The morning call., 1893-10-14
More Dirty Chinese From
! S. Alaskan Canneries.
OR NoN-UNIoN, WHICH?
Something About the Pacific Coast
j: Steamship Company's Plans.
Waterfront Notes.

CAHHeu salmon arrived yeSteIudN from
+: = karluk,: Alaska, on the bark Nicholas
:TRayer Two of the Chinese packers
died en- route. There were 80 celestials
on board and rs white fishermen.
:: "A Among the Chinese it was the same old
story of hard work. disease aud death,
: the: Thayer's heather passengers being, if
: Anything, a dirtier-looking lot than those
<:of: the harks ElsinOre Fresno and Electra,
: which4arrived few days ago. When the
'.hoatmen went alongside Of the Thayer
= they found a number of sick Chinese
Lying about the decks and laid out in
: buuks :below. One poor fellow had been
Stretched. out on the main hatch since last
:. .eVsniug. SO. some of the white fishermen
said. >:::r.:%
!: a terrible stencil rose from the quarters
of: The: :ChinBse. Above and between decks
filth and corruption was at every hand.
:: TO make matters worse for the 800 souls
on board of the ThayeT, heavy weather
was experienced nearly all the way down
= the: coast :: While in latitude 80 deg. 80
mi Ia. north; longitude 40 deg. 40min. west,
:. the: baEkran:into regular hurricane. 1t
=; was .iNstsuch wind as that which some
ii lines Blows eff the Atlantic Coast, and for
: three hours the Thayer was under bare
poles Seas broke over the vessel and
: fo0Ged;tier decks. The Chinese thought
=: the. end had come and mournful human
:: cries: were mingled with the voices Of the
!: Storm:
!: ny agon-l6ads of the returned Mongols
:: were. LANDED at Folsom-street wharf, and
all :b0Te5visible signs of their seasons ex-
peTIehee in the north. The cargo of the
!: Ihayer consisted of II. 729 cases of salmon
:. packed by Chinese labor.
r. a liter. repeated conferences with the
: saifors' union the Pacific Coast Steamship
4 Company has decided 10 stand by its orig
+. inaf intention of selecting men regardless
=: Of their Identification with the union or
! nQn-uniOn factions.
!: aOur move in this direction was not in
= stigated by the recent dynamite outrage"
said. Captain Bennett, superintendent OF
:d0cks, yesterday. Our great trouble was
IN. fading out who was union man and
: .whG-was not. We were desirous of giving
!: cur old employees the preference, and some
times this would interfere with the unions
tag s5Stem, which compelled every sailor
:1nent in the order in which he was num-
:. bered.
: =:-.'''When union man was given the pref
::erence over another union man, who, &C
: :eOTding the associations system, had
= Number ahead of that OF the man given en-
: p10Yment. there was trouble. The lucky
man would be expelled from the union,
: and consequently became n0u-union sea-
man.
:: i: Commencing from to-day we will be
guided In our selection OF employees by the
following rules: Men with families will
i: be. given the preference, old employees
?: especially, and distinction shall be made
between a union or non-union man.
ttoHpsIy, sobriety and industry will be the
essential qualifications 10 enable a man TO
obtain" employment on our wharves or
steamers"
sIteE si.ew-sehoouer Htna arrived at
. QaklRhd Greek yesterday noon, after hav-
ing .drifted about the bay since $50
o ciOoE*:N ednesdaY night. This is perhaps
tT6 longest trip on record between San
. Fran cisco and Oakland. The Ana had
ezWlnd, aud drifted away past Hunters
: ;Pcint and. back again to the Contra Costa
Shore before she finally made the mouth of
tie e0gkland Creek.
j ohm: Kane has erected sign over the
doorway to his boarding-house on Steuart
street. near Folsom, which has no dnpli
cafe in town. The sign reads: Non
BLou boarding-hOUse."
=. " hiie the sign was being placed in po-
sition a large crowd of water-fronters
watched the workmeE and said many ugly
IhiHgs f.the boardlng-master
Kane. Charlie Murrey and Jim Sullivan,
all of whom have been in the employ of
the Shipowners' Association. have bone
TO pick with the latter concern. A few
. days ago the officers of the association
adopted resolutions TO the effect that all
bGarding-house men should get pro rata
:. for. shipping crews. This knocks those
: who have lab0red for the non-union people
cut Of a liberal commission. which they
think, by virtue Of having assisted in win
nlng the fight, belongs TO them exclusively.
=: Two boys have been victimiZlDg the wa
iter-frGnt coal-dealers for some time past
but yesterday they were caught and landed
in the South Harbor station. Their mode
Of m 6rir Tuish
: Info a cOalyard when its employees were at
Ineals; -er when they were busy attending
:. TO 0us ustGmeTs, load up with sacks OF coal
= and cOmplacently drive away again. With
The aid of a sprtDg-wagon drawn by
Notwithstanding nag, thev have made
several hauls. Yesterday, Officer Smith
-dfsc0 vAred the young thieves in the act of
:: ssteaIing a chain on one Of the southern
*d0cks>:ap placed them under arrest. The
:; station had been informed of the coal
staeftst and Smith was watching for his
:: njen.. .'The lads gave their names as John
! 9Yelch. age 19, and Edward FinneFty, age
.zS.yaars.
: ::=zTha: fittLe cigar-store located opposite the
: MeEchants' drydock was broken into and
,.E0hbed of about $50 worth of goods on
: ~~.ThuFsfay night. The stand is the prop
=erty of disabled whaler VINO had both his
.haflfS .fr0Zen off during q season in the
Arctic. All the employees OF the docks In
the vicinity of the stand are very indignant
= over the smallness of the thief who would
= rob poor crippled sailor.
- EFhfee propeller blades OF the steam
schooner Sqnol were lost while the vessel
:. .ys.as. coming down the coast last Thursday
The Sunol is supposed TO have struck her
pronellPr against buoy close to the bar.
: i The North American Navigation Com
.pany's steamer ProgresO left Panama
: yesterday for this city. This is the Pro-
: gFeso's maiden voyage oD the Paelhe
Coast. The story of her charter by the
:.:N. a" Company has often been told.
=. Z be. American ship Francis, Captain
*D0ane 129 days from New York. came into
port Yesterday morning and docked imme-
*diately at Harrison street, where she will
. discharge a cargo of general merchandise.
The. steamer 81. Paul has been repainted
. and:xepaired inside and out. and is now
: Leady for. service on the Gulf line.
= Business is lively with the boatmen at
the south end. The arrival of the salmon
feet has put a few dollars in the pockets
: OF Ire boys.
= The British ship Harland is of only 100
tons register, but she is very large carrier.
and to-day she will sail for London direct
.,w1ih..a very valuable cargo of California
products. Its total value is S139.0c0. /;