The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-01-19


arrived and the premises were thorough
ly searched. The Japanese servant
denied there were arms there but a
six shooter alt his ear induced him to
bring to light several rifles and pistols.
Lieutenant King sent the prisoners to
town and asked for further orders. He
was told TO hold the place at all odds
as it was evidently a distributing point
for arms.
The Attack on King.
At daylight a. large force of natives,
who had taken up q strong position on
the slope of Diamond Head, attacked
King. After standing fire about an hour
and finding the natives had the ad-
vantage of numbers and position Lieu
tenant King moved his force to Sans
Souci, a pleasure resort few hundred
yards nearer town with telephone COM
Tnunfcation In a short time after the
telephone was used Lieutenant Coyne
and twenty-five more of the regulars
were sent out The number of insur-
gents was Yariously estimated at from
one to two hundred With Coyne 5
force was sent an eight-centimetre field
piece.
President Murray, of the citizens
guard, with twenty-five special ana ten
mounted police, were sent out on a
road leading to the rear of the lnsur-
gents. They met with no resistance
until they reached Palolo valley, over
the ridge of which a stone wall eX-
tends. behind which large body of in
surgents with a. small hoWitzer was
established The first intimation Muir
rays force had of an enemy was a
shower of bullets and shrapnel, Walcn
did no harm. Had the natives wanted
a little longer MurTay's troops coulo
have been annillilated. They retreaued
a short distance, established and fort-
fol iicsh
communication with Lieutenant King,
the object being to prevent any posi-
BILE retreat This fight occurred on the
side of a mountain, whose slerTaleu
sides form almost inaccessible valleys
of little width. 1t was the object OF the
government troops TO drive the reoels
around the base of the mountain, from
whence there is no escape except over
the famous Palix road, which ten or
twenty men could hold against a. small
army.
As soon as it was known in Homo
lulu on Sunday afternoon that there
was organized resistance to the gov
eminent, no time was lost in COM
municating THE fact to its supporters,
No general alarm was given, it not
being deemed necessary. In response,
The four companies Of militia donned
their uniforms and repaired to their
arnories, the members Of the citizens
guard reported at their respective rem
devious, and yet so quietly was every
t7ling done that many in the city were
unaware that anything had happened
out of the usual Sunday quiet. Be
tween and 8 p. m, however, the APP
pearance of squads of the citizens
guards at every street corner told the
tale. People were quietly warned &c
20 home and Stay there. Every i'm
portant avenue was guarded by squads
numbering from twenty TO forty mem
bers of this body, leaving the entire
police and military force at the inme-
dfate disposal Of the government. Cab
met and army officials made theil
HEADQUARTERS at the marshafs office
during the night, but nothing occurred
TO warrant particular alarm. In tine
morning, the news from the front de-
cided the government to take 1mEne-
date and stringent measures for ITS
protection.
Martial Law Proclaimed.
AT $50 martial law was proclaimed
and all saloons and liquor stores closed
The news of the death of Carter, whe
was a. popular young lawyer, and was
recently elected a member of the leg
fslature, intensified the general feel
ing, and it would have gone hard witt
his assassins had they not been strong
ly guarded. By noon Monday, all tht
stores were closed and there were few
people on the streets. The street car
and omnibuSSeS were stopped and tht
only excitement was at the marshal:
Office, where arms were being distrl
buted, etc.
The announcement that the writ O.
halbeas corpus was suspended wa;
quickly followed by one requirin" al
persons not engaged in the military
or police forces to deliver all arms OF
ammunition in their possession 10 tn,
marshal within twenty-four hours.
After comforting with Captain Muir
ray at noon on Monday, Captain Zieg
Ter and a company of regulars was dis
patched to his aid, taking with then
an Austrian field piece. The ten-pouni
shells from this gun scattered the ma
Tives in every direction, but did no
seem to hurt any of them. At 2 D. m
the troops advanced and forced thu
rebels in the brush, Lieutenant Lud
wig and ten men being detailed fo
a flank movement. AS soon as Ludwi|
got into position the natives were beat
en- and scattered into the dense brush
followed by the troops. 1t is certain
that many Of them were wounded here
as blood. shreds of clothing, etc, wer
seen everywhere. The only man wound
ed from the government side was Lud
wig, who received a flesh wound in tn,
thigh.
Leaders of the Revolution.
Here the first prisoners were taken
seven in number, and from them j
is learned thai the leaders of tn
rebels were Sam NoWlein, formerl
colonel of the queens household guards
and Robert Wilcox. who was the lead
er of the revolution in 1887, the othe
prominent ones being half whites
formerly in the service OF the queen
After the first surrender the native
came dropping into tSe government
camp in punches until there were NOR
prisoners than troops. The prisoner
claimed they had 600 rifles, buhonly SO
men were arrested. At 6 p. m. the gov
eminent forces canped for the night
pursuit being impossible in the dens
brush.
While this was going on, the tn
Eleu, with q field piece and a detai
of the sharp shooters company, left Ho
olulu and in half an hour was in
position to shell from the rear the ma
tives whose camp fronted Bieutenan
Kings command. A few we'll directe
shots scattered them like sheep, on
shot falling directly into the natives
camp. 1t is known that five men wer
killed here and e. large humble
wounded. The raltives were pursue
by Lieutenant Caye's company as ia
as the nature of the ground allowed
A shot from his field piece scattered
crowd Of them who appeared on tn
edge Of the crater, and four dead bod
les were the result. Thirty-six rifle:
two 100-polInd boxes Of cartridges an
two dynamite bombs were found in a
fnaprovised fort, also Il lot of clothing
Including a United States navy dres
coat. Squads Of troops secured tn