The San Francisco call., 1897-07-23

| for Rio de Janeiro and sailed yesterday
morning. When a fair ofing had been
gained the tug cast her off, all sail was set
and the pilot was taken off by one of the
pilot-boats. The captain went into the
charthouse to lay down his course and a
few minutes later ordered the ship put on
the boatswain's call and the mate went
forward to see what was the matter. In a
few minutes he was engaged in free
fight and received a thorough beating
from the hands of sailor named Elliott.
Captain Storm rushed forward and separ-
ated the men, when Elliott drew his
knife and fiourish;ng it in the shippers
face, said, Pm the man who licked the
mate of the Caradoc, and l can lick you
or any man on this ship"
The captain then ordered the men to
their stations, but not one of them moved.
Again the order was given, and then one
of the men stepped forward and said: :
I'VE won't touch rope unless iu is to put
the ship about for San Francisco" Argu-
ment was of n avail, and the Comlie bank
was put abou: and anchored of Black
Po MT about $50 P NJ.
The whole thing was put-up job,
said Captain Storm, when seen aboard his
vessel last night. 1.-THE men had the gold
fever and had no intention of going to
Rio, but simply wanted the $40 advance to
help them on the way 10 Alaska. Elliott
was the ringleader He Is a hard egg.
During the voyage of the Caradoc from
Calcutta TO San Francisco he beat the
mate with marlin spike, and when the
captain made an attempt 10 take him to
England the ruffian intimidated him with
q knife. His words were, I've got to be
hung anyway, and 1 may as well be strung
1 4r.r Iysi In nf
money and discharge, or you II die and
I'll hang Elliott got his money.
He was on the beach tere Tor months
and no one would ship him. Who he was
or what he was. outside of the fact that he
was an A. B., l did not know until to-
night.
"When we came to an anchor L had
talk with the men and offered to pay
| Chief Officer Marshall off and get another
mate IN his place. Then they objected to
the second mate and | said | would paw
him Off Then they laughed and one OF
them asked What's the matter with paw
ing yourself OFF,
"Ail who stood by me were the officers,
petty officers ard boys, while against us
were the seventeen men We shipped in San
Francisco"
Mate Marshall was very badly cut
about the face and his eyes were aim ost
closed. He says that he went forward to
find out why the men had not obeyed his
orders when he was attacked by Elliott
and half dozen other sailors, and to use
his own expression "they literally wiped
the deck with me-" According to the
men they did not care about going to Rio
Janeiro. because they were afraid ofyelow
fever. Nevertheless they failed to explain
why they each and all accepted $40 ad-
vance and waited until the ship was out
side the heads before they made any pro-
test Captain Storm is in quandary as
to what he shall do under the circum-
stances. If be discharges the ring leaders
and ships new men in their place he may
have another mutiny on his hands before
the ship is outside the Farrallons. If he
has the men arrested and brought before
the British Consul he will have TO wait
here for weeks In order to prosecute them
In the meantime his ship would have to
lie at anchor while the owners of the
wheat cargo would be demanding deumr-
rage.
When the Caradoc arrived here Elliott
was arrested for battery on the first officer
of that vessel, and his case was called be-
fore Judge Campbell. After hearing the
evidence that learned exponent of the law
held that the mate deserved what he got
and dismissed the case. Elliott has evi-
dentiy profited by that lesson, as he made