text:  208 sailors refused to go back to work. Threatened with courts martial, most complied, but 50 sailors held out. That group was convicted of conspiracy to commit mutiny and sentenced to hard labor, along with dishonorable discharges. The men, of course, are shocked that they're being charged with mutiny. They weren't quite sure what they meant. They had heard about mutiny on ships, and they weren't trying to take over anything in their eyes. They weren't doing anything wrong.