The Hawaiian gazette., 1914-11-17
KIYQ MARD COMES
BACK From HllB
Mutihy AMONG Firemen and en-.
Cine-rcpm Crew Makes More
Trouble On Warbound Ship
(Ffob, Monday Advertiser. J

After being warbound in Hilo fov
siKty-thfee days, lnring which time
thorc were almost daily eomplaints re
istered by the 200-odd paascnv,as
laboard over their. enforced stay, y
mntinY broke ont among the fremen
and encineroom crew Of the Toyo
Kisen kaisfa steamer Kiyo Marn, sat.
Iurday morning In order TINT tho
various tfonbies which the vessel has
undergone .hlring the past two months
could bn adinsted more oxpelitiously.
Captain Hashimoto decided TO :jrin
his vessel 20 1Ionoluln, whore 10 couin
get in communication with Japanese
Consul General Arita and tie agents
for the vessel, Castle & Cooke. TIC
Kiyo Maru anchored on port gcstcr
day morning where she viii lilo unit;
her latest troubles can be adjusted.
Ordered TO Remain In ftro
The Kiyo Maru arrived oiF this part
on Septemher1ll bound for South and
Central American ports via 1Iflo. At
the latter port she discharged abont
1000 tons Of Oriental cargo The YES
sci was about 70 proeeel 10 nor dcsti.
nation WHOM orders were reccilAd
from the homo Office Of the c01npany
1T Yok ohama for the vessel to temain
lat lilo until further ORDERS rne re,
ported presence Of the German cruisers
Nurnbcrg and Leipsig In Sohta Amer
lean waters was given 81 the reason
for tho vessels detention in Hilo.
Dircontent Bcgirs To Brew
There arc 172 Chinese steerage
passengers and number. of Japanese
Steerage passengers aboard the vessel.
The former arc destined for the sugar
plantations of Peru. For VI week or
ton days when tho vessel was first war
bound m, Hilo there was little or NO
complaint from the passengers. Is
time wore on, however, ana it APP
|pearod that the vessel would be hing
hp in, the Big Island port indefinitely,
a feeling of discomfort grew anon :
tion laws the Chinese were not a;iowel
ashore and, owing TO the 'lacksof deck
space and The cramped quarters whisn
they were living in, thero spon arose
opihons efpmblines Of discomfort. Chr
nese conshi Tze-ang woohuan was do.
Iuged with letters Of complaint froE;
the Chinese passengers,
Two chinrsa Die Of Beri.Berl
TO make matters worse, two of the
Chinese passengers died OF beri.beij
Another complaint was registered over
the quality Of food which was icing
served s8Ata f64 "a
) IN the HeaRtime the Japanese, hat
tleship lIiZehlarriyed on port ans la2c1
the cruiser Asama arrived IN these
wat0rs, ae Wtgcl5Efti,s
Consul Woolman called ON Castle &
Cooke regarding the complaints of the
Chinese and he was given sosnnder.
stand, it is said, th8t the Kiyo Maru
syanld lcaye here under convoy as socll
AS the Geier matter had been adjusted
aud the Seiyo Maru, a sister ship Of
The Kiyo Maru, arrived ana discharge,
her cargo. ft 10y
The Seiyo Maru completed the dis,
charge Of her cargo Mt Hilo on friday
aud is sitl at that port. Reports
which reached here Yesterday ffoii
Captain Wikander OF tho 81 sooner
Robert r. Hind, we're 10 tie effect thar
be sighted the Japanese war vessels
about six hundred miles from this
port, bending in sOutheasterY diree
tion,. presumably for South American
waters, which would Indicate That the
chances of the Seiyo Maru and Kiyo
Maru rceeiyinga convoy are remote,
canse Of Mutiny Not Given
What lead 70 the .mutiny OF the
frcmen and engineroom crew ABOARD
the Kiyo Maru, which oecasIoned her
coming hack to this port, IS not known.
Captain Hashimoto came ashore short,
~ after the vessels arrival and after
reporting to his agents called on the
Japanese consul general and was IN
conference with him several hours.
Shipping Manager John Drew, o.
Castle Cooke, said that ne mad NJ
details regarding the latest troubles loi
the Kiyo Maru, as Captain Hashimoto
was extremely reticent and would not
say how serious the present situation
was. Several cable messages were
sent by Captain HRslimOto TO his own
crs, replies to which are expected today