The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-04-12
ALASKA IS AFRAID.
,or pREPARED TO FAKE CARE OF
ruE Crowns OF GOLD SEEKERS.

ana HNtFs " HNAAnEe are LOW Who
have NJ Outnts and No Moaey - No
WORK for Tbem ne J~ness-A Good Deal
or suffering Ssro 20 Result very Soon.
rrxr,r. Alaska March 2s.-The tide OF i'm.
u,.-t.irY ~ Alaska 10 rapidly assuming the
rrrp,rtions I = mad rush which may yet rival
hat orls4J. FROM every corner Of the Union
men are tockin0 here. each with the view OF
,ua.,igg "A tHr,une. and reports from below IN
dicatc that NE craze Is spreading and that the
,nsp IA. but !ust begun. The people of Alaska
i,,c s,a5a ready for many years to extend an
oper.hrnaed welcome to all who chose to cast
,Leir ,o. with sae fortunes OF ,his terri
,c-y They ask only that tho immi.
grants shall te people who may be greeted
rorda.,y uYon their arrival in any COM
rurlty. Il "a a melancholy fact that n good
mary 4 IL" men who are coming MP hero In
us .oil irs rush are not Of that character.
The tremendous cut in passenger rates made by
the Fac. ne roaat steamship Company has en-
sblcd al .orts and conditions OF men to reach
Alaska. ard many Of them have come without
money md without any definite plan for getting
ANY. Tley seem to have picked up the notion
somewhere that gold can be found In the
streets. ard in spite Of all that has been said 20
the contrary. crowds OF men are coming hero
who have no prospect whatever OF being able to
take care Of themselves.
There will he wofnl suffering among some
o.tLc people who, attracted by the cheap steam
sh!p rates. are joining In this Alaskan STAN
tede. \ man with a good outfit. on which he
has ,rent nj least $500. who has $500 besides
In good hard coin in his pockets. can ind
what lr : loosinS for in the gold diggings up
here: but u MAN with barely money enough to
land Ism ~ juneau, Dyea, or Cooks Inlet. or
even with 500 tn SPARE after he has struck
either ~ The hrSt two places. will regret his trip
m'ghtly. lrpv.liuR he stays in the country I'M
NJ III, wufcy Il surut and has no acquaintance
from whom 10 borrow money with which to pay
"TH,-r ,r",n 10 / e scores Of idle men focklng
NJ here. AMI tie further removed they are from
autheUtlv sonrcc~ OF information the more in
famed seems to b, their imaeination rs 10 the
prospect trttd. This is a state of affairs which
i].rrratly +, he dsplorGd. The newspapers Of
tLts, men tut they do not ,eem to have been
hr,t,d. The difficulty apparently is that what
ever weight way attach 10 the warning is multi
fed. in part ~ least. ny the stories Of men who
have made successes in the d ~ggings.. The ac-
time nco nf y man who lad made Sls, 900 in
thre. wears in Cooks Inlet. and the story OF a
party OF tftv. each member, OF which cleaned
rates Of transportation. have already led
q great many men to spend almost their
Jnneau Sr D,ea. The stories i Strikes at
Cooks Inlet and in the interior may he true. A
great many very rich strikes have been made
there; q great deal Of money has been panned
out of he ?laccrs 81 Alaska, but i hasn't been
ply VII WI wv VI WI WIG VI ~ u
miner who has washed 1t ont has paid its equiv
alent IL good honest hard work. and not ,infre-
into the Yukon and spend the winter in a coun-
try where the thermometer goes to seventy de-
can get. and no strike can be too rich for their
adequate compensation but q good many OF the
on me do Mno s H1y s s9@'R Mo qP h they h sre not not p Gepared
for it. and they couldn't do It il they were.
.. T5s result ,S Alaska is sIrs' i,s nss N to effect ss din in
juneau is to demonstrate the need OF a police
force i'll this town. Several petty rohberies
plies stolen. The Minii"G Record Of this week,
transp@rta!ion companies viii. .howevrr, no
able element which. without the means to enter
into Legitimate business or the desire to follow
FL Dorado OF their ambitions, where they. NAV
exist bv their wits to the detriment OF, to
has n" use for. nor .lonid their presence be t3i.
Grated. Nevertheless they will come. and we
r Rnst Ss llysP 9nndeq 10 ts'f police .nT pPo,ee Hnn the the
question becomes one Of the most per.
G Geai. The 81 rer rti%sf Ti marshall Tnlef has Se at h Sis di 10
pOsal for police purposes an amount no greater
than that appropriated in times long past,
by no means OF economy or management be
stretched to cover the demands OF our vastly in
creased and every increasing population. The
matter should receive immediate attention. and
we trust the Grand Jury. at its coming term:
Marshal Williams = secure the maintenance Of
. police force for IHneau which shall place the
doubtless flock hither. II, indeed, they have not
already come
wages varying from So 10 $40 a day has no
doubt had n good deal to do with the rush up
here: but Il Is all a mistaken notion. WOrkmen
IN the interior 10 ret such wages, and there is
usually a good demand; but there is absolutely
81 81 wor SoS SH %o Jnne ., and the mines hin s in the
man for whom they can possibly find work:
The same thing is true Of the Great Treadwsil
mine on Douglas Island. Forty per cent. OF the
men now in Alaska look ng for gold are dead
broke, er1 the rush continues there will he an
Alaska simply cannot take care OF a lot OF pam
pers. It's hard en- ugh work TO take care Of her
own. IL is comparatively easy Of access. but
when it comes to a question Of taking care OF
awhoIe lot ~ mel VIII have either gone broke
in the country or who came here without any
thing, there is only one an>wer-Alaska can't
do it. Thr-c IS M doubt that Alaska possesses
vast mineral wealth; but in the undeveloped
state Of the Territory IL il no less certain that a
great many are going to he sadly disappointed.
This has al been -alh before, but perhaps not
Alarkans are beginning to have is that il will be
necessary 70. NY II again. and with even greater
sumner with a lot Of men who can't take care
O. Themselves the residents don't know what
80 much for the difficulties of the rush to the
gold ietds, The steamer Rustler got in on sun;
come out from Forty Mile. They had made the
TIP d twenty-ei.lt days. They brought news
" me lHllhn mai carrier. Jimmie JACKSON,
about whom there was considerable uneasiness.
TIhey me, Jackson thirty miles this side Of Pellv
hlier. lie was without food, having only a cup
OF Hour eft. and was nearly starved. Jackson
start"'l in with an Indian assistant and a boy,
Two miners started with him, taking about 800
BoGnH, ~ magazines, in addition to their outfit,
Ihe! though, the magazines would be n good
specu ALTON and expected to sell them for a good
pTt" N tie Interior; but IL seems that their
speculation IN literature has probably cost them
lhesF ives, The Indians are very fast travellers.
hhu "acS son left ne two miners behind at the
Ioot II the paths on the interior side. He left =
'srY small supply ~ provisions with them. and
thr} hoped To- fall IN with some Indians in the
Lax hi'E region: but nothing has been heard
Irnn urw >inc" jackson LEFT them, and the
gsR' lT"'p''I'y i that they persisted.
Tue tr>l party ou' from the Yukon this win
tsslhr' .htN',n and his COMPANIONS soon after
they had ,''' the TWO miners. Jackson was then
snott y provisions. but he was within two days
WWattlt "' \ party OF miners camped ON the
no9'S H.uA lie reached that party all right
~ 90 hi'F r.nnds Of -four from them. with
thaL he started o.. When his Hour ran short
.ssh.''!"'ri ~" paper mail on his Indian COM
IGn"h ana with the little Chilkat boy, " no was