The San Francisco call., 1896-06-09
ALL EXCITEMENT
ON THE CRUISER
The Mary Dodge in Col
liSion With the Phila-
delphia.
CLEARED BY A LAUNCH.
Officers of tie Zaragoza Who
Visited the Cruiser Received
a Farewell Salute.
AN ASSAULT TO MURDER CASE.
The Cook of the Lighthouse Station at
Goat Island Nearly Killed
the Steward.
AN ASSAULT TO MURDER CASE.


States cruiser Philadelphia were kept busy
yesterday. Early in the morning big,
three -masted schooner fouled her, and she
had to be got away. Later the admiral
and officers of the Mexican man-of-war
Zaragozs paid her farewell visit, and the
usual salute to the Mexican flag had to be
fired.
The schooner that ran into the Phila-
delphia was the Mary Dodge. She got in
from Kahului, II. l., last Sunday night,
with load of sugar, and yesterday when
breeze sprang up she attempted to sail to
the sugar refinery. The captain would not
accept tow, and when the tide began to
set him down on the cruiser he was power
less to avert collision. By the time the
vessels came together the man-of-war had
launched her steam cutter. and the
schooner was soon out of her dangerous
predicament. The wind fell light and she
came to an anchor, but at once began to
drag. She brought up on the cable, and
the telegraph people at once hired the tug
Annie and had the sugar vessel moved
again. Then the captain accepted tow /,
a nd his schooner was moved to the sugar
refinery. The schooner was damaged
bout her top hamper, but the cruiser was
only scraped little.
For some time past Navigating Officer
Ingalls, of the cruiser has been dissatisfied
with the anchorage off Clay street wharf
One night last month the Philadelphia
broke adrift and went over half mile
with the tide before she brought up. An
appeal was made to the Harbor Commis-
sioners to lay down moorings, ard that
body will do so if the Lighthouse Board
will help. In the meantime the Philadel-
phia tugged at her anchors and drifted a
little every night. The navigating officer
got angry finally, and yesterday after the
visit OF the Mexican men-of-warsmen, the
anchor was tripped and the cruiser moved
up to safe moorings off Folsom-street
wharf.
The booming of cannon announced that
the official visit from TIE Mexican man-of-
war to Admiral Beardslee was over. The
boat in which the visitors arrived lay-to
about 100 yards from the cruiser. The
latter then ran up the Mexican flag and
fred eleven guns.
The little Mexican launch, with the flag
floating over its stern, the white cruiser,
with the Mexican flag also fiutterlng in the
breeze and the stars and stripes at her
gaff, and several vessels in the background,
formed pretty picture. Then, when the
cannon was fred, the smoke rose up and
look almost ghoStly in the development.
After leaving here the Zaragoza will go
for short cruise down the coast. and will
then return TO San Francisco. She will be
here for the Fourth of July celebration,
and NAV be at that of the raising of the
flag at Monterey. While here the warship
has been thoroughly overhauled at the
Union Iron Works. and she will now be
good for another six months OF service.
Some time ago five of her boats went
adrift and only two were recovered, so
that the other three had to be replaced.
"Old Bill" Warford and Henry Roland
had row on the water front last Sunday
that the latter will not soon forget, Both
men are boatmen, but Bill is in the sere
and yellow leaf, while Henry is a young
man. The latter had quarrel with the
old man, and was knocked down. He
pulled Bill down, and began to bite and
scratch, but some of the other boatmen
pulled him off. Half an hour later Roland
followed Warford into a saloon, and then
Bill went for him. He gave his prosecutor
such a beating that his friends had to
rescue him and take him home in wagon.
"Stevedore" Charles johnson, who has
been on the water front for over forty
years, was in trouble on the front on Sun
day. He has been an attache of the firm
of Piper, Alden, Goodall & Co. for a gener-
alton, and on Sunday he got it into his
head that the windows wanted cleaning.
He borrowed towel, some soap and water
and ladder and went to work. He placed
the ladder, as he thought, against the
wooden framework, but it was resting on
the glass. He began to climb, and when
half way up the ladder the glass gave way,
and in a second $25 worth of damage was
done.
Johnson was in despair and he drowned
his sorrow in lager beer. Several hours
later he went crashing through the glass
door of cigar stand and then he forgot
everything until he awoke in the City
Prison yesterday morning. He sent a
message to Harry Piper and the latter al
once secured his release. Johnson was as
mad as hornet over his arrest yesterday
and says he is going to report the matter
to the Police Commissioners. He cannot
understand why a man of his forty years
of service on the water front should be
treated SO.
There was almost a murder on Goat
Island last Sunday, and in consequence
one of the lighthouse crew is in Jail on
charge of assault to murder. For some
time past Harry Cooper, the cook, and l..
II. Wahrman, the steward, have been
squabbling, and Cooper, who is a big,
strong man, frequently threatened to ''do
up the steward.
Sunday last the trouble came to cli-
max, and a fight was only prevented by
the other men on the island. Wahrman
went to his room TO dress for visit to the
City, and few minutes later Cooper fol-
lowed him. As the steward was bending
over bureau drawer to take out a collar,
t he cook rushed in and struck him on the
back of the head. Wahrman's head sank
into the drawer and Cooper at once closed
in on him. His neck was thus caught in
vice and the cook wreaked his vengeance
at leisure. He kicked the half-strangled
man until he was tired, and then let him
drop to the floor. Wahrman lay insensible
for half an hour and then went to bed.
Yesterday he came over to the City and
swore out the warrant, which was served
by the harbor police.
The Pioneer Yacht Club will celebrate
the battle of Bunker Hill on the 18th inst.
by regatta. The yachts will assemble at
Powell street wharf at 10 o'clock sharp;
thence to fall in line and follow flagship
Volunteer to stakeboat off Mission Rock
buoy; thence to Blossom Rock Duoy; /;
thence to Anita Rock, off Presidio; !;
thence to Sausalito and Angel Island,
where a grand entertainment will be given.
Commodore George Engels will command