The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-19
ARMED REVOLT IN HAWAII.
The Rebels Put To Flight In a Battle
With The Police.

second Battle Three Days After the
First One Grave Alarm Caused By a
mutiny Among the Japanese Iaborers
On the Plantations.
San Francisco. Jan. Is, via Honolulu.
Jan. IL-Correspondenc OF the United
Press per steamer Alameda.-Bob Wilcox
and Sam Nowlen led "A half thousand
Anakas and half-whte royallsts in
open revolt against the Hawaiian re-
public Sunday, Jan. 3, on the shore six
miles from this city. The rebels we're
toiled in their plan to surprise the city.
\ fight took place at Diamond Hold
between the police and the rebels. in which
Charles f. Carter, a prominent young
man, fell mortally wounded. When
strong forces were sent out from the
city. the rebels retreated to the re
cesses Of the volcano ridges. Several
were killed by shot and she'll Many
prisoners were taken. including John
Lone, a half-white, who shot Carter
on the 9th the troops attacked Wilcox
ana sixty of the enemy in a valley and
routed them with a loss of two killed.
None of the troops were injured
The insurrecuon Is completely crushed
and the rebels have entirely dispersed
The majority of the men have come i'm
from the front one hundred are stll
guarding the entrance Of the valley and
looking for Wilcox and his men. Moth
ing has been seen or heard OF any rebel
in the mountains for twenty-four hours.
WilcoX's force. Ike Nowlein's has un-
questionably dissolved. He has proba-
bly, escaped through Kalipi toward Eva.
and is seeking to get off the island. Mil
itary operations are probably at an
end
The guarding Of the city under marshal
law may be continued some days longer.
The royalists were supplied with arms
and ammunition from vessels. Grave
alarm was caused at the same time 10y
large bodies Of japanese laborers on
the plantations rising i'm mutiny.
1t was by the testimony Of the captured
natives that the officials were able to dis
cover the instigators OF the insurrec-
tion. Soon "A net of conviction was woven
about prominent royalists In town, and
by Monday noon a list of some forty OF
the leading agitators had been made
out. Monday afternoon Norrie, F. i. j.
Testa, A. T. Peterson, II. r. Poor, Harry
Won Werthern, H. r. Redward, Henry
Defries, j. f. Bolwer, James Is Kaulia
Hcil Kapu, Alex. Smith, Charles Clark,
Margaret and Isagawa had been put
under arrest. In the evening Charles
Creighton and Oliver r. Stillman were
added to the list Norrie is the editor of
the Hoamua and q short time ago was
tried and convicted for publishing sedi-
tious articles. Creighton and Peterson
are well known lawyers, both having had
the position Of attorney general under
the monarchy. They were also prominent
in the defense Of the consplrators. Bush.
Crck and Nawahi. Charles Clark is a
hanPer-on Of the eX-queen and was taken
at Washington place, where "A quantity
of arms We're also found. The others are
all well known royalist sympathzere.
On Tuesday, Capt. William Davis and
Mate Knudsen, Of the steamer Waiman-
alo, w. H. Rickard A. NJ. Hewett, VIII
lam Widdeheld, Fred Wundenberg, V. V.
and 9. w. Ashford, Capt j. Ross, Robert
Boyd, Kainnmaku, William Olepau j.
Clark, Yee Moon and II. O. Sing were
added to the list. Capt. Davis and A. NJ
Hewitt are the most seriously implicated
so far as known. Davis loaded arms for
the rebels from the schooner which is
supposed to have brought them from
the coast A. NJ Hewett is the man who
approached Charles Peterson, the look
out on Diamond Head. The Ashford
brothers have always been prominent IN
revolutionary affairs and are pronounced
royalists, c. w. Ashford being the lead
ing attorney in the defense Of the Bush
Crick and Nawahi gang W II. Rickard
is implicated in the purchase Of arms.
Boyd was connected with the Wilcox af-
fair in 1889. He was one Of the Hawaiian
wards sent to Italy for education In naval
science
On Wednesday w. II. Daniels. Paoo.
Sam Kaluahne, Mol, James DurreIl,
Henry West, Mako, y. Peterson, w. *.
Hutchinson J. Brown. Fred Harrison, H.
Kaaha, George Makalena, Kuakaulu, j.
*. Kaunamano, Manuel REFS Lewis j.
Levey Antoine Da Rega, young Portu-
guese boy, who was charged with dis
tributing arms, and J. Radin, were ar
rested. Harrison is a contractor and
Leyey an auctioneer, both wen known
and active royalists.
Many Of these men applied to the British
and American ministers, but received no
satisfaction except that they would see
that the prisoners had a fair trial with
one or two exceptions. the arrests were
made on the charge of conspiracy They
are all confined at the oahu prison. In
cuding the prisoners Of war. the govern
ment has over 100 men confined in the
prison. all having some connection with
the rebellion.
An attempt to land arms at Kaako.
beyond the marine railway, from the
steamer Waimaualo, was undoubtedly
made on the Sd instant. 1t was frus-
trated by the vigilance Of the police but
a second attempt was successful. On the
evening Of Sunday, Jan. s, as many as
600 rifles were landed between Waialac
and Diamond Head, nearly six miles
from town Some go natives were col
lected there and received guns and ammu-
nition The Waimaualo, Capt Davis,
landed rifles in whale boats. He brought
them from beyond Waialac where they
had been landed from the schooner Norma,
from Victoria, if our Information is cor
rect.
The natives were under the command
Of Bob Wilcox and Sam Nowleln. They
captured and detained everybody who
discovered them and cut the telegraph
and telephone wires so that no informa-
tion could reach the city until near night
Charles Carter was in the first party
that showed fight 70 the rebels on Sunday
night The greatest surprise Of the event
was the fact that Wilcox had a field piece
1t has not been captured, but a haul was
made Of l20 carbines, 800 cartridge belts
filed. and 800 additional rounds and
twenty-five dynamite hand grenades OF
foreign make. Young Carter died on
Monday morning.
The effect of Carter's death at the out
set was salutary in creating unusual ar
dor among the loyal citizens 10 crush the