The morning call., 1892-07-30
ALONG SEA And SHORE.
Conflicting Stories Ab0nt Crpelfy
on the Ii. p. Grace.
The Captain Says Everything Was Lovely,
and the Men Say the Grace wasa
Hell-Ship"-A Raft Adrift.

The most difficult Investigation on record
is said to be the finding Of n witness in :
horse case who will tell the trpib .Ipdoes
and counsel have long given up the attemnt
in despair. Nearly as difficult a task is the
getting at facts about the trim when deem
water ship comes in II there has heen
trouble between the officers and the crew,
the officers are careful to denv any knowI-
edge OF II, and the men tell one story an
board and another on shore. Onite as often
"a not a sailor who has openlv asserted
that the captain or chief mate has beaten
kicked ara starved him will be 'sSeenu nv
some party, SO gold piece will mass. and
the sailor VIII knock down any man who
says lhe captain IS otherwise than an apostle
OF sweetness and light and An exemnlar of
meekneSs, mildness and all the Christian
virtues.
mere Is Just such conflict of testimony
IN Inc case OF the American ship Nj. p
Grace winch arrived from New York on
lhuIsu evening Even before she locked
theIF were IuIn0rS OF trouble on board and
a ALL reporter spoke to several of the
ere" as soOh as the vessel touched the
WhaTI. lhey all stated that there had haen
no trouble. Captain ID. Winter was expIic-
lily SsKeu the question, and went out of his
way 10 snow now entirely absurd was the
pare suggestion of any unpleasantness be-
tween himself ana his crew. He stated
over anu over again that there had not been
any 'iouoie Whatever on the ship. He made
no reference Whatever TO the fact, which a
CALL reporter learned an hour later that
lne second mate was even then keeping out
81 the way on shore because several of the
seaInen had announced their intention of
having him arrested
ne men proved to be in dead earnest
ABOUT the matter and Captain Winter may
nave JoO on his hands in the United States
court IN DAY or two, if the signs fail not.
10 reporter, who interviewed five of them
Whlle similar number were gone to swear
out a complaint before the United States
commissioner. 1t seemed that there had
ueeh considerable trouble on the vessel
throughout the entire trip. 1t was a part of
tHt cohhhon testimony that the men were
hIckeu. Du1eted and OveTworked every day.
Alter -FOUR OF the men had spoken OF certain
actS OF brutality on the part of the captain
anu tue INST and second mates the third
mate turned to the reporter and said, quietly,
can only say that this is all true"
Inc street blockade on East BraCnan
street. described in Yesterdays CALL. still
continues and the only available passage
way over the wharves is becoming more dan
gerous with each succeeding day. Whenever
a hcdNy team goes over the wharf the plankS
use and fall Ike the waves OF the sea, hav-
lug Iong since TOtted away from the nails
which held them 10 the stringprs The
direct line from the Mail dock To Beale
street is absolutely blocked by tall pile of
lumber, aioTding only a narrow passage
way Tor single pedestrians. The hundreds
OF citizens who daily drive over the danger
Gus portion are Indignantly asking If the
lumber company, which has blOckaded the
stTtei, owns the street or pays rent for II,
and If so who receives the rent
The new quarantine fumigating steamer
Will have her trial trip at r. VI. to-day
IL stated that tina Tor ct
DauntlesS attained a speed of u knots on
her trial trip. She will make her first run
10 Stockton at 10 o'clock tins morning thus
Offering the advantage of a day trip.
A large raft Of piles belonging TO Con-
tractor McMann got earift on Thursday
night IL was - FIRST thought that the raft
was owned hy W. II. Heaiy, OF the firm CT
Heaiy, Fibbeits & Co.. and q well-inten-
Tuned individual FASTENED 70 arouse Mr.
Healy. Win great dif.cGi O. tug was pro-
cured and the raft located OF e ut Island
Mr.. Heaiy spent haif the nigt the raft.
getting wet through and thEUl4a while en-
deayoring 70 fasien the etHff ut bound
The piles together. Al lae ias cement he
discovered that . WAS solse 9ttr fellows
Taft Mr.. BcaiT viii pas I'D wiit the wet
tinE.-but wants MeAann 81 The tow
boat -. ~ pcden 'as
TIL PaC taet sem e3mpsHfr
has Re vea5 paf F'iw ptAir / sum
mer q sFe steamer AZ X $50 e taEt lwO
seamen Ot t,H Vessel. whose neais,s were ael
given. HAD been dTOwnea a. n swpere aud
ing by the capsizing OF a boat
A rOwinE-raee between veterans cd ~
will take place tomorrow week Inu.s
only are eligible who we're on the bay in the
early days with chef Crowley, and the
following have aiIeady entered: William
Ellison, aged 90; Fred Jerome 20; William
Mills, 90; mes Jones. Ga; Peter Fav. "a;
James Fitzgerald. &c; Gold Tooth Jack, 81.
Nearly all the veterans have already gone
into training. The prize is purs' of $500
and pioneer flag, and the course will lie
from Fishermen's wharf around Goat
Island and back.
Tie BRUSH ship Mayfeld, iS9 days out
from Cardiff with 1906 tons of coal to Dick
son, De Wolf & Co, arrived Yesterday
morning after an uneventiul trip.
The steamer AiiueOla of the Atlantic
Pacific Line 10 New York by way of the
Horn has put into Valparaiso with pro-
pelleT broken aud may have 10 be locked
The Mineola left this port on June !.
The schooner J. J. Stoffen came near be-
ing wrecked on the rocks near the Brothers
yesterday morning. She was in danger
Gus position and would have gone TO pieces
in an hour but for the prompt arrival OF the
steamer SunoL which towed her TO place
Of safety.
An agreement has been reached between
the buarding-h house masters and the Sailors
Home based on the revival OF the blood
money system, and the result will he that
the masters of the many deep-water ships
that viii sail in the near future will have TO
put up literally TO secure sailors. Itsioes
not appear that the sailors Will be benefited,