The morning call., 1893-12-23
ALONG THE FRONT.
Wages on Coasters Cut
Down to SIS.
Departure of the Oceanic-Time and
Labor Lost-Pumping Out the
GOsford-NoteS.

The steamship Oceanic, which was to have
sailed Thursday afternoon, did not leave port
until IL O'Clock yesterday morning. The delay
was occasoned by the nOn-arrival on time of
the mails for Australia. The steamer will
touch at Honolulu.
Twenty days OF patching and bulkheading on
the wreck OF the City of New York have ali been
for naught. The blow of yesterday ana the day
before caused heavy swell, which. together
with the unusually high tide, helped to destroy
several thousand dollars worth of material
and place the stranded vessel in a worse fix
than ever. Everybody feels sorry that Captain
Whitelaw should not have succeeded In getting
the steamer off the rocks, but 1t would be folly
for the Pacific Mail Company TO continue TO
try TO float her.
CAPTAIN Whitelaw Is acting under 1nstruc-
tions and is hired to make an attempt to save
the vessel. The failure TO do SO Is no IeprOach
upon his ability.
bay In the vicinity OF Point Bonita, showing
that The breaks In the steamers sides and bot
tom must have opened up aireSh or else that
her hull Is going TO pieces.
1t was smooth in Santa Barbara Channel yes
terday and very little swell has inteifered with
the work OF raising the GOsford at Caxo
chorage. The work OF pumping the ship out
has been in progress since Thursday, and the
! raising of the vessel may be looked for at any
moment.
Seamen for coasting vessels in the coal trade
must be content with $50 month. The cut
was announced yesterday. The CALL has
heretofore called attention 10 the anIagouism of
captains TO any further reduction in sailors,
wages. Shippers say cheap men are not good
men and that IL is wrong TO try TO rub il into
poor Jack just because he is down. Sailors of
coalIng vessels have TO labor harder than most
seamen,
rather dilapidated crowd of steerage pas
sengers to the number of $50 and ffty-six
cabin passengers arrived on the ste amer State
OF California from Portland and Astoria In yes
terday morning. Most OF the steerage pas
ssngers were from the East via the Union
Pacific.
A seventeen-foot crabfsher's boat has been
picked up by the revenue cutter Bear. The
boat was drifting about the bay, off Harrison
street wharf.
The schooner Pioneer has returned from
San Marcos Island with load OF gypsum.
Secretary keegan, when asked whether the
Board OF Harbor Commissioners held an extra
COmpany's case against the State, said that no
such meeting was held. a morning paper pub
shed an old account OF the fight between the
Dodld and the corporation named on the
strength of said alleged extra session."
Ihe whaling schooner Bonanza has been sold
to parties not named for $4,000. The Bonanza
Will be fitted out and placed in command of
Capt In Alex Mclean.
The steamer 81. Paul, scheduled to sail for
Mexican ports on Christmas morning, Will not
sail until the 2Sth.
The Rio de Janero will not leave for the
Orient until the 30th inst.
Among the arrivals yesterday was the British
ship Langdale from Liv rpool with general
merchandise for Balfour, Guthrie & Co.. incIud-
Ing large consignment of earthenware, whis-
kes and cider.