The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-31
TAKEN IN TOW.
DgvEyUE GUTTER RUSH AT
'-- TER TIE BRITIsHERS.

r.sza1 Boarded and the Tell-Tale
- sound IN Her Hold-She Had
20 shown the Cutters Guns Be-
s.-a she would Heave To-Belliger-
ent instructions.
c,vra.ycIsco, July 3O.-The steamer
n arrived from Behring sea last night
~ brirr, the first detailed news of the
-,-+rra Of tie British sealar Black Diamond
- 1-r.tsi States revenue cutter Richard
1..5 J1lv Il the Rush overlook the Black
r--.-,,5 and ordered her to heave to. The
a.r.sn Of the Black Diamond refused.
~ - ..,n,,n the commander of the
p...1 ordered the lowering of
~, norts and the running
o,, n Guns which caused the schooner to
awe T.. Capt Sheppard and Lieut..
r,.-la boarded the English craft and asked
f,- her pagers. The officers of the Black
D,am5nd offered no armed resistance, but
refused to deliver the ships papers. Capt.
s .ppard at once broke open the cabin aud
4 f,-,sf the hinges Of the strong box and the
captains chest, thereby securing the pa
pcrs.
SEAL SKINS FOUND ABOARD.
search of the vessel disclosed 103 seal
ms which had been taken in Behring sea.
Cant. Sheppard placed non-commissioned
4 4,ar from the RHsh in charge of the
Black Diamond and ordered the vessel to
4 he taken 10 Sitka to await further instruc-
Ntious Tho captain Of the Black Diamond
Ebaada statement that when in
6Victora be had been ordered to pay
h. attention in case he was
&oyartaken by the Rush and requested to
#heave TO- He said he would not have sur
i cred if the Rush had had an inferior
IN Yce 70 that # his own. On July Is the
Il Be- 0ouer Triumph was also boarded by
#Capt Sheppard, but no arrest was made.
81 -e skins on board of the Triumph were
NcaDu.ed iu the Pacific and not in Behring
sea
AFTER OTHER TRESPASSERs.
81 A passenger who arrived here last night
b. the steamer Dora said: ION our way
wn from 81. Pauls island we saw six
lr5 ana the Rush was closely in pursuit
a them. We left st. Paups island on July
"A and on the following day saw the Rush
"a pursuit Of her prey. Undoubtedly by
N bis time the Rush has made additional
kaptures.'
SURVIVORS OF WRECKED VESSELS.
II WASHINGTON July 30.-The follow
ERrg telegram was received by the
Secretary Of the Navy to-day from
Fan Francisco; THE Thetis arrived at st.
Eclolas, Behring's sea, from the Arctic
cean July 10, with portion of the sur
#lyors Of the bark Little Ohio, of New Bed
EOu, Mass, which was wrecked at
int Hope, Arctic ocean Oct. 8, 1888. Out
thirty-three mon on board hut eight sur
#ye, The whaling bark Ohio the Second
New bedtord, Mass, was wrecked on
lu1Ylek Island about June l, 1889. The
ssel was total loss, but the officers and
pen we're saved. The Thetis will return in
ie" DAYS 10 the Arctic ocean.
BRITISH CAPTAIN RETICENT.
a VICTORIA, b. c., July 3O.-Capt Mclean
the British sealer Triumph, which has
frVed here from Behring sea, is reticant
ut Jhe affairs IN the north. 1t Is re-
OrLed by Others on the vessel, however.
a, when the Triumph was sighted bv
Hush, there we're thirty seals
al' lying on the Friumph's deck. These
9Ie hurredly skinned and the pelts hid
among a large quantity of salt This
al9o formed a heavy coating to about
seals SKINS which lay at the bottom of
schooner. Lieut.. Tuttle made an ex
lmalon, but seeing nothing but salt de-
'eu lne men on the'Triumph saw that
pL Dood, of the Maggie, had said
would ire on any American officers a.
pupg to board his vessel. Lieut.. Tuttle
Capt Mclean he had seen five sohoon1
entering Behring sea on July q, viz, the
gsle' Mac, Triumph, Mary Ellen Little
back Diamond. The latter
~ captured, but the fate of the others is
AuoHn' The Crona arrived TODAY.
ps carroll says when he left Juneau
euueSaay the British men.of-war Swift
ue' Icarlus and Amphion were there
NY left for Port Symptom on the
living day, The Crona heard
Ing OF the seizures. A
1oor 40 OF prominent sealing men waited
Ile captain of the British man-of.wer
s,npion, which sailed to-day for the
t5 W. 70 JON the fleet, and gave him full
I'ulars In writing. He will convey
1 personally to Admiral Heueage.
a0Pp5gatlon p also awaited on Sir
~ m m4topeson, the provincial Secretary.
uas teiegraphed to Ottawa to demand
p.oVectlon of the imperial government,
,stalhs nave also been sent by the most
pa.uent an ot public men of the province. The
%sy awaited, NN'oi' % 9nA-