The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-03-02
FIREMEN, WATERS AND ALL
A Ship Does Damage to Lom.
bard-Street Wharf.
FISHERMEN MAKE COMPLAINT.
A Woman Who Is Going Whaling.
The Barkentine Croker Springs
Leak.

There is sorrow at the Oceanic dock. 1t
is liable to spread along the water front
aud effect the employees of the Pacific Coast
Steamship Company.
Yesterday morning the Oceanic Steam
ship Company made a cut in wages. to
effect the employees of all its steamers.
Firemen, pantrymen, stewards. engineers,
deckhaDds and walters have all had from
So to SO Topped off their monthly pittance.
1t is said that the Pacific Coast Steamship
Company will follow suit and reduce their
amship hands salary about 10 per cent.
This latter rumor is not yet verified.
Heretofore firemen have been paid $50 a
month by the Spreckels. but they have
been reduced to S45. Pantrymen used to
get $50, but in the future will receive
only $50. Walters got S25 per month. but
must try hereafter TO make up for So cut
by rustling the harder for tips" Other
members of the crews of Oceanic vessels
have suffered in proportion to their SAL
aries.
1t is thought that the firemen and engi-
neers will not stand the reduction and will
strike, or rather walk out.
The British ship Iochee, lying at LOm-
bard-street wharf, came near drifting into
the stream the night before last, all be-
cause her master neglected 10 slack up her
| mOoring lines sufficiently to allow the YES
! sci to raise and lower with the swell.
! The Locnee had out hawSers fore and
! aft secured to the wharf piling in such a
| manner that when the tide commenced to
rise in the early morning several piles were
! pulled entirely out of their bed and several
! yards OF the pier torn away.
| The ship started 10 drift out with tile run
ming tide, but the night Waterman gave
the alarm in time to enable her crew to get
out new cables and make fast.
Tomorrow the steamer Farallon goes
out for the George Detlick Company in
place of the Homer. This will be good
news to shippers as it was feared that
when the Homer was chartered to Meyer &
Alderman the George Detrick Company
would not operate an opposition steamer
on the Puget Sound route until late in the
| summer season.
Hereafter the Standard Soap Company
will operate the Berkeley ferry, in place
of Piper, Alden Il Co.
Union fishermen sent delegation be-
! fore the Board of Harbor Commissioners
| yesterday to protest against the practice of
| outside fishmongers who ship their "hauP'
TO this city by express from San Diego and
! other coast ports and sell fish at Fisher
| mans wharf. Rates are cut and fish
! offered for little or nothing. The board
| took the matter under Amusement. 1t does
not think that it has any jurisdiction in the
| matter
The celebrated steamer Alexander of
! MOhican fame, is in the stream and ready
for sea. Miss LorenZen, niece of Captain
! Ii. p. LorenZen. will accompany tEs vessel
on her passage TO the north.
| The Alexander IS going whaling. and
probably for the first time on record q
woman has determined TO make voyage
in chase of leylathans. Captain Lorenzen
. said to hope to allay suspicion by send
ing his relation out with the vessel. Many
ridiculous stories have been circulated re-
| gardiDg the Alexander, and Captain
LorenZen. il is alleged. thinks a pretty girl
will attract more attention than "a yellow
smokestack."
Mrs. g. NJ. Dodge, wife of the president
| of the Texas Pacific Railroad, and friends
enjoyed an excursion about the bay in the
| tug Relief yesterday.
The bay in the vicinity of Channel
! Creek is shoaling very fast. The Aragc
was towing into the creek and got stuck in
/ the mud. 1t required hard pulling TO gel
| her off again.
The barkentine Charles F. Croker came
| into port yesterday morning leaking badly
| Her pumps were kept going all day, and
succeeded in lowering the water consider.
ably. The vessel will have to be dOckeC
and discharged as soon as possible, ther
oVerhauled TO locate the leak. She brought
sugar for j. ID. Soreckels Brothers from
| Honolulu. IL is feared that part of hel
| cargo has been damaged.