The herald., 1897-09-11

blown out Of sight of the other two ves-
sells and her fate is still unknown. 1t is
thought she may have reached Kodiak.
The captain of the Holyoke has no idea
that the Eliza Anderson is in serious
danger, but thinks she made Kodiak in
safety. The Eliza Anderson sailed from
Seattle for. ST. Mchaels, where she ex-
pected to transfer her freight and pas
sengers to the steamer Merwin and a
scow carriedup on the old Russian gun
boat Poiytoski. which left Seattle on
the same day The Anderson carried 125
passengers and about $50 tons of freight
She was commanded by Capt Tom Pow
ers, one of the best known shippers on
the Pacific coast The Anderson was
the Oldest boat on the sound, having
been built at Portland in 1858
She was rebuilt once since the first
trip out of the Columbia river, and was
overhauled and repaired several times.
She was subjected to process of this.
kind just Before leaving Seattle. and
Inspectors of Hulls and Boilers Bryant
and Cherry, after going through her
from stem to stern, pronounced her safe.
The Cleveland passed the steamer
Humboldt 35 miles out from st. Michaels
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parture of the Humboldt from Seattle.
rumors of strife among the members of
the party were frequent. When the
Cleveland put into Dutch harbor for
coal on her down trip Captain Hall was
informed that the discussions had
reached such an acute stage that the
open threats were made to lynch Mayor
Wood. Before the Humboldt left
there, however, a truce was patched up
and she proceeded on her voyage to st.
Michaels.
Albert Bryan. of Seattle, who returned
on the Cleveland, was sant up to st.
Michaeis by the Mormon Brothers of
Seattle to take charge of putting in the
electric light plant in the steamer
Charles, Hamilton. and thsre were 277 of
the crew who returned with him.
MI Bryan said: THE Cleveland was
delayed at st. Michaels several days by
difficulty in loading. 1t IS slow and
terious work. After we started we en-
countered head winds nearly all the
way. About two hours out of st.
Michaels we met the Humboldt, and al
Unalaska the steamer Excelsior, which
left two days before we dids and ran on
sandbar in the Bering sea. overlook us.
Soon after we met the Merwin and the
Polytosii, and they told us they had
seen the Eliza Anderson two days be-
fore flying signals of distress. The
revenue cutter Grant was to start from
Dutch harbor to go to the Anderson 81
assistance. The steamers Bertha and
South Coast were there, and the schoon
ers Fisher Brothers and Bering Sea were
also in port. The river steamer Hamil-
tom which we were working on, start
ed up the river on the 26th About 60 of
the passengers on the Cleveland and Ex-
celsior on the up-trip pooled their for
tunes and bought the river steamer st.
Michaels and a barge for $12, 900 and
started up the river. The so men took
1000 pounds each of provisions and tools
"A p. Richardson's steamer, which
Captain Worth is to take up, was about
ready to start up the river when we left.
She hadia full cargo, and could have had
any number of passengers, for there
were many there who could not secure
transportation.
willis Carr, who took a load of
goods UP for Seattle merchants. is SELL
ing them at a good figure. Every one
who came out that l saw reported that
prices at Dawson City are away up,
and, in fact, nothing can be bought at
all."s
Charles Engle of New York, who has
been in the Yukon for three years, comes
out with his wife and four children. He
sold out his interests there and prac-
tically fled for fear of starvation. 1.-THE
people who are going in there this Win
ter he said ''are crazy.
H. tn tIayS
this winter and very little to feed them.
At least 1900 men will come out before
winter sets in if they can get away.
When left Dawson there were at least
5000 people there and they We're coming
in at the rate of forty or fifty day. Very
little attempt has been made to build
houses, for logs cost So each, and if they
do not want to freeze to death the COM
ing winter they will have to take their
small boats and go down the river imme-
diately to Circle City or Forty Mile. l
started down from Dawson on the Weare
and when she ran aground on the bar
near Circle City I got aboard the Healy
with my family and came out down to
st. Michaels. The Weare is undoubtedly
done for until summer.
1.-The Humboldt's passengers will not
get to Dawson this winter as it is a Ion &
trip up the river and the Yukon VIE
freeze before they reach their destina-
ton. Probably but few of the men who
are rushing into the Yukon country are
fit for the work. J. should say that not
more than one-third Of them can cope
with the difficulties and hardships of the
life. 1t is all that an ordinary man can
do to merely exist. 1t takes two weeks
to sink shaft to bedrock anywhere. If
it turns out we'll a man must breathe
smoke down the hole or stand at the
windlass and pull up 200 pound buckets
Of gravel While the mercury is 70 below
zero. Often a man will come up not and
perspiring out of the shaft and have to
expose himself in that condition to the
icy blasts of the Arctic winter. Nothing
but muscle and endurance is good for
anything in that country. Those thou
sands of men, Who are rushing in there
without money or grub or only limited
means are foolish.
"The miners will only employ men who
have their own supplies. There will be
1000 to 5000 idle men in Dawson this win-
ter and l should say that there will be
$500 sunk for every dollar taken out
There will not be nearly so much mining
going on as if this crowd had stayed out
of the mines. for the crowd will eat the
food the miners should have. Food could