The morning call., 1890-12-11
SEA AND SHORE.
Arrival of the City of Seattle
From Philadelphia.
A Crew Disputing Over wages-Collisisn in
Oakland Creek : Launch Of the Del
Norte-southward for Whales.

The new steamship City of Seattle ar
rived yesterday morning from Philadelphia,
where she was launched several months ago.
She will be placed on the line between Port
Townsend and Tacoma, and will also ply
between other Puget Sound ports. She is
owned by the Puget Sound and Alaska
Steamship Company, and brought as cargo
$50 tons of coal. consigned to Goodall, Per-
kins & Co. After discharging the coal at
Oakland Long Wharf the City of Seattle
will leave for the North to enter the new
service at once. In build she is sister ship
TO the City of Kingston, which is now run
ming between Puget Sound ports.
The steamer Signal, which was in the
Alaska canning service last season, is being
refiited and thoroughly overhauled at Har-
rison street Wharf, and will soon be char
tered and run between this part and Homo
lulu.
DISPUTE OVER WAGES.
The crew of the bark C. d. Bryant, which
arrived from Hawaii one week ago, say they
will file libel against that vessel to recover
wages. Captain jacobson refuses to pay
them. At Honolulu they refused tc dis
charge cargo of 100 tons of bonemeal,
which had such a terrible odor that it made
them sick to handle it. The master of the
DdIh CduStu lue!il 10 DC arrested, ana Wtllle
they were in Jail employed Kanakas to dis
charge the cargo. Then they were released
and returned here with the vessel The
captain gave each man 81, claiming that the
remainder of their wages had been paid the
natives for doing their work. The men
want the matter determined in the Federal
Courts.
While proceeding up Oakland Creek yes
terday morning, the ferry steamer Alameda
collided with the schooner Robert and
Minnie, which as a result was stranded on
a sand bar, while being lowed out of the
creek. The ACCIDENT was caused by the
schooner suddenly drifting to leeward and
striking the Alameda's port paddle-box,
smashing in the. woodwork. The schooners
bowsprit was carried away, and her bull
warkS were somewhat damaged.
A JUNK PICKED UP.
While passing down with a load of salt
from ROCK Island Captain Richardson of
the steamer Grace Barton discovered an
abandoned Chinese junk, near Hunters
Point. The queer craft was anchored, but
leaking badly, so he towed it to Jackson
street Wharf, where it still remains tied up
1t seems that the junk was navigated by five
Chinese fishermen, who were arrested by
Deputy Fish Commissioners and taken to
tho Alameda County Jail. The officers
went out in another Junk called the st.
Patrick, and after arresIing the Chinese
anchored their boa: and abandoned it.
The whaling bark Alice Knowles, owned
by j. W. X. Wing, sailed out of port yester-
day Tor winters cruise In Southern seas.
Other whaleTs will depart for the winter
cruise as soon as needed repairs are COM
pleted and new stores received. New
boilers and windlasses are being put in the
steam-wbaler Belvedere, at Howard No. 2,
and she will depart about the first Of the
year. New shafts are also being placed in
the William Lewis, and that trim whaler
will sail for the south in about two weeks
b.lf Nf sbn half Al
already sailed.
LAUNCH OF THE DEL NoRTE.
At cost of 100000 the trim steamer Del
Norte was recently constructed at Dickie's
yards, and launched yesterday at Tiburon.
She is owned by Hobbs, Wall IL Co., and
will be placed in service between this port
and Crescent City. Her dimensions are 167
feet over all, 81 feet beam and Is IS feet depth
of hold. She has a capacity for carrying
over 900 feet Of lumber. and is at Howard
Wharf receiving machinery, including COM
pound engines. Sho will be equ ipped for
service in about six weeks, and Captain
St0ckfieth of the Crescent City will take
command, and Chief Engineer H. b. Clark
of the same vessel will have charge Of the
machinery.
The steamer Crescent City arrived yester-
day. 36 hours from the city of the same name
in FL Dorado County. She brought over
$4,000 feet of lumber and shakes. The mas
ter, Captain Stoekfleth reports that he ex-
perienced some very rough weather before
leaving the port of Crescent City. and that
there is still very heavy swell all the way
along down the coast.
The fishing schooner John Hancock was
lowed down from California City by the
steamer Caroline, Captain Leall, yesterday
and docked at Section of the seawall. The
schooner is receiving supplies for cruise TO
to the fishing banks near Sand Point, Alaska,
and viii sBil in few days.
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.
The following movements among the
shipping in the bay were made yesterday !:
Bark Mary Glover and ship Manuel Laguna,
stream to sea; steamer Lackme, II oward to
Lombard; ship Helza, stream TO sea steamer
Haytian Republic, stream to Mission; ship
City of BanareZ, Port Costa to stream; ship
Spartan, stream to Main; ship Roland
Beal stree: to Port Costa; bark Templar
Main to Pacific Rolling-mills; bark Occiden-
tai, Oakland Creek to Union street; schooner
j. NJ. WeatherwaX, stream to Mission No. 9;
schooner Inchkeith, Vallejo to stream; hip
Fran cisco Campi, stream to Sea-wall No. 9;
schoo ner 1vey, stream 10 Mission; steamer
Balaena, Oakland to Arctic Oil Works at
Potrero.
To-day the shifting of ships will be as
follows: Occidental, Beal to sea; Prince
Edward, Fremont street to Port Costa ::
Drummuir, Pacific Rolling mills to Wheat
port; Palestine. Fremont to sea, and Wray
Castle. Beai to Pacific street