Evening journal., 1892-12-31
UMBRIA SAFE IN PORT.
Continued from FIRST Page.

the officers asked each other The Gallia
was large enough to tow her sister ship
with ease and there would be no big
salvage to pay to a rescuing steamer of
another line. The Consideration of cap
tain, officers, lcrew and passengers may
be imagined when in response to the
Umbria's signal, Disabled, stand by,
the Gallia returned Cant stand by,
carrying mails.
The Umbria signalled back I'VE hold
you responsible, whereupon the Gallia
simply dipped her ensign, signifying
Good bye and disappeared to the east
ward as the Dlanhanset passed out of
sight TO the west.
The Gallias action was inexplicable on
any basis that anyone on board the
Umbria could imagine. The passengers
were now many of them genuinely
alarmed. They did not place much
] faith IN Engineer Tomlinson's promise TO
mend the broken shaft and as many
believed that Captain Mckay had delib-
! erately sent the Gallia away, much dis
content was expressed. There was
! talk Of forming a committee to demand
of the captain, that he do something,
though no one could suggest anything
for him to do The ships company
divided into two parties, known as the
! lkickers and the anti kickers and it was
noted that all the more intelligent men
on board were on the captains side,
while all the rougher element was on the
other.
Anti-ISiokers Victorious.
That evening the kickers called a
meeting in the smoking room to pass a
vote Of censure on the ships officers, but
the anti kickers came in and put a
quietus on this project by forming what
was called an amusement committee,
with j. Henry Harper as chairman, its
object being to have q representative tC
obtain information from the captain; and
as it was not known how long the I'm
bria would drift, to get up entertain
ments in the saloon for the evenings.
She came TO stand-stiIl in latitude
43 AS, longitude $40 ON Friday morn
ing. When her machinery was started
ON the next Tuesday night she had COM
bach TO latitude 49, 30 and longitude 90 90
On Wednesday noon she had made 10
miles, on Thursday uoon her record wa
224 miles for the previous twenty fou
hours, and from That time until yeste
day noon she had covered 255 miles. il
the afternoon Mr.. Sterne circulated tn
following petition, which resulted in
subscription of considerably over $50
in an hour.
"Io show in some degree our apprecia
Z tion of the ingenuity and labor of Tia
I chief engineer, Mr. Tomlinson, and hi
staff of assistants and artisans in effect
I ing the repairs of the broken shaft q
the steamship Umbria, we, the passeI
gers on board during the memorabl
! trip, beginning December II and endin
. December 81, 1892, subscribe the sum
set opposite our names to be eXpende
Y by q committee to be composed of Messr
< Simon Sterne, Edward McVickar an
q Thomas Sopwith, in testimonial and cas-
u distribution as in their discretion m
seem proper.
l. The officers of the Umbria exerte
themselves TO make things as pleasant &
possible for the passengers. Captai
Mckay told everybody frankly and freel
Just what was the matter with the M
chinery and what We're the varying pro
poets from day to day of arrival in Ne
+. York. Purser Field rendered very SUI
Z stantial service by -apporlioning Il
state-rooms so as TO give every one
Z comfortable quarters as possible for Il
/, long wait, and Chief Steward Gore busi6
4 himself going about among the pass ei
y gers to inquire what were their favori
\ dishes and serving the same at luncheon
., dinners and suppers.