The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-11-29
TROUBLE On TIE ARIZONA.
1 DAMAGING STORY REEARDING;
CAPT. AMEs rROM HoxOLULu.
San Fsancisce Paper Publishes Sem
sattseAI AseounA Of Alleged Open
Violations Of shipping Laws

Serious charges are made against Capt.
g. w. Amos. OF Seattle. first Officer and
- present acting master Of the trSolsaip
Arizona. Ia a special dispatch from Hors-
Oiuiu correspondent published in tbs San
Francisco Chronicle OF November 2. They
include alleged gross violations Of the
shipping laws Of the Uuited States and
determine tioG 70 discharge the white crew
shipped IN San Francisco in order 10 re-
place them with Chinese.
Capt. BsrGesou. master OF the Arizona,
who is now away from the snip OF leave OF
6 absence. MAS in Seattle few weeks ago.
but is noe in San Francisco. During his
stay here he mentioned incidentally troubls
the off.eers OF the Arizona had had with
an alleged musinous crew Capt. W. ".
Robinson. assistant auartermasssr of the
United States army, OF this city, 10 whom
Capts. Ames and EarnesoE oxs their ap-
pointment, believes that the story sent
from Honolulu is only a revampeG version
Of the cid story tod by Capt. Barneson-
American sailors Protest
The following Is the substance Of the
San Francisco papers story. under date
OF Honolulu. November Is:
Capt. c. w. Arnes. master OF the Unit
cd States troopship Arizona. and Capt Al
exander w. Perry. captain and assistant
umartermaster Of the United states vol
nnfeegS. have dozen or more angry Amer
fcan seanen and several hundred equally
angry American soldiers looking for their
ecaips
THE aeamen have already entered pro-
tests with two American coDsuls, the one
at Hongkons and one here. and naVe filed
written complaints with Col. Ruhsin. Unit
sd States qiartermaster here. Aside from
charges OF ill-usage, upon when taey do
not lay any particular stress. they charge
gross violations OF United States maritime
laws and regulations TN regard 90 the ship
Ping and dscharging OF seamsn AMI de-
termination. particularly on the part OF
Capt. Ames. 10 replace Americans In the
crew with Chinese. and an ntimation t5at
there Was money In IL for them.
HOf the twenty-five white men who re-
placed the Chinese crew OF the Arizona
when she went into the service OF the Unit
ed States last August, not single one
remains aboard the ship. One or two de-
serted In, Honolulu when the ship came
here the first time. Two were put ashore
ar Manila without being given even their
personal effects. and left there Twelve
were discharged at Hongkong. though they
protested 10 the American consul there.
and the Arizona left port In defiance OF
the consri's orders no. TO leave until he
bad investigated the matter. The remain
der. including the men who had been ship
ped here on the firet trip to Manila. were
discharged here. though not before the
American consul a. the shipping laws re-
Meanwhile a Chinese boatswan and M
teen Chinese sailors have been shipped.
some Of them the very ones who had been
discharged in San Francisco. atia had BEEN
sent by the United states government 10
China II was the understanding that the
Chinese shipping master who furnished the
Chinese aaiiors and paid $50 for this prtyi-
iege OF shipping them. the rate OF wages
IN the Arizona being SO much higher than
fhe ordinary rate of wages for Chinese
eaauerf that they we're willing 10 contrib
ute ihfg mnch In addition 10 profit 10 the
shipping master. ous of their wages"
stustnous Whites Overaved.
Capt. nohinson said last night that he
understood the Arizona's white crew
which was. he says. recruited from the
rlffrsff Of the San Francisco water front,
practically mutinisd at Honolulu and was
only conquered after sta nd~ap and knock
down fight In which both Capt. Barneson
ard First Officer Ames took part. After
The fight some az the worst of the white
men were discharged and replaced by Chi
nese. Capt Robinson believes. and later
IN China others were released and some OF
the Arizona original crew shipped In their
stead. The latter. Capt. Robinson ex-
plains were sent 10 China In accordance
with their shipping articles with the Ari-
zcna's owners.
Capt Robinson was opposed To replacing
the Chinese with whites originally lie
says hss orders from Washington We're
that the Ari.onas crew should not be
changed when she passed into the govern
ment's hands.