Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1895-01-24
REVOLT IN HAWAII.
The Long-Dreaded Uprising Ma
terializes at Last
SIR Hundred Natives secure Arms and At
tempt the Capture Of fisaelaIa-They
are Met by small Hut Determined
fprce Of W hit.. and ov-rthrowa-

HoSoLULr, Jan 10. Correspondence
of the United Press per steamer Ala
media. via san Francisco. Jan is.-On
the 5th. per the Australia. / reported
what seemed To he an attempt. on the
81, to arm the natives OF kakAako. be-
yond the marine railway. such an at
tempt was actually made. and the coup
/ to land rifles from the steamer Wal
maualo was frustrated by the vigilance
OF the police The second attempt
was successful. ON the evening of
I Sunday. the 6:h, as many. il is in evil
dene-. a. 60O rifles were landed between
I Waialae and Diamond head. nearly six
miles from town Some 500 natives
we're collected there and recei sed the
guns and ammunition The Waimaua-
I 10. Capt Davis. landed the rides in
whale boats He brought them from
beyond Waialae. where they had
been landed by the schooner Norma.
from Victoria. If our information j.
correct
| The natives were under command of
I Bob Wilcox and Nowiein- They cap
tured during the day and detained
eight or ten white personS of both
sexes found taking Sunday afternoon
strulIs beyond Diamond head The
Z wires to the telephone outlook on the
/ head were cut No information could
reach the city Headquarters was At
Antoine Rasa's house on the b<aeh near
Z waialae- IL was the intention IN rush
I in early in the evening and surprise
the city while the people were NJ
church
The authorities rreeived information
I towards night that arms were being
landed a; Diamond head At tbs. house
Of George ferteimann- n half-white
ruyaIiSt leader This house j. beyond
/ CampheiI's mansion. which Is at the
end of the park IL Is well under the
I base Of the head
I A strong squad of police SzS imme-
diately sent out On horses to search
/ lsertslmann's house The citizens
I guard were put on the aler; and the
volunteer military companies sam
moned- Capt Parker with his psllice
[ reached Ilertelmann's after dark
I Deputy Marshal Erown carried the
warrant lie fonusi BerteImann on his
veranda with a stranger. AMI while the
police were lined up on the lawn below
the house Brown proceeded to read his
warrant 10 him
While reading. the police were Sred
upon from the beach The rvbelS
were collected there IN fsrce on their
/ way to surpriSs. the city At that no
ment there arrived from their houses
I in the park. some distance toward the
town. three leading young men. J. Il
/ Castle. CulleStor-tseneraI Charles l.
/ Carter and his law partner. Alfred Car
T ter They came to assist Brown and
his police
Carter observed that the firing pro
es>esied from a canoe shed on the
/ beach lie call out To the police to
come on. and with them made a rush
on the shed John Lane. a half-whi,e.
/ fred on him with 4 pistol at close
/ quarters Carter received three shots.
one of which went downward from the
/ fifth rib. lie fell, calling out that It
was not serious, but Immediately ex-
/ claimed that he was hard hit
Atthe same moment Bertelmanu fred
with earbine from the veranda and
shot down Lieut. Holi. of the police,
who is dangerously wounded
The enemy were driven from the
shed by the resolute attack. but ran
inland to the bush From there they
kept up n hot FIRE upon the house IN
which the wounded men had been ear
ried. together with Lane and two other
prisoners Alfred Carter went for a
doctor, leaving Castle in care ofCharies
Brown, and Parker made an effort "a
drive away the enemy, but found the
fire Overpowering. They ran to their
horses and rushed of 10 telephone for
troops
Brown got To Noltes. mile away,
and called for help. Capt Parker KEEP,
meeting the enemy everywhere lie
was driven into the bush with one OF
the men in the company and did no;
reach town until daylight.
Meantime Alfred Carter returned "a
Bertelmann's with Dr. Wolters. bu,
was unable to pass the enemy. Castle
and one policeman cared for the
wounded They held the prisoners
and compelled Bertelmann to induce
the firing on the house to cease Those
outside supposed u large force to be in
the house
Getting Browns telephone message
before :. the government at once hur-
ried out thirty soldiers from the exec
utive building under Lieut. King in
omnibuses- The whole force of volun.
teers was called out and stationed al
the most important posts Citizen
guards were put on their posts in squads
on street corners
Before o'clock the city was in full
state of defense King and his men
were OF the ground by o'clock.
There was a fine moon The enemy
retired before them. keeping up q
CALLING fire Al Carter and DIR. Vol.
tiers joined King and entered the house,
crawling on their hands aud knees.
They found Charles in great agony.
AfterwarSt he was removed to his own
house. Holi was sent to the hospital.
and Bertelmann. .-ane and the two na-
tive prisoners were sent TO the station
! house.
The enemy had retreated MP the
heights 1t the base of the head These
fully overlooked the house and end of
the park Their number and position
made the house untenable. King re-
tired half n mile back to the San
souei hotel, and reported the situation
by telephone.
4 small force was sent the same
night out on the waialae road. two
miles inland from the park The enemy
was found also on that road
Early in the morning Lieut. Coyne
was sent out with twenty-five more
soldiers He and King formed n line
from the beach at san Souei 10 near
the west slope of the head. TO keep the
rebels from advancing. The latter
left the shore and aseended to the
right of the crater. whence they could
fire TO great advantage upon the sol
diers-
A rided gun was sent out to Coyne
and the shells dropped with great ae-
euraey upon the summit This
frightened the rebels away. One shell
burst in group exactly on the high
est peak and killed several men The
number of rebels on the crater was es-