The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-09-29
THE s..RRUSH HERE.
The Government Cutter
In From the North.
THREE sCH00NERS CAPTURED
: Tie Native Seal Catch Will Be Good.
+. :Ex-Congressman LuttrelI Left
:. -. =: - Dying at Sitka.

=. The United states revenue cutter Rich
rdRhSh;:tbe first vessel to return of the
feet sent by the Government in May last
= to guard tie sealing industry in the Boring
Sea-. arrived In port, direct from Sitka,
: last n GIT: and anchored about mile off
= from tile foot Of Clay street. The Rush
q brings news of. the capture of the three
scQoc:ners, st. Paul Alexandria and c. G.
White. found cruising among the islands
ID violation OF section 1856 Of the Revised
Statutes.
The cutter left Unalaska on August %
last. and reports that up to that time the
native catch of seals, 1900, allowed by law,
was; progressing. better this year than for
some time:
. lDuringits stay in the north the Rush
. niade-. a. -cruiseof all the islands of the
North Pac5fc, going up: through the seal
ISLANDS as far: as the Nunivak Islands.
: From there it. went TO the Semidi and
n QrIh Pacific Islands, cruising all over the
: sealing grounds of the sealing vessels and
: :fndng-fn ali the catches very good.
=. -: On July Ii, while among the North Pa
: 1ci1ic group and off the island OF Chrikof the
Rush. came across the st. Paul and the
:. alexander, both American vessels, the
: FORMER owned by Van Ellius of Kodiak
: and the latter by Washburn of San Fran
cisco. They were taken into custody and
:: lowed to Silka. On the st. Paul were
!. found about twenty seaOtter skins and a
, few fur seal. The Alexander had fewer
number of skins In her possession.
~ The trial of the two schooners took
place at Sitka on September Goth and DIST,
after " hich the Rush left at once for this
port, sailing direct. No decision has yet
been rendered.
On August - the revenue cutter
: Petrol seized the schooner q. C. White for
: transferring seaskins 10 the schooner
: I2rina al Sanhak Island. Her trial will
come off at Stka on October 2. When the
= Rush left Sitka she left the Mohican, the
flagship, the Ranger, the Petrol and the
nCoTWin of the American fleet and her
.Majesty'S ship Champion in the Bering
Sea- where they were awaiting orders.
The Albatross OF the American feet,
which left Sitka few weeks prior to the
departure Of the Rush, was spoken on
September 10 of Kings Cove, Alaska. She
was then bound for Kodiak. She reported
. at Sitka again on the 18th, and on the 18th
sailed for Puget Sound
I. This year Uncle Sam has taken precau-
ton against the roOkeTies being robbed
=. during the absence of the cutters. The
:. rookeries OFF St. Paul Island are known to
be the most prolific of any of these islands.
: Those at st. George. Island are next. Dur.
ling the winter the seals gather at these
two Islands to breed, and during this time
;. d RuhTU
OF natives have during the past kept waite h
over tie roOkeries during this season, but
lave proved an utter failure. When q
pirate vessel would come in the natives
would become alarmed aud make no fight
.Wirat soeYer. As a consequence during this
period seals. have been slaughtered right
and left, their skins taken and the Golfers
of the owners of the vessels we'll flied
:: Before The Rush sailed for StGeorge Island
1T LETT an armed guard under charge Ofta
= Limited States officer to protect the rock
= cries At: *all hazards. The Bear has put a
:. similar guard under charge Of an officer
:. on ST: Paul Island. ano should any rob-
=. Berries be a tempted in these favored spots
:. there will be bloedshed.
:; The saddeSt.news which the Rush brin gs
:, from the far-0ff frozen North is the con-
:fihement. Of eX-COngressman Luttrell al
=: Sitka Ibis ieathbed from Bright's dis
> ease Colonel Luttrell went to Sitka as
United States. Commissioner of Fisheries
for: Alaska few months ago. He was in
present month, when Ire was taken down
while making an official visit to the Sea
Islands. He was taken TO Sitka en- the
mail boat and has since been confined tC
his. bed. Shortly before the Rush lef
First Lieutenant McClntoek called on b in
to bid him good-by, and says he could
hardly recognize Mr.. Luttrell, he had
80 fallen away so much.
- Ihe:trTD OF the fleet has been marred By
no un pfeasantness other than the pro
: faHged continuance of bad Gather in tn,
Norm Pacific around Alaska ana the Der
Ing Sea.
ION September Z, while off Port Unger
:: the Rush spoke the sealing schooner Lily
- L:0f San Francisco, owned By Laid, th'
=; furTier.~ She reported coming from Cope
III Island: and had on board a cargo of 130t
: skins.