St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-11-09
BUSTLING NAVY YARDS.
The Government Anxious to Get
Ships in Readiness.

Ships in Readiness.
NEW YORK. Nov. S.-The Brooklyn
navy yard presented an appearance of
activity witnessed for the first time
since the rebellion to-day. The hum of
busy wOrkmen OH the war ships Mian-
tonOmah and Atlanta disturbed the Sab
bath, as body of 400 sailors marched
across the yard to divine service. Work
men have been busy day and night for
the past week preparing the vessels for
service at sea, and the work was con-
tinued, it being the first Sunday since
the late war that such a thing has hap
pened. There were eighty men at work
on the two ships. and all expedition
will be used until they are ready for
service at sea.
Navy yard officials denied the re-
mored sinking of the United States
steamship Baltimore at Valparaiso. 1t
was said that the officers and crew of
the Baltimore exercise the same vigil
lance Us IN war times, and the torpedo
nets about the vessel would save her
from sudden attack. The unusual bus
tie and activity at the navy yard is said
not to be due to the reported attack on
the Baltimore. but it is conceded that
the strained relations between this
country and Chill have caused the gov
eminent much anxiety to get all its war
ships ready TOR any possible contin-
gency.
VALLEJO, Cal, Nov. S.-There is
great activity in the navy yard. Ma
chinsts were at work all day to-day on
the MOhican, and will work again, to-
night. kilograms have been received
in the yard urging the placing of the
vessels in readiness for sea at once. All
the available workmen on the list have
been sent for and LOCO men will be at
work in few days.
There are now six wooden vessels at
Mare island, all Of which could be ready
for action within five weeks. Each
vessel has one eight-inch converted
muZZlelOading rifle and one sixty
FOUNDER bFee ch-loadng rifle. The
rest of the main battery consists of
the nine-inch smooth bOges. OF these
the Omaha has 10, the Swatara and MOhi
can s, Adams and Nipsic g, Ranger 4.
Besides these is the monitor COmanche.
with two fifteen-inch smOothbores. now
ready for sea. All the vessels have
HOtchkiSS revolving cannon as second
AIRY battery. There are also at the ISL
and six eight-inch converted rifles, four
sixty Founders and a large number of
nine-inch SmOothbores.
DAN FRANCISCO. NOV. 81 lie TACT
that the work at the navy yards at
Brooklyn and Mare Island is being
pushed both on Sunday and at night
+ has created some excitement here. The
defenSeS of San Francisco hgainSt an at
tack from sea are not especially good.
There is not single modern rifle here.
Fort POint,at the entrance of the Golden
Gate, has about fifty eight-inch muz-
zle-loading rifles, converted from
ten-inch smooth bOres. On the
AlcatraZ there are eight or nine more
There are also a number of ten and
fifteen-inch SmoOthbores. 1t is not be-
lieyed these guns could delay the enc
my from entering the bay for any con-
siderable length OF time. only the ex-
treme western part OF the city, where
there few valuable buildings. could be
shelled without coming into close range
of these guns. The harbOr is well pro-
tectcd by tOrpedOeS. of which there are
six or seven hundred in position or
ready to be placed. There are no auto
mobile tOrpedoeS in the city. Two
Modern rifles have been promised to
San Francisco next year and two the
wear after