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Show SHOT SECOND MATE. SAILOR STARTS A RACE WAR IN JAMAICA. Poiice Compelled to Guard Him Closely in Order to Prevent the People From Doing Him Bodily Harm. Considerable excitement prevails at Savanna La Mar, on the southwestern coast of the island of Jamaica, caused by the shooting there of the Jamaican negro second mate of the American bng Sunlight by the first officer of that vessel. H. G. Gardner of Maine. According Ac-cording to the details which have reached Kingston, trouble arose on board the Sunlight over the color question, ques-tion, and the crew left her and refused tnvhUrU board- D,:rinS the dis-tuibance, dis-tuibance, it appears. Gardner fired at the second mate and probably fatally i wounded him A strong force of police I as sent on hoard the brig to arrest Gardner, and it was with difficulty hwas overpowered and taken to mL V5",1!06 were impelled to guard the building in order to prevent hativemobs from attacking it The Sunlight was loading log wood for |