The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-06
R rom EAST OF SUEz.
sBIYERISG AsIANs OF MIxED RE
T,1Ioys MAN THIS FREIGHTER.

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p,or.o ~, in the streets or Colombo. Ceyion-
,,..s. I'm Turbans and swarthy Beunets.
800. n, HleroEiyphicni NiGhtcapa-Tsn
commandment 20 Every One or Ouru.
motley ships company slept, or tried 10
,,een last night on the tramp freighter Wen
n,ngton Hall. under the electric glare Of the
torch NJ Miss Liberty. II the bronze girl could
have peoped into the stokehole and the engine
room Of the treighter she would have seen'abouu
thirty men. most Of whom were ~turbaned, huds
ding and crouchlng in the warmest places. An
of them were barefootcd, and many had coats and
comtorters improvised from eunny sacks and
s,ray pieces Of blankets. They are nearly all
from east Of suez, whore ovcrcoats are not In
demand, and they did not like the arctic fresh
ness OF the New York breeze.
Capt. Hostlcr. q blue.eyed young Briton. said
things about his crow that were not compli-
mentary. He thought they represented too
many varieties Of Oriental religion TO DO trust
cd with things In the engine and FIRE rooms.
There were q fcw Arabs Of yellow complexion,
i've Ethiopian Arabs, q Persian Mohammedsn
who called himself Mohammed Farral, q Par
SEQ, three or four Algerians, and q half dozen
East Indians Of as many different scots. The
men were of all colors except white. There was
ono thing the skipper said on which all hands
of tho turbanod variety agreed, end that was
slaughtered aboard. In order to retain his
crew the skipper brought along a lot Of sheep
Before The W%cnninston Hall sailed from Till
ntjap, Java, on Sept. %, she had q crew Of Las
cars: She touched at Colombo, CcyIon. on Oct.
neishborhood in winter; Capt; Hostler had
wait three weeks before he could have 30.
seailoTmen and stoksrs. The skipper and his
gathered in the heterogeneous crew, tho like
Of which has never been seen in this port,
German and a F~renchman, who Understood
RCD sea one Of tho turbaned Stokers, called .
,o aba sna R jumped q o !as bssiPP'rr E ES' ss slIsS Fl low NJ:
cred Q boat and rescued tho man. TheraAfter
tnrbans and q rigid drawing OF social lines.
The turbans were lazy. some tried to indulge
Ps.s sls sss :qi e., q tx tEo l stoEers TIE Feet o q Sstd s tseS to
places were nled at Eisiers BY aVo other tSI.
The lS't except one, Of the sheep, a eve, had
H sifppe p' ssiG Se soSld SsTs to q Pil fff tha 1--WE Ta sS
port would not allow him to bring her In, <
planned 70 him that L fST was s against S1afpSs the re.
nSion OF most Of tho turbans to slaughter 9
S SsfsI T .aa y sSip Il s sRs % sS%S E sffsi il'i 4Ss si EDp1s
said he could not help It, and that he was not
going to be fined because Of an Algerian sheep
and an Oriental superstition. The turbans had
q consultation, and their spokesman declared
that they would themselves pay tho fine II tho
skipper would let the eve live, The slipper
water the eve LANDED. Tho 1ambkin died Of
the cold. The eve 10 still aboard the ship. No
objection was made at Quarantine to Its ad-
mission as part of the ships stores.
Capt. Hostler tears that he is going to have
2 hard time with the turbens before. he gets
them back to tho Orient. Mnuv Df them had
colds yesterday, and a Brooklyn doctor was
sent aboard the ship to fix them up. They
have signed for tho round trip, which takes
tho ship. will load with cotton and sail thence
for England. 1t will be the dead OF winter
when the Orienta!s reach England, and early
in the spring when they-or a part OF them
are back in Colombo with more money than
they have handled for q long time.