The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-12-19
SEAL-HUNTERS' PAY.
Scale Of Prices Arranged by
Vessel.0wners of Victoria.
According to the Tariff, Hunters and Boat.
steerers Will Receive Smaller Lay and
Wages Than in Former Seasons.

Yesterday there was received in this CITY
typewriter copy of an agreement regard
ing tariff of prices arranged to be paid by
the members of the Victoria Ship-owners
and Masters Sealing Association to hunters,
boat pullers and steerers for the season OF
1891. The following extracts are taken
from the agreement, and will prove interest
ing reading for sealing-vessel owners,
hunters, etc., at this port:
Hunters shall be paid on a catch OF 1919 skins
or less, 5! per skin; on catch OF 200 to 299
SKINS 81 80 per skin; on 4 catch OF 800 to 399
skins 81 per skin; on catch OF 400 and up
ward, 81 90 per SKIN, except in every instance
"gray pup" skins, for which will be paid 81 each
the catch referring TO the number OF skins Sc
cured by each hunter III his respective boat and
delivered 10 the captain or officer In charge OF
the schooner. ANY skin showing gray markn 6
under the fur about the shoulders Is to be con.
sidered gray pup skin.
Boat pnllers ana steerers shall receive, II work.
Ing for wages only. not 10 exceed $50 per month;
ii for wages and lay, S15 a month ana 25 cents
per skin II they go IN lay only they shall re-
ceive 80 cents per skin GRAY pups excepted) for
all caught in their respective boats and delivered
10 The captain or officer in charge Of the schooner
On each gray pup. for lay only, The price shall
be 20 cents.
A CLAUSE REGARDING HUNTERS
The wages for second officers shall rot exceed
$50 month. We also bind ourselves not 10
take more than three experienced hunters in the
sealing business on each vessel represented by
US, sau uuutCiS ~ NC eHEdHtu at Tie SCale OF
lay, and all hunters required IN excess of said
three hunters shall be new men at the business
OF seal.hunting. and shall be engaged on the
same lay hereiDbefore mentioned.
These clauses shall apply to all vessels owned
or controlled by members OF this association,
whether clearing from this or other ports.
The scale for Indian hunters shall be as fol-
lows: For the spring engagement So for each
sealskln and 81 for gray pupskius. No bonus
shall he paid In excess OF this, exc ptlrg feA
not 10 exceed $50 to the head man or ciief for
procuring canoes for the vessel by whom he may
lie engaged.
On ihe Northern or Behring Sea catch we en-.
gage TO pay not more than SO per skin and not
more than $40 for each canoe procured.
we agree not to exccsd the above scale In any
way, ana II tile regular hunters decline 10 accept
elsewhere.
SIGNATURES TO THE DOCUMENT.
This agreement is signed by the owners
of the schoonees Maggie Mac, Triumph,
Ocean Belle, Geneva, Mascot, Diana, Ariel,
May Taylor. City of San Diego, C. II. Tup-
per. w. z. Sayward and Minnie.
There is no doubt but that there will be a
large. sized kick among the hunters, ETC.,
when they read this ultimatum of the seal
ing-vessel owners and masters, as the tariff
of prices is much below that paid for some
time past, and they Will hardly submit with
out a struggle.
The owners say that the hunters and the
rest of the crews Of the sealers have been
receiving all the Dr0ntS OF tile sealing
cruises by their eXorbtant demands and
that the scale mentioned is all they can
afford to pay and make any profit for them
selves.
1t is also understood that number of
good seal -hunters, who live on the Eastern
Coast and who have been engaged in sealing
In Baffins Bay, are anxious to come out IL
this coast, and will be sent for if the hunt
erS refuse To accede to the terms proposed.
INDIAN SEAL-HUNTERS.
Until two years ago Indian seal-hunters
never came down here. At that time the
Sapphire and the other British sealers were
forced south by stress of weather, and put
into brakes Bay. They had Indian hunt
erS on board, and the Indians had an idea
that they were coming to savage country
and were ready to spear the captains for
putting into the bay.
However, when they went ashore and Wis
tied the.ranches and we're given lots of milk
something they had never drunk before
they were more than satisfied, and when
they returned home were loud in their praises
of the land to the south and its inhabitants
Where before they would never ship in
sealer going to the southwark, now they are
crazy to make tile trip, and when they see
sealer fitting out they always ask if she is
going to the Si-wa-a-a, as they call the far
south, and are anxious to ship.