the death of Car
ter, who was popular Young lawyer.
and was recently elected a member. OF
the legislature. intensified the general
feeling and il would have gone hard
with the assassius mad they not been
strongly guarded.
BY noon Monday all the s.osea were
closed and there were lew people on the
stres,s. Tho street car, and buses were
stopped and tho only excitement was at
the marshal's office, where arms were
being distributed. The announcement
that the writ OF habeas corpus was sus.
pended was quickly followed by one 70.
quiring all persons not engaged in tho
military or police force to deliver all
arms or ammunition In their possession
TO the marshal within ,twenty.iour
hours.
slIELLED THE NATIVES.
After comforting with Captain Muir.
ray at noon on Monday, Captain ZieS-
Ier, and number Of regulars were dis.
patched TO his aid, taking with them an
Austrian field piece. Then ten pound
shells from this gun scattered the na.
tives in every direction, but did not
seem to hurt any OF them. At . o'clock
the troops advanced, and forced tho
rebols into the brush. Lieutenant Lud-
wig and ten men being detailed for a
flank movement.
Assoon "a Ludwig got into position
tho natives were beaten and scattered
into the dense brush followed by the
troops. 1t Is certain that many OF
them were wounded. rs blood, shreds
OF clothing, etc, were seen everywhere.
Tho only man wounded from tho gov.
ernment side was Ludwig, who received
a flesh wound in tie thigh. Then the
lirst prisOners were taken, seven in
number, and from them it was learned
that tho leaders OF the robels were Sam
Nowlin, former colonel OF tho queens
household guard, and Robert Wilcox,
who was the leader OF the revolution in
1857, tho other prominent ones being
half whites, formerly in the service OF
the queen.
After tho first surrender tho natives
came dropping into tho government
camps in punches until thore were soon
more prisoners than troops. Tho pris-
oners claimed they had GOO rifles, but
only 500 were arrested.
At o'clock the government forces
camped for the night, pursuit being i'm
possible in tho dense brush.
While this was going on. tho tug
Elcu, with fold piece and detail OF
sharpshootsrs left Honolulu and in hall
an hour was in a position to shell from
the rear the natives, whose camp 'front.'
cd Kings command. \ iew well fired
sho,s scattered them like sheep, one
shot falling directly into tho nativcs'
cnmp. 1t il known that five men wcre
killed hero and q large number wound.
cd. Tho natives were pursued by LIEU
tenant Coync's company rs far as tho
nature OF the ground allowed.
THE REBELS NUsIrioyi. =
A shot from his field piece scattered
n crowd OF them who appeared in tho
cdcc OF tho crater, and four dead bodies
wcrc tho result. Thirty.six rifles. two
ono hundred pound boxes oi car