The Hawaiian gazette., 1902-01-21
CLASH Of
SAILORS
Bloody ARRAY in
Oahu Lumber
Yard.
Trom Mondays dailyj

I
S THE result Of CLASH between
! " union and nun-union sailors sat
"A urday night and early yesterday
morning, in the premises OF the Oahu
Lumber Yard between Iwilei road and
the railroad wharf, nearly dozen IN IN
were badly wounded and several are
vet under the care of physicians. The
police were called for about ! O'Clock
Yesterday morning and upon their ar
rival in the lumber yard they encoun-
tered about a score of the sailors, ana
after hard battle took three OF them
prisoners. The officers were compelled
TO use force to make their way through
the gang to where nOn-union seamen
who had been waylaid, were being
beaten. Big Jim Kupihea, the biggest
policeman on the force, met, in burly
sailor named Tierney, man about as
big as himself, and did not capture him
/ until both had matched their strength.
From reports made by some of the
unfortunate men who were beaten by
the union sailors, 1t appears that they
! have had n Grudge against Captain
Spicer and his ship. Florence, because
! there were non-uniOn men aboard. Ihe
union men, from other ships, led ~
Tiernoy. planned to waylay the non-un-
ion men as they were leaving their
ship or returning to 1t, and stationed
themselves in the open space between
the lumber yard and the railroad
tracks leading to the railway wharf,
where the Florence lies. They were in
such a position that pile of lumber
screened them from the view Of pass
ers-by About . o'clock the union men
began to capture the sailors of the
Florence. AS each man came by he
was held and assaulted. An investlSa-
ton of the rendezvous made after the
sang was routed, showed that the slug
gers had laid in ammunition for their
| repeated assaults consisting of railway
iron, bricks, stones, pieces of wood and
anything that would inilict injury or
produce wounds upon their victims.
Two of the men who We're beaten
managed to escape the gang. and, max
ing a detour regained their ship, where
their wounds were dressed. They made
another detour in leaving the vessel
and wharf and came to the police sta
ton, where they reported the trouble.
a riot-squad, consisting of Jim kupi-
hea, Nielsen and Bishaw, was des-
patched to the lumber yard. They APP
preached the place cautiously and saw
the gang in the act of beating three
men. The officers charged on the ring
, and broke through in an effort to lay
their hands on the men actually per-
! forming the acts of violence. The gang
was surprised. and so We're the N nn-un-
ion men, for upon being released by
their captors, they took to their heels
and either went back TO their ship OF
: up town.
, Kupihea engaged the man Tierney
the biggest fellow In the gang, and had
, his hands fun for several minutes
Finally Tierney broke and ran, with
Kupihea in hot pursuit. A form darted
out of the darkness in front of Kupiheo
, and Tierney and struck the latter Civ.
ing Kupihea a chance to capture hin
and place him under arrest. Neilsel
and Bishaw each picked out mar
and held him. The three union mer
e were taken to the station house, wher,
0 Tierney was charged with assault an,
e battery on Kupihea. Josh Johnson anC
Victor Dunn. the other two men, wer,
e also charged with assault and battery
/, Yesterday Captain Spicer of the Flor
ence and two of the men who had beer
! assaulted the night before made {
. round of the union ships, accompanied
I by police officers, and three men wer,
| identified as having been members o
the union gang, and these We're place.
' under arrest They were Ed Morris
! George Commit and r, Mccain. Tn,
latter is the one who struck Tierne!
while kupihea was in pursuit but al
though he had performed an act which
= assisted the police officer, yet he wa
: positively identified as the man who
/ earlier in the evening, had assisted il
! the assaults.
, The cases of the men will come up IL
the police court this morning.