Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-04-02
A BLOODY FIGHT.
Three Sailors on Steamer Greetlands
Raise Big Row at Boston,
They Nearly Kill the Officers and Crew Before
Subdued and Ironed. .....

Boston, April Three members o
| the crew of the British steamer Greet
lands. now taking in her cargo at Eas
Boston, engaged In a smali-sized RIOT o,
board the steamer. Wednesday afternoon
and succeeded in having themseive
| ironed after Il fierce struggle, In wnici
nearly every member of the crew. inclu9
ing the officers, were more or less WOUND
ed. The men who are under arrest arr
Samuel Mulvey, Henry Gilman ant
Thomas O'Brien, and all three appear tt
be desperate characters. -
The Greetlands arrived here, March ~
from Cuba, and at once began discharg
| ing her cargo. The three men, however
| refused to work. claiming i'll treatm ne,
men interviewed the British consul blu,
got little satisfaction. They then Wen,
back on the ship and turned into theii
hunks. feigning sickness.
A local doctor. however, declared tina!
they were shamming, and they We're or,
dered back to work. They refused and
remained below, until Monday, when. the
steamer having been transferred to East
Boston, they again sought the British
consul and asked for their discharge pa
pers. At the time Captain Couillard was
also at the consul s office and related the
facts to the officials. The men We're re-
vowing vengeance.
Captain Couillard asked the consul for
police protection but was assured that
there was no danger. No sooner how
ever did he appear on the street in front
of the consuls office, than one of the
men who was lying in wait for him made
a rush and knocked the captain down.
The man then ran off and with the other
two boarded the steamer. The captain
picked himself up and also started for
the ship, arriving half an hour after the
men. AS the captain neared his vessel,
one of the crew frantically urged him to
come aboard.
I'VE are all being murdered. shouted
the man. 1t seems that no sooner had
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with fury every member of the crew
who happened to be in sight. First Mate
Alfred Couiiiard, a cousin of the captain.
was Knocked senseless on the deck after
an awful tusse with Gilman. in which
the mates little finger was almost bit
ten off. Then Chief Engineer Delanger
was slashed, and nearly every other
member of the crew more or less bruised.
The decks of the steamer We're totally
covered with blood
The crew fought hard with the desper-
ate men and after while succeeded in
overpowering them. 1t was at this point
did he step on the deck. than Gilman
crazy with rage. broke from his captor
and made a rush for the captain. The
two men rolled on the deck and before
the crew could separate them. Captain
Couillard had received additions to his
bruises of an hour before.
While the fight was in progress one of
the crew pulled the steamers whistle for
the police boat, but she failed to respond
and then as a last resort the flag was set.
union down. 1t was half an hour after
the three rioters were finally subdued and
ironed that a squad of police marched
down to the dock The men dripping with
blood were taken to the station and
locked up. leaving the worn-out captain
and crew to nurse their wounds.
Mate Couillard regained consciousness
in a short time. The Greetlands is q
tramp steamer and had her cargo nearly
loaded at the Grand Junction wharf when
the affair occurred.