The San Francisco call., 1896-01-02

Coast Seamen's Shipping Association, is
destined to oppose the Coast Seamen's
Union and to prevent any future strikes on
the part OF that organization.
"Of course 1t is all an attempt to bar out
union Sailors said Z. Rosenberg, acting
secretary OF the Coast Seamen's Union in
the absence of Andrew Furuseth, who is
in Washington. Secretary Walthew of
the Ship-ownersf Association considers
now that everything is quiet along the
line, and as the union men are not W orry
ing over low coasting wages or anything,
he must create little excitement. But
his boycott against those who have ever
been engaged in strikes cuts no figure.
"There are only Il few hundred union men
in port and they are engaged in different
occupations and have no desire to 90 in
association coasters at low wages, and
neither do they care who does go. None
of those twenty boarding-masters care a
fig for the association, but OF course they
will enter any kind of a combine II by so
doing they can ship men who are in their
houses. The whole matter hardly inter-
ests the embers of the union and Wal
the is welcome to all he can get out of it. -
Yesterday morning Peter Bishoff,
Michael Mcconnell and Peter Anderson,
three men from the sealing schooner j..
Eppineer came in from sea IN one OF the
vessels boats They had left the schooner
off the Farallon islands about o'clock
Tuesday morning to hunt seals, when a
sudden fog shut down on them, hiding the
vessel and every other object from view
They fired off their guns, but heard no
answering report. So all day they sat in
their little hunting boat and waited for a
rescue. a number of seals were seen, and
two were shot and secured to break the
monotony of the enforced idleness.
Toward night the sea became rough and
the boat was in danger of becoming
swan ped. The waves would break over
them and while two of the men kept the
boats head to the sea, the other man
would bail out the water as fast as he
could work They had no idea which way
they were drifting or in which direction
the wind was blowing. The sun Went
down and still the castaways har died the
oars and bailed out their almost water
logged craft. They were worn with the
constant labor ana drenched TO the skin
By the spray, but dared not for moment
stop their constant abors.
AT morning they were seen by the crew
OF a pilot-boat and taken aboard.
After the fog had lifted and they had
recovered their strength they left the
pllot-boat close in shore and sailed their
boat into the landing at Powell street.
The men report that the j. Eppinger has
oeen quite successful In her work OF fol.
had taken eighty-hve skins, number OF
them near the Farallones. They expect
the schooner will come into this port be-
fore continuing on he- way to the Japanese
waters.
The American ship John Mcdonald,
Captain Storer, 166 days from New York,
arrived In harbor yesterday. The captain
states in his report that in all his VOYAGES
around the Hofn-and they have been
nany-he never experienced such cold
weather as was encountered in the south
ern latitudes. Icebergs were frequently
met with, snowstorms were the rule and
many OF the crew were severely frost-bit-
ten.
/: The steamer Enterprise, which has been
undergoing repairs and a thorough over
hauling in Oakland, was brought over to
Eallejo-street wharf yesterday. She will
take her place on the opposition steamship
line to Portland shortly.