The New York herald., 1873-12-31
THE PoLARIs' SURVIVORS.

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Meeting to Ask for Extra Compenss-
tion-Thc Petition To BE Sent to Com
gress.
meeting OF the survivors OF the Polaris, who.
were rescued after floating the ice for 1876 days,
was held last night to petition Congress TO grant
them extra compensation for the very great hard
ships which they endured. Present were w. J.
Morrison, G. w. @. Kruger, Frederick Anting,
Frederick Janke, William Lindeman, Gustave Lind
quist and Others, all seamen on the Polaris Es-
quimaux Joe EDerling was prevented BY sickness
from attending,
Mr.. w. J. MORRISON presided and called the
meeting to order
Mr.. J. w. c. KRUGER presented an address rom
Captain Hall to the crew while lying in Thank God
Harbor. precious document which ne had carried
under his shirt while on the ice The following Ii
the letter, which is written in peculiarly heavy
hand:-
@ win ad heart & ssRs ga Sas
prompted you to this act ! need not assure you that
80 s' s LIVELY 1srrEssr y YOUR xsLrAns ,.,
iized world me Of ding in aiscovering
sS father
United States North Polar Expedition, in winter
VI, sept "a Is7l
The following letter of sympathy from Captain
Buddington to Captain John Morrison, the chair.
man. was also read
DEAR FnrSD-I received your letter Of December I,
the Justly
hey ef %
with nSudng those on the ice @ ana those whG
best s Wishes she's viii always Be with hc
shall do with the greatest pleasure. am glad M.
KRUGER ay whs has not been ma sps PIE
me Know how you succeed NY respects all the boys
wishing you success remain S0s. 3. sBBuuDDrNGroN
Mr.. Frederick Meyer, meteorologst OF the expe-
dition, sent letter from the Dudley Observatory
IN Albany, in which he said :-"I shall be under
many obligations II you will kindly deliver my
greetings and express my sincere wish OF success
Mr.. MORRISON, the chairman, said they had rea-
son for being proud Of their record during the
last expedition. petition had been prepared Dy
Mr. Hewett, OF Hewett & Newell, lawyers, OF No.
Wall street. which would be sent to Congress.
| gard to various matters and Mr.. Kruger 'said ne
| had never seen Captain Buddington drunk.
| once in q while. Captain Tyson had said that he
| was engaged as sailing master, and
WAS PROBABLY PROMPTED BY JEALOUSY
| to sneak III OF Captain Buddington.
Mr.: MORRISON SAID addressing the reportersS
that Tyson was first asked Dy Buddington to Join
| the expedition and the latter spoke to Captain
| Hall on the subject. II Tyson said that he was
| engaged as sailing master ne uttered falsehcod-
| Mr.. KRUGER added that he did not think Captain
| Hall was poisoned
Mr. MORRISON Ito the men)-Was Captain Hall
| poisoned
ALL THE MEN-No, no, no.
Mr. MoRRIsoN-Was Captain Hail sick
| One of the survivors said that Captain Tyson
| had done them great wrong. Mr. Nindemann,
| VINO was offered reward OF $1,000 by CAPTAIN
| BuddngtOn Ii he would make an anchor last to an
iceberg and did by climbing so ieet up the berg
ana cutting the steps out with hatchet, corrobo-
| ment that Captain Buddington had wiuly sepa-
rated from them, and said he would certainly have
remained with them If It had been possible
| Mr. HEwETT. lawyer, ofNo. Wall street. asked
| the seamen TO state II any one OF them thought
Captain Hall was poisoned, and requested the re-
| porters to note the same which was mo-" OF
Mr. MORRISON ito the reportersl 4 rejected some
| 1000 men who applied to Join the expedition
BEFORE ACCEPTED THESE MEN,
| and what they say is as true as holy writ.
| Mr.. HEwErr then addressed the reporters, VINO
| were seated around the table (the seamen occu-
| pied sofa in corner), stating that he had pre-
pared petition to Congress and he had pledged
| whatever. (To the men)-Your presence here to-
night is the very best evidence Of the success Of
Mr.. MoaRrsos said the German government had
made present Of 1000 thalers to every survivor
| OF the German Hansa expedition, although they
| had suffered much less tnan these men. These
men had to drink seals blood and eat sealskinS
sometimes while some OF the German sailors mad
bottle OF wine occasionally while floating on the
raft. ITO Mr.. Hewett)-You are only fulfilling Cap
tain Halls desires by doing what you do.
Mr.. HEwErT-The gentlemen OF the press under.
stand that services are Tree gratis. 80
The petition was then read. IL recites that the
Tyyors the ice lso nays ~ n
ag0nies no person could describe, and that they
were still greatly suffering from the effects OF those
awful hardships. The survivors pray Congress to
grant them just relief, and particularly to remem-
Der Esquimau Joe, to whom they were indebted
for the preservation OF their lives
The meeting then adjourned with vote OF
thanks to Mr.. Hewett.