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Show i : THREATENED TO ATTACK i OFFICERS OF THE SHIP. i ' .. 1 1 1 . Sicilian Stowaways Caused Trouble j on Austrian Steamer. ! ALGIERS, Feb. 16. The Austrian steam- ! . er Margherlta. Trieste and Girgentl, Febru- ! ary 6th. for" New York, put in here today ( and landed eighteen Sicilian stowaways j 1 who had smuggled themselves aboard at I , T Palermo. Maddened by threata. the stow-1 stow-1 A-v . aways had armed themselves with knives , and appeared on the deck, where they 1 . threatened to attack the officers. Muskets 1 I were dealt out to the crew, who succeeded j 1 jn overawing the Sicilians. . The steamer ; l then headed for Algiers, where the stow- ' j aways were handed orer to the Italian ! . Consul. The Margherlta proceeded on her it. voyage two days later. ( i |