The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-01-08
DIAMOND HEAD sTGRMED.
Caunonading Against the Rebels
from Three Points.

from Three H0lnbS.
Three pieces of artillery did great
deal Yesterday towards settling the
impending revolution. One was used
ON the Waikiki road, a second al
MoiIiiIi, and the third at sea. The last
was fastened on board of the tug Eleu.
The cannonading stopped the retreat
Of the rebels, and it Ii now almost an
assured fact that they were forced up
the sides of Diamond Head, and are
now resting on the top of the old
crater.
The firing at MoiliIli was rapid,
and proved to be effective. The storm
ing caused the surrender OF fourteen
men, who were caught in q tight
Mace. They saw that resistance weuld
not be Of any avail.
The firing from the sea cut on any
retreat I'm the direction OF Waialae'
The presence Of sixty-ave men on the
Waikiki road prevented any escape |
towards the city. These were under
command Of Lieutenant Coyne, who
VA aent out during the morning |
-sth a feid niece and additional men.
Thav aid most Of the firing during the
rnornfno. previous TO the arrival Of
TIeutanant Coyne, o squad OF men, I'M
der command Of Lieutenant King,
had an exciting tirnet but iortunaoely
no men were wounded. de mao pos
aonaion of the Bertelmann premises
dnrin9 Sunday night, and remained
fhere until early yesterday morning,
When a continuous shower OF DulIets
canaed them to beat q retreat. Inc
Are came from the rebel camp on the
side OF Diamond Head. The men
could be seen plainly by the mlIitla,
but they were safe from the la !tsn,
rifies owing to their secure poelIlon.
IIeutenant's Kings men returned the
Are for about an hours time and then
withdreW TO the Waikiki road. Inc
raheIs Deppered the BertelmAnn house
until one OF the sides resembled
sieve. While all this was going on
Mrs. Bertelmann and her cnll1ren
were in the house: she was toio 70
move to q safer place, but sne per
sisted in staying in the house, and did
NOT leave until the firing ceased.
Some hours later Lieutenant Coyne
arrived on the scene with the held
niece. 1t was in charge OF ii. J.
Rhodes, an experienced gunner. IL
was placed in the park and trained for
tba Richest peak on Diamond Head.
The aim was q good one, the shell
striking the side of the peak causing
Goth tS he thrown in all directions.
It couId not be ascercained IL any one
had been killed, but the supposltlon
is that at least one man was torn 10
pieces. He was attired In Wnl1e
CLOTHES and to make himself more
conspicuous, had kept up continuous
firing during the morning. After the
frat shell exploded he was seen nc
more. The Smelling evidently caused
CONSERVATION in the ranks OF the
rebels as they made an attempt to
retreat down the Waikiki side OF the
mountain. The cannon was trained
a0ain and a 10 pound percussion bomt
was thrown against the side OF the
crater only lower than the firsl
time. The retreating men be-
came frightened again and re-
turned to their original position
Their forms could be seen distinctly
from the Waikiki road, but they were
ont of range of an ordinary rifle. A.
soon as they regained the ridge they
sent a volley toward the soldiers, bu
tha bullets fell harmless in the road
a third shot was fired. 1t went owe
the beads of the belligerents. Lieu
tenant Coyne then decided TO NOV
the fieldpiece further along tue roa'
and several more shots were nred. :
rest was then taken. In the mean
time the firing from Diamond Hea'
lessened q great deal until IL seemed
that only one or two men rename,
as a blind while the others retreated
some i'm the direction of Waialae an
Others towards the Palolo valley.
Things remained very quiet unit
about 2:3O O'Clock when picket SCUM
ed an alarm. In moment every ma
was at his post and ready for an at
lacking party. 1t turned out late
that two Chinese and a demente
Portuguese was the cause of the alarm
Word was telephoned out tina
Captain Zeigler and squad OF meI
with q cannon, were matching TO re
inforcee the members OF the Citizen
Guard who had successfully defends
their positiou at Moiliili. The militi
arrived at the place mentioned aooC
3 O'Clock, and a few moments late
the gan was in position and then tn
firing commenced. She'll after she
was sent up Palolo valley whic
caused the rebels to change their pos
ton and run towards Diamond Hea
again. The cannon was moved to tn
road leading to Waialae and sever;
ahots were sent towards the sea.
About 4 O'Clock the tug Eleu arrive
off the shore near Diamond Head al
Commenced an onslaught. A numb
of shots were fired. The timely arriv
of the tug cut Off possible retreat
the rovalists. After the tug con
mence firing operations at CAPITA
ZeiOler's station were at q standst
for some time. A telephone messa
later conveyed the information tn
fourteen men had surrendered.
There seems to be some doubt T
ardino the aupply of food in q