The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-10-07
Trouble Between Sailors and
Second Mate Yesterday.
SHOOT EACH OTHER LAST NIGHT
One Man Shot in the Head-Mate Assaulted
With Capstan Bar-Two Other Sailors
Wounded Cook Uses a Potato Masher
Effectively-WhoIe Crew Was Arrested.

Trouble was brewing on the British
ship Troop before supper yesterday,
anl it eliminated in a riot before mid
the sailors, the cook of the vessel was
attacked and dubbed by Second Mate
Hanvey and thrown on the deck, and
this act was resented by other mem
bers Of the crew.
The mate showed fight until he was
overpowered by superior numbers, and
he made a break for the cabin in the
after part of the ship, and the men
after him. Before reaching the COM
panionway the mate appeared and
stopped all but three of the men; they
got behind him while he held the 9TH
ers back, and secured possession of a
capstan bar.
This was a signal for others to arm
themselves, and they promptly un-
sheathed their knives, those who had
them in their belts; others picked UP
Delaying pins, capstan bars or what
ever else was convenient. When the
mate gave the three men who had es-
capped him his attention one Of them
felled him with a blow across the chest
and other sailors threw sticks and
bottles at him. The mate then took
refuge behind some steps and called
for assistance. At this point the sec
ond mate appeared and began firing his
pistol; the cook used a potato masher
and the fight became general.
Four shots were fired from the re-
volver, and at the third one of the
sailors, Mitchell Dzar, Norwegian,
dropped to the deck, shot over the left
temple.
A telephone message was sent rom
the Oceanic wharf and a detail of of
fcers sent down. On reaching the yes
sci the second mate was pointed out
as the man who did the shooting. He
was walking up and down the deck in
a defiant manner, and when he heard
the remark he retorted with:
you bet! I'm the man that shot
him." and continued walking.
No effort was made to arrest him and
room. When he had disappeared the
attention of the men was given to the
wounded sailor, who was supposed to
be dying. The men all wanted to catch
his last words, and they plainly heard
him say:
Don't take me off the ship until the
man that shot me gets six years"
Immediately afterward he became
unconscious and he was taken to the
station house and afterward sent to the
hospital, where the wound was found
to be superficial.
Word was telephoned to Deputy Mar
shall Hitchcock, and he instructed the
Captain to take an additional force Of
men and arrest all hands.
While waiting for the policemen the
men began making explanations to the
captain. The blame for all the trouble
among the sailors was laid at the door
of the second mate, but a few Of the
men were willing to attach some of it
to the cook. One young Swede said
the men could not stand the brutality
of the second officer; they had no
grievance against the captain and were
willing to go with him, but would pre-
fer the reef to another voyage with the
second mate"
This statement was backed up by
others in the crowd, and they said they
would go to the reef together. By the
time the officers arrived everything
was quiet and the men were grouped.
Lieutenant Wells walked to the door
of the companionway ond called for
the second mate, and he answered
from his cabin. Wells walked to the
room and told him to come along, and
the fellow went with him without any
show of resistance.