The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-12-30
4 .W, ( 4 PISTOL
It Put River Pirates to
Flight.
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THE sAdAMoRE's DEFENDER.
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She Fired Three Shots, but the
. Thieves Escaped.
THE SAdAMoRE'S> DEFENDER.
TRAVEL: DELAYED BY THE Fog.
Pacific Coast Steamship Rates = In
: *:.* spection OF the New Pilot
3: :: i! :. = Boat To-Day.

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&: River, pirates s.. wsra* ANONYMOUSLY de-
=. feated by: a woman on the night of: De-
:<cembey: 10. .ijlIee daring marauders. who
!: fhoug bit to: HOB the. :barkentine Sycamore,
me with .a=~YetY warm receptions at the
- handsyof.bIts. Nlo0fe, wife: of the captain
:. of they ssel. and some: one; of them had
.:*been= XII q IT'S: Moore had only been a
;: .1io re rfa5.t]rat shot. = :: =; ~
= Gn|the. nEgllt= mentioned, a few minutes
: before: II ligAts< CAPTAIN Moore leftthe
:cssag a{llaFe to Catch. the boat which makes
: d ia Tag at Antioch atthis hear, prior to
=..IT3{tee sd Ia g:to San Francisco. = :...-
~ ='= !. lrle: the caEfain was on the wharf he
t:NeaTp several pistol shots from the dlrec-
:.f. osf OF his vessel and quickly summoning
s=!.ssi STANCE .he=jumped into his boat and
::-pl4 Leo back to:the barkentine.
r.: CAPTAIN :MeQre's family. his. wife and
g two: chi ldTen,: had been living with him on
board file Sagam6re. When lie left the
vessel Mrs. NpBre locked tie" fnOr To tha
caoln an ~Was-about to get back into bed
W:hen:%s he. hear1 voices : on deck. She
r: aMa1ted< development Is and before long
: heard snlle:0ne Try; ing 10 break id the cabin
80 DOR: :Sleappraarhfd9i he=c0mp nion-way
: and Failed out - W hos ihere?".
: - OH wait and see '@caTne the answer,
IL
:. VIC nIali. Il etfeated to her husbands room,
:seelIetf a.;reVn iyer, opened the door and
: p!Jnme need h0Stinties.~: Two shots were
:. red i ben The pirates beat retreat, two
:<of*i lem g0ing:-oyer the raii and dropping
IntQ:d: b0 at tied alongside:
: =: I:helhIrd flan hesltated at the rail and
:. seeniest<a b0utJu come back, saving some.
!: Thing TO Ills cninpa nlons, evidently Gliding
: the In:for afl0wn a woman to rout them.
-. :. Ather Shot, from the revolver caused
:: 4 ill.tg chafge*lfis: ~ ind and drop into the
= walt ing beat then all three w0uli-he roh
%bers {Ilie3i: away into the darkness.
- The: pirates hO doubt thought that M
lone WIS II eft In charge OF the bark when
=. CaPiatA MoQre' left her. and were iii hiding
=: IN :tl!e*tl@es waiting for MIN TO get out of
: p he Captain did not go to the: city that
m hit ~ :: :; =: 80 :,
i. :: Lie: fQE.Qf. Thursday night delayed the
Stockton, Steamers Dauu tless and j. d.
Peters and they arrived six hours. behind
TING: yesterday" morning on account of
haYlE[g ---to%*tle :up IN the river. On board
the Dauntless were. a NUN berof excursion
lists :to**the Midwinter Fair, accompanied
! by afuH brass band. =
= Il rayed :@bAtWeen this city and: Oakland
:and.*A laIneda has been: greatly: interrupted
by: -the : heavy: weather. = Hourly boa Is
!: ,Were:Fup after4 O'clock in the afternoon u,
): andsin.cnUse sequence crowds, of passengers
Thea an Q@6:O'clOck ferries to overlooking.
:-:&Ihe Pilot Commissioners Will inspect
the o. NV pilo boat. Oracle S to-day, and if
!. too much fog does not prevail the sailing
-Qnaiities"of the~craft. " II: also be tested
The j(iracie- was :'t6Wed from she Union
lto1 Works to Pilot Cove yesterday and
attracted a great deml of attention from
the freQuFpters of the North End.
.:-.The work of raising East street to its
official grade, OF in @other words TO the
8
line; has been pQstpOntQ on account of: the
inability of the railroad company TO secure:
sand: fer filling in purposes. ARA uge-
ments Lave, been made to obtain sand from
THE contractor. who will exca7ate the foun-
d atiOh ofthe new Parrot building TO be
erected on Market street opposite the
Baldwin Hotel. -. -:
=: The British ship Fannie Kerr, from I,on-
d. b for San francisco, had to. put back on
account of being In collision with an I'M
known vessel, according TO the advices to
tie Merchants Exchange.
The steamer Wee0tt Will go en- the dry
dock in a few days for general over
hauiing.... .'.
The bark cartwright. will. tow from
Antioch to sea to-morTow.
After the first of the year. John Lycett,
the popular state collector at Third and
Berry streets; will be placed at Fremont
street wharf, and. Collector henry C.
Pieper will lake MI Lycett's sold post Of.
duty.
Very little coffee was brought up from
CeniEal- America by them orth American
C0mpany's steamer Progreso, which
arrived yesterday from Panama and way
ports. The Progreso did not bring much
through freight.
= Commencing the first of the. year. the
following will be the rates of the Pacific
Coast Steamship Company to coast ports.
for sixty days on account Of the Miuwintfr
Fair: From Santa Cruz ana return 81.
,3an Lnis Ohispo.> 81 90, Santa Barbara
So; Los Angeles So 80, San Diego SD,
Eureka; Humboldt Bay, $40 to So so, ac-
and Puget Sound norte S25.
The failure of theSan Fra ncisco Bridge
Company has not interfered with work
on the foundation for the new ferry
depot. Il Is being rushed ahead as quickly
as practica BILE. -.
EMMANUEL MISSION.