Morning journal and courier., 1889-05-18
News by Telegraph
 FROM ALL QUARTERS. THE FOUNDERED STEAMER. Six Lives Lost And Thirty
 Unaccounted For.
 GEN. GORDON BELIEVED TO BE ALIVE A Double Tragedy In A Washington Schoolroom. GARROTERS AT WORK IN NEW YORK The New Scale Of Wages At The Carnagie Steel Works.
GARROTERS AT WORK IN NEW YORK
THE FOUNDERED STEAMER,

The Captain and First Officer Arrive
 AtP Portland-The story of she Dis
 asser-A Heavy Gale Strained the
 Vessel Causing Bad Leaks-The
 Crew Behave NobIy-Thirty Persons
 Yes Unaccounted For and Six Lives
 Lost.
 PORTLAND, Ore., May 17.-Captain R. E. Howes of the foundered steamer Alaskan and First Officer Wood have arrived here on the steamship Columbia. The Alaskan sail- ed for San Francisco from Astoria last Satur. day noon and crossed the Columbia river bar safely headed down the coast on Sunday forenoon. A very heavy gale sprang up which soon increased to terrible storm and the sea ran very high and the vessel begsn laboring heavily. In the afternoon the steamer strained and began making water. The pumps were kept going constantly and the officers and crew vainly endeavored to stop the leak by stufhng in blankets and bedding. The storm continued with unabat- ed fury, and early Sunday evening the up per works of the steamer began going to pieces. The water poured in on all sides, putting out the fires in the furnaces and i.- orally flooding the upper works. The en- zines were stopped and the huge vessel pitched and tossed completely at the mercy of the elements. The pumps could not be worked and the vessel began filling. How ever, Captain Howes gave orders for all to stay by the vessel in hopes the storm would soon abate. About 12 o'clock Monday night it was evident the steamer would soon foun- der. Captain Howes then gave orders to launch the lifeboats and rafts. All the boats were launched but one which was crused against the side of the steamer. The men behaved well, behaving with coolness and obeying orders.
 There were forty-four men on board the vessel and three stowaways. All but seven or eight put on life preservers, got into the boats and the life rafts and drifted away. Some refused to leave the steamer at all, preferrinR to take desperate chances on board rather than commit themselves to the hum gry waters. At 2:15 a. m. Monday the steamer took 8 plunge and went down. Captain Howes gallantly stayed with the vessel until she sunk, and clinging to a portion of the wreckage foated away.
 He was afterwards picked up by those on the raft. After thirty three hours he and The same vessel also picked up First Officer Wood, T. Wallace, W. Collins, W. Bern hold, J. Monaghan, J. W. Browne, w. Al fred Johnson, John Welch and Geo. Schil- derup. The last had leg broken by the falling of the timbers before leaving the steamer and died soon after being picked up by the Vigilante. John Welch was found dead on @ piece of wreckage. Chief Engineer Swayne was washed off one of the rafts soon after leaving the vessel and is known to be lost.
 Among those who refused to leave and are certainly lost were Albert Rawles, steward; s. T. Week, second officer, and w. Jenney, 8 seaman. Thirty persons remain yet unac- counted for. The tug Vigilante after picking up those mentioned cruised about the scene of the disaster for over twelve hours, but saw no sign of bodies. There is scarcely hope that the men escaped. The United States lighthouse tender Manzita, now on the coast, is cruising about looking for the survivors, if any.