The morning call., 1891-11-20

ington oftener than l did, but as the wires
: were down most of the time had no means
Of communication. After the fall of VAL
paradise the lines were down twenty-seven
hours, and even then squad of police had
to guard the men who made the repairs.
Everything that took place down there
was magnifed ten fold, especially the stories
told of the terrible scenes that occurred dur
ing the bombardment and capture of Iqui-
que. The correspondent of the New York
Herald sent the only true reports of what
took place there, and ne worked day and
night for the correct news"
ENMITY TO AMERICANS.
In regard to the bitter enmity shown to
Americans by the Chileans, the officers of
the San Francisco state that it is mostly
caused by English influence. and the war
itself was fomented by English capitalists,
who own or central nearly everything of
value in Chile Colonel North for instance.
who owns the vast nitrate deposits, pays
his army OF laborers in paper money, but
sells the products of their labor for gold.
The immense copper mines are also owned
by EnglishmeD, and the output from them
amounts to fully $4,000 per week. 1t is to
the interest OF these men to keep the cur
rency with which they pay the laborers as
low as possible and to do so would stir up
revolution every month IL they could gain
anything by doing so,
The Chilean fleet took very little part in
the capture of Valparaiso. except to throw
few shells into the left wing of Balma-
ceda'S army, and during the engagement an
accident occurred that showed what kind
Of stuff the Chilean ships were manned
with. The Almirante Lynch went as rlose
in shore as she could and began fierce
bombardment Of the port at VIVA del Mar
and the troops near it.
ONE OF HER GUNS BURST.
Sha
before one of her guns burst. and although
only one man, Lieutenant, who was ring
the gun, was killed, the vessel at once with
drew from the fight and retired to place
OF safety. Tine gun was a 14-pounder To-
nm. Hotehkiss rapid-fre gun, and the first
Of the kind to burst
Had the accident occurred on board an
American ship during an engagement aud
the ship been taken out of action on account
oft, every officer and man would have been
dlsgraced for life, as the rest of the ship
was not disabled, and the rest Of her bat
terry was in good order. The truth of the
matter. as claimed, is that in spite of all
that has been said about Chilean bravery
most OF them are rank towards, and when
one man is hurt the rest cry.
The San Francisco is more than match
for any ship in the Chilean navy, and the
only war vessel they have that would be
dangerous rival is the Esmeralda, but the
ability with which the American ship can
De anu the superior courage OIL her
officers and crew would soon tell should the
two ships ever come together in fight.
MORE THAN ONE STREET FIGHT.
The man killed in street fight and about
which so much has been written Of late was
not the only one attacked by the treacher-
Gus Chileans, because during row on shore
one of the apprentice boys named MOnahan
and belonging to the San Francisco was
stabbed in tile back, but has since recoy-
cred. The San Francisco's officers were not
moiested at any time while on shore, al
though some of them were referred to in a
very insulting manner in one of the hotels
at Santiago.
Regarding the fight at Valparaiso, in
which The men from the Baltimore were at
tackled and one of them killed, the officers
OF tho San Francisco only know of it by
what they have read in the papers. The
story that the Baltimore had been attacked
and sunk by a tori edo fired from tho Con-
dell is laughed at by the San Francisco's Of
fcers, for they say that the Chileans know
enough not to try such an experiment. un
Outstanding well what the result would be
Still, as showing the hatred which the
Chileans have for the Yankees. the reporter
was informed by members of the crew that
the sam Francisco was called and referred
TO at Valparaiso as the white Snake" and
the Baltimore as the "WhiIe Devil"
IN LOVE WITH THEIR SHIP.
Since the ship has been in commission
OlliCClo biiu ctcW udN6 fIUT6 III love
with the San Francisco every day. and they
proudly assert that she is the best ship OF
her size and weight of metal atloat. Owing
TO the ease and rapidity with which she can
be turned and handled, she is eminently
fitted for ramming, and for this style Of
fighting has, SO her officers claim, but one
drawback, and that Is her heavy military
masts.
The big steel masts with the enormous
tops would prove a very serious impeachment
to the vessel should she attempt to destroy
an enemy by rammng, because the con-
cussion would surely bring all three of them
down by the run and would no doubt dis
able some II not every gun In her entire
battery. The loss Of the military tops and
the few Calling guns they carry would be
more than counteracted by the enormous
advantage she would gain by the ability to
ram an enemy without danger of being dis
abled by her own top hamper.
When the San Francisco came into port
yesterday She fully sustained the name
she had gained while in Chile, where she
was called the yacht of the Pacific by the
rest of the American fleet
as NEAT AS A BoUDoIR
No vessel, no matter to what nation she
may belong, ever entered this port, or any
other. looking as neat and clean as did the
San Francisco. From stem to stern and
shone like polished gold, her decks were as
clean as II the crew had spent the entire
time she has been away In scrubbing and
cleaning them, and both officers and men
We'd with each other in the work of maxi
ing and keeping the splendid ship as clean
as a new pin throughout.
Since she left this port on April 9Th the
San Francisco has steamed 12638 miles
without an accident to her machinery. In
spite of the anti-fouling paint with which
her bottom was covered the ship Is yery
foul. and will have to go on the dock at
Mare Island. to which place she is expected
to proceed to-day.
The entire cruise has been marked by an