The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-06-19
THE SEALING PATROL.
Poachers Flying the Flags Of
Norway and Germany.
WILL BE SEIZED. NEVERTHELESS.
me Passes late Esrsns Sea 60 Ne Cisseiy
Guarded "A Naval o1seF
I'm Peril.

Pcxr TOWNSHIP, June bly, latest re-
ports from the Bering sea Feet brought
down By the steamer Qaesn it 10
learned that there 10 more than .
possibility Of international comp!iea-
tons arising "a regard 70 authority
Of our feet over vessels flying
flags other than those Of the United
States and England. Commander Clark
has given orders % the other commanders
Of the United States vessels 70 board
sezIsrs Of al nstionalities and In
form them that their presence
in Bsr.ng sea 10 suspicious, ard
TO warn them not 70 kill seals.
They are to be told that they can
have license % seal after the end Of the
closed SESSION If they will consent 70 hare
their arrns sssIsd. Should the sealer de-
cline this offer and 10 Afterwards caught
sealing she 10 to be seized and
sent TO the nearest Geographic port
with q prize crew, and the facts isle-
graphsd 20 the department.. Commander
Clark has recei we'd reliable information
that seslers flying the flags Of Norway and
Germany have cleared for Bering sea. bat
IL they enter tie sea they viii surely ce
SEIZED.
The Adams returned TO sitka June 10
after . cruise Of fourteen days in the Gulf
Of Alaska. She did not see any seaiers. but
learned - 81. PauIs. or Kodiak isiand. that
the seal and sealing feet had gone to the
westward. The Mohicsn returned 70 Sitka
June IL, after q cruise along the coast as
far north ss Yakutat bay without seeing
any sealers. The Yorktown arrived az
sItka June II. direct from Unalaska,
where she left the Concord, Alert, Petrol
and Albatross, all OF whom had warned
scaiers.
On the way down the Yorktown an
chored under the lee Of Unga island dur
ing o heavy gale Of wind. Next day the
officers landed for q days shooting
and Paymaster Edwin b. Webster
will probably never forget his ter
ribls experiences on that expedition.
He became separated from the other mem
bers of the shooting party and the weather
was so thick he could not find his way
back 10 the ship. Search parties were sent
out, bat the fog was thick and they
could accomplish nothing The weather
WAS bitter cold, snow was falling and 1t
was blowing a rale. All day long the
ssarcheFs tramped about, and returned
late at night Ia despair. At the FIRST break
Of day merit morning Capt. FoIger detailed
party of 100 men to look for the lost man.
By this time the weather had moderated
considerably, and at IL o'clock the pay
master was found lying on the rugged
hillside asleep and completely exhausted.
He was carried on board ship. and tor
several hours bis life was despaired Of. but
he Is now almost completely recovered.
From all reports. Commander Clark 10
OF the opinion that an attempt will be
made by unlicensed sealers to take seals
about the passes as soon rs the seals begin
10 enter Bering sea. With view to block
ing any such game. Commander Clark will
station the different vessels of the feet at
the various passes as soon as the seals be-
gin 10 enter the sea-
The Mohican sailed from Sitka TO I'm
alaska on June IL The Adams followed
on the 10th, and will cruise about the
shumagin islands. She returns on June
Is and then goes direct 10 Unalaska.
The Yorktown and Corwin sailed from
sitka on June 10 for cruise among the
Aleutian ISLANDS. as far west as Unalaska.
The English gunboat Pheasant sailed
from Sitka June IL for Esquimalt for
stores, and viii return TO patrol duty in
two weeka