The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-07-21

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sleers saa tlaeir pms, which had besn
presented t. ths ship b. ChiiaEos ~
I PHntz ArezzS. EeTe washed overheard.
and that ended the supply Of fresh
meat.
When TIE western end % TIE straits
vas reached. instead OF standing cut
20 SEA Captain o-Brien Turned inc
Smysh Channel The Terrz del F'Eegzzs
Bcw began 70 make trouble
FUEGANs MAKE TROUBLE.
There Was trouble enough aboard.
God knows. said Purser Hume yester-
day, but these natives kept our hearts
in our mouths al the time. The second
night we we're IN Smyth Channel the
alarm OF FIRE was turned il. There was
small blaze aft, which we soon put
cut, but after that there was no sleep
At nights for anyone. The Terra del
Fuegans keep z FIRE In their canoes all
the year round. and when the father
dies or Is inczpaci;zted the son takes
up the Job OF keeping the fame sliSht-
At night they steal up alongside Of i
ship and lighting q torch at the FIRE
they silently throw il through port
hole. Should the vessel catch fire they
make an attack while all hands are
engaged in fighting the flames. and If
the fire has gained any Roadway the
end comes sooner or later. The sailors
are either slaughtered while escaping in
the boats or are murdered aboard the
vessel. A year ago 2 Chilean gunboat
was set afre by these miscreants and
everyone OF the crew was butchered.
The next night we were ready for
the red devils from the Land OF Fire
The chief engineer had all the metal
sauncheons and every piece Of iron
that the natives could touch IL they at
tempted TO come aboard connected with
tae dynamo. and the current was kept
soing all night long One native
touched a live wire, but all We know
about the matter was the shrek OF
og0ny that came up out Of the dark
ness. For four days and nights We
were on the rack. During The day the
natives would come alongside and want
10 trade, but We kept them of. At
plight they lowered around us like 81
lent specters, and on many an occasion
there was a cry of fire and a rush to
put a lighted brand that had come
aboard from the darkness.
An hour before We left Smyth Chan
nel the natives came alongside and oIe
Of the men bought a small pig for four
empty tomato tins and a jaekknife. He
got the porker aboard all right, but as
he was leading il forward TO the
slaughter it got away. A pig hunt fol-
lowed, but after knocking every table
in the dining saloon down and mixing
Up every man on the ship the porker
made his escape through a side port
and was picked up by the waiting
Terra del F'uegans. The man who made
the purchase swears the animal was
trained. He never saw his pig or his
tomato cans again.
NEGROES RAN AMUCK.
We arrived at Coronel on June IA
and then the trouble aboard broke out
into an open rupture. 1t rained all that
day and no coaling could be done. The
Eremen and coal passers seized the OPP
Iortunity TO get drunk, and the negro
cooks and walters followed suit. When
the two met on the main deck there |
was a clash, and the negroes got the |
worst of ii. They soon turned the I'd
bles. however They seized the FIRE |
axes and dared the whites to come on. |
Led by the chief steward, the Saiat
Lucians drove the firemen and coal
paSsers into the rigging. The negroes
then began cutting the ships decks
and standing rigging. so Captain
O'Brien sent ashore in a hurry for as
siftance.
United States Consul ]. Henry Downs
appealed to the authorities, and they
sent a train ten miles into the interior
for detachment OF troops. The troops |
arriyed a few hours later and were sent |
aboard the Dolphin, where they had a
hard time of it subduing the mutineers. |
Chief Steward Palmer and five more o. |
the ringleaders were taken ashore and |
locked UP in the calaboose. Among the |
were the bandit, the muir
derer and the supposed crazy man.
They were tried on June IL, and each OF l
them was given three months in the |
mines, which is equal to three years
penal seryitude in the United States. /
Had the ringleaders been sent back
aboard by the authorities not an Off
Ger would have gone out on her, as the |
Saint Lucians had evidently made all |
their plans to capture the vessel and
murder the whites.
While in port some OF us deter
mined to take a run ashore. Such a
place l have never seen in my life.
cne-half of the people are lepers and
the other half are murderers and cut
throats. They kill for the sake of kill
ing. and man with decent suit ON
has not a ghost of show for his life il
be appears on the streets after dark.
When we went ashore Consul Downs
advised us TO go armed and keep a
close lookout. He said that three days
tefore he had been attacked and had to
kill the would-be assassin in self-de-
tense.
FELL AMONG CUTTHRoATS.
ITO explain what follows ] have to |
go back to New York. George G. Car
roll. the second assistant engineer. is |
the owner of fine revolver. which he
had loaned 10 friend. II was returned |
10 him on sailing day. loaded and all /
ready for use. apparently. When we
v ent ashore Carroll put this gun in his |
hip opcksl. and did the same with /
mine. On our way back TO the ship / 1
was little in advance and hurryins /
something dropped beside
Carroll. and when he looked over his
shoulder he saw dozen leprous look
ing natives coming toward him. while
IN the wooden sidewalk at his feet
2uiyered long knife with short yell 1
low handle Carroll at once drew his
gun aud threatened the crowd with it