The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-07-21
RIOT Ind HUTIHI
Oh STEINER Dolphin.
Convict Stowaways Of
West Indies Led
the Crew.
BLACKS SEND NILES TO RIGGING.
WITH HEAVY FIRE AXES
NEoRos DRIVE OFFICERS
BEFORE THEM
How the Fuegans Made Trouble
for the Mariners While in
smyth chann-i-cut-
Threats Work.
BLACKS SEND g3TEs TO RIGGING.

r,ansndnsn i dSaJ-u. iANgH9nIpigs
wgupy. uar. attempted murder at
,,cfs bv savage, escapes from ship
,,re~k three escaped convicts as SLOW
.wavs and numerous accidents marx
,se trip Of the steamer Dolphin ron
Nev york TO ssn Francisco as one q
,be mos, remarkable made in many.
years from Tire East to the West coast
Of America.
A. one time half the crew was IN
IRONS and at another many Of the ire
mon and coal passers had 10 take REL
grs IN the rigging while the negro
,.oss and sards stood beiow win
aro axes ready 20 cut SWAY the STAND
nr -iezing and allow the nlasts 20 go
nv Use beard aud drown tne whites.
qae military authorities Il coron@i
oaefiea that disturbance and six oil me
rIBz,eaders are now serving tine IN
Tho Coronel calaboose. one OF the Yiiest
rrisons on the face Of the earth. After
citing rid of the ringleaders, there
was very little trouble on the ship.
re Dolphin was formerly the steam
A Eoster. and for Yeas she has
,sen considered one Of the fastest OK
.,.rg,on boats in New York harbor. She
v,s purchased by the owners OF the
posaHe for the seattle-Skaguay trade
-,s contain John a. O'Brier and Pur-
- r Hume we're sent East TO bring
the vessel 70 the Coast. Tie Dolphin
9. mo, built for ocean travel. so she had
- he s,rengthehed throughout before
the inspectors OF hulls and boilers
wouId let her leave port. Then Cap
rain o'Brien had considerable difficulty
IN securing crew for the long voy-
noe and in order to make up his conf
rlement had to ship men he would new
or have taken in any Other circun--
.ta,ees Some Of the men did not show
an on sailing day. and their places were
taken by san Lucian negroes. Iheh
the trouble began.
ON MAY the Dolphin sailed from
New York for san Francisco on Cape
uat,eras violent storm was passed
through. which tested the weatheriy
qualities OF the ship to the utmost AMI
satisfied the crew that she could hYe
in any kind Of weather. The forecas-
tie however. proved TO be almost I'M
inhabltable. owing to the quantity OF
water that found its way below through
the ventilators. So Captain o'Briea
brought all the forward hands on the
upper deck and gave them state rooms
70 live in. This act Of humanity after
wards almost proved the undoins OF
all the white men on board.
After a rua Of nine days Saint Lucia.
in the West Indies. was reached and
the vessel was eoaled. On May IL
start for Montevideo was made. and up
n that time not sign OF trouble had
developed among the crew. Soon after
getting under way three stowaways
we're found in the stewards depart
mont. II was then blowing 4 gale and
the captain could not put back to land
them. Il would have been better for ali
hands had he done so.
The next day one of the men VINO
had been shipped at Saint Lucia recos-
nized the men. One. he said, was no
torious bandit. Another was an
escaped murderer and the third was a
lunatie. Captain 0'Brien's informant
had been a policeman in the Barbados
and he said there was a hue and cry
an over the West Indies after these
men.
Chief Steward Edward Palmer. rein
forced by these desperadoes. now be-
gSn TO show himself, The third day
out he got into a squabble with IRE
man nsmeG MeAllister and nearly
killed him with q heavy chair. Palmer
is a brrly negro. and had not the ensi-
neers driven him back At the point OF
their pistols he would have assuredly
Killed the fireman. AS il was six
stitches had 10 be taken in the fire
mans scalp and he was laid up for the
remainder OF the voyage. From that
zine on there MAS nothing but trouble
aboard. and several times the blacks
arose and attempted to overpower the
whites
A DOZEN IN IRONS.