The morning call., 1894-07-22
SAILORS OBJECT TO BAD FOOD.

=: 1.-The sealing schooner Sophia Sutherland.
F. Wh{ch arrived late on Friday night from
!: the Japanese sea. brought considerable in
j. formation concerning the sealing fleet and
:: the events of the season ND to the time of
:; her departure from Hakodate on June Il.
Disaster played havoc with the sealers
IN the middle Of the season. and the loss of
three schooners, with all Oh board, is the
sad record which has been made so far as
F.. known. There are several schooners yet
:. out ard TO hear from, but no apprehen-
sions are felt as to their safety.
:. =: "A part from the loss of life and prop
: efty the season has been a fairly good
one for catches. The catches were rather
=. unevenly distributed though, some Of the
:; vessels having unusually good ones while
:: others were light.
- The vessels which were lost were the
i Mascot, Captain Charles Hagermaa,
-. Matthew Turner, Captain ChristophersOD,
: and the Unger, Captain John Anderson.
. alt of which have been reported before
= Captain Su herland of the Sophia Suther-
land reports regarding the Unger that
when she went down one OF the sealers
was within 40 yards of her.
&C. A fearful gale was blowing at the time
= and all attempts to render any assistance
70 the unfortunateS on the UGger were un-
"ayaIIing. This was on April IA, and for
:. ten days the wind ragged and the sea ran
high. The Mascot and The Matthew
Turner were lost in the same storm, and
many Of the other sealers had narrow es-
capes.
: The Matthew Turner was afterward
Seen floating about decks up with her
=: :'-masts broken off even with her rail. 1t Is
:: supposed that they were snapped off by
.. 1.-The weight of her sails and the action OF
. the waves as she drifted around after cap
!: sizing. Relieved of the weight of her
:, lnaSts and sails she righted up. In all
: :: about sixty men were lost.
j: ;. Unu the arrival of the Sutherland it
= Was thought that the Rosa Sparks was
:~lOsT with the others, but she was not, and
:reLurns bring report OF falr catch by
her.
! = When the Sutherland left Hakodate the
= feet was preparing to go to Bering Sea,
= where the season opens on August l and
r. c0ntiDu-s about two months. In addition
T. to the Sutherland the Louisa ID, Bonanza
-. and Edward E. Webster will return to
,: this port instead of going north.
49,: The. catch Of the feet as far as known
Wheh.. the Sutherland left, according TO
:. private. cores pondence. was as follows:
. Alton zoe. Allie !. AIger 1850. Annie E.
E" p Int 1860 Agnes Mcdonald 1880, Aurora
:: -697, Apac0uda 800, Bonanza 1924. Brenda
: ,.2393,: Bowhead 1900 Carlotta q. Cox 1860,
= CD. finite go. City of San Diego $50.
:: DIANA: 1861, Z. B. Marvin 100. Emma
= >l.'QJitsa:1 1927: Fawn 1913. Herman 968. Louis
Olsen I10o. Libbie 1910, Mary Ellen 1902
q, Oscar and Hattie 1875. Penelope 1906, Pres
;: Clttt ss3}Q, Rosa Sparks 500. Rosie Olsen
:. ip42 :Rattfer 1044, Sadie Turpel 1900
:, 1:hefnse 686, Teresa 1905 w. P. Hall ia
:. .ElIlbFiiia 2420, Viva 1886, Vera 1900.
:: ::::'Ffss catch of other schooneTs up to June
p Is: Was as follows: Anna Matilda had 152
: Skins: .:AinswOrth $50. Alexander $40.
: .:zf}eatfite 947. Casco 1897. Z. E. Fox $50.
:: Z Bora. Seward 1929. George Peabody 1877.
: H. C:> Wahlberg 142, Kate and Anna $50,
:. sIijly l. 521 Maud $685. Mary Taylor 733.
J. Gftta 100, Sophie Sutherland 1888 and w. l..
J.: Sc yard 500.
: .:::f Tie profits this season will not range
very high. on account OF prices being only
:: fairly average. Nearly all the skins will
=. be brought to this port
. *..Thecrew Of the Sutherland have con-
: siderable of a complaint to make against
:. the master of their vessel because of his
: action in not supplying sufficient prOViS-
ions for the trip.
:: 1--WE left here," said George w. Chap
:. man, one of the crew, ION December q,
:: and Captain Sutherland said we had DrO-
: visions for nine months. Instead of this
we only had seven months supply. AS
:. a result we had to leave the sealing
: :grounds just as we were doing well and
::rnn:t to- Rakodate. There he laid in a few
= pOur hams and pieces of bacon from the
=: Iiifie T. thirty pounds of coffee and beans.
=. ::"That was to last US until we got to San
=: Francisco For eleven days we had
: :.n6thing but cracker hash and tea. Then
.. we had only beans, peas. bread and tea
=. Until we got 10 port As we came in the
last of the beans and peas were being
:: cooked We didn't know what butter
was, and of the bacon ana ham each man
=. ernly had a few thin slices altogether. lie
:: bought some condemned canned beef at
:: :Hakodate, but none OF US could eat it. so
rotten was it"
= e.. The Pacific Mail Steamship Company's
:. steamer Rio de Janeiro arrived from the
:Orient yesterday. She brought over %
...cabin passengers, of whom 8 ware Euro
:: ppans and II Japanese. The Rio was due
= .Eere on Friday, but on account of being
;. delayed at Honolulu fOrty-two hours her
:: trip was longer than usual. When in lati-
'tiide 32o22' north. longitude 1862 9 west the
. steamer passed the British ship Deck
In 0nde, bound from Cardiff, coal laden. to
this port.
8: :. The steamer Sunol will not make her
extra trip to Vallejo to-day, as had been
arranged for.
:: = James Crew, captain of the sealing
:. schooner f. c. Wahlberg, died at Hako-
date on July II of inflammation of the
=: bowels. He was owner OF the schooner
= and at the time of his death was making
: his second trip in her. He was one of the
:: best known and most populat captains IN
shipping circles. He leaves no family,
:bnt BROTHER, Charles, resides at Port Or
ford, where deceased was born.