Show HARDSHIP AND CRUELTY Serious Charges Alleged Against Officers Of-ficers 5f French Bark by Crew San Francisco March ZIThoUor or thoFfcncirbafkReno BIariche I l which baa arrived here front New Castle dc claro that cruelty and semistarvation distinguished the passage across tho Pacific Pa-cific nnd many of them deserted tho ship today Capt Loneau and his mates charge tho crow with mutiny They hoisted the police po-lice flag today and sent Josef Verne a sailor ashoro In Irons on tho charge of attacking tho first mato with n knife The sailors declare Verno va kept confined con-fined In a small room for llftyslx days upon a diet of hard tack and water Ills narrow quarters wero never cleaned and were In a most foul condition Verne In his cell at tho city prison said Ono sailor loft tho ship at Now Castlo before wo cleared ten deserted at Molbounioand ono more at Hamburg I was all on account of tho captains temper tem-per He tied up men and tortured them and I for onecould not stand It I shall carry the case before tho French Govern ment if necessary Nearly all of tho men havo stories of hardship or cruelty to relate |