Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-04-09

DAILY HU3I IN ] al j6kIl IN
sosuenx - 1nE nBsa ssAs-
oalvses books 70 he ispdspsn 1iks
lsuHlhssd piz~e5. 4 vssssl b disssssssd-
knsshss ssssst eomss a1ona aed bs1ps
bsr, snd shsn dsuands Of ~ ownsu
Of ths 49,, I'll sbSs worth fsr the NJ
u ssrvsse rnsdsrsd- Ordisary human
~ sbouId fnpsi sbsn - hssp . SISTER
vsnssi under such circans1knoss With
ost rsesrd Whatever to sompsnsakior-
How 4 Is on Ixndf 4 mans houss
sn1shss Gre. Tbs peopss sbous attempts
- kslp him - oues. They sps.d tkstr
slms snd they Fisk fhsis lives IN The e.
fort. They ssve what thsy can, and -
joiss IN the opportunity Of seeing the
uufortonate householder profit BY tksir
Isbsrs snd pains. II mAn's bsoss =
blown dowu. o. tres thrown ssross Il.
q somewhst similar stfsss b made TO
heip him. Or n he and his family ore
sisk and poor, doctor and food ard
nessy era providsd- No ons thinks
bsssoss IN the frss ssss the mass
houseaold goods would have bssn
dsstroysd ~ srs hsd he not bees hslp-
Cd that be tbsssby lost ownssship b
shsu, snd hat thsy Of night belonged
- The ma or men 80 saved them frsm
- 6ansa No oss tanks beosuss -
nnds parse Of monsy o. . horss IN us
rosd that n il his 70 seixs and bold and
dispose of - be MAY Wish. and that 10
ons hasa riehs Va take Il frsm hin. 10
enc vsald thisk Of mskine hard bar
gain With man Ia rouboat on .
psnd. unsbis By rsa1on Of - Of
oars 70 cot bach 10 shofs, rsquirinG
him 70 give ap bis boat and psKhsps
his msssy ssd vsssh In ssnssdssstion
Of aid nsessazEs 70 ssssss bic safe lsnd-
Ing. A man vho vssid DO thsss things
would be looked upoa ~ thisf and
murderer, his fellow men voaId have 20
rsspset for him. and he wouid be lucky
IL biz erins vas not the cause VI his
psomps inprisonnsnt IN the psnitsn-
oG1xy.
Yea ACTS very similar 10 thsss ars doue
ssssy day on The ocean, and they receive
sppsoysl from . great many end con
dsnnstion from bss fsv. We have had
iilustatisns without number nssr home.
An old bark went ashore down the
Strait Of Fuss. The tnQboats required
Of tbs captain the promise Of $1,000
before they would haul his vessel Oh.
Ths effort did not cost the taes 10 exceed
. $1,000 OF $500. and doable the amount
of actual cost wonid hare besn ampls
for The ssrvsce. The owners Of tho YES
eel ssfassd toSrAtify the captains bar
gain, declaring the service vas not
worth 90 mnoh 70 them. the vaiae Of the
vssusl bsinR lsss than tho amount
claimed. A dispute followed, and the
vssssl wAs cold, bringing t50oo. or only
ons-shiFd - mash a. the tuaboass were
attempting 10 enact for the vosk they
hsd dose her. After paying expenses
bat little was left 70 the boats, In fact.
no more than they could have get with
out suit had they been fair 10 their
demands IN the beginning.
Anoshsr ease was thai Of an iron
sssAm collier. picked up OF Cape Flat
tery BY another steam collier and toved
into Esqaimslt. The actual cost
10 The vessel doing the towing
probably did not exceed 500, and JET
the owners Of the abandoned steamer
we're oooliy called upon for $4,000.
Instances might be multiplied ipded-
niisi,, bat thess are enoaeb fer the par
pose.
A person naturally thinks that on the
ocean. where accidents are % liable d
happen and where there 10 30 iitsie help
when they do happen. that ship-ovners
and sss- farine msa would be most kind
and generous 90 each ether, but upon
reading the reports Of the dag and
hearing Of the contrary practices. be l,
ccrnpes!ed 10 think them worse thar
pirates. Their acts-akin 30 plundsrinE
the sick. the blind. the widow and the
orphan-shoald Be sssrniy prohibited
10 eli civilized countries, and thsii
perpetEAtion severely panished.