The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-10-15
THE CRUISE OF THE ALKI.
A Lively summer at UnaIaska Two
American Poachefs Condemned.

VICTORIA, B. c., Oct. 14-(speciaL british
Columbia sealers have received official notifica-
tion that the Canadian government will compen-
safe them for all actual losses sustained by the
closing of Bering sea.
SAN Francisco, Oct A-This morning the
steamer Alki, Captain Plummer, arrived from
Unalaska, after a passage OF nine days. The
Alki has been stationed at Unalaska as prison
ship, chartered by the United States govern
ment. The steamer brought down Commander
Meade, q. N: Captain Cochrane, u. s. N. c.;
DIR. Page, U. 8. N; Lieutenants Turner and
Pendleton, U. 8. M. c., and United States Dis
trict Judge Tarpley. Captain Cochrane was in
command of forty marines who will be trans
ferred to the marine barracks at Mare
island. The Alki had also on board nine inva-
lids, all but one belonging to the different war
ships at Unalaska. Captain Plummer states
that the Thetis sailed from Unalaska for this
port on the 4th inst, but was compelled to re-
turn on account of bad weather. She intends
to make another start as soon as the gale mod
crates. The Mohican intended sailing from Un-
alaska on the 10th inst. Captain Plummer said:
The Alki sailed from San Francisco on June %
and made the run to Unalaska in ten days. She
laid thirty three days as prison ship for seized
sealers, aud in that time had on board three
sealers' crews belonging to the English schooner
z. b. Marvin and the American schooners La
Ninfa and Ethel. On August we sailed for
Sitka, with the Ethel and La Ninfa in tow, and
arrived there on August 10 at noon, with no
mshap. On August IL the crew OF the
Alki refused duty, and the fremen and
coal -passers also. / put six of the crew in
JAIL and on August Il they were taken
out and put on board the Mohican. l managed
to get crew from the sealing schooner La Ninfa,
and put them on board, but the hremen and
coal -passers refused to let them work, aud
would not work themselves. 1t was nothing
more or less than mutiny The men expected
to live on fresh meat, which was almost i'm
possible to get in these waters. Some con-
cessions were made. and we sailed from Sitka on
August 10, and arrived at Unalaska August
90 While lying in Unalaska there were
at times as many fifteen ships in
port, and during the summer as many fifty
four ships have been in Unalaska harbor. The
sealers had quite hard time to dodge many
warships, for there were nine of them, English
aud American, cruising. On July 4, while at
UnaIaska, the crew refused to obey some neces-
sary oider issued by the first officer. l found il
necessary To call on Captain Cochrane, and he
advised me the next time the crew revOlted to
put every one of them on shore. and he would
give whatever assistance was desired to get the
ship back 10 San Francisco. As soon as the
crew heard this matters changed and no fur
ther difficulty arose.
WASHINGTON CITY, Oct. 1.-THE treasury de-
partment has information that the seized sealers
La Ninfa and Ethel have been condemned at
Juneau after a lengthy trial. Upon the arrival
of the Corwin at San Francisco she will be sup
cruise along the Columbia river One OF the
sealers captured by the Corwin has been sent to
Port Townsend in charge OF prize crew, but it
had not reached there when the Corwin sailed
for San Francisco.