The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-14

skipper Kuhlman had met IN battle array
and for once the tables had been turned
and the sailor had settled up the score of
long voyage with his captain. First Mate
Zimmerman had taken part in the row
with his revolver, but did no other damage
than to put several bullets in the deck
house and brighten the sea guils lowering
around the ship.
The present trouble began off the Far
alIon Islands when the crew were called
at daybreak to wash down. The sailors
grumbled at the early order and when
Captain Huffman used language not cal
culated to soothe the feelings of his tarry
mariners Quadenow assaulted him. The
officers report that the men have been
surly and mutinous all the voyage, but the
real origin of the difficulty is said to lie IN
the fact that the crew, who are almost all
British seamen, though serving In Ger
man ship. were beaten out of all their ad-
vance when they shipped at Swansea.
They were despoiled of large sums by the
villainous system in vogue in all seaports
and most of them came aboard the ship
without a shred OF outfit for the long trip.
After few days out the ship put back to
Swansea for hard weather, and the men
tried to get a portion of their advance
back, but got no satisfaction from t he
managers or captain, and went to sea with
an unusual amount of growing. The crew
state that the ship is not "Sweet Alice"
by any means; in fact is a "hot ship, and
between semi-starvation and quarterback
abuse they had tough time. Ten of the
men left the ship last night and are now
at the Sailors Home. Quadenow was locked
up at the City Prison.
Henry Peterson, the well-known oars
man located at Folsom street wharf, has
been secured by the Naval Reserve as
trainer. He will take his raw recruits in
hand and teach them to handle the oars
and sails of the man-of-war boat.
The Pacific Mail steamship China sailed
for the Orient yesterday afternoon. Among
her cabin passengers were the party OF mis-
sionaries which arrived here few days
ago en- route for their station in China.
Among the apprentice boys serving on
board the British ship Bedford, now In this
port, are several young men whose names
are well known in merry England. One is
George Seymour, a nephew OF Admiral Sir
George Francis Seymour OF the royal
navy. 1t was intended that young Sey-
mour should enter the British army, but
he took the seas as a profession. Being 19
years old and over the age for appoint
ment in the navy he procured an appren-
ticeship in the merchant marine. After
his four years are ended in that branch of
the service he may procure junior Off
GERS com omission aboard of war vessel.
Another of Mr.. Belford's boys is Arthur
Wilson. the son of prominent English
man and the protege of the Prince of
Wales. Like Seymour he chooses the mer-
chant service for his school of instruction.
and hopes some day to step from the
peaceful wheat ship to the quarter deck of
cruiser.
At meeting of the Board of Harbor
Commissioners yesterday, an offer was
received from the E. K. Wood Lumber
Company, in which they ask to furnish
the Commissioners lumber at $40 per M
and shingles at 81 % per M. This is 81
less on lumber and 40 cents less on shingles
than the contract of Pope g. Talbot, the
firm which is furnishing those supplies.