The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-05-15

| II al impression was that she would
arrive yesterday, the day upon
which she was advertised to put in an
appearance. The agents say, however,
that she was scheduled to sail from the
coast on the 9th instant at 10 O'Clock in
1.-THE morning, and that she is looked for
this morning. She will bring six days
Halter news and mail.
War on the Waterfront Again.
| There are those on the waterfront
who, when they are of the opinion that
| things are not going the way they
would have them, get together in mobs
and attempt to run things by force.
The cold, unimpassioned muzzle of a
revolver, backed by an equally cool and
unimpassioned eye and hand, how
ever, has proved in more cases than
one on the Honolulu waterfront an ex-
cellent argument against the methods Of
men who, as a rule are buster making
disturbance about their rights than
they are looking for employment
| An attempt was made by a lawless
gang on Monday night to steal man
| from the American bark Snow and
Burgess.
! The men who composed the gang are
said to be members of the Sailors
Union They were up in arms because
men had been shipped aboard the YES
sci by shipping master at a rate
which was below the rate of the union
AS reported in the Advertiser the
other day, a gang of men lay in wait
near the bark Palmyra at the navy
wharf, to prevent shipping master
- yr-t1i IN
composed of union men, The gang was
disappointed and left the wharf after
stationing sentinels to watch the yes
sell
On Monady night. after crew of ten
men had been put aboard the Snow and
Burgess to go up the Sound, this same
gang made a desperate attempt to for
chilly take one of the men off the yes
sci.
Captain Olsen, besides being a jolly
good skipper and man who
knows his business, frog mixing paint
to marking out a courseNr shooting Se
sun on cloudy day, isl be of the kind
you read about in ex@Ning stories of
adventure and deeds of daring.
He is master of his snip, and knows
it; and everybody aboa7sd is also aware
of the fact: a certain glass of people
ashore would do we'll a4d keep out of
trouble if they would take the pains
to get acquainted with the facts, also
Captain Olsen has gun He knows
how to use it, too. There happened to
be a member of the crew of the Snow
and Burgess with a gun. Captain Olsen
and this sailor presented arms in the
most approved fashion the other night
when a gang of men made the attempt
to steal the man from among the crew.
The Snow and Burgess was attacked
about 10 o'clock in the evening of Mon
day.
The men who shipped on the vessel
signed for $35, which is S. less than the
union rate to the Sound. This was
what excited the union men. Their
anger was especially against a sailor
named Rande1 who had come here on
the Palmyra. Randel, it seems, had
been induced by members of the form
er crew of the Palmyra to join the
union. Afterwards he made up his
mind that he wanted nothing to do
with the union, so he returned his card
of membership and signed on the Snow
and Burgess. The union men were anx-
ious to steal him from the vessel. For
what purpose is not known. Probably
for a pleasant talk on the matter.
When Randel was in his bunk on the
Snow and Burgess Monday night, three
men climbed over the side of the yes-3
sci as she lay at the railway wharf a
sailor on watch met them and demand
ed their business
The men said that they wanted to see
Randel, and the Waterman permitted
them to go to the forecastle. Once in
the forecastle, the three began to at
tempt to intimidate Randel, abusing
him roundly and ordering him ashore
Randel resisted, and the three men
began to force him off the vessel. Just
then the Waterman made his appear
ance, and seeing what was going on
ordered the three toughs to leave. The
men refused to go ashore, so the watch
man went aft and got his gun, at the
same time warning the captain of what
was occurring.
When Captain Olsen and the watch !
man. armed. started towards the fore
castle to compel the intruders to get
ashore, they saw Randel make rush
for the donkey engine room, closely fol-
lowed by the three trespassers
The three men looking for trouble,
seeing that the captain meant business
whistled for assistance and by the time
the captain and the Waterman reached
the door of the engine room there were
a dozen or more men on deck who had
answered the call of the first three. Nor
were these all, for men continued to
Chamber over the side of the vessel, ev-
identity intent on capturing Randel If
any one could have seen the crowd of
forty or fifty men who were then pre-
pared to make mischief, he would have
at the present time are of the class
hoboes and beachcombers which have
been coming to these shores of late,
deserving from steamships and leaving
sailing vessels, men, many of them,
who know no more about the sea than
so many farmers. A large number of
the so-called sailors on the waterfront
at the present time are of the class
who, if they are but given lee-way, will
make tramps and loafers to burden the
Paradise of the Pacific with their USE
less persons.
The crowd who had boarded the yes
sci demanded that Randal ha ciyar nm