The morning call., 1891-06-14
ITEMS FROM
SEA AND SHORE.
Sailors Driven Ashore From a
Steamer by Runners.
Waterfront Sharks Will Be Licensed-Dep ar.
ture Of the Oceanic for the 0rien..
Movements and Charters.

INeT6 appears TO DC Il JlldI
the Remus shall not carry her crew out
of this port when she leaves for Nanaimo.
The steamship is lying at Long Bridge. and
up to Friday night had crew of seven
men. In order to force them to leave
desperate measures were reSorted to. About
II o'clock on Friday night several sailors,
accompanied by some runners from sailor
clearinghouse on Battery street, near
Vallejo, went on board and began opera
tons by striking the Waterman over the
head with sand-bag. knocking him senses
less. a rush was then made for the forecastle,
where the seven were asleep, and before they
could realize what was the matter they were
in the hands of the Phiistines. who with
oaths, kicks and blows dragged them from
their hunks and forced them to dress They
were then ordered to pack up and git"
and they were bundled ashore in short or
der. Their effects were dumped into an ex-
press wagon aud the men were soon on their
way to the clearinghouse. Early yes
terday morning two Of the sailors escaped
and made their way back to the Remus.
The captain went TO the North HarbOr Sta
tion and an officer was sent with the sailors
to the boarding house to recover their
clothes, which the sharks were very 10th to
let 90. The other FIVE were so cowed that
they decided 10 remain where they were.
The two men were returned under police
protection.
REMARKABLE REPAIRS.
Putting new blade on a propeller with
out docking the vessel or raising the propel-
Ter above water Is feat seldom attempted,
and, so far as known, has only been accom-
pllshed once. This was in 1876 when the
City of Picking, which had lost one blade of
her propeller, was lying in the harbOr of
Yokohama. The hub of the wheel was thir-
teen feet under water; yet, with the assist
ance Of Japanese diver, Thomas II. Bar
rett, her Chief engineer, succeeded IN put
ting on the blade. The work occupied Tour
days, and was a complete success, Barrett
IS now United States Boiler Inspector at
New York.
The new iron steamer Costa Rica, built
for the Pacific Mail Steamship Company at
Philadelphia, has arrived at New York.
The weather yesterday was haZy. with a
northwest wind blowing thirty-two miles an
hour. The barometer stood % So.
ROUGH on THE SHARKS.
Orders have been issued from police
headquarters that will compel runners for
sailor boarding houses TO take out license,
as hotel-runners have to do. This will be
q heavy blow to the crowd which has in
Tested the front in the character of runners
for sailor bOarding-houseS, spending most
OF the time In deylSlng ways and means by
which to rob sailors Of their hard earned
money. There will be no chance for dis
reputable characters to obtain a license, as
every man will have to be recommended by
the police.
Quite a large party was at the Pacific Mail
Wharf yesterday afternoon to see the
steamer Oceanic leave for Honolulu, China
aud Japan. Tie steamer had big cargo
and presented a line appearance as she
steamed out Of the port. She carried away
m nnfa fr,
were Mr.. and Mrs. Timothy Hopkins and
child, who are going on a pleasure trip to
the Orient About fifty Chinese also left
and nine Of their number were Temanded
by the courts.
The mail steamship City of Sydney, left
for Panama and way ports yesterday.
CAPTAIN KENEALY's VERSION.
Captain W. Kenealy of the Santa Maria
denies that upon arrival On Thursday even
ing at o'clock he put out all lights, and
that his vessel could not be found by board
ing officers until after midnight, wien she |
was discovered at anchor off the Preside, !
In the first piece, he says. there was no ne |
cessity to put out lights, as it was daylight |
until nearly 80 o'clock; in fact, he arrived |
at 8 :45 P. NJ, anchored where he will again, |
because it is good anchorage in the bay, |
aud the boarding officer was on board at |
1915 P. NJ.
CHARTERS REPORTED.
Among the charters reported are tie fol- !
lowing:
British ship Port Stanley, 2187 tons. wheat |
TO Cork. United Kingdom, Havre or Ant |
werp, 81 17s 6d-chaTtered prior 10 arrival |
by WaIiam Dresbach.
British bark Auriga, $50 tons, merchan-
disc to Santa RaSalid-chartered prior to ar
rival by a. Carpenter.
Barkentne Discovery, 395 tons, returns to
Honolulu in the Planters Line.
&nIapnnnr / grafz l.
blaKeIy 10 Melbourne, Is Is 6d-charteTed
by Renton, Holmes Il Co.
ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES.
The arrivals yesterday were the steamers |
kaTluk from Kodiak. and the Green wood /
from Greenwood, with cargo Of 5521 ties.
The schoOners Volant from Humboldt
brought 100000 feet of lumber, the Charles
Hanson from Grays Harbor 230. 600 feet of
lumber, and the San Buenaventura from
GTay's HarbOr 245, 900 feet of lumber. The
ship John a. Briggs from Liverpool
brought cargo Of $3.50 tons of coal for
John ID. Spreckels d Bros, the British
ship Benicia from Newcastle, n s. W.,
2719 tons for Balfour, Guthrie 81 Co., and |
The barkentiue Monitor from Humboldt
lumber and shingles.
The bark Richard III went to sea. bound /
to Port Townsend, and the brig John d.
cpreckels 20 Kahului.
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.
The following movements were made yes
terday' Celtic Monarch and Wasdale to
Port Costa, Nicola Accama to Oakland, |
steamer West Coast to Mission street, and
he ship Yosemite from Oakland to Beale.
To-day the Arthurstone will come down
rom Port Costa loaded, and the barks