The San Francisco call., 1896-06-10
RIVER PILOTS
To FIGHT BACK,
They Are After the South
ern Pacific Railroad
Company.
UNLICENSED MEN WORK
A Complaint Has Been Filed
and the Case Will Be
Tried in Court.
SALE OF TWO AMERICAN SHIPS
Return of the Steamer Jeanie on Ac.
count of the Illness OF J. N.
Knowles.

The river pilots are after the Southern
Pacific and in few days they will have
the corporation at the bar of the United
States District Court. A few days ago the
following affidavit was hled with Collector
of the Port John H. Wise:
Frank Cruthers OF the City and County of
San Francisco, being duly sworn, deposes and
says: That one K. A. Paul has been con-
stantly in the employ OF the Southern Pacific
Railroad Company since April Is, 1896, as
pilot of the steamer Apache, said steamer
being owned and controlled by the Southern
Pacific Company, running daily upon the Sac
ramento River, in this state, and during the
and on said steamer on the said Sacramento
River.
That the said R. A. Paul has never during
any portion OF said time been licensed or
classified as pilot by the Board of Local In
spect ors or elsewhere at all.
In explaining the cause of the trouble
Captain Cruthers said: Last April K.
A. White, superintendent of the Sacra-
mento River steamers owned by the South
ern Pacific, discharged Captain Steve Steph-
enson, duly qualified pilot, and put r.
A. Paul in his place. The latter is licensed
to take boats as far as the Brothers, but
no further. In allowing Paul to act as
pilot to Sacramento the Southern Pacific
has, under section 4438 of the Revised
Statutes, made itself liable for fine of
500 lay for each day Paul so acted.
when Collector Wise received our COM
munication he turned it over to United
States District Attorney Foote and that
gentleman must have taken action, as last
Saturday Pau was disrated to the position
OF watchman and Stephenson was given
his old position. The case will be tried be-
fore Judge Morrow in the United States
District Court, and if the full fine is i'm
posed Coils P. Huntington W i'll be minus
over $4,000.
.tSuperintendentK K. Awhile thinks that
by reappointing Captain Stephenson he
will get us 20 let up on him, but he is mis-
taken, as the case will be pressed to fin
ish.
Captain w. C. Tyler of the T. G.
Walker is in this fight also, and we have
over a dozen witnesses who will swear
that Paul acted as pilot on the steamer
Apache between here and Sacramento. We
are determined to uphold our organiZa-
ton, and no one who is without license
will ever run as pilot on the Sacramento
or San Joaquin rivers.
Almost the entire crew OF the cruiser
Philadelphia were ashore yesterday, and
drilled on LON bard-street wharf. Over
$50 men were in line, and the full band
was present. For over an hour the men
were exercised, and then all returned to
the ship. On Saturday the men from the
Monadnock will join those from the Phila-
delphia, and all will go to Golden Gate
Park for parade.
George H. White, the weIl-known col
lector on Washington street wharf, was
married last night to Miss Hardy of Oak
land. The couple will spend the honey
moon in Sonoma County and on their
return the wharfingers and collectors will
give them a surprise party.
The new coal-bunkers at Howard were
used for the first time yesterday. The
steam schooner Truckee went under them
and discharged cargo of Beaver Hill
coal.
The American ship Sterling was yester-
day sold by John Rosenteld's Sons to the
Alaska Packers Association and she will
be sent to Alaska. Captain Davis will
take command and Captain Wheldon is in
consequence without a command.
The ship Samaria was also sold to s. b.
Peterson for $11 900. Captain Munson,
who lost the Modoc in the Gulf of Cali
fornia, will supersede Captain Reed, who
has been master of the ship for years.
The Hawaiian bark Leahi is having q
new fore and mainmast put in her at Oak
land. When the repairs are made she will
go to Eureka to load lumber for sydney
n. S. w.
Captain White of the sealing schooner