The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-06-01
BADLY BEATEN BY UNKNOWN
ASsAILANTS.
A Cowardly Night Assault on Kaahu-
manu- street--Coast Seamen's Union
Coming Here.

John O'Dell, q new shipping master
who has been trying to do business in
Honolulu for the past few days, was
attacked and horribly beaten late last
night on <aahumanu street. O'Den
was suddenly knocked down. from be-
hind and then his assailants jumped
on him and rained blow after blow
upon his head and face. This morn
| ing his face showed how fearful was
! the beating he had received. His eyes
were blackened and sore and all over
| his face were the marks of blows with
! fists ana some instrument. On the
! back of his head is a cut that shows
the effect of the first cowardly blow
| from behind and his arms, shoulders
and ribs are covered with bruises The
| unfortunate man appears to have re-
ceived warning that has so terrified
! him that he will tell nothing of the
assault. He claims that he did not see
who attacked him and does not know
even how many men there were. O'Dell
was on his way home, after having
/ played billiards up town for couple
| of hours. He says that he was walking
slowly along Kaahumanu street when
he was assailed without the slightest
warning and before he could utter
cry or make an effort TO protect him
self he was on the ground being un-
mercifully thrashed.
! O'Dell is not the only man who
has been warned that there is a beat
ing of the kind in store for him. In
fact the water front of Honolulu is
! getting into such a condition that a
police captain stated this morning that
| mo one is safe to walk along the
| WharVes at night, unless he goes in the
middle of the streets and has a gun in
! his pocket, if he is unfriendly to GER
| tain elements" The captain stated
! that he had been told that he was in
personal danger
O'Dell recently arrived here as a
| mate of a sailing vessel. After being
discharged here he was connected with
| the Sailors Home for a time leaving
that institution several days ago. Since
then he has been doing some shipping
business and he had a contract to get
men for the NJ. p. Grace, which is wait
| ing for a crew to go to the Sound. So
far all the men he has got have been
taken or have run from the vessel.
O'Den has now given up the Grace
contract and Captain Grant this morn
ing made a contract with Turk &
Lewis to fill his crew, so that the YES
sci may get away.
/ The ruling union rate for men to the
coast is $4,000, and captains have found
sailors hard to get at this rate. Yes
terday several men were taken from
the M. p. Grace by the police, after
they had been put on board by the new
shipping master. Once on board they
and got an idea that they were being
shanghaied One of them managed to
get word ashore and the law inter-
vened, as the men had not yet signed.
Having escaped the men proceeded to
celebrate the event, and two of them
We're among Judge Wilcox's list of
drunks this morning.
A branch office of the Coast Sea-
mems Union is to be established here.
This is a very powerful organization
which has been through probably the
liveliest series of strikes of any labor
body there. There is one long struggle
between the union and non-union men,
a struggle in which fists and clubs play
the most prominent parts, so that a
non-union crew cannot usually be put
on vessel at all in San Francisco
without guard of police.
Several ships that are going round
the Horn are ready to look for crews,
and there will be an earnest demand
for men for some time to come. Some
of the captains say mo shipping mas
ters need apply" while others grace
fully face the music, place an order
and wait for the human goods to be
delivered on the forecastle.
O'Dell. whose wonderfully scabbed
face attracted attention wherever he
went today, is of the opinion that he
was attacked by his business rivals.
A glance at O'Dell's face and head was
enough to make his friends wonder
how much room there was in which
blows had not landed. He made a
statement to the marshal concerning
the affair, after being advised to do so,
but is not able to give any direct evil
dence. This morning he stated that
Lewis and Turk had followed him
about all day yesterday and that tow
ards evening he had become afraid
} that they meant to attack him and
had turned and asked them what they
meant. II told them that IL they kept
on following me / should get police
protection" said O'DeIl. "Then Turk
went into the police station and had a
summons issued for me to answer for
having threatened his life" Mr..
O'Dell drew the paper from his pocket
as he spoke, and showed it with a
smear of blood over it. O'Dell was left
unconscious after the beating and a
passing hackman picked him up and
took him to the Sailors Home.
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