New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-28
Britisher Answers Calls
from Freighter - Takes
of Leader of Revolt.
TRAINS GUNS ON SHIP,
FEARING ENEMY PLOT
oe6cers Suspected Pleas Came
from Teuton Craft-Prisoner
Faces Court Martial.

Tho new refrigerator steamship Mem
r,, Of the Lamport & Holt Line, IN
-,s.sr5sv from Genoa and Gibraltar,
troprrt story OF mutiny on the high
.,.s which was put down at the
seventh hour by the arrival Of Brit
.sh cruiser.
The Nemlnc was one day out Of
Genoa when the trouble started. She
,.5 taken on at this port on a previous
vovsre an sble seaman named Ralph
Anderson. who is accused by the skip
,.-ss the cause Of the rebellion.
According to the ships officers the
British cruiser arrived just in time TO
,-svent a general mutiny. Early re-
,orts OF the mutiny were denied, but
Iobp H. Geddes. chief officer, who had
much 70 do with subduing Anderson
ard his followers. admitted yesterday
nat there had been trouble and that
Anderson was taken from the ship by
he cruiser as mutineer.
According 20 Captain A. ". Amey,
master Of the Mcmling, Anderson was
~ 4 German and his efforts 10 pro
vose a mutiny we're not part OF
German conspiracy. Nevertheless, Of
ecers Of the British cruiser took no
chances with the freighter until salts
fsd that she was not an enemy ship.
Trains Guns on Freighter.
For fully two hours the cruiser kept
Ter Guns trained on the merchantmen,
and Il was not until the boarding party
sicnslled that the freighter was "all
clear" that the officers on the war yes
sci relaxed their vigilance.
"This fellow. Anderson, was bad
lot" said Chief Oficer Geddcs. He
was forever breaking rules. At Genoa
~ went ashore without leave and took
the greater part Of the crew with HIM.
He was q husky chap. about thlrty-one,
and knew the business Of the sea, but
somehow he was against discipline. lie
vas the leader Of the gang, the fore
castle LAWYER. and had the knack OF
leadership. Anderson and a number
Of his followers became intoxicated on
Nav 10 when We were lying inside
Gibraltar ON the westward trip. No
one had been able 70 get ashore, but
Anderson and his crowd were drunk.
We found they had broken into the
shirt room and taken many bottles Of
wbiskev and brandy Anderson had
Dragged throughout the trip that he
was an eX-convict and had been IN
many iailS. He threatened 10 Kill the
skipper and his staff, and we had 10
nut him IN irons.
eve dealt gently with him at first
and locked him in the ships hospital
Within an hour he had smashed the
furnishings. Then We put him in irons
and locked him in storeroom. Al
though he was manacled, he broke the
lock Of the steel door. When steel doors
and locks could not hold Anderson,
CAPTAIN Amey sent out a code message
IN the hope that some British cruiser
would pick it up.
Cruiser Takes Anderson.
Within a short time we got an an
swer from a cruiser and on the next
morning we saw her about five miles
Of our starboard beam She signalled
that she would lower boat; ordered
49, 20 stop and pick IL up as we steamed
ahead again a. quarter speed. All the
time she had her guns trained on US.
we finally bore down on the small
boat. which carried a lieutenant, pay
master and sixteen armed marines.
They made fast, and as soon as they
came aboard their signalmen took pos
session Of our wireless room. Salts
red that our call had not been q trick
Of the enemy. she relaxed her vigilance,
and the men she sent aboard attended
20 Nr. Anderson
Nr. Geddes said the lieutenant
heard Anderson's story and then or
dered that he be paid off This was
done and the man who inspired 9
mutiny was taken away 10 the cruiser
The Lieutenant said the prisoner would
be kept iu solitary confinement until
the cruiser picked up the flagship, to
which he would be transferred and
tried By court martial
Penalty for melting mutiny IN war
time is exceedingly heavy, the lieuten-
and informed Captain Amey, and 1t IS
likely that Anderson will have 10 serve
ten years az hard labor No one on
board the Memlng knew the name Of
the cruiser.