The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-04-16
WHAT FISHERMEN
ARE DOING
Reports Prom Canneries Up River
and From ratrolmen OF
the Union.
"ALL QUIET ON THE POTOMAC"
The New Cold Storage honse At Goble About
Ready 10 Receive rish-kaiams Getting
Some rish--rnfeka and Hume
Cannerss Hnuaing.

Among other reports received yes
terday concerning the situation on
tho Upper Columbia river In regard
20 fishing. II Ii stated that the fol-
lowing cAnnories arc packing: The Dalles
Packing Company; ~ Herriek; McGow-
an, and y NJ Warren nt :he Cascades:
W, = Barnes. Portland The Eureka
Packing Company: VIM. Hurne. and Hap
good. IL In asserted that the Eureka
Packing Company is receiving from I'VE
TO fftccn tons per day. md that all OF
the above packers are paying four cents
per pound for nuh. excopt 1t Portland.
where three and one-half cents In being
paid with more hAh than ian be taken
carc Of II IL also stated that sciners
at Wallace Island are In operation, and
that Hodgkinn and Bail. ] o Hanthorn
nt Qhinn's Landing and the HeinerH az
stones new grounds. arc llHhing The
fishermen complain. however, that owing
90 the GOODNESS Of tho water fsh are
running deep and that the catches are
consequently light II In also said that
the report that the cHnnerics n, llwRco
are running. cannot bc true. because
there are really no fiah in the river The
trapmcn. however. are putting In more
traps Il was also reported from llwaco
yesterday that the mliitlnm-n In patrol
boats. were stopping all boats appearing
IN Hnker'H bay and induirinR ~ TO the
nature OF their business Several prom
iHrnt men IN their own boats. n II said,
were challenged by these patroimen.
In opposition To the above reports AZ
20 the upper river, Mr. Snugg one
Of the pntroimcn for the hshermcn's
union. who had Just returned from up
the river. said to nn Astorian icpresen-
tntlvc. Il have been ns far M the river
as Kalama. and found everything quiet
and pcaccable along the entire river
There II not much fishing hcing done
I Perhaps ten or lftcen boats from Hume's
| are out Al kAlnma they tre laying
| three cents for fsh caught on sturgeon
, hooks. and three and thrce-quartcrs cents
| for ash caught by gillnctters. while for
/ nsh Weighing over thirty pounds they are
/ paving Ave cents found that six boxes
/ OF salmon were delivered this morning at
J the Eureka cnnnery No fishing II being
/ done Of any consequence between May
/ gers Landing and Hume's canncry. The
/ larger part OF the nshing now going
{ on Is done by men and boys In small
! sklffr A considerable amount OF this
| sort VI work Is being done in the neigh
| bOrhood OF Rainier. hut Il cuts little ng-
ure In the general situation. Mr.. War
! rem says that he II not troubled at all
/ over the strike, because Il permits the
I Ash to ascend the river. and they are
/ caught In his wheels higher up. There Is
/ almost nm entire lack OF any sort Of ac-
] to Nnalgfnn HnEan -
| the eshermcn's union. tho better class OF
men being In sympathy with and stand
| Ing by the union As TO riots or force
being used. no such thing II dreamed or
! AT Goble had the pleasure ~ visiting
| the new cold storage houes In which,
| think. Mcssrs Prescott and warrcn, OF
| Portland. are largely interested | would
| advise every fisherman on the river. II
opportunity affords. TO visit this institu-
tion. The buildings cover u block OF
ground. and are the most extensive OF
any plant OF this nature that l have
ever seen. Their construction Is upon the
latest scientific principles, and the freeE-
Ing houses contain every modern device,
The foundations are very heavy, built
OF solid cement and stone. the walls OF
the supcrstructure are eighteen inches
thick. and the machinery ls simply mag
nihcent The plant probably cost $4,000,
| understand that Il is the purpose OF
! the proprietors to freeze salmon and stur-
geon, which viii be shipped to all parts
Of America. Steam was gotten up yes
J terday In the boilers, AMI everything ap-
| peared TO he In good working order,
| They have not vet commended to receive
| fish. but understand they will do so In
n few days II is anticipated that dur
! Ing the fishing season this establishment
will handle three or four hundred tons
OF fresh fish From this II would appear
that the fishermen will have other places
In which to dispose OF their catches be-
| sides the cnnnerics,"
Captain J. i. A, Johnson. one OF the
most prominent on the river, and n pa
trolman OF the union, last evening return
| cd from Ilwaco. When seen by an As
torian representative, the captain said
! ~ have Just been TO tlwRro and Chin
ook Beach At the latter placo found
( that the trapmen had taken no part in
the meeting held at llwaco on Friday
| and that they condemned the action OF
the Ilwaco trapmen. The Chinook Beach
men are determined 10 stand by the
union. To n man. they are very indlg-
nant that Governor McGraw should have
seen NJ to place soldiers on the beach,
whore everything is quiet without having
given the mon any notice OF his inten-
tlon. There Is no disposition to create
trouble or use force. and as I have said
before the union will not countenlnce
such action on the part OF the men. Just
as left call had been issued for n
meeting to he held tonight TO consider
the situation, and | have no doubt that
everything viii he done to preserve peace
and order, The stopping OF boats by the
militlamen and the holding up of every
craft approaching Ilwaco or sailing In
Bakers bay. seems to me to be beyond
the pale OF the requirements In the case
But as all are apparently treated alike
we perhaps have no more right to OBJ
ject than others"