The States Line s, General Lee sailed for America early last Wednesday morning after her departure had been delayed for several hours by trouble with the crew, twenty of whose members "jumped ship" on Tuesday night a5 the craft was about to sail from Shanghai.
At 1120 pin, on Tuesday police of the Hongkew Station were notified that "twenty sailors had suddenly gone ashore as the General Lee was Jeaving the China Merchants Central Wharf and were fighting. A police party found they had dispersed, but later discovered three of the men. At 230 a.m. sixteen of the deserters had been gathered at a Broadway cafe and fifteen of these were persuaded to return to the ship and were taken to Woosung, where they were put on board.
The reason for the desertion was given as resentment against alleged Mi-treatment of members of the crew by the first mate on the voyage here from Manila
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