The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-08
PASSENGERS REBEL.
They Rise En- Masse
Against Crew Of
Georgiana
FLOATING GAMBLING HE'LL.
Respectable People In
weighed to Go on
Board.
FLOATING GAMBLING HE'LL.

New York Oct IA crowd of Phlla-
delphia gamblers, a genteel appearing
lot, came over to New York, brought
along with them boat, advertised ex-
tensively in the newspapers tickets for
the yacht races at 81 apiece, Book about
800 persons, and started down the bay
from pier 6, North river, and as soon as
the boat had let loose from the dock
and away from police interference,
opened a sort of Monte Carlo Gil hoard.
A conflict took place between the gam
blers and the passengers, headed by
Capt. Norton of Hartford, CT The
gamblers got the worst of it, and when
the boat returned to her pier a number
of arrests were made. The excursion
boat was the Georgiana. 1t is said that
she was chartered in Philadelphia by a
man named Stone.
This morning before the vessel start
ed man came out on the pier and an
nounced that anybody who cared to se6
the yacht races could do so gratis.
Thousands responded to the offer, but
no Well-dressed citizens were taken on
board. About noon, when the boat was
off Coney Island, she suddenly shut OIL
steam, and began to drift about the
lower bay and the Jersey shore. The
drifting continued for an hour, and the
passengers began to feel uneasy as
they were not yet within five miles of
the course of the yachts. They demand
ed satisfaction. The engineer William
Schwartz, came to the captain and ex-
| planned that the boat could proceed no
| further, as the water pipes leading from
the boiler to the engine had burst. OtSleI
reports came from below that the ship
| had sprung a leak. A panic on board
seemed imminent. 1t was headed of by
the GOODNESS of Capt. Norton, who went
in person to the captain of the ship and
demanded that he take them to the
race.
Il can't do it." the captain is reported
to have said.
1.-THE pipes have given out. This boat
is in charge of gamblers, who chartered
| her, and l can do nothing unless they
say so.''
Capt. stercks left the deck. then and
went down into the hold, hiding himself
until the boat had reached the Battery
/ Capt Norton then called for assist
ance from the passengers and a guard
of so passengers was organized and took
| their stand fore and aft on the boat
They sent the union jack at half-mast
and put the American flag with her
| union down.
| The gamblers then held conference
and tried to fight their way to the poles.
All the passengers on board took hand
in the fight and forced the gamblers
back, handling some of them roughly.
Women tainted on all parts Of the ship.
Men shouted themselves hoarse in the
effort to attract passing craft
He 1ry F. Post, pilot on the boat,
started towards the Battery. When just
off quarantine, the tug Edna King in
charge of Capt. Winslow saw the sig
nails of trouble on the Georgiana and
put alongside of her. The tug headed
! for the Battery. The order was given
| to the engineer to steam up and the
boat gave a start forward The police
of the steamboat squad made haste to
the pier A rumor had been started that
a mutiny had started on the boat and
crowds focked from all directions to the
| battery.
When just off the Statue Of Liberty
| she put to shore. Capt Allaire, in
command of the police, was sent to pier
| IL. A score of policemen boarded the
tug and gave chase to the excursion
boat which was making for her pier at
full steam.
The names and addresses of passen-
gers on the boat were taken. The
crew, including the engineers and sto-
kers, were discharged