The Savannah morning news., 1901-11-14
NEITHER WORK NOR LEAVE.
MUTINoUs sEAMEN MAKE TROUBLE
ON THE SCHOONER AVERY.

The Vessel Is Lying I'm Tybee Roads,
While Her Crew Swear They
Won't Put to Sea and Decline 10
Come Ashore-Have Attempted No
Violence, but Defy the Captain TO
Do His Worst-He Claims They
Punctured the Diaphragms of the
Pumps, and Ii Is on This Account
He Came Into the Roads-The Men
Contend Avery Is in an Unsea-
worthy Condition.
The schooner Edward P. Avery
bound from Fernandina to New York.
is anchored in Tybee roads under cir
cumstances somewhat distressing. The
crew refuses either to obey the COM
mands of the master and put to sea,
or accept the alternative he offers.
leave the vessel here and permit an
other crew to take its place and work
the vessel to New York.
The vessel is lying in the roads, los
ing her time and the money of her
owners and exhausting the patience of
her master, while the men, perched in
attitudes of easy indifference about
her decks, turn a deaf ear alike to his
exhortations, entreaties and threats
They have announced they are willing
to come ashore and leave the Avery
where she is lying upon the payment
of their wages for the entire voyage
to New York, but on any other con-
sideration they refuse to move. AS
the master is not willing to accept this
compromise the opposing parties to the
difficulty have been cycling each other
and sparring for wind and an open
ing for the past week.
Capt. H. P. Cogswell, master of the
Avery, brought himself and his trou-
bles to the city yesterday morning and
had conference with Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Leaken and United
States Commissioner Ryals. There are
four men in the crew, representing
about as many different nationalities
who refuse to work. They have not
undertaken any violence towards the
master or any other officer of the YES
sci, but simply refuse to work, and an
nounce that they are not to be either
coaxed or driven.
The Avery sailed from Fernandina
for New York on the first of the month,
her troubles began. Some rather
heavy weather was experienced and
the vessel took in some water. This
either made the men fear that she was
leaking badly, or else they so pre-
tended.
The captain awoke one morning TO
find that the rubber diaphragms of
both the pumps had been punctured by
some of the crew, and for this reason
the could ha 10 10
The men could not be made to work
either. although they did summon
sufficient energy to bring the vessel
into Tybee roads, so that the defective
pumps might be repaired.
The repairs completed, the men re-
fused to put to sea and this has been
the condition of affairs for the last
few days. AS the master refuses to
pay them off until they have complied
with their agreement and made the
voyage to New York and they refuse
to leave the vessel until they are paid,
things have been at something of a
standstill.
Capt. Cogswell was in a quandary.
The United States statutes impose no
criminal penalty for the refusal of a
seaman engaged in the domestic trade
to obey the lawful orders he receives,
other than his confinement in irons
and forfeiture from his wages after
the vessels arrival in port Capt.
Cogswel was advised that if the facts
were as he stated them he had the
right to put the mutinous sailors off
his vessel, but he seemed to doubt his
physical ability to carry out this plan
Of campaign.
He decided at last to swear out war
rants against the seamen for wilfully
and maliciously damaging the vessel.
by puncturing the diaphragms of the
pumps, and this he did before Com
missioner Ryals.
United States deputy marshals will
make the trip to Tybee roads this
morning for the purpose of effecting
the arrest of the mutinous seamen on
the charge made in this warrant and
they will be brought to the city and
given hearing before the Commits
sioner.
1t is understood that their conten-
ton is that the vessel is in an unsea-
worthy condition and that 1t is on this
account that they refuse to put To
sea. OF course, if their contention Is
correct and the vessel is actually nm
seaworthy they cannot be forced To
continue the voyage and are entitled
10 be paid the amount of their wages