The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-10-30
lIEGED CRUELTY At SEA.
aAHEy COMPLAIN OF TREAT.
aeyT ABOARD ST. kATHERISE.
~xation At Police station Seeks
Arrest Of Capt. Matthews and
Nate Dressel-say They Were

allegation o. sailors from the Amer
80 lsra s. hath~t~ne. which has just
s,fiyes IL Seattle coAi~laeen from Ne.
rwk TOD = narrowing story 81 alleged
ssisreafs Yent and abuse "a tae police STA
sar Yesterday afternoon. They wanted
-srrsnSg for the arrest OF Capt Edward
Mathews aEa First Mate Dressed spaa
sssrges OF assault and battery upon tire
- seas, and against the captain FOR as
ssrIf with q deadly weapon.
TAsy c0usd act End the prosecuting at
nyrey y oHe ~ a4s deputies isge n the
sfts.go1a. 80 s1ai lhey have postponed
3. matter until Afonaas morning llIey
sSessre that tnes viii 81 mat tlEan secure
- warrants and vii prosecute the mas
- and mate fgF the bad treatment which
;sxy cain 20 nave received on the voyage
rGaG6 Cage Horn.
Cxyt Matthew'S !s strong IN hts denial
~ re story Of tae sa-lorz.
aTaey we're tHe t5oss contemplate, good
spr-Hothsag. lazy lot tnat have rad ia
81 ny for1y-t@o years a. a master OK
yssels" said he.
poaee station were Germans and ScandI-
sxsians VINO could not speak q word OF
EnSiisb. They had found a friend here.
through wbom they told their troubles.
ssy during August. when We were about
o. Cape Horn, salt Henry Henrik. when
us captain yelled ike a mailman for me
% eorae down. When I did reach the
fkTE ana Went 20 nam ne E3FIGk fnA
bad Bith q Delaying pan. almost knock
tnx ne unconscious. | don't know what
be hi me tG!. he made no exclamation
AID wasn't 1oiHg anything wr5ng at tina
time vas trying to fix the sails az the
male had ordered
Another sailor, Billy Tlsnus. declared tha.
Mate Dressed had kicked him off a ladder
from the quarter deck 10 the main deck
without afoFocation, and Henry Tyson
sz:a that the mate had assaulted him nna
Ese - "a at Hz nh
siving aay reason.
Others % the sailors had stories TO tel,
o. tie treatment which they SAID they ha8
rses,.eG and nest Of them claimed that
TIE food Was abominaele.
me mer shipped al Baltimore last MAY
sor the voyage 10 Seattle. Taev we're uatd
o. last night ana left the slip. Capt.
Matthew denies The food story. too
ny ne exclaimed las; evening when
sen aboard the ship al the City dock.
'yssse man had just as good food as +
We al ate The same food and that Is good
eaossil for any man. did not hold them
2 tn scale rat Trey signed for becaus4.
Dc no; consider the scale. az accepted Nv
Aaslg vessels. good enough food for sea
men.
THIS man Henry Henrik Rad been sent
Nost 20 Go some work which he would
noi do. | yelled NJ him and he would
ro' answer. When he came down |
ssFlck hin viii q wooden behaving pin on
sns SHOULDER. Another time when I or
tfrsd one Of them Ia go n work n, gran
ped with me and bent me over the rail-
tng We then par him In Irons. bu, re-
itase' him In a short while. | only want
ed hin 20 work
The crew was the iaSrst and most con-
ienpiible that ever had None ~ them
hsi ever sailed on an American shi- be-
saye They were used 10 English ships.
where sganen arc permitted - do as they
Me. No seaman ear set ~ THAI way ON
4 ship flat command -