Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1902-09-08
FirminiSt Gunboat Crete-a-Pier-
rot Sunk by Gunboat Pan
Their at GonaiveS.
WAS COMMANDED BY AMERICAN
Trouble Was Caused by the Iaytien
RevoIutionist Vessel Stopping Ger.
man Steamer Markomannia-Notil
ing Officially Known at Washington.

| EunDO2L CroLe-~PlGrrOL, Wnlcn was la
:he service of the Firminist party, has
',een sunk at the entrance of the har.
Dor of Gonaives by the German gun.
boat Panther. Details of the occur
renee are lacking. The crew of the
Crete-a-Pierrot left her before she
went down.
Demanded Surrender.
Port-Au-Prince, Hayti, Sept. 8.-The
German gunboat Panther arrived here
Sept. and received instructions from
the German government to capture
.he Firminist gunboat Crete-a-Pierrot.
she left Immediately for Gonaives,
TIE seat of the Firminist government.
The Panther found the Crete-a-Pier.
| not in the harbor of Gonaives and the
commander Of the German gunboat
Informed Admiral Killick, on the
| C:ete-a- Pierrot, that he must remove
his crew and surrender his vessel in
| five minutes time. Admiral Killick
| asked that this time be extended to
| Ii minutes. This request was grant
| ammunition on board the Crete-a
| Pierrot should be abandoned when
her crew left her.
| Fired by Her Crew..
The crew of the Crete-a-Pierrot left
that vessel amid great disorder. At
the end of Is minutes the Panther
sent a small boat carrying an officer
and 20 sailors, who were to take pos.
session of the Firminist gunboat.
| When these men had arrived at
point about 80 yards from the Crete
a-pierrot flames were seen to break
, out on board of her. She had beer
fired by her crew before they left her.
The Panther then fired on the Crete.
a-Pierrot until she was completely
| immersed. Thirty shots, all told
! were fred.
There is much feSifng here against
! the .Firminists. and their cause is con
| sidered to be bad one. Soldiers are
leaving here to attack st. Marc. Port
| Au-Prince is calm.
Consular Corps Protested.
! The Crete-a-Pierrot was formerly
| in the service Of the Haytien govern
mcnt and Admiral Killick was COM
mander of the Haytien fleet. June q,
| Of this year, Admiral Killick disem-
aarked troops from the Crete-a-Pierrot
! TO support General Firmin, ex-Hay.
| ten minister at Paris and one of the
candidates for the presiS~ccy Of the
republic and after refusing to recog.
nize the constituted authorities, he
| 20 he, 1o~
The consular corps protested against
| such action being taken, but their eff
forts failed of success, for a few days
later the admiral did lombard Cape
| Haytien, although little damage was
| dLne by the Crete-a-Pierrot's fire.
Since June 27 the Crete-a-Pierrot has
been operating in the interests of
General Firmin.
The Haytien government disavowed
The action of Admiral Killick in bonn.
harding Cape Haytien and ordered his
| arrest
An Act of Piracy.
1t was announced from Cape Hay
lien, Sept. 8, that the German steamer
Markomannia. Captain hansen, BE-
longing to the neutrality-suspicious.
Packet company. having on board
AIMS and ammunition sent by the pro
zisional government to Cape Haytier
had been stopped Sept. by the Firm
uirt gunbCat Crete-a-Pierrot at the
entrance CT the harbor Of Cape Hay
ticn. ard that an armed force sent OIL
board the steamer from the gunbca'
look possession Of the war munition:
n spite Of the protestations Of Cap
tain Nansen and the German consul
The seizure of the Markomannia
has been characterized as an act OF
: piracy. But a dispatch from Berlin
/ ~ the Associated Press. dated Sept
, i, said German government circles
, did not take a tragic view of the seiz
]. are Of the German vessel, but that sat
;sfaction would be demanded. The
foreign Office agrees with the view
held by the foreign representatives
at Port-Au-Prince. said the dispatch
that the action of the Crete-a-Pierro'
was piracy, but it was not then known
whether satisfaction would be de
manded from General Firmin o,
whether the result OF the revolution
IN Hayti would be awaited.
No OFFICIAL News Received.
Washington, Sept. $50 far a.
could be learned last night no cffcia
news had been received in Washing
ton of the German action with refer
. ence to the Crete-a-Pierrot. All tbs
more important officials of the stat
department are out Of the city, so tha
il is not possible to secure an express
sion Of the probable course of thi
government in the matter from an,
one in a position to influence the gov
ernment's policy. The German EN-
5assy was closed and headquarter
D of the secretaries who have charge o
E the diplomatic interests Of German,
are at Manchester-by-the-Sea
: The destruction of the Crete-a-Piei
rot without doubt will be made tn