The San Francisco call., 1896-04-21
ALONG THE WATER FRONT
Arrival of the Zealandia and
Gaelic Made the Mail
Dock Busy.
The Schooner Prosper Sprang a Leak
and Had to Put Back to
Port.

The mail dock was busy again yester-
day. For a couple of days there have been
no steamers to work, and in consequence
the longshoremen have been disconsolate
The Gaelic, from Hongkong, via Yoko-
hama and Honolulu, was behind time, and
when shed get in last Sunday was placed
in quarantine. About noon yesterday she
was released, and had not yet left Angel
Island when the ,Zealandia came in from
Panama and way ports. Both steamers
got to the dock about the same time. but
the Zealandia was the only one TO put a
full force of men to work.
Although the Gaelic was released from
quarantine, her steerage passengers were
detained on the island and will not he
landed until this morning. The forward
and after matches were hermetcally sealed
after the fumigating apparatus had been
placed In them. The main hatch, in which
was rice and silks, was allowed to remain
open, and this was the only one from
which any discharging was done yester-
day. AT o'clock last night the matches
were removed and this morning q full
force OF men were at work.
The Zealandia will not make another
trip under the management of the Pacific
Mail and yesterday she was flying the
Oceanic Steamship Company's flag. After
go to Lombard-street wharf to make room
for the next Panama steamer. After dis
charging the remainder of her cargo she
will be turned over to the Spreckels Broth
ers Company and may be put in the sugar
trade, or she may be again laid up at
Martinez.
The Gaelic was caught in the same gale
that turned the Rio de Janeiro back. She
was three days late in reaching Yokohama,
but nevertheless there was plenty OF coal
III the bunkers to carry her to hongkong.
The story about the plague being aboard
her has been exaggerated and the officers
say that the man who died in Yokohama
may never have been passenger. Chinese
come and go in sampans at all hours while
the steamers are in port and any one OF
these may have been the victim. When
the Gaelic left Hong kong all the steeraee
passengers were examined, and before
Yokohama was reached they were exam
ined again. In these circumstances the
doctor does not think the plague could
have been aboard, more particularly as
there were nearly a thousand steerage
passengers and not another one showed
even the slightest symptoms. The disease
is very contagious.
The schooner Prosper returned to port
yesterday and went to Oakland Creek
direct. She left here on the 9th inst. and
two days ago in latitude 81 deg. SO min.
uOrtu, lOnSlIuue 10 ueS. ~ min. west,
sprang a leak and had to run back.
She was loaded with miners and mining
i'm plements for Cooks Inlet. After re.
pairing she will make another start, but
the chances are that many of her present
passengers will elect to remain at home.
The steam schooner Point Arena that
went on the rocks off the Mendocino coast
is slowly being towed to San Francisco by
the steam schooner South Coast. The un-
fortunate vessel has turned turtle and
when last seen off Stewarts Point she was
bottom up. The South Coast and her tow
may be expected this morning.
The news by the Gaelic goes to show
that Captain Philip Dryers slayer did not
live to be tried by legal court. After
shooting the skipper and wounding two OF
the Lyman D. Fosters crew, he set fire to
the vessel and jumped overheard. The
captain fingered for twelve hours after the
fire was put out and the wounded sailors
recovered. All Lin was the cook and he
seems to have taken dislike to the cap
tain. The telegraphic news said he
stabbed Captain Dryer, but the details
shows that he used revolver.