The morning call., 1894-10-10
1T BLEW A GALE.
Rough Experience of a
Coal Ship.
HER CAPTAIN INJURED.
He Was Aloft at the Time of
the Accident.
SIGNS OF A SAILORS STRIKE.
Dissatisfaction Over Small Pav-Good
Work of the AibatrOsS.
Marine Notes.

The coal ship j. B. Brown. from Seattle,
that arrived here Monday night had a hard
time of it weathering the gale that has
blown off the Southern Oregon and
Northern California coast of late days.
The revenue cutter Corwin and sloop-of-
war Mohican had rough experience in
the same storm, but it was nothing to that
through which the Brown has passed.
Captain Mcguire left the north with an
inexperienced crew. He had a few men
be could depend upon. but very few. The
vessel got along all right with the green
Columbia River. but from there Oh the
wind was TOO strong for landlubbers to
enjoy the work of handling ship.
Captain Mcguire is an old sailor, who
has been brought up before the mast. He
can lay alOft with the best of them. so on
one occasion when the ship was pounding
aud rolling, with seas sweeping over her
and signs Of more wind manifest, he laid
aloft himself to help take in sail.
The squall bore down on the ship with a
roar. 1t caught the lower topssil, swung
the yard around and carried away the
truss. The captain was in the mainLop at
the time repairing the lower yard. The
upper topsail tie hit him on the head and
across the shoulder. nearly throwing him
from the mast. he was only stunned
mcmentarily; when he recovered he low
cred himself to the deck, his head bleeding
profnsely from the wound.
The Brown labored with the seas for
hours. A big spar had been dashed to the
deck and was with difficulty held in place.
Ii had TO be moved forward. and one end
stuck under the fUrecastle head into the
very eyes of the ship and then chained
down. Ii it had ever got loose it would
have smashed everything about the decks
into small pieces.
During the storm there was some trouble
among the sailors. The mate undertook
to repIimand one. when a battle started,
resulting in the officer getting licked. The
Brown fually reached port with her cabins
flooded, galley looking as if it had been
played upon with frehose. and rigging
damaged.
The ship British California. heretofore
mentioned in this paper, is at Union.street
wharf. She is beyond a doubt the pref
TEST four-masted vessel in the harbOr. A
great deal of attention is attracted to her
The bark Sumatra was sold at auction
yesterday in the Merchants Exchange
She was purchased by William Watson fol
S217O. She will be taken TO Hilo, stripped
and turned into a coal hulk.
1t is expected that open war will be car
ried from now on by the Coast Sea-
mans Union against the Ship-owners' As
ISOLATION. which is made Dotoriously Oh
jectonable by the presence of one Wal
tn ew, a renegade labor-killer from Mchi-
gan, who posed in San Francisco for a
number Of years under the name OF
Williams. Through Walthew and others
the coast sailors' wages were reduced to
$50 and 500 The union wants to force a
raise to $50.
The schooner Carrier Dove, bark Top
gallant and number of other boats will
try 10 secure cheap crews. il is thought,
but the chances are in favor of the sailors
putting $50 men on them. Shippers and
the majority of ship-owners favor the $50
rate. because they know that they can get
good men for that price. By making a
good clean fight the Sailors Union will
win friends and sympathy.
The United States steamer Albatross has
accomplished some good work while in the
Boring Sea. While keeping an eye on the
seals the commander of the Albatross also
kept another open for good harbors in
which whalers and sealers can find shelter.
A complete survey of Mcdonald Bay,
island of Agatha, has been made, and the
| harbor charted. The photographic Office
has comics of the chart