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Show j SCLDItFiS QUELL MUTINY. T.nlr f-i,ih Iof.nl 17 Drive Sranra oo I Khlp at I'olul of HajonrU j The colored troops at Skaguay of the 1 Twenty-fourth I'nited States infautry I were called out a few days ago to quel' j a mutiny on l.oard the steamer South I'oillaud. cn route from Seattle to Cape Nome. The crew refused to go further north v. ith the captain, against 1 whom they made various charges. Tho 1 caitlain had the nun sent to Jail but . did not appear to prosecute and thev ! wererelewd. They returned to the j wharf and haif an hour later fifty col- j or. d troops appeared fully armed. The ! men were ordered on board again, but 1 atill demurred, and the soKiiera were j ordered to charge. The colored troops ! drove the seamen up the gangways at the point of the bayonet. |