The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-08-13
NEWS OF SHIPPING
Boarding % Masters Will
"Bide Their Time.'
The First British Ship to Get Her
Crew From the Ship-Owners.
A Big Cargo of Barley.

The BOarding-masters' Association held
a meeting yesterday morning at their
rooms. sos Battery street, which was
largely attended. There was great deal
of discussion over the acti on of the British
shipmasters joining the Ship owners As
ISOLATION, but no definite action was taken.
The unanimous sentiment was that the
vessels GOULD not be supplied from the
South End, and that after the first few
ships are filled the remainder will come to
the b0arding-masters and get down IL their
k ees for men. When this time comes,
and the boarding-master think ii not far
off, they will have their glorious revenge.
The first English merchantmen to get a
crew from the Ship-owners' Association
is the British ship Roderick Dhu. Captain
Howe, which sails Monday for Cork
for orders. She got her complement
of ten men without the least trouble.
The British fOur-maSted ship Palgrave.
307S tons, which arrived here August s.
1892. has at last been chartered to load a
cargo of barley for Europe, and will sail
in a few days. She has on board 1900
tons OF barley. 500 tons OF which is chew
lier, and she requires no ballast. The
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Calcutta to Amsterdam she carried on one
voyage 800 tons of fnxseed. Afterward
she took 1000 tons of general cargo from
London to Sydney, being the largest cargo
ever aiken there by a sailing ship. Then
she came to this port from Newcastle, \.
S. W., with 400 tons of coal. the largest
cargo of that comm odity sailing ship ever
brought here.
The Union Pacific steamer State Of Cali
forna in making landing yesterday
morning rubbed against the steamship
Columbia. lying at the wharf. and bent a
few plates on the Colum bias starboard
quarter. A flood tide set her over against
her sister ship
The novice race of the South End Row.
ing Club announced for to-day las been
postponed on account of injury to the row.
locks.
Many shipmasters visiting this port re-
fuse to charter their vessels to carry full
cargo OF barley. Barley is very Light COM
pared with wheat and the majority of YES
sells cannot carry full cargo of I without
putting heavy ballast In the bottom to
make them stiff. Insurance is higher. too.
on vessels laden wholly with barley. In
this come ction 1t is curious to note that
the British ship Roderick Dhu, which
cleared at the Custom-house yesterday for
Queen stown. has on board s.. GOO cen ais OF
barley, half chevalier and half brewing.
ana no DatlaSI, anu aItUOuSu ouC 10
down to her PmsOll ring and therefore
dare not take any more cargo 90 board she
SILT bas room for go tons more. This is
owing 20 her peculiar construction. which
enables her 70 go anym here in any weather
with a clean-swept hold and without
pound Of ballast 10 her.
Tue newly Fetitted naphtha launch Cali
fornia Is once more in service.
Captain Dan Baskeli makes emphatic
denial to the statement that tug let go of
the ship Torrisdale before she had reached
q good offing.
The schooner Viking and tbs tug Sea
King are on the Merchants drydock.
Twenty-Five per cent Is now asked for
reinsurance on the ship Hariand, oyerdu6
from Calcutta via Madras
The schooner Caleb Curtis vas cleared
at the Custom-hsuse yesterday by Mrs.
Pauline Brock, this being. so far az ku9wn,
the first occasion on which vessel has
been cleared there BY woman The
schooner is bound for tie Gilbert and Mar.
shall islands. in the South Seas, aud Mrs.
Brock, who goes on tina vessel, has a varied
assortment of merchs ndise on borrd with
which to trade with the natives. Tie
value of the cargo is S1420.
The thick weather outside the heads
holds on strongly. though Point Reyes re-
ported clear sky for few hours yester-
day. The only arrival Of deep-wst was
the British ship Janet Cowan from New
castle. n S. w., with 1857 tons coal
The City Of New York arrived from
Hong-Kone yesterday, two days late,
having been detained by head winds.