The San Francisco call., 1898-01-27
HOT FIGHT ON BOARD 4
 BRITISH BARK Marion FraZer's Crew Mutinies on Puget
 Sound. Seven Deserters Taken Back to the Ship in
 Irons. They Break Their Fetters and Kick the Captain Into h.
 sensibility BATTLE ROYAL ON DECK After Desperate Struggle the Mutt neers Are Subdued and Return
 to Work.
They Break Their Fetters and Kick the Captain Into In-
 sensibility
BATTLE ROYAL ON DECK.
After a Desperate Struggle the Mutt neers Are Subdued and Return
 to Work.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

TACOMA. Wash, Jan. 26.-The crew of the British bark Marion Fraser. which left Tacoma last week with wheat for Europe, engaged in a terrific free fight aboard the vessel while in the straits Sunday. On Monday night John P. Somburg and Victor Fred berg, two of the crew, attempted to es- cape from the bark while she was lying at shelter in Port Angeles. Fredberg made shore, but his companion was drowned. They used a raft made of small timber. There was a heavy sea, and the raft struck wharf. broke up and Somburg went under. Fredberg got ashore after hard experience. No inquest was considered necessary. Somburg was buried at Port Angeles to-day by citizens.
 Seven sailors of the Fraser left her here and libeled her for their wages, declaring they had been treated cruelty and given insufficient food. British Consul Alexander investigated their charges and pronounced them ground less. He had the men arrested for de- serting and locked up by United States Marshal Ide until the ship sailed, when they were taken aboard in irons. En route to the ship three of them pulled pieces of iron from their. pockets and broke three large plate glass windows. On going aboard they refused to work and were put in confinement.
 Before Cape Flattery was reached the rebellious sailors had got out of both irons and the ships hospital in which they were locked up. Then fol- lowed a fight such as has not been seen aboard a ship on Puget Sound in years Captain Mcdonald, who was the special object of their hatred, was severely kicked in the stomach and knocked senseless His body and limbs are black and blue from numerous blows Hard knocks were dealt on both sides, but in the end the sailors capitulated.
 An account of the fight, written by Captain Mcdonald and sent back by his tug, reached her to-day. He says: We locked the men in the ships hos pital, but while in the straits they worked the swivels in their irons until they broke and soon all were loose. They were given food through the ports and I intended to let them out this morning, but while we were at breakfast some one knocked away the barricade of the door and my birds were walking the deck in about a second
 T called them aft and asked if they were willing to turn to, but each re- fused. So I called the remainder ot the crew and said that if they refused duty I would put into Royal Roads and land all of them for mutiny at sea
 T then gave orders to the mate and the peaceable members of the crew tC handcuff the seven who would not turn to. They fought like devils. Ii took fifteen minutes to down the seven l was badly kicked in the stomach. My legs are black and blue from kicks and the faithful men of the crew art T
 II then gave orders to the mate tC iron them. In a short time they sud denly gave in and promised to work After warning them not to touch on' another in the fOrecastle and telling them that the first man to start row would be put in irons again I un shackled them and gave them theil clothes. They then quietly turned to.