S.S. KAPUNI HELD UP

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2154, 21 May 1914, Page 4

S.S. KAPUNI HELD UP

SEAMEN REFUSE TO GO TO SEA.

As the bib alt coa-stnl steamer RapUiii was on the point of leaving Wolliiigtoii for Fjiteft ycstwfiiiy afternoon, lii -ii? al~ li?K-Wl that lief prew refused jfo proceed !<• P'-'ii. Tiro i!H:« clivini that. the ventilation of -their (jii.arlci:S4 iviis i : ]i'atit:.g:urt'to. For thr : - past iivo or /six! days tin; lvapnr.i has boon tu port Wii;-n with keroseuo aiid bei-iziue, and she has boci'i prcwntc l Irani sailing on acvouiH of '.lie recent bad weatSie-r, 'The c:~civ ollcgod tliat tho fume® from tli.e cargo had entered tjio iorocfiEfbl<s Mid had w-adu their qiiart-ovs ttiuiAnhitablo. • Alt. W. Dennett, >iv.inot«,iii|T director of the Smith Tarar.nki Steamship (\>mil!"'y. bole! n coirfcwiicc with t.io <;-rew,. any his pointed out that tliey had !wed " n boaid for tin) pis!- six (lavs and had not seen tir to complain j>.vte.t- to tiio appointed sailing time yesterday. After ■ CBseftss-ing tiio ivliofij matter m(.ji the jaaiiagftr, tlio eroiv deckj.ctj to take tlio Kaptviit to sea. A$ soon as the.y -frfaehect the dfiek. hoivftvor, oud' .Hwn. changed Jus iiiiiid., and said that he would not go, aild sUßscqiseii't-ly this remainder of 1116 crow fipiiiiiod their iiiieiitioji of not ■going id £].i.t> vessel, Later, two seamen again changed their minds, ■but wo firemen and & sen-man absolutely refused to tijrn to, The result tvas Oiat. tto Kapimi Ij.ns keen hold lip at \\ cmngt-on, b»4 the three men whs fiavtscd the trouble were last cjvciVmg and charged vit-h .rcftismE to pioeec'j to sea wiihoiit rcasona-blo cause. '