The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1910-08-04
GARY GIRLS
WITNESS
MUT|NY
Incidentally the Marine Edi-
tor Gets a Good Chance to
Tell What He Knows
About Davy Jones Lock
er, Sheepshanks, etc.

Miss Cecilia Kirk, $50 Jackson street
Gary. daughter OF General Superin-
tendent John Kirk of the E.. j. and E.
Railroad, with a party of four girl
friends, her guests vacation trip
on the Great Lakes. had an experience
that they won't forget for years to
come and reads as thrilling a tale as
when Captain Goodspeed of the good
ship Mary Jane consigned eighteen
OF his mutinous crew to "Davy Jones"
locker
Yesterday afternoon the big ore
freighter Douglas Houghton, of the
United States Steel company's fleet ar
rived in the Gary harbor with the crew
working at the point of pistol The
man who held the weapon was Captain
John Park better known on the Great
Lakes. as Fighting Park, who was
the hero Of the thrilling hand to hand
battle.
Returning From Vacation.
on board OF the ship were five terri
fed young ladies who were returning
from their vacation trip. Although the
reports of their part in the story is
thrilling enough, yet Miss Kirk last
night stated that she and her guests
knew nothing of the battle of the cap
I
was over.
The young ladies who were on board
are from Gary. Joliet and Chicago.
They are: Miss Cecilia Kirk. $50 Jack
son street, Gary; Miss Edith Anderson.
Sl34 Muskegon avenue, South Chicago;
MissLouise Maxwell, 1928 Berkeley
avenue, Kenwood, Chicago; Miss Cleo
McCluskey. Joliet and the chaperone,
Mrs. A. ]. MCGOWAN. Joliet.
Go to Duluth.
Two weeks ago the party left the
Illinois Steel company's docks at South
Chicago for trip to Duluth. 1t is the
custom for the steel corporation OFF,
Gals. their families and friends to take
trips or this kind In the summer on
the vessels and finely furnished
cabins are set aside for the visitors.
This is Miss Kinks fourth trip on the
Great Lakes. She formerly resided in
Windsor Park. Chicago, was at the
head of the party.
I'VE were terrible frightened after
we learned of the trouble" she said
but l do not want to get into the
newspapers so 1 will not say anthing
further" The entire party who were
on board OF the mutinous ship are now
at the home of Miss Kirk at $40 Jack
son street recovering from their ex-
perience.
Deck Hand starts 1t.
Peter Peterson. a deck hand. accord
Ing TO the captain. has been guilty of
several breechesof discipline Tuesday
morning the captain found him cutting
some tarpauiin into strips whereupon
the commander ordered him confined
into the hold OF the vessel
This caused discomfort among the
crew and late in the evening Fred
Reese. the wheelman, demonstrated
against Peterson being confined into
the brig He. too. was placed in irons
and sent 10 the hold and was ordered
on diet OF bread and water
According to one of the sailors this
angered the rest of the crew when
they heard of the wheelman's treat
ment. They left the engine room and
other parts of the vessel and made
rush for the hold. Captain Parks
stood at the door and ordered the men
back but they pushed him aside and
quickly released the shackles from the
two imprisoned men, A second fight
followed and Captain Parke drew his
revolver and ordered the unarmed crew
back TO their posts. AT first they did
not go and for few minutes the
strong arm OF the big captain went out
right and left an dhe made a passage
way TO the door
At His Mercy.
He then had the cowed crew at his
mercy and after the two men re-
shackled by his orders he compelled
the rest to go back to their posts at
the point of a pistol. Threatening to
shoot dead the first man who disobey-
ed his orders the commander finally
got the ship in working order.
When the ship arrived at the steel
company's docks the corporations po-
lice were called to the vessel but they
declined to have anything to do with
the case declaring that Il mutiny on
the high seas was a matter for tho
federal authorities.
At supper time three of the crew
managed to slip into town and while
they declined to give their names one
OF them declared that he was seeking
TO have the captain arrested for draw
ing a deadly weapon. second de-
clared that the men had not been paid
and that he wanted TO procure papers
10 detain the ship.
The trio left last evening for Ham
mond where it is said they will file
their complaint before the United
States Commissioner. Last evening the
federal officers had not arrived for
warrants for either the captain or those
of the crew, who are still on board