New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-06
4 DECIDEDLY MIXED CREW.
QUEER AGGREGATION ON THE WEN
NINGTON HALL.
SAILORS OF MANY RACES. coLORs AND PRE-
v1ous CONDITIONS OF sERvITUDE CAUSE
WRINKLES IN THE CAPTAINS BROW
COMPLICATIONS BECAUSE OF
VARIOUS RELIGIONS

VARIOUS RELIGIONS.
Captain Hostler Of the British tramp steamer
Wennington Hail. which came into this port ye'-
terday morning has been having his troupieo ~.
the last two months Languages ana rene'0".
have been at the bottom Of the whole ahaii nv
the absence Of religion. but its presence J." '~,
and various quantities The Wehnihe'o"
left Tjiatjap. Java, on September ~ W. -,
she got to Colombo, in the isiano OF Ne''o'' "
but eight Of the crew deserted. i"e .ap
found himself face to face with TWO "'e,""
tves One was TO walt three "eeA' ,o' ""0
orsw 20 arrive from Bombay. The other was 10
collect a new crew IN Colombo nc '"ooe W.
latter alternative, and. wandering through the
..r.e,. q, colombo with his two mates. he picked
80, sro, o crew as has probably never before
.-oa .h. deck of one vessel. The motley mop
,ro,rded Arabs East 1ndiamen Persans'
rr.rcbmen Germans. Chinese and Lascars In
color II was everything from white 10 Diackes'
black In religion II was CHRISTIAN buouh'S''
Mahometan, Parsee. Jainist and Theosopnicai'
In temper according to Captain Hostler 1t was
exceedingly bad. ,.
rrom Colombo to New-York the captains lire
WAS made one long nightmare. he deh'eieu
himself Yesterday Of uncomplimentary language
about his crew. They didn't want TO WORK, IN
the first place In the second place they didnt
much occupied with their own personal ais
acreements TO work II they had known now.
naughty Mahometan named Mohammed Ferral
was IN charge Of the stokers. and he refused 10
sneak to any one but the members OF MS own
faith Me Allah man." he said scorn1ullv'
"Tbey no Allah man" Then he drove his gang
into the freroom with Oriental curses The re-
uo,ous differences Of the crew broke out almost
daily.
WHEN a Mahometan went below ard dlscov-
cred a Buddhist at worship he promptly plcKeo
I'm the nearest coal scuttle and smote the un-
believer over the head herewith When next
that Buddhist discovered that Mahometan iac-
ing toward Mecca at sunset he effectually dis
turbed that worthys prayers with the hanoies'
beIaying-pin. The Christians among the crew
were smitten from every direction while 1t was
next to impossible to get an Aarao to pull on
the same rope with a Lascar. The captain ana
his mates did what little they could with De-
laying pins and horny fists TO discourage this
exchange Of courtesies. but the heads or the
crew were exceeding tough.
Blow me, II ever see sech bloomin ara
'eads" says Captain Hostler, to which MS mates
respond earnestly in chorus Blow me- too
When the steamer was in the Red Sea one
Of the East Indamen rebelled and jumped
overheard. The captain ordered beat lowered
ard the crew dragged the would-be suicide from
the grave he desired. At Suez five OF the Lascars
deserted, and more Arabs were shipped Inc!
stirred I'D race strife afresh.
The Mahometans firmly declined to eat pork
and religiousy starved themselves when ,ners
was no beef provided. The Lascars declared
that their religion forbade them eating the nesh
OF any animals they did not Kill themselves so
the captain had bought six sheep at Colombo
for their especial benefit. Five Of the sheep had
been eaten when the steamer arrived on Deia-
ware Breakwater. and the Lasoars were ABOUT
10 sacrifice the sixth when they discovered mat
the animal with young and tney refused
10 kill It, saying that any Lascai who did such
a thing would be everlastingly accursed oy MS
forefathers back to the sixth and seventh gen
erations The captain responded that he could
not take the sheep into port because the quarah-
tine regulations forbade the importation or I'VE
stock from East Indian ports. The Lascars con,
ferred. and at last reported that tney "ouiu
reimburse the captain for any fines he might
suffer even to the full extent of their salaries,
II he would only spare the sheep Inc sneeP
was spared and gave birth 10 A lamb that oleo
at once and was cast overheard
When the Warrington Hall arrived yesterday
morning and anchored off Liberty Island the
crew were in an unenviable condition. Most OF
them were suffering from the cold as they were
loosely dressed in Oriental costume, ana were
bare legged A physician was called TO attend
them. The sheep was cooped up In warm Gag
on deck and appeared more comfortable than
her preservers the Lascars. The Wennington
Hall will next proceed TO Brunswick. and when
she leaves that port with cargo or lumber TOT
LIVERPOOL Captain Hostler expects more trouble
The saddest part N the whole procet ng is
next September for he had TO hire them for
year or he couldn't get them at all. That Is
why he wears worried look and curses the
sailors of Arabia Ceylon and other Oriental
points Of interest with fervor and enthusiasm
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