The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1914-10-02
Won ENGELKEN HAS
SHIP EXPERIENCE
"Enjoyed' by few Floridians
Takes Steerage by Com
pulSiOn.

him which came to US through pa
per published up in Schenectady, N,
T., ard which we sprung on the colo
mel after he had said "howdy" and
was well into his cigarette.
How about this man Allen whom
you associated with on the ship COM
ing over, and who was arrested and
confned?" we asked.
Then the colonel went into details
To get home he had to take what was
represented to him as third-class ship
accommodations, but which in reality
proved to be steerage. There We're
more than 200 American ladies and
gentlemen in the same fix, whom he
had for companions in misery.
Mr.. Allen was an American who
didn't submit gracefully to the abuse
He kicked, and at one time when the
steward got "too fresh" and insulted
a lady because she objected to first
and second class passengers splitting
down onto the steerage rail where she
was sitting, this man Allen cornered
the steward and "called" him, proba-
bly, hit him, though he denied that and
said he only pushed him over. For
this act of discourtesy to a cur of an
Englishman Allen was punished.
Here is Aliens story as he wrote
it for the New York papers:
We were together in Mr.. Won En-
gelken's room, some twenty minutes
later, when a steward came to us
and said: "Do you know you two men
are delaying the medical examination?
They can't proceed with it till yoH
are out on the well deck, and am
requested to tell you to go there j..
We obediently started for the well
deck, when, upon passing through the
door that was guarded with stewards,
we were told by these stewards we
could not pass. Mr.. Won Engelken
went on, they did not touch him, but
when came thlnugh the door
steward caught hold Of my arm and
told me not to pass. | walked on; lie
fell down and began to howl before
he struck the deck. | Joined Mr.. Won
Engelken on the deck, told him what
had happened and ! said, If | am
summoned before the captain | want
YOU to go with me-"
In about thirty minutes a summons
came. Chief Steward Johnson came
to me and told me | was wanted in
the purser's room to meet the cap
tain. I obeyed the summons and MI
Won Engelken started to go with ne,
I,,t insisted that nv friend go with
r,o n"' We roarhed the pursers room,
.nv nnJ +ba centain was there. Two
obo ,,t'o irS % yora in tbe room. The cap
ta;n sot in one Mr., Won Engelken
me to take the other I
was about to do this when the captain
m"9 meronntoriIv oJ bade me to remain
rttanJiro, in his presence. | was a
Hid cl9ss nassenrer, up for trial be-
fora = ruler. than which there is no
more absolute monarch on earth, the
con,rnander l,1T, of a ship at sea.
a1Ir IYo04' Allen" the caotein said. "you
, ro nboraoJ with a,s1ultinc an officer
m o., tb;S Sbin while N +he pursuit Of
I,is Jntias What have YOU to say for
us ,.n,,Tsolf9" w"II
y 81 ~ 'I baro assaulted no officer. cap
+oin ." said and | told him the clr-
ann, +ance "And captain" | sad
1tbn+ St,i,.r Staward faII down mighty easv."
~ Tho cantsin ordered the steward to
he produced.
W Johnson led him in limping and
sr;yaIin~
"Did this man assault you?" the
cantain asked him. pointing to me.
ives sir e did" the steward sail
az was guardin' the door according
70 borders and told him he couldn't
oo past and e pushed me over and
T foII on the deck. and got an awful