The morning call., 1894-01-18
BIG SHIP COMING.
The British FOur=Master
SOmaIi Is Due.
Crabs Sell for a Nickel EaCh-Her-
rings Are Cheap as Dirt.
WhitehalIs Capsized.

There is now on the way to this port
from Hong-Kong the four-masted iron
British ship Somali. the second largest
vessel of its type in the world. The
Somali is now out seventy-six days and
may be expected TO be sighted at any time.
The maiden trip of the Somali, from
England to the Orient, also came near
being the death voyage of the ship. A
full description of her terrible battle with a
typhoon in the Eastern seas was published
at the time that the news was first received
at San Francisco in THE CALL.
The Somali was built at Glasgow in
1892 and is of 1886 tons register. At the
time of her experience with the typhoon
she carried cargo of 5000 tons of coal,
the largest single coal consignment ever
shipped to China. She is 329 feet in
length. 80 feet beam and q feet DEPTH Of
hold.
Crabs were selling for five cents each
Yesterday while herring and smelt were a
drug on the market. A crab with well
developed pair of claws brought six cents
on pinch, but the five-cent. crustacean
was mostly in demand. Upon the price of
crabs and fishes hangs the destiny of the
EiSherman's Union and in union there Is
strength, even if the uniting factors are a
little fishy.
Greek met Greek yesterday in the fish
market and the fight is still on. Herring
sold for ten cents a box and rock cod went
begging. Shrinps were not in 1t and
founders fell fiat. And all this occurred
just because there was war in the Fisher
mans Union just because Sausalito has
come to the front as distributing point
for brain food and the local wholesalers
had been Outf1anked. The union became
suddenly aware of the fact few days ago
that Marin County fisherman were send
ing boatoads OF fish to this city and un-
dermining prices.
Local fishermen grew wrathy at this at
tempt TO undervaue the products of the
sea, and declared their intention of down.
ing opposition. The outlook was little
scaly at first. but by concerted move on
the part of the union prices were brought
down and Sausalito outwitted.
The Marin County contingent is said to
be composed of deserters from the union.
who aver that that the motto, ''every man
for HIMSELF" is the best guide to pros
perty for fisherman. They claim that
| nature never designed fish for the bene-
| fl of any com bination, but intended that
ALL should have fair chance at the net
In the meanwhile crabs are selling for
| cents and herring going for song.
| Puge Sound steamboat owners and the
Pacific Coast Steamship Company have
decided to pay stevedores 40 cents an hour
Stevedor Union at Tacoma at first OBJ
jected, but finally conceded TO the reduc-
ton. The Seattle union made no protest.
A whitehall boat. coming ashore from
the German bark j. C. Phuger. eapsized
yesterday afternoon, and the occupant, 81.
Berger, clung to the upturned craft until
rescued by Boatman William Clark. The
Fort Point Life-saving Crew rescued a
man from an upturned boat a little later.
and toward evening capsiZed fishing
smack was picked up by the tug Vigilant
Its owner had not been heard from up to a
late hour last evening, and was probably
drowned. The boat is said TO have been
the property of North Beach crab. fisher
A row among sailors occurred on the
British ship Travencore yesterday morn
ing and the police signal was raised. The
fight was of short duration, and no police
aid was Necessary to subdue it.
Early indications were for a strong
southeast blow yesterday, the wind regis
tering forty miles of Point Reyes at 12
o'clock. The blow never came, however
80 far as the harbor was concerned, and
the heavy rain soon beat down what little
sea there was in the bay.