The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, December 6, 1902, Page 2

2 CHNRNEL SHP GES P DEA MURDER MATE AND WOUND SKIPPER| T THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1902. MUTINEERS ON THE LEICESTER CASTLE Two More Bodies Are|Captain Peattie Recovers and at Queenstown Tells How Three American Sailors Shot Up the Ship, Injured Him, Killed an Officer and Then Escaped on Rude Raft Recovered From the Progreso. Diver Will Endeavor to A&- certain Extent of Dam- age to Vessel e i Two more bodies were recovered from the wreck of the Progreso yesterday morning. They were taken from the hold’ of the steamer. There are still eight men to be accounted for. The remains recovered yesterday were those of Daniel Gallagher, a riveter, who resided in the Potrero, and James Mc- Guire, another riveter, who lived at S10 Illinois street. Both bodies were hortibly charred and the extent of the injuries recelved by the men before the flames closed about them cannot be ascertained. The recovery of the two bodies is due to the fact that their exact location was told by weorkmen who were near the vic- | The | tims at the time of the explosion. bodies were between decks, amidships and | directly under a hatchway. No difficulty wae experienced in reaching them. What will become of the steamer is | still a matter of conjecture. Little can | be done by Manager James Spiers of the | Fulton Iron Works until the insurance | adjusters have completed their labors and | the investigation has been made. It is the consensus of opinien -that the vessel | is a total wreck. The only possibility that | she can be saved rests in the supposi- | tion that her keel has wot parted. The | indications, however, are that the explo- | snapped her back and tnat she must | be consigned to the scrap plle. | Just when the Federal investigation will | be held cannot be told. No report from | the captain of the ill-fated vessel has vet been received, and until it has been flied no date can be sét. Inspectors and experts have spent most of the time since the fire has been extinguished looking over the wreck and much data has been | collected. Inspector of Hulls and Boilers Bulger visited the scene yesterday. A diver will go down on the outside of the vessel to-day to ascertain the exact dam- @age done to the hull. He may also at- tempt to penetrate the hold, but owing to the great danger of the air line being cut it 1= improbable that he will take the risk. The work of searching for bodles was resumed early yesterday morning. Boats drew up alongside the Progreso and with | drag irons tried to locate the body of | Edward Nefson. At night the searchers | drew up their lines, having been unsuc- | cessful in their efforts. | John McGuire, a brother of James Me- | Guire, who was lost, visited the works | yesterday morning with James y. McGuire was on the steamer and near his brother when the explosion occurred. He had a narrow escape. O'Grady compenced dragging and after a short time informed Manager Spiers that he had nd & body. It was badly charred and the head and one leg were The remains were subsequently iden d as those of Daniel Gallagher. The next body taken out was tbat of James McGuire. The fire had badly dis-| figured it. A portion of the clothing re- | mained/ and by this means the®identifi- | cation was made. Both bodies were sent | to the Morgue. The hope of recovering the bodies of the men who were in the fireroom has been abandoned until the wreckage is re- moved. Willilam Labelle, who was reported missing, has been found, according to a story told by the men at the works. : This reduces the list of dead and missing to thirteen. At the Presidio hospital the in- jured are rapidly recovering, with the ex- | ception of Kane, whose leg was broken | in two places. Little Harry Connoma is the bravest patient in the hospital. Not- withstanding the fact that he has lost an arm, he is cheerful and bears his mis- fortune bravely. The soldiers at the Pre- sidio intend giving him a benefit, and no doubt many dollars will be realized for the unfortunate lad. The Presidio ath- letic grounds at Harbor View have been secured and the baseball teams of the Nineteenth Infantry and the Hospital Corps will cross bats for the champion- ship. The employes of the Fulton Iron Works will attend in a body and will as- sist in selling tickets. The game will take place Bunday, December 14. EVANSVILLE, Ind., Dec. 5.—William Ohn- stead, 18 years of age, to-day confessed to re- cently setting fire to two residences and four barns. He is the victim of a mania, ADVERTISEMENTS. Scrofula Few are entirely free from it. It may develop so slowly as to cause little if any disturbance during the whole period of childhood. It may then produce irregularity of the stomach and bowels, dyspepsia, catarrh | and marked tendency to consumption be- fore manifesting itself in much cutaneous eruption or glandular swelling. It is best to be sure that you are quite free from it, and for its complete eradica- tion you can rely on Hood’s Sarsaparilla The best of all medicines for all humors. ~— BEERS! . SOLD EVERYWHERE. DIRECTORY OF RESPONSIBLE HOUSES. Czizlogues and Price Lists Mallel on Applieation. - COAL, COKE AND PIG IRON. J.C-WILSON & C0.0 2000,hone Hala To0t FRESH AND SALT MEATS JAS. BOYES & C0. Shisr=g Pogmi iy OILS. LUBRICATING OILS. LEONARD & ELLIS 418 Front st., 8 F. Phone Main 1719. PRINTING. E (. EUGHES, | 1n Missy o shipwrecked folks as are cast up on their shores are placed on board the first pass- ing vessel. Three men such as left the Leicester Castle: would be thorns in the flesh of that peaceful community and Captain Martin thinks it more than likely that it was the Leicester Castle mutineers the descendents of the Bounty mutineers wanted.to get rid of when' they signaled him. A | | | i - CABLEGRAM received here yes- terday from Queenstown -gave to San Francisco the first news of & sea tragedy enacted in the South Pacific during tHe homeward voyage of the British ship Leicedter Castle, which left here in July for the old world and yesterday reached her des- tination. The tragedy was the outcome of a mu- tiny inspired and carried out by three men shipped at this port and said to be Americans. The skipper, Captain R. D. Peattie, who is well known here, was shot twice and dangerously wounded. The sec- ond mate was killed and the three mu- tineers either perished miserably on a rude raft or are now marooned on Pit- cairn Island, unwelcome guests of the strict living descendents of those mu- tineers of an earlier day. | The dispatch from Queenstown says that on September 20, when the ship was about 300 miles from Pitcairn Island, the | three mutineers attempted to take pos- | session” of the ship. They were armed, but met with unexpected resistance from Captain R. D. Peattle, who is a small man, but more than makes up in game- ness whatever he lacks in size. The attack came at night. Peattie was shot and Second Mate Nixogy, who was in charge of the deck, recelved a bullet through the heart as he ran to the | skipper’s assistance. The noise of the shooting aroused all hands and the chief | officer, after mustering on the poop the | 1oyal pertion of the crew, made prepara- tions-to- overcome and- seize- the mu- tineers. LEAVE ON ‘A RAFT. The -Jatter, who Rad withdrawn to the forward part of the ship, took advantage of the darknpess to construct a rude raft which they launched, loaded with pro- LINCOLN HOTEL MEN ARRAIGNED IN COURT Preliminary Proceedings on the Man- slaughter Charge in the Chi- cago Fire Case. \ | CHICAGO, Dec. 5.—Fred A Smith, pro- | prietor of the Lincoln Hotel in ,which fourteen men were smothered to:death | vesterday, and Night Clerk E. C. Weber, jwere arraigned in the Harrison street police court this morning on the charge ©of being accessories to manslaughter be- fere the fact. . The men were arrested last evening at the ihétigation of Toroner Traeger and | Chief of Police O'Neil. Alderman John J. Brennan signed bail bonds for their ap- pearance and they were In custody but a short time.. A Guaranteed Cure for Piles. Itching, Blind, Bleeding and Protruding Piles. No cute, o pay. All druggists are autnorized by the manufacturers of Pazo Olntment to re. tund the money where it fails to cure ‘of plies, no maiter of bow long standing. new & positive guarantee, no cure, no pay. xnugo-f."' ————— Drummers Will Dance. | The Dolores Drum Corps, composed of members of Dolores Parlor of the Native Sons of the Golden West, will give a ball lon Turn Verein Hall on_ Eight- eenth street this evening. ————— ; To Cure a Cold in One Day - Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. “All ts refund the 12 1t g R RS AR TICK- D e e e R R e ) vigions, and in which they later left the ship. P ‘When daylight dawned the raft was a speck on the horizon and the company on the L:icester Castle had their hands too full t> waste time in pursuit. Captaln Peattic was suffering from his wounds and Second Mate Nixon was dead. Latergin the day Captain Peattle gave orders to chage the mutineers, but unfavorable wedther prevented and the Lcicester Castle continued on her voyage. Just what happened to the mutinecrs is a matter solely of surmise. Their craft was Trail and unless they were picked up by some passing vessel or landed at Pitcairn Island it is probable that they perished miserably. The ship was about 300 miles north of Pitcairn Island when the mutineers left her. Some color is lent to the sup-| position that they geached the island by the report made hefe by Captain Martin of the British ship Howth, which arrived here a few days ago from Australia. The mutineers left the Leicester Castle September 20. The Howth passed Pitcairn Island on the night of September 25 and Captain Martin says that the inhabitants | were making frantic signals. Three big beacon fires were blazing and in the light of the flames he could see men waving wildly. He could not run in that night and the next day when he made the at- tempt, signals again attracted his at- tention. There was too much weather, | however, for visiting Pitcairn Cap- | tain Martin reluctantly resumed his way. MAY BE ON PITCAIEN. ‘The inhabitants of Pitcairn, made up largely of the descendents of the mu- tineers of the ship Bounty, are an ex- tremely exclusive people. They live strict lives and resent intrusion from the out- side world. They &llow no strange sallor- men to land under any pretext and such GEORGE BEAR, REDSKIN, GOES QUICKLY TO DEATH Indian Gives No Sign of Trepidation ‘When He Ascends the Gallows. SIOUX FALLS, 8. D., Dec. 5.—George Bear, the Indian, was hanged at 9:03 this morning. He displayed the utmost nerve, Bear was led to the scaffold at 9:02. The noose and cap were adjusted quickly and just a minute later the trap was sprung. No sign of weakness was shown by Bear. While the ncose was belng adjusted the Rev. Willlam Holmes, an Episcopal min- ister of Indlan blood, offered a last play- er. Bear was pronounced dead In thirteen minutes. The body was taken in charge by the Rev, Mr. Holmes, who left with it at once for Bear's home on the Brule reser- vation, where it will be buried. Only a small crowd of legal witnessés and news- Paper. men was present. WA SR Habitual Criminals Must Remain. COLUMBUS, O., Dec. Nash to-day refused to grant several for *the release of prisoners committed under the habitual act and sentenced to life imprisonment. The Governor holds that the habitual criminal law does not 5.—Governor | pardons recommended by the State Board | affect men sentenced prior to the adop- tion of the law. SRS, Storm Causes a Train Wreck. NEW YORK, Dec. 5.—The Buffalo Day Express of the New York Central ran into a freight wreck near day. The engineer and fireman, but no others, were injured. The engineer could :tdotrm the impediment ‘owing to the ‘m. WELL KNOWN SEA CAPTAIN AND HIS SHIP ON WHICH A "MUTINY OCCURRED Diq EI:EPTEHBER 20, WHEN THREE SAILORS, SHIPPED IN THIf CITY, SHOT THE SKIPPER, KILLED THE FIRET OFFICER AND ESCAPED ON A HASTILY CONSTRU:TED RAFT. _—_— % Captain Peattle gave the names of the mutineers as W. A. Hobbs, Ernest Sears and James Turner.. He says Hobbs was the actual murder of Nixon.- The Leices- ter Castle’s crew was shipped here by John Savory and signed articles July % before the British Consul. They were shipped at a time when sallors were scarce and blood money high. Captain Peattie refused to pay blood money, and had to take whatever was offered him. The men were picked up without regard to character or pre- vious condition in life. According to the Consul’s records, the three men mentioned in the cable from Queenstown are Americans. Turner and Bears are 21 years of age and Hobbs is 21. The Leicester Castle was loaded with grain and salled for Queenstown on July, 26. Captain Peattle, who formerly com- manded the British ship Ben Dearg, has been coming to San Francisco for many years and has many friends in this port. | sides had presented all ‘| be led to the stand. OPERATORS WANT BE TESTIMONY Settlement of Mine D:fi- culties May Be De- layed. Fear Exists That Procrasti- nation Will Breed Bit- terness. SCRANTON, Pa., Dec. 5.—The lawyers for the mine workers continued to call witnesses to-day before the Strike Com- mission to testify to the alleged black- listing methods pursued by several coal companies in refusing to re-employ strik- ers who took a more or less prominent vart in the strike. In most cases, ac- cording to the testimony, no satisfactory reason was given why the men were not taken back. Nothing could be learned here to-day with reférence to the rcported efforts at a; settlement outsie the . commission "None of the attorneys for either side pro- .fesscd to know anything about any con- templated move in that direction. Wayne MacVeagh, who is representing the Erte coal properties, was the only attorney in a position to kiow who would talk about the matter. He left here this afternoon. The testimony néw being presented to the commission does not concern MacVeagh's clients to an extent which makes "his presence necessary. MacVeagh before-leaving stated that a majority of the operators thought it bet- ter ‘to adjourn all efforts to reach by amicable conference a basis for the award of the commission until both the testimony they wished to offer. Whether the ‘ef- forts to reach such a basis will then be resumed can only be decided after the testimony shall be closed. MISTAKE OF OPERATORS. MacVeagh added that he personally thought, in view of the extraordinary conditions existing in the anthracite re- glon, that this was a mistaken attitude fol the operators to assume, as he feared ¢ach day's testimony would tend to in- crease ‘the Ditterness of feeling; but it was not only the right, but the duty of the operators to act on their own judg- ment of the situation, and he sincerely hoped the result would fully justify the conclusion they reached. From this ex- pression it is takeh that MacVeagh was opposed to the calling off of the negotia- tions last week. . = The departure of MacVeagh and Parker for New York gave rise to a rumor that the dhtll&llshed attorney was going "there to comsult with the.operators on the settlement scheme, but when he was seen Just before he left the city he said he did not know who he would see there. He denied knowledge of any efforts being made by the large coal companies to ab- sorb the independent concerns.. Individual operators who Wwere approached on the subject also sald they knew nothing of such-a move: Half a dozen witnesses, all of them mine workers, were called to the stand in rapid succession to-day to testify to the alleged blacklisting of themselves by the companies. All of them were em- pioyed before the .strike, but when the suspension was .ended they were refused work. The compantes, the witnesses said, gave various reasons why they refused td re-employ them; none of which was satisfactory to the workmen. Darrow for the miners then presented two witnesses who had been injured in the mjnes. Both were blind and had to One of them, be- sides losing both eyes in an explosion, lost one arm and the hand of the other arm was rendered useless. The other blind man lost part of one of his ears in the explosion in which he was caught. OBJECTION TO WITNESSES. After they left the stand the attorneys for the operators protested against bring- ing those unfortunate men to the witness stand. They were injured before the strike, and had no direct bearing on the matter befgre the commission. They sympathized with the men, but thought it was not the right thing to have them appear before the commission. Darrow sald he did not intend to overdo the presentation of such witnesses, but he wanted to bring the Commission to a reallzing sense of the dangers of coal mining. Chairman Gray here broke in and sald he hoped the thing would not be overdone. “We have a realizing sense of the con- ditions,” he said, “and I may say that I never sdw a sadder spectacle than that presented by these two men.” The Rev. J. J. Curran, the Roman Catholic clergyman of Wilkesbarre, oc- cupled the witness stand during the re SEAMEN SINK | WITH | WAEEK, Large Schooner Drives on the Rocks Off ‘ Hatteras, | Storm on the Atlantic Coast Causes Great Many 1 Disasters, ! HATTERAS, N. C., Dec. 5.—The obser- | ver of the Weather Bureau reports that | the four-masted schooner Wesley M. Oler went ashore at Hatteras Infet life-saving station early this morning during the storm. She was in the surf about a mile off shore until 8:20 a. m., when the fore- | mast - went over, carrying probably the | last man. Almost immediately the ves-| sel went to pieces. | The life-saving crew could do nothing to | save the crew. | CAPE HENRY, Va., Dec. 5.—Captain Langreuter of the German steamship | Koln, bound from Bremen for Baltimore, signaled as the vessel passed this sta- tion: “We have crew saved from aban- doned W. H. T. D.” . The signal letters are not recognized here. ! NORFOLK, Va.,, Dec. 5.—Reports re-: celved in Norfolk to-night are to the effect that none of the crew of the ill-| fated schooner Wesley M. Oler escaped. The three-masted schooners William D. Hilton and Melville Phillips and several smaller craft were blown ashore in the harbor during the gale. The steamer Un- derwriter, which was towing the Oler from Nassau, has not yet been heard from and fears are entertained that she foun- flered in the gale. The crew of the schoon- er Ida Lawrence abandoned that vessel in a rudderless. condition off Hatteras carly this morning and were rescued with difiiculty by life-savers. | PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 5.—During the | severe gale which prevailed at the Dela- | ware breakwater to-day the schooner Vir- | ginia Rulon, lumber-laden, was blown on | the rocks and sunk. The crew of six men | was taken off by the life-savers. { GLOUCESTER, Mass., Dec. 5.—In a| heavy northeast gale to-day the two-| masted schooner Flo E. Mader struck on | the unfinished breakwater and will be a total loss. The captain and crew of six men were saved by the life-saving crew. BUCKET-LADEN STUDENTS STOP ENDANGERING FLAMES Dickinson Hall at Princeton Has Narrow Escape From De- i struction by Fire. PRINCETON, N. J.,, Dee. 5.—Dickinson Hall, the big recitation building of the academic department of the university, narrowly escaped being burned to the ground to-day. Fire broke out in the third story at 10 o’clock, while Professor J. Mark Bald-| win's junior class in psychology was in| session. A bucket brigade was formed by | the students and the local fire depart- | ment was summoned. After a hard fight | the blaze was smothered before it reach- | ed the main part of the examination hall. | it is thought that someone dropped a lighted cigarette in the hallway. The loss is $3000. . s S Fire Damages a Fine Residence. CHICAGO, Dec.. 5.—Franklin Mac- Veagh's costly residence at 103 Lake Shore Drive, was damaged $10,000 by fire early to-day. Two maid servants jump- ed from a second-story window, sustain- ing serfous injuries and several others, | nearly suffocated, were rescued by fire- | men. Only a small portion of the resi- dence was burned, the chief danger to the occupants being from suffocating in the dense smoke that filled every por- tion of the structure. MacVeagh and family were uninjured. An overheated furnace was the cause. @ ciriviieinlielelminieineieeie e @ | mainder of the session. He read a state-| ment in which he said he had made ev-| | ery effort possible to prevent the recent struggle and that after the men had con- ciuded to strike he came out and strongly espoused thelr cause, because he thought | they were being unfairly dealt with and deserved more money for their labor. Father Curran then gave a description of the conditions under which \the mine workers live, which was somewhat sim- | ilar to that given yesterday by Father Hussie of Hazelton. In answer to ques- | tlons put by Judge Gray, Father Curran said he was opposed to the boycott and the blacklist. 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