The morning call., 1891-11-02
SEA AND SHORE.
Pilot Jones Prevents a Missionary
Brig Excursion.
he Was intoxicated and Unable to Navigate.
the Morning Star - a Sailors Wild "
Antics-Battling Blue Jackets. -.

The bright star Of fortune does not seem
to hang over the missionary vessel Morning
Star. as the second attempt to make the
promised trip around the bay with 1.-The
friends of the heather turned-out if any
thing, more disastrous than the first attempt
did a week ago. The first "trip had to be
abandoned, owing to the fact that the
engines refused to work., and nearly two
hundred people who had paid half dollar
each to@help<the good work along went home
disappointed. .
Fully three hundred people boarded the
vessel last Saturday morning and were
cheefed by the good news that the engines
were IN good working order, and only the
pilot that was to guide. the vessel around
the bay was wanted. in order to make start.
"A fter half an hour waiting Pilot Jones,
who had: been engaged for the occasion, put
in an appearance and the lines were let 90,
and, in. obedience to tile orders of the pilot.
the brig began to move.
Instead of moving straight ont into the
stream, as a wel-behaved missionary brig
should have done, she skipped across the
dock and colided with the big ship Iroquois.
: No:great'damage was done, but people on
board the Morning Star began to think
W dS W lUHS anu uGIu lutIl
waiting for the next move.
They did not have long to wait, for NO
soonerdid she get clear of the IroQuOis than
she took a: spin up the dock and fOuled the
new schooner. W. II. Talbot and tore
couple of stanchions out of the schooner's
after rail with the stock of her anchor.
= - ANTICS OF THE BRIG.
BY this time, so Mate Signer says, it be-
gan TO dawn. on Captain Garland that Pilot
Jones had quite cargo Of corn juice on
board; or. as he himself expressed it, the
pilot was drunk.
Then the. crowd of passengers realized
that:lt: might be safer On shore, and began
to look seward in hopes of catching a
glimpse of the Bakers Beach life-boat COM
ing TO their rescue, while a few declared
there was Jonah on board ana de-
mQnded that he be found and thrown into
the bay. Inc frisky brig took several more
piunGes in most errattc manner, and then
Pilot Jones began to think some one was
playing Il landluLer's trick on him and in
spite of his Sunday school surroundings he
began to swear TO the horror OF the pas
Sengers and the dismay of Captain Garland.
For two hours the vessel defied every eff
fort made to get her out into the stream.
and then Mr., Buger, Assistant United
States Boiler INSPECTOR, put in an appear
ance and ordered the Morning Star once
more tied up to the wharf.
This was done aud the twice disappointed
pleasure seekers filed ashore without wait
ing Tor the ganG-plank 10 tie run out. This
ended the idea Of helping to defray expenses
by trip around the bay and the vessel will
be got ready for sea and will leave for Hon
olulu tomorrow if it takes half dozen tugs
10 pull her away from the wharf.
A TAR's THRILLING FRoLIC.
It is not often that those who visit the
water front on Sunday have as much fun as
did those who watched the antics of Pat
rick Olsen, one OF the crew of the new brig
Tln,1.. Al LII, Mt
l!atrlck had taken considerable waterfront
liquor, and so lie began to show what he
could do in the way of going aloft The
Chehalis was not big enough for his pur-
pose, so he went on board the big German
ship Louis lying close by. He ran up the
main rigging in manner that would make
man-of-warsman turn green with envy
and then skipped out on the mainyard and
began. to dance jig. Thinking the fellow
was crazy, the crew Of tie Louis started |
al0ft to secure him. but Pat, not unlike a
monkey, had no difficulty in evading the |
crowd Of sailors, who soon gave up the |
chase in disgust.
Quite a crowd collected on the wharf |
ex Getting TO see the fellow fall from aloft |
and make and end of himself on the wharf |
but Pat was not built that way.
For over an hour he kept the crowd either |
In roar Of laughter by his antics or made |
them hold their breath and shudder as lie |
eSsayed to stand on lis head on the upper |
The frSkY sailor at last descended TO the |
deck, and then startled all hands by walk |
ing to his own vessel on n mooring roue |
lie performed the Blondin act in first-class |
style. and was loudly cheered as he grasped |
the extended hand Of a shipmate and was |
assisted in on deck.
He rewarded his friend by snatching his |
nat from his head and throwing it into the |
bay; and then, jumping on the rail, Pat |
took header after the hat. Women |
rad
peared on the surface with the hat in his |
hand.
a rope was thrown him, and he was |
soon hoisted back on board his vessel.
The bath took the freshness out of him. |
ana he went below and dOnned dry cloth |
ing, after which lie rolled into his bunk and |
was soon fast asleep.
THE PRETTY PIEDMONT.
. The ferry steamer Piedmont looked like a |
new boat as she took her place at the slip |
for h-r first trip to Oakland yesterday |
morning.
- The vessel is furnished with electric lights |
throughout, and her saloon is beautifully |
upholstered and painted.
The old steamer Newark has been laid I'D
on the 0ther side Of the bay. and the chances
are has. made her last trip AS passenger
boat: unless something serious happens to
one of tho other boats
FIGHTING SAILORS
A party OF sailors from the war-sbip Mo- |
h!cau cafne down from Mare Island on lib |
erty, and as soon as they struck the city |
Started In to drink up all the whisky they |
could lind along the front. Judging from |
the numerous rows the men got into the |
liquor they drank must have stirred IN their |
fighting abilities, and most OF them were |
soon decorated will swollen noses and dark |
circles around their eyes
A party of them gathered in one saloon at |
corner of East and Market streets about i |
0 clock In the afternoon, and one Of them |
oueFed TO rght any man in the place. The |
offer was not accepted. so 4 big fellow |
named W Ham Fu'iong assaulted an old |
German who had just entered Tha bar |
keeper interfered and the German made his |
escape. .Furlong. who was bound 10 fight |
some one, turned to shipmatc named Ed |
ward Wilkinson and. before he could be |
prevented. beat him in a brutal manner
At this stage of the proceedings Officer
Mahoncy appeared, and the unmitator of |
john L.. WaI quickly placed under arrest. |
Both fuIlong and Wilkinson were locked |
up at the North Harbor Station, and |
charge of battery was placed opposite their |
names on the prison register.
- LAUNCHED SUCCESSFULLY
A dispatch from Seattle states that the |
new schooner Transit was launched from |
the yard Of L. II. Peterson at that city last |
Saturday. The launch was a success. and |
the new vessel will soon be ready to take |
her place In the coast trade She Is Owned |
by n firm in this city.
Yesterday was steamer day as far as arriy |
abs were concerned. They were: The Jewel |
from Hueneme. Gypsy from Santa Cruz, Los |
Angeles from Eureka. Columbia from Port |
land. <N0yo from San Diego, Alcatraz from |
Little RIVER, and the Crescent City from
Crescent City.
: . DEPARTURES AND MOVEMENTS.
The sailngs we're the steamers San Pedro |
for Tacoma and Walla Walla for Victoria. |
me scho9ners Mary Dodge, Helen NJ. KIM
BALI Ida Mckay, Parkersburg and Sparrow |
sailed for coast ports.
The movements yesterday were the Au-
reola to Mission street, Charles b. Kenney |
TO I acme, and the Senegal to Port Costa.
To. day the whaler W. H. Myers will 90 |
to Oak land Creek for the winter.
'Ihe weather. outside the Heads yesterday |
was foggy and calm. The barometer stood |
30.08
BROKE A HEAkSE WINDOW.