The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-12-11
ALONG THE WATER FRONT.
A Preside Soldier Took Com.
mand of the Ship Glory
of the Seas.
ORDERED LINES CAST OFF.
Two Chinese Maidens Nearly Missed
Their Passage by the Steamer
Gaelic.


aboard and assumed command. The mate
was below looking after the coal being
discharged and the soldier had everything
his own way for a few minutes. He or
dered the lines cast off, and the sailors
thinking he was United States officer
obeved his command. The Glory of the
Seas began to drift down on the British
ship Clan Mackenzie, and then the mate
learned for the first time that something
was wrong. When the buckets in which
the coal is discharged ceased making their
regular trips he rushed on deck and found
the soldier pacing the quarterback IN 1uu
control 1t did not take long to get the
ship tied up again, and then the mate
went for the intruder. That soldier Will
bear the marks of his experience on the
Glory of the Seas for many day. The
police were called for, but before Officer
Crosby could'get on the scene the man from
the Preside was hull down in the dlrec-
ton of Black Point.
The rate war between San Francisco and
Vallejo is still being fought bitterly. Ru-
NOR has it that the Southern Pacific IS ne
gotiating for the purchase of the Month
cello. but Manager Hatch of the steamer
laughs the idea to scorn. He says the
Monticello is in the fight to stay, and that
the rate will remain at 81 for the round
trip and 70 cents one way. 1--WE have no
intention of making a reduction" SAID he
yesterday, land we are not going TO sell
out. The service we are giving the people
of Vallejo is worth what we charge, and II
they don't want to patronlze US, well and
good"
In view of the strong opposition of the
Herald and Sunol the owners Of the Mon
ticello have been compelled to cut down
expenses. Agent Benjamin, who repre-
sented the owners at this end, has been
dispensed with and other cuts are ex-
pected.
The Occidental and Oriental Steamship
Company's Gaelic sailed for Hongkopg
via Yokohama yesterday. She was de-
layed considerably in getting away,
owing to the late arrival of her passen-
gers. Two Chinese damsels from Los An
geles drove furiously down the wharf after
the ship had backed out into the stream.
They were in despair until Captain Dris-
coll came to their rescue. He pressed the
little tug Pup into service and by m cans of
a bowline lowered the two women into II.
They were then hurried out TO the waiting
steamer and were hauled aboard.
The Gaelic only took away ten cabin and
about 300 Chinese steerage passengers.
Among the latter were SIX coolies who
were refused a landing. The steamer was
-four.
Captain Jacobs of the steam-schooner
Westport is a very sick man and cannot
60 out on his vessel. Captain Petersen OF
the Laguna will take his place for couple
of trips and in the meantime the Laguna
will be tied up.
The Oregon Railway and Navigation
Company's Columbia sailed for Portland
Yesterday. There was more freight offer
ing than she could carry, but the passen-
ger list was not as big as usual since the
rate war began. The cabin was just COM
fortably filled, while the steerage h I'd room
to spare. Travel is very light at this time
of the year.
: The low rates have brought quite num-
Der of waterfront thieves to this City.
Owing to the recent decision OF the SUI
perior Court all have right to go on the
wharves at all times. The thieves have
taken advantage of this fact and every
night this week articles have been stolen
from the Oregon Railway and Navigation
Company's wharf and the Pacific Coast
Steamship Company's wharves at Broad
way have also been ralded. The Oceanic
Steamship Company and the Pacific Mail
Steamship Company have refused to recog-
nize the orders of the court, and until an
injunction is sworn out they will refuse
to allow anybody except those duly au-
thorized on their wharves.
The steamer Monowai, which sails to-
morrow for Australasian ports, will take
out an enormous cargo of canned goods.
She will also have a full passenger list.
Among those in the cabin will be H. A.
Widemann Jr. The young man is great
friend of the Princess Kaiulani, and as
she is expected to visit Honolulu in the near
future he wants to be home to welcome
her. Rumor has it that Widemann and
the Princess are engaged.
The sealing schooner ]. Eppinger cleared
for Japanese waters yesterday. She IS the
first OF the fleet to get away, and her own
ers expect to get the first chance at the
herd. Special inducements have been held
out to the crew. Sailors are TO get 80 cents
each for every skin taken, and the hunters
are to get 81 so. After a hunter has killed
100 seals he will get 81 for every skin up to
300 and then So 30 up to $50, and after that
the price is to be So. Needless to say that
very few of the hunters will secure 300
skins. The Eppinger has crew for nine
boats, ana the skipper says he will bring
back big catch.
The British ship Kelat, which left San
Francisco on July 22 last, was in collision
with the British steamer Calrnteck yester-
day at Gloucester. The damage has not
yet been ascertained.
General Casin's tug the Barclay Golden,
and Millionaire Slater's yacht Eleanor
both arrived at San Diego yesterday. The
former put IN Tor supply Oh coal anu Tue
latter for repairs to her propeller. The
Golden kept up steam all the time she was
in port, and as soon as the coal was put
aboard She sailed. AS she had forty tons
of black diamonds aboard when she left
San Francisco the chances are that her di-
rectors expect to be some time at sea. The
Eleanor ran into floating pile on her way
down and lost some of the blades of her
propeller.
A number of interested people are won
dering where the schooner Elwood is; Ac-,
cording to Captain Swan OF the bark Theo-
bald. now in port, the Elwood left Cooks
Inlet on September ~ last Tor Glacler bay.
At the latter point she took on board some
mail and a number of miners for Seattle
or San Francisco. Since that time she has
NOT been heard from. The chances are
that the captain h as gone halibul fishing,
and that he will turn up here IN few days
with a full load.