The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-06-08
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| ed a part Ol tile CIoWu Ii Jill liz oesA
| cony of the United States Consulate,
on the corner of Nuuanu and Marine
| streets, while Mr.. Allen, the American
| Consul. spoke to another part from the
| steps of. what is now Mr.. Roth'S store
/, on Fort street; this building then STOOD
some six feet from the ground. Both
gentlemen said that the constable
would be tried by due process OF law,
and advised the men to disperse ana
return to their ships; but the sailors
did not pay much attention to either,
and the majority of those to whom Mr..
| Allen was speaking, left before he con-
/ Guided. and went to the Fort. Here
they again demanded that Sherman
| should be given up, but were refused;
| they hung around but did not offer 10
! attack While these were at the Fort,
others went to the police station, near
! the foot of Nuuanu street; drove out
what officers We're there on duty, seized
| the arms stored there, and after break
| ing all the. furniture, made pile OF II
inside the building, set it on fire, and
burned the building, together with that
of the harbor masters, 70 the ground.
While the former building was burn
ing some of the sailors amused them
selves by throwing the iron posts of a
hurdle fence into the flames; the posts
| believe belonged to Mr.. j. L. Water
mouse. Nnen the SldtlOu IOuSe Was
set on fire, the firemen turned out and
attempted to extinguish the flames;
but their hose was cut, and they were
prevented from doing anything, al
though no violence was offered them.
The sailors formed a ring around the
burning buildings. and allowed no one
to go through.
This all happened between 8 and 10
o'clock, There was light southerly
breeze at the time, which proved to
be most fortunate thing, for had
the wind been in the usual quarter
northeast-there would have been great
danger of the entire fleet getting on
fire. Had this happened, one of the
greatest fires ever known here would
have taken place, for moored as close
ly as the vessels were, and filled with
oil, they would have burned for days.
AS it was one ship that was near
the buildings did take fire; but as soon
as the sailors discovered this, realiz-
ing that the whole fleet was placed in
danger, and with it all their catch of
the season, they quickly set to work
and put out the fire.
At this period of their course many
of the better class of men among the
crowd came to the conclusion that
enough had been done, and that 1t was
time to stop, especially as the whole
fleet had come near burning up; these
therefore took no further part in the
disturbances. The remainder however
were very much pleased and elated
over what they had accomplished;
they considered that they had had
some revenge on the police, as the po-
lice station had been burned. and they
were now ready for more mischief.
They accordingly went up Nuuanu
street, entered the first liquor saloon
they came upon, drove the proprietors
out, and helped themselves to the liq-
uors; from there they went to the
Commercial Hotel, and from that place
to the French Hotel on Fort street,
the same thing happening at these two
latter places as at the former. The
result was that by II o'clock all hands
were decidedly drunk. A few were
now seized with the idea of more re-
venge against the government; and as
Dr. G. p. Judd was a prominent man
in it, being at that time Minister of
valley to DR.. judas residence, Sweet
Home" and mob him. Some fifty men
set out on this errand; but the road
was long and dark, turning out to be
longer than they thought, and some
dropped out, SO that by the time they
reached their destination there were
not many left. DIR. Judd had received
word that the sailors were on their
way; his family went to one of the
neighbors for safety. while the doctor
and a few others remained on the
veranda; the sailors came as far as
the gate, and after making threats as
to what they would do, finally went
away. I believe that at the same time
these men went to DR.. Judd's, another
set, on a like errand. started for Mr..
Armstrong; residence, where the Pu-
nahou Preparatory School is. Mr..
Armstrong was then Minister OF Public
Instruction. and the men had the same