The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-02-14
.SABERS NET SAILORS
WHEN THE CALL "To ARMS"
SOUNDED ON CRUISER.
men REBsLLEDWHER SENT TO BRIG
And Were Roughly Handled BY the
Officers, Whom They Accuse Of
Being Martinets.

Philadelphia, Feb. 7.-Mutiny on the
armored cruiser Tennessee, at League
Island, resulted in the shooting of two
petty officers by an enragad seaman
and the wOunGing of the latter. Those
shot are:
Chief Master-at-Arms James Douglas,
aged 45 years, bullet penetrated brain
and two ugly abdominal wounds.
Master-at-Arms William McCool
flesh wounds on face and arm.
Harry Burke, aged "a years, seaman
shot through the left wrist. Douglas
will die, but the injuries Of the others
are comparatively slight.
Burke, the alleged ringleader of the
mutiny, was placed in irons, and two
others sailors, Lunnus and Dean, are
also in the brig, charged with being
accomplices. The trouble began when
the Tennessee was acting as escort to
President Roosevelt. Anxious to make
a good showing, the petty officers be-
came martinets, and hardly a day
passed that the brig did not contain
one or more sailors lodged there for
trifling offenses. When the Tennessee
arrived at League Island it was de-
clared by the sailors that the mon.
CONS" had more authority than the of.
ficers.
Burke and his companions had been
placed in the brig. 1t had been feared
that they were planning brig deliv'
cry, as some of their 'bunkies" had
been confined for giving back talk" to
the chief master-at-arms. The latter
has been the special object Of the
crews dislike. At noon Burke, Dean
and Lunnus were brought before the
Master for sentence. After sentence
had been pronounced by Lieutenant
Fields, executive officer of the Tennes.
see, Douglas was ordered to shackle the
trio and put them in the brig again.
Douglas, according to sailors who saw
the affair, acted in a brutal manner,
and when they demonstrated he struck
Lunnus. He had them covered with a
revolver, and declared he would shoot
the first man who moved Notwith'
standing this, Burke, as Douglas raised
his hand to strike a second blow
seized his arm. A scuff1e followed, dur
Ing which the revolver was discharged,
Wounding Burke in the wrist. He held
on, however, and finally succeeded in
gaining the revolver. Master-at-Arms
McCool ran to the assistance of Doug
las, and, seeing that he was about to
be overcome, Burke fired three times
at Douglas and the remaining balls at
McCool. The petit officers called for
help, but the seaman yelled, "Give 'em
HI" and when the bugle call for as
sembly was sounded none Of the men
paid the slightest attention to it.
The mutiny call was then sounded
and this brought detachment of ma
rines from the barracks, quarter Of
a mile away, double quick time to the
Tennessee. Meanwhile Douglas and
McCool lay wounded on the deck, no
one venturing to go to their assistance.
The three sailors, who had resisted
maintained their ground, although
their comrades urged them to escape
IRON the ship. Before they could make
up their minds, however, the marines
were on the deck. The rest of the
"jackies" made a momentary show
OF interfering, but the sight of drawn
bayonets cooled their ardor. Some
one had also turned in riot call from
the navy yard and the police from
the Thirty-fourth district, located two
miles away, hurried down in patrol
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