The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-06-29
TRIED TO CAPTURE SHIP
AND STEER FOR PARADISE
How the Crew Of ]. B. Thomas Planned to
Rule. in Ease and Comfort in
South Sea sland

/ to work forward, and theen steer the
Thomas for the Pitcairn Islands, beach
her andSsettle there in ease and luxury.
/ Chips had told them that in one of
these little paradses they would be wei
| coined by dark and lovely maidens who
would make it their pleasure to see that
the white men had nothing to do but sit
on sail under the spreading leaves of
! a cocoanut palm, eat fruit, smoke and
| order them around
| The minds of the crew of green hands
were so inflated with this idea that they
were willing to do almost anything the
carpenter ordered.
Plans We're made and time was set
| for the capture of the vessel. When it
came time to act however, the cleaning
!, muZzles of revoivers in the hands of de-
termined men who realized that they
were perhaps defending their lives. dis
couraged the sailors and they changed
| their minds about going to a southern
/ paradise.
| The officers, however. were byl no
means easy after the attempted capture
of the ship. They were constantly on
guard and ever ready to protect their
! interests.
/ After the arrival of the vessel here the
/ men in the forecastle told all kinds of
llsweird stories about TIE officers and the
| occurrences at sea. No one took any
stock in what they had to say, however,
/ and their stories passed unheeded The
/ officers were still afraid of the men,
even in port, and would not have a word
to say against them beyond their being
/ a pretty tough gang.
/ The other night. while the new COM
/ mander of the Thomas was ashore the
crew set upon the two mates and drove
them from the vessel. Afraid to return
to the ship, the mates have since been
| paid off.
1t was just a little before sunset when
| the attack upon the mates took place.
Delaying pins flew around the decks and
the mates came pretty near being very
roughly used. 1t sAtarted by the carpen-
ter and the officers having some words
/ together. The crew jumped on the mates
and tried to whip them for attacking
cripple.
The mates attempted to hoist the po-
/ lice flag to bring help from ashore, but
| their efforts in this direction were. use
| less. They were finally forced to leave
| the vessel in a small boat. They have
never since returned.
There are at present about half dog
| en- of the original crew left aboard the
Thomas; the rest have deserted or,have
| been paid off.
! 1t has been learned that there was no
! necessity of losing any of the mainyards
| overheard during the gale in which the
| captain lost his life. If the crew had at
tended to their duties they could haze
been saved.
/ The mate and second officer will never
forget the long days of terror on the
/ Thomas-days in which they hourly ex-
Ipected to be set upon by the crew. put
| in irons or perhaps treated In a manner
even worse. lube, the .boatswain, will
not forget, either. 1t Is greatly TO his
credit and the credit of the other officers
that the vessel was brought safely into
Honolulu harbor, the efforts of tough
and desperate crew to the contrary not
understanding
Hcngkong Msru Arrives. :.
Between and o'clock yesterday aft
ernoon 1.-The Togo Kisen Kaisha steam
ship Hongkong Maru, Captain .FilmeF.
arrived in the harbor from San Fran
cisco, having sailed thence on the I'D
instant, early In the afternoon. Two
days later mail and newspaper files were
! brought by the vessel. She locked at
the Pacific Mail wharf, the ship J. c.
Potter, which had been discharging coal
there. moving into Navy slip No. 1.
Passed the China.
The Hongkong Maru passed the Pacific
| Mail steamship China, Captain Seabury,
about fifty miles out of San Francisco,
at 4 80 o clock In the afternoon of the I'd
instant, the day of the Maru's departure
from the Coast. Several sailing vessels
We're passed by the Maru on the trip
I down but they were too far away to be
identified. The first day out of San Fran
tcisco was characterized by heavy winds.
/ After that the weather was fine and con-
tinued so to port. The Hongkong Maru
sails for the Orient today at noon
People on the Maru
Among the through passengers on the
Hongkong Maru are Joseph s. Spear. Jr..
and wife. Spear is the surveyor of Gus
toms for San Francisco. An interview
with the famous. politician appears eisc-
where.
Rev. E. j. Hardy, chaplain In the
British army, is also aboard. More con-
corning him appears elsewhere.
]. Lewis Crew of Philadelphia is pres
ident of the Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Children Of that city
To Stop Over Here.
Passengers on the Maru who will stop
over at this port are Mr.. and Mrs. r.
Marquardt, NJ. L. Stewart and r. w.
Smith. F.. Sturm joins the vessel here
for the Orient.
AuIOuSn passengers.
Those on the Hongkong Maru going
through to the Orient are as follows:
For Yokohama-L. C. Brankamp. J..
Brett, Mrs. j. Brett, w. S. Gray, 8.
Hara, s. Ichikawa, K. Kodera For Ma
gasaki-Waldemar Toritch. For Shang-
hai-Mrs. j. A. Fitch and two children,
A. S. Foster, q. Hieber. For Hongkong
Il. c. Cartwright, ]. Lewis Crew, A .
j. Giles, Nathan Holstein Rev. e. j.
Hardy, Mrs. A. B. letters. Mrs William
LETTERS, Mrs. s. A. Mitchell, J. 8. Spear,
Jr.. Mrs, J. s. Spear, Jr.
The Title e. starbuck.
i The big American ship Tillie f. Star
buck, Captain Curtis, arrived in this
port yesterday afternoon from San Fran
cisco. after a good trip of only twelve
days. She came into the harbor at 1:3o
O'clock Captain Curtis is accompanied
on the present trip by his family. The
vessel is lying in the stream. awaiting
her turn at a wharf. She brings a large
general cargo and will take load of
sugar back to the Coast.
The Mohican for Seattle.