The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-23
THE BAD, BAD CATTLEMEN.
They Commit All Sorts Of Depreda
lions on Board Ship.

They Commit All Sorts Of Depreda-
lions on Board Ship
From the Netv York Mail and Express.
"Some landsmen think" said Capt.
Thomas Foote. the commander Of the Ma
tional Line steamer France, "that sailors
are the worst samples of humanity that step
aboard ship. That impression does a great
Injustice to Jack. OF the unclean, reckless
aud depraved set of men that it is a masters
misfortune to have on his ships lists cattle
men hold the AL certificate. Why, two bad
cattlemen can do more harm and make
more trouble for everybody else than a
whole ships crew.
81 am to sail to London this afternoon
with 527 head Of cattle and thirty fl We
tenders. OF the latter about fifteen are ex-
periencsd. The remainder is made up of
unpaid or inexperienced hands, the scum OF
the lowest type of humanity. a few of
them are working their way back, being
destitute; but the Others are, l wager,
skipping the country because of their mis-,
deeds. Now, l would be willing to bet my
last penny that there will be a dozen free
fights among these men before we reach the
Thames.
81 have never made single trip that was
not marked by some depreciation OF the
cautlemen.
"When l was in command Of the Holland
the cattlemen forced open the matches on
the return trip to this country, tore away
a lot Of woodwork and broke into the cargo.
They laid hands on over 400 bottles Of ale
and brandy and became gloriously drunk.
| had TO put number Of them in irons
When the ship arrived here found that all
the cattlemen were American citizens. The
company did not want 70 bear the expense
of having the men extradited, but insisted
and carried my point. All were sentenced
to prison on the return of the ship to Eng
land.
at isn't long ago that another gang of
cattle men took possession Of one of the
Wilson line steamers while in mid-ocean.
They, too, sacked the craft and kept the Of
fcers in a continued state of anxiety. The
men we're not extradited, more's the pity.
Nobody but sea going people can appreciate
the dangers that constantly Turk In the
transportation OF cattlemen. The bowling
cowboy of the west is harmless pet toy
compared TO some of them. Why do captains
carry any other ahan good tenders? Because
they can't help themselves.
THE men are furnished by the shippers
of the live stock, and the navigntors Of the
vessel have nothing to say about the selec-
ton. The shippers do not care anything
about the character of the men In their en-
ploy. All they expect them to do is to treat
the stock we'll. The law makes it manda-
tory on the part of those interested to ship a
certain number of experienced men TO every
certain number of bullocks. That's as far as
the good thing goes. Mark what | say.
There will be a big newspaper yarn some
day on account of this utter carelessness in
selecting cattle attendants
Since the above interview was obtained
the France returned to this port in distress,
and seven Russian jews, who went out in
her to work their passage as cattlemen,
charged the foreman of the gang with rob-
hing them at the point of pistol. They
were also cruelty beaten by the foreman
and his assistants because they complained
to Capt. Foote.