The morning call., 1891-08-26
SEA AND SHORE.
Safe Return of Five Castaway
Whalers.
Fur Seals for the Park-Luck Was Against
Would-Be Stowaway-Deserters
From the Pensacola.


was thesteamer Farallon from Dutch Harbor
with l3 4S2 seal skins consigned to the North
| American Commercial Company. The ves-
| sci also brought down five men of the whal-
| ing schooner E. T. Herman. They left the
| schooner to go after whale, and after sew
eral hours of hard work killed it. Then to
their dismay they found that the vessel,
which had gone after another boat was no.
where in sight.
Soon after night came on and it began to
blow. The boats crew remained on the lee
side Of the dead whale until daylight, and
then, as the schooner could not be seen,
made the best of the way to st. PauPs
Island. Here they were cared for by the
Government agent, and not long after were
taken on board the revenue cutter Corwin
and ca rried 10 Dutch Harbor. the station of
the North American Commercial Company.
AS soon as Mr. Tingall, the company's
manager, heard their story he offered them
work at 81 90 pei day until the Faralon
would be ready to sail, when he promised to
give them passage to San Francisco. The
men accepted the kind offer, aud when tie
steamer was ready to sail Mr.. Tingal sent
them on board This party consists of one
colOred man, MtXicsn and two Portuguese.
THEY MADE MUCH TROUBLE.
The steamer had hardly gone to sea when
trouble began, the castawayS maintaining
that the food they received was not good
enough. They were given the same food as
the crew of the vessel, yet it did not suit
them. Charles Thompson and a Mexican,
named Pedro Gonzales, acted as spokesmen
for the party, and were loud in their COM
plants of the food. Thompson would do
| little or no work, and tried TO prevent the
Others from working.
As there was very little work to do, Cap
tain Bonnifield did not pay much attention
to what they said, but he told them that the
food given them was the same rs he ate
himself and he did not propose TO have any
thing cooked for them specially. ,As soon
as the steamer reached this city the men
were paid in full for the work they did at
Dutch Harbor, and then did more ''kicking"
because they were not paid coast seamen's
wages for the time they were on board the
steamer.
The Farallon also brought down pair Of
live seals which are intended as a present
from the North American Company to
Golden Gate Park. The animals are splen-
did specimens of the fur seal and were
viewed by large crowd of people while
the cage in which they are confined stood
on the wharf at Mission street awaiting
transportation to the park, to which place
they were taken about l O'clock i'll the alter
noon.
HE WILL HAVE TO TRY AGAIN.
There was some merrimeut on the
Oceanic Dock about the time that the steam
ship Zealandia left for Honolulu yeSte rday
From very early hour in the morning 4
tall, powerful man, with a wooden leg
paced up and down near the gaGgwaY, and
made several attempts to 90 on board. In
his hand lie carried stout carpetSacK, to
which he clung with grip worthy Of
politician.
As the hour approached for the steamer
TO leave he became very excited, and at last
made rush for the glng-plank. He was
seized ty couple Of stout quartermasters
and escorted off the dock. By the time he
returned the lines were being cast off, and
the steamer began to back into the stream.
He rushed TO the edge of the wharf and
threw his carpetsack on board, and then
| seizing one, of the bow lines began to climb
up the vessels side.
Again he was seized, this time by half
dozen OF the dock laborers, who held him
until the Zealanda was clear Of the dock.
1t was learned that the man had tried t.
stow away, but had been discovered and
put ashore. He said that at one time he
had worked on plantation on the Islands
and wished TO return, but having no money
to pay his passage had tried to stow away
RUNAWAY STOPPED.
BY his coo!nesS and presence of mind
John Harper, a longshoreman, prevented
| what might have been serious accident:
team hitched to an express wagon, which
had been left standing on East street. near
started toward the ferry at lively pace.
Every one scampered out OF the way as the
horses swept along, and 1t looked as If there
would be a Smashup. as the horses were
heading straight for several hotel busses
standing near the depot. As they passed
Mission No. Harper rushed from behind
pile of lumber and threw himself into the
wagon, and seiZng the lines soon brought
the frightened animals to a standstill.
Outside the heads the weather was thick
UaGfa Ia
west. twelve knots an hour. The barome-
ter stood 29SS.
NAVAL DEsERTERs.
Captain Kautz of the Pensacola has
offered reward of $50 for the arrest and re-
turn OF four OF his men, whom ne claims are
| deserters. Their names are: Arthur T..
| Davidson, blacksmith; Burt Burritt lands
| man; Peter j. Dennison, ordinary seaman,
| and Joseph n. Caslin, one of the ships ap-
| prentices.
J. F. Schleiden, C. Chichester and F. ].
| ScAwarze have libeled the schooner Louisa
| d for $50 for refusing to fulfill and COM
| plete charter from Mexico.
Yesterday morning 70Omats of Java sugar.
| that for some time have been lying at the
sea-wall. were transferred 10 the sugar re-
| hlery.
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS.
The Forest Queen went TO Mission No. /.
| the North Bend to Howard No. 2. the
| Breidabik to Lombard street, the FalIs of
Halladale to Berry street, the Gatherer 10
| Long Bridge, the Arabia, Andeand and
| kelburn to Fort Costa to load, and the
| Dimsdale. st. james and Saranac came
down loaded. To-day the Thomasina Mac
| Lellan will go TO the refinery, the Celtic
| Chief Will come down from Port Costa, the
Drumeltan Will go to Long Bridge, and the
| Eurasia, Socotra, Galena, Northwest and
| GermaIia to sea. The Corona left for San
| Diego, the Newbern for Guaymas and the
| Newport for Eel River The ship ]. L.
| Thomas towed to sea, bound for Rayre. and
| the schooners Ocean Spray aud Free Trade
| left for coast ports
CHARTERS REPORTED.
Among the charters reported yesterday
! are the following:
Ship Gatherer, 1436 tons, coal from Ia
| coma to this port; chartered by the South
| Prairie Coast Company.
British bark Plsagua, $50 tons, lumber
from Moodyviile to Pisagua; owners ac-
| count.