New-York tribune., 1903-04-14
FOUR SEAMEN TRICED UP.
One Deserts British Brig on Roft of
Barrels.
SAY VESSEL IS UNSEAWORTHY.

The British bark Glendovey. Captain W. H.
Larkins. which arrived here on March 26 from
Cienfuegos Cuba, and which left Hull on June
1S. 1902, for Cape Town, according to charges
which have been filed with the British Consul
General here, Sir Percy Sanderson, was unfit to
put to sea- Two of the crew allege that they
were triced up because they would not turn out
at 80 a. m. Two others were treated in
like manner they declared, because they refused
to work until the others had been released. 1t
is also declared that the amount of lime juice
on board the vessel was not sufficient in guam
t4ty to comply with the British laws.
In the afffdavits the sailors say that two weeks
before the bark reached Cape Town, the Condi-
ton of the water tanks was such that the salt
water entered and made the water unfit for use.
The mate Alfred A Branett, in his affidavit
declared that he had an ulcer on his foot. and
that the medicine chest contained no cotton and
no lint there being only four bandages and
one or two rusty lancets." He left the bark
week ago.
From Cape Town the bark sailed for Glen
fuegos Several days after the vessel left Cape
Town two of the men. so the affidavts declare,
were told to turn out at $50 o'clock. They re-
fused. and were put in irons and strung up 10
the boats skids until noon. At o'clock two
other men who had refused to do their duty
unless those who had been strung up were le-
leased suffered the same fate. They were sus-
pended TO the spanker boom. which at the time
was not in use, as the bark sailing before
the wind. They were exposed to the glare of
the tropical sun. The men assert that the cap
tain had no right to turn them out at 80 a. m.
but that they finally submitted, because the pain
became so excrUciating that they could not stand
the punishment any longer.
At Cienfuegos the entire crew endeavored to
get away from the vessel. but only one, an
American, was enabled to do so. He was re-
leased by the British Consul at the request of
the United States Consul The man came here
on another vessel After the bark sailed from
Cienfuegos another sailor. while the craft was
still within three miles of the coast, with the
wind blowing toward the shore. escaped on a
raft made of barrels fastened together by
boards II is believed that he reached the shore
safely This left five men in the forecastle and
three besides the captain in the cabin. these
three being the first and second mates and the
steward.
H Wolff, the second mate. confirmed this story
last night. and added that he hoped TO be able
to get away from the bark to-day. The captain
was hard man he said. He took a Tribune re-
porter aft and showed one of the boats to him.
It was 40 p m, but at that hour it was posi-
Bile 10 see the sky between the stem and the
ends of the planking of one of the boats. as one
looked UP at the bow OF the boat from the deck
The craft could not have foated for fifteen min
utes The only other boat, the second mate de
clared was leaky The spars he said were so
rotten that great care had to be taken in raising
and lowering them. especially in a blow. The
sailors have asked for survey of the water
tanks, the boats and the spars.
Captain Larkns refused to talk about the
charges. The Glendorey is owned by a woman
a Mrs, Lewis, Of London