The morning call., 1893-05-05
BACK TO CHINA
Rejected Chinese Start for
Home.
The Wages of Deep-Water Seamen
Reduced to $40 and Captain
Staples Enters Protest.

Over 80 disRruntled Cinnamon turned
their pigtals on San Francisco yesterday
morning and pocketed in disgust an equal
number Of bogus certificates.
1t was evidently very distressing to the
Mongols to have to return to the Flowery
Kingdom. and outward visible signs Of grief
were evident on every yellow visage which
notified the decks of the steamer Belgic or
mingled in babbling multitude upon the
Pacific Mail Steamship Company's dock.
Out of the entire lot OF Celestials who
have within the past few weeks been arriv-
ing on the China steamers. booked as tour
lists and merchants, destination Portland
and Seattle. only one legitimate business
heather was discovered by Collector
Phelps.
An average OF SAG apiece was paid by
these returned Chinese tor transportation
which means many hard days labor in the
rleeflelds OF China, and naturally the howl
of disappointment which went up from the
rejected was d prolonged and dismal one.
Some of them have declared that they
will return TO the United States via Vie
toria, but rs it takes a Chinaman about two
years to save SAG in China it is not likely
that we shall see the same crowd again for
that length of time at least.
AS announced in THE CALL some time
ago the ship-0wnerS have formed a cOmbi-
nation with the boarding-masters with the
result that the wages of deep-water seamen
have been reduced to $50 by the non-union
shipping office presided over by Captain
Munroe.
certain faction Instituted this move
some six weeks ago, and yesterday the con-
summation of their scheme, with the aid Il
boardng-masters Pete Mcmahon, Lewis &
Burns, III. Brown, Kane and Captain Mua-
roe, was made public by the announce
mont that the ships Frederick Billings and
Benjamin +. Packard had been furnished
with crews at $40.
Almost Immediately following this news
came the Tumor of the collapse OF the
Sailors Union, which was without founda-
ton. as the union has contemplated this
change in the state OF affairs for some time
past
The non-union office stated few days
ago that 1t would not ship deep-water sea-
men.
This reduction is hard blow at the union,
and some OF the boarding-master who
favor that in nstitution declare that they will
secure men for $40 before they will allow
the business TO go to Captain Mnnroe.
Captain Staples of the Sailors Home met
Captain Munroe yesterday afternoon and q
war of words followed. II will pay the
difference out of my own pocket before
will permit You to cut down wages" said
Staples, growing liv!d with anger.
Captain Munroe made no reply. Speeta-
lQIS WHO eXDeCteu 10 see u uBnL were ulSap-
pointed, and tie angered captains went on
their res pective ways.
The reduction created quite sensation in
shipping circles and was the talk OF the
front.
Captain Charles Hardy of the Chilean
bark Sulitelma was arrested yesterday
morning upon charge of battery upon one
Of his crew. Hardy has been on spree for
some days past aud wound 1t up this morn
ing by the assault mentioned. He was
taken to the North Harbor police station
and subsequently released on bail.
Commuters of the Oakland and Alameda
ferry systems are about to enter vigorous
protest with the Southern Pacific against
having 10 walk across the sandlot at the
foot of Market street to get to the side
walks.
A rotten plank walk is provided, but sand
blows In clouds into the travellers eyes on
windy day. A temporary shed will be
asked for or a fence TO keep cut the flying
particles Of dirt.