The morning call., 1893-02-23

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attack.
The schooner was lying at Tiburon Tues
day night prepared to sail for EUREKA III .he
morning when the attempt to wreck her
was made.
Two sailors. Charles Weingerg and Elias
Laren by name, irrltated by the presence OF
a ion sailor on board, had leit the
schooner that afternoon with threats as 10
the safety of the non-union man II ne per-
sisted in remaining on The yessel. 1e
laughed at heir words, attaching little I'M
portance 10 them, and renamed alone WIN
the ship to guard II during the nlguI A.,
Returned in a II o'clock and slept scunuly
until morning when he awOke TO ma ms
vessel adrift, 200 feet from shore. tie called
for help. threw a rope 10 the wharf ana
managed to make her fast. her INES nau
been completely severed as II Dy knife.
When CAPTAIN GallOp arrived thorougn
examination was made. which revealed an
amount of damage done that indicates
well-planned attempt TO wreck and destroy
the ship
The iorerigging lauyards were completely
destroyed ana the main rigging lanyards
were slashed ana cut 10 pieces. Inc lore
sail was cut into shreds and is no longer OF
use The main jib was found IN tatters,
coils of rope and pieces OF the ships prop
erty were totally destroyed. Her boat was
stolen and has not been found.
The work was done systematically and
quietly, the mate hearing no noise about the
vessel throughout the night. III also pears
The mark of an experienced hand. The
damage TO the schooner will not fall below
$1,000.
A reward of 500 has been offered By Cap
tain Gallop for information that VIII lead
TO the arrest and conviction OF the mlscre-
ant.
dispatch from Coquille was received at
the Merchants Exchange yesterday. under
date of the 14th, announcing the safe arrival
of the Coquelle. This removes another sus-
pect from the list of vessels that were
thought to be the deTelIct OF cape flattery.
All hands were reported we'll
The steamer San Bias arrived at San
Diego on the 22d inst. Information was at
once telegraphed TO this port that Andrew
McMahan. native o. Sunderland County,
England, had died when the vessel was OIL
Cape san Lucas and was buried at sea.
The Italian ship Emanule Accame arrived
yesterday She was 140 DAYS from Liverpool
On October 10, early in the morning, while
in latitude 50 dec. is min. north. longitude
10 deg. "A min. west, a Chilean seaman.
Pedro Gecondo, % years Of age, fell from
the main royal yard overheard anu was
drowned. The ship hove 10 and a boat was
lowered, but the sailor could not be found.
A boat about eighteen feet long. painted
lead color, was seen by the tug Rescue
floating bottom up in the bay yesterday
morning.
The American bark Sonoma, Master An
derson, arrived from Honolulu with cargo
of sugar.
John D. Spreckels, with his wife and
family, were taken about the bay and to
SausalIO by the tug Relief yesterday.
The British steamer Bawnmore put into
port yesterday to repair damage done 10 her
air-pumps. She was bound for Nanalmo
from San Diego.
The Barbara Hernster on February -, ID
latitude 80 deg. north, longitude 123 deg.
west. picked up an old battered fgurehead
floating beside her.
The schooner's crew examined their find
with much curiosity and from the Scottish
costume in which II was carved concluded
il was from the wrecked ship Highlander.
Columbia River and the sailors calculated
that in the last sixty days il had drilted
nearly 1000 miles TO the south.
Two boys, Edwards and Hammond. at
tempted 10 row two new zine lifebOats across
the BAY from the Arctic Oh Works to the ship
land Greek, yesterday morning, and en-
countering a stiff breeze and strong cur
rant 6riited back in spite OF their best and
were on the point OF running onto the mud
fat of Hunters Point when Tuso Genoni,
an Italian fisherman, took them In tow and
landed them at Fishermen's wharf.
The owners Of the boats were under con-
tract 10 place them on the Rosalia that
morning, and the boys, being aware of this,
offered the Italian $40 to row them to Oak
land. The suspicious OF GenOni were at
once aroused and he set his price at $50
This the boys deemed exorbitant. and we're
accordingly rowed TO Fishermen's wharf,
where the boats owners met them. bar
gain was struck and the overdue craft were
at last gotten 10 ther destination.
James Duffy and Michael Doyle. board
ing-house runners, capszed off Fishermen's
wharf in a Whitehall boat about noon
yesterday. They were returning from a
trip to the Antonio Rose, which was lying
off the dock with a nOu-union crew on
board and which the runners had visited
with the object OF securing bOarders for
their hotels. They were on their way back
with two sailors in the boat when a squat
struck them, capslZiDg tie light craft in
stantly. The men chung to the upturned
boat until help reached them from the
wharf.
The British ship Andrada. which sailed
yesterday for Antwerp with cargo OF
wheat and rye, has lain In this port await
ing charter longer than any British vessel
that ever came here
She arrived September %, 1891 Her
nearest rival In this respect is the British
ship Elisland, which made the port three
months after the Andrada.
The ships Alcedo. Argo, Boutwell,, Dun
fermline, Eskasoni. Glenlin and Pengwern
have all been here year.
The American ship Kate Davenport ar
rived from Seattle via Port Angeles with a
heavy cargo OF coal.
The American steamer Pomona left for
Eureka.
The steamer Tillamook left for San
Pedro.
The steamer Belgic leaves for Yokohama
and HOng-Kong via Honolulu to-day.
The China steamer Peru passed through
the heads and anchored off Meiggs wharf
shortly after O'Clock last night.
She was a day overdue, and the Mer-
chants Exchange was repeatedly visited by
anxious Chinese merchants yesterday who
were becoming fearful of another such
experience as they had with the City of
Picking.
1t is a singular coincidence that three
vessels bearing the name of Columbia ar
rived at this port on Tuesday, the eve of
Washington's birthday.
John Baird the Eureka agent of the
steamer Humboldt, has presented that yes
sePs officers with Uniform caps.
A large number of the ships lying In port
we're duly decorated in honor of Washing
toms birthday. The British ships Sierra
Nevada, Pengwern. Lord Templemore,
Goodrich and others had their flags dis
played. Tue Pacific Coast Steamship Com
pany's vessels were well bedecked.
Little tugs and craft in the strean had
some sort of American colors displayed, If
no more than a scant piece OF red, white
and blue. Tug excursions were numerous
about the bay.