New-York tribune., 1901-02-08
THREE SfUTTNEER.S ARRESTED
RELIEF THAT THE ASTRAL WILL BE
ABLE TO PUT TO SEA TO-DAY
WITH A COMPETENT CREW.

Three men who are said to have been the leaders
of the mutiny board the ship Astral or the
Standard oil Company. were yesterday taken from
the vessel by men attached to the Revenue cutter
Gresham and placed in irons The prisoners
Edward Dempsey. William Gray and Joseph Barby.
They were taken of the ship by Lieutenants Haake
and UberrOth and FIVE members of the crew of the
Revenue cutter and held as prisoners
on the cutter which is anchored at Tompkinsville.
No one seemed to know yesterday what action
against the prisoners would be taken United States
Marshal Henkel said that he could not hold them
on the warrants Issued by Commissioner Shields on
Wednesday. He added that a complainant against
these men must appear before he could hold them.
When the Gresham left the Astral yesterday
afternoon for her anchorage of TOpkinsville there
were eight men of the crew Of the Astral who said
that they would not go tn work. Two of these gave
sickness reason Eleven men of the crew said
that they willing obey the orders of the
captain. Another member of the crew was re-
ported 10 he suffering from injury. This man
was hurt Sunday last while helping TO hoist the
sails Captain Durham of the Astral expects to
weigh anchor to-day. He hopes to complete the
crew with men who will be sent him this morning
The Astral has been anchored since Sunday about
thirty miles outside of Sandy Hook. Since then she
has been I'm a heavy and has been buffeted by
a gale with a velocity of between sixty and seventy
miles an hour.
The reason the deputy saarshals did not sight
the Gresham their trip down the Bay on
ing the assistance of the Astral Captain Walker
OF the Gresham, while looking through his glass
Wednesday. the Astral making headway
In little while the Gresham near her. BY
the signals that were exchanged Captain Walker
learned that members of the of the Astral
had mutinied- High seas running and gale
was raging. He told Captain Dunham that he
would try to get some Of his board the
Astral. IL IL were question of life and death. The
reply was that the crew of the Astral in
a fighting mood: they simply refused To work
The Gresham anchored for the night the Hook
and daylight she went to the assistance Of the
Astral again. Leutenants Uberroth and Haake
and a Of five armed men put of In a boat to
reach the Astral. Two oars were broken by the
waves. and then the unable to make
much headway toward the ship While their boat
was being tossed about by the wind and the waves
the tug Daniel 5. Lamont threw line to them
and drew them 10 the Astral
On boarding the Astral Lieutenant U'berroth read
the law regarding muttny 10 the members OF the
crew who had mutinied. He further told them that
persons who resisted disobeyed the lawful or
ders of a master OF vessel a were liable TO a
fine Of 81 900 imprisonment for fve years, or both
He told them to go forward and think about .he
matter. He then sent FOR Gray and asked him IL
he would go work. Gray said that he would
not. and sent aboard the tug NicoIls He was
later transferred 20 the Gresham and put I'm irons
The tactics were followed in regard TO
Dempsey and Barby Eleven men told the heuten-
that they would work. two that they
sick to work. and six besides the prisoners
that they would not carry out the orders OF the
captain. These six men and the two who said
that they sick left aboard the As
trail IL thought that they would go to work
after the prisoners were taken of the vessel