The morning call., 1892-03-24
ALONG SEA And SHORE.
A British Captain Arrested for
Beating Sailors.
The Crew Of the Crown Of Italy Safe Potatoes
Too Plentiful-The New Steamer-The
Next Launch.

Captain Newccmbe and Mate Hadrill, Of
the British ship Burmah. lying at the sea-
wall, were arrested yesterday by Officers
Egan and Crosby of the Harbor Police and
booked at the North Harbor station on TWO
charges of battery each. The complaints
were sworn TO by j. Nichols aud Peter Fen
Ming seamen on board the Burmah, who
say that when they returned to the ship
about IL o'clock on Tuesday night they
were attacked and beaten by the captain
and mate, in order to drive them out of the
ship. The prisoners were released on Civ
Ing bonds of $500 each.
JackSon-street wharf is again crowded
with potatoes for which the commission
men can find no market. and large quaint
ties will have 20 be thrown overheard TO get
rid Of them, as the room is wanted for other
freight.
THE NEW STEAMER.
Work On the Pacific Mail Company's new
steamer, now building at the Union Iron
Works, is progressing very favorably. Her
dimensions are as follows: Length between
perpendicuars, 326 feet; over all, 345 feet;
beams, 4j feet; depth of hold. - p feet. She
will be supplied with six steel boilers, each
- feet in diameter and liz feet in length,
with working pressure OF 100 hounds As
yet nothing has been done concerning her
internal arrangements, but it is believed
that the plans will be ready TO work from
In a very short time.
On Saturday next the new lightship. con-
structed at the Union Iron Works VIII be
launched. The exact hour for the launch
ing to take place has not been set and viii
depend entirely on the tides. The ways are
now being laid and ali preparations for the
coming event are being carried out with
dispatch. A large number of invitations
viii be extended to prominent people.
NoN-UNION CREW.
A crew Of eighteen non-uniOn sailors were
shipped in this city Tuesday for the ship
America, now at San Pedro. The ship will
60 north as whaling tender.
When the steamer Corona sailed for San
Diego yesterday she had as passengers ten
boys and four girls who are on their way 10
the Whittier Reform School.
a cable dispatch from London states that
the crew of the British ship Crown Of Italy
were all saved and are now at Montevideo.
The ship which went ashore near Cape San
Diego in the Straits of La Marie is a total
wreck.
The next Pacific Mail steamer from PAN
ANA will be the George W. Elder, she hav-
ing taken the place Of the Acapulco. The
laSt-named steamer Is now on the Central
American route il place OF the City OF sgd
ney, disabled.
The steam schooner Maggie Ross went
around the bay ana outside the heads on her
trial trip yesterday. This is the vessel that
was dlsmantled and abandoned during a
heavy gale last fall, and was towed TO
YaQuiua Bay by the steamer Willamette
Valley. Captain Marshall is again In COM
! mand.
WORK on THE sEAwALLa
The large caisSon to be used in building
the seawal at section A was flOated to its
place yesterday, and the work of filling it
with concrete will begin to-day.
Captain Starkey of the ship Tacoma has
res gned command OF that vessel, and will
settle down in San Francisco for the rest Of
his days. Mate Gatfney Will assume COM
nand If the ship.
Inspector General Burton is Inspecting
the troops and garrisons at Angel and
AlcatraZ islands.
Tie North American Trading Company
= establishing e0aing station at Dutch
Haroor, near Ocnalaska, and VIII have ship
meuts made from the sound.
Tie fishing schooner Lizzie Colby set sail
Tor AnacoIteS for a seasons cruise off the
Aieutlan Islands for ed last week. The
Colby took $4,000 pounds last year In twenty
days, which were cured by he owner. J. \.
MathesOn, IN his plant at AnacOrteS, the
product beng sold In local and Eastern
markets. Tie boat antleipates a 4S0. 600
pound cargo this season, and the plant OF
Malheson Will I've greatly enlarged
II CLOSE COMPANY.
TIE British ships Buteshire and Arma-
udlP, Whlcb leiI San francisco December 21
Tor Dunkirk and COrk, have been spoken.
tlfty-siX days out, aud the Armadale was
but one mile ahead of the Buteshire.
The arrivals in port yesterday were the
steamers Costa Rica from Departure Bay
Sunol from Point Arena. Newsboy from
Navarro, WhitesborO from Greenwood and
! Los Angeles from Newport.
The departures were the steamers Protec-
| tiOn for Fort Bragg. Corona for San Diego.
| Pomona for Eureka and Jeanne for Karluk
| The British ship Blengfell sailed for
| Queenstown, the bark Albert for Honolulu,
AMI the schooners Berwick, Nettie Low
| and Jennie Griffin for coast ports
The moves yesterday were the Tacoma,
| Roland, GTei and BRUNEI to the stream.
| Robert Sudden 10 Beale street, jeremiah
| Thompson to the mud flats. St. Paul to Mis-
| sion No. /, Charles Nesmith 10 Green street,
! Melrose to Oakland Greek, Charles b.
| Kenny to Lombard street. Gatherer 10 the
| gas works, Francis Fisher 10 Port Costa,
| California TO Oakland. Glenlui and Fiery
! Cross to the rolling mills, 0fisSa 10 Hunters
| Point drydock, City Of Pueba to the Union
! Iron Works and the Tbeiis 10 Main street.
LATEST CHARTERS.
Ship James NeSmith, 1902 tons. goes in
ballast to the West Coast 10 load nitrate for
! New York az 1SS.