The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-01-08

AS they ran, the Sharpsho ter's,
Regulars and Citizens Guard blazed
away at them. Zeigler had his
men in skirmish line, Murray's
gang was working i'll details,
and Kidwell's crack shots were
operating as sharpsbooters always
do. This detachment was in the
thick of it all afternoon.
All this fighting could be seer
from the observatories in telephone
communication with headquarters.
These view points were the towers
of the Executive Building, the
Judiciary Building and Kawaiahao
Church. Everything could be
seen, and all movements were re-
ported as they occurred to the
President and his staff i'll the bun
galow. Lieutenant Dodge had a
glass from the Survey Department,
and the Myrtle Boat Club telescope
was also used. A telephone station
had been established on the Moi
liili road. With all this the Gov
eminent forces were splendidly
shaped for all extended engage
ment with the insurgents.
Captain Zeigler and the sharp
shooters, and some of the Citizens
Guard, found their long range
fighting from behind the stone
fences quite unsatisfactory. While
they were scattering the enemy,
they did not seem to be doing
much execution. Frequently a
squad of the rebels would manage
to send a volley squarely into the
camp of the Government army.
The firing from the natural fort
continued despite the cannonading.
A field consultation was held
and about two o'clock it was de-
cided to move into the lantana
after the rebels. Lieutenant Lude-
wig was sent with ten men for a
flank movement. This was a
dangerous mission. They made a
detour to the left, and about four
o'clock came up behind the enemy.
During these two hours, firing
between the Republics battle line
and the guerrillas in the brush was
almost constant. The cannon was
used at frequent intervals. Zeigler's
men about half an hour after the
flanking p rty left, moved with
the Sharpshooters into the lantana
and towards the hills. This was
about as hard and dangerous work
as could be undertaken. They
were fired upon constantly, and
their faces, hands and clothing
were torn.
The first shots from the Ludewig
party supplemented by firing by
Zeigler and the Sharpshooters,
scattered the force Of the enemy
completely. At this time there was
some pretty close fighting. 1t is
certain that some of the kanakas
were hit and probably some
of them were killed. Ludewig
came down the hill with his ten
men covering about three hundred
yards. The lantana is so thick
and so nearly impossible that there
was plenty Of chance for hostiles to
escape in the two directions that
could not be covered by the COM
mand.
twas just little after 4 O'Clock
when the backbone of the rebellion
was broken and the first prisoners
were taken. This elimination was
due to the splendid aggressive
campaign conducted so energeti-
cally by the entire command under
the direction of Zeigler. While he
was the ranking officer, valuable
counsel was given by citizens ant
others who were proud to be pri.
Yates. The flank movement die
the business That with the can
nonading completely domoralized
the enemy. Occasionally a kanaks
would do some pumping with his
carbine from behind the stones, OF
from the brush, but they offered
only little fight, after Ludewig
came on them from the rear.
There were seven in the frs
party that surrendered. A son o
Bipikane was among the number
Corbett and McCandless found {
note upon one of these kanakas. L
was from Wilcox to Sam Nowlein
In it the Hawaiian Garibaldi sug
gested that Nowlein continue tc
hold Diamond Head, and that he
Wilcox, would take Punchbowl
Wilcox wondered if martial Law
had been proclaimed. He though
that it had and said that on this &C
count they must fight for thei
lives. He said that if completek
beaten, he would take the boat
meaning probably the Waimanalo
and go to Maui and set up a gov
eminent. The man with the not,
was brought in to Marshal Hitch
cock as soon as possible.
From the first prisoners it wa
learned that there were two com
mands, the right and left, witt
Nowlein and Wilcox respectively il
: charge Their purpose, as surmise'
early III the revolution, was TO NOV
8 upon the town from the waikiki
end. OF the persons mentioned b,
the kanakas as being among tn
| rebels, only one white man wa
named. This is Lewis Marshall,
young man who manages the Eos
ter Harness shop on Fort street
He is scarcely more than boy, AM
is best known about the town as
l bicycle racer and a member of
~ certain fast set. 1t is now know
= positively that Marshall is one {
the men who took part in the dis