New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-27
FROM THE FROZEN hLONDIhE
MORE MINERS GET BACK TO C1VlLlZA-
TON.
CANADIAN POLICE STOP A COOL PROPOSITION W
DIVIDE SUPPLIES AT DAWSON

DIVIDE SUPPLIES AT DAWSON
eLaeu,v Alaska Dec. Il. Via Seattle. Wash.
n.c os-John Lindsay. Of olympia WASH VINO
has lust arrived from Dawson city. says mere WI"
surely be starvation there this winter. re exam
,ncd into the food situation thoroughly. ne sAS .
md after satisfying himself that thcr" woH'h "e
starvation he sold his outht and IN company Win
F,,rk Ballaine. Of Olympia: Thomas storey. OF
Victoria and Bob Glynr. ot Seattle. started our
on foot each man drawing sled. carrying aoou'
one hundred and forty 30 lnds ~ PROVISIONS Linn
sav saws the Dawson people believe that there j.
no great amount Of food az Fort Yukon, a. mas
heen alleged The river rose sufficiently and re-
rnaned open long enough 70 enable t"' ioon supply
70 have been brought from Fort YUKON na' 'ne'r
been any there
The people Of Dawson. believing that there were
not ample food supple at Fort YUKON s'iUS'd -
10 there prefcrrng to remain In Dawson -No'
more than three hundred or four hundred peoPlc
took advantage Of tna transportation company
offer 10 fake the people TO Fort Yukon for notnIns
When the miners at DAVIS found that no more
provisions would reach the town by the river route
they announced that a meeting woH'' "' "e'" ~
take steps FOR apporuonirg the PROVISIONS !" INC
town Those that had plenty th"y san ''"''
share with those VINO had none. Car tam 'ohs'"'-
tine. OF the Northwest mounted police. inierfered
and told the miners that 40 such tning WON" Nv
permitted The meeting was not hcld
Lindsay says the output Of the mines VIII oe
greatly curtaed this winter because or me scare
tv Of fooG and light Coaloil sold for ~ = sdio''
and candles are a. high as $50 box oil one nun
dred Even If men were able TO Work t"eH c'"'''
they cannot get light to do so
These statements are borne out BY all the return
ing klondikers several OF whom have reached mere
tho asi week Few OF them. however. take
gloomy view OF the situation a. does "lr Lindsay
In IL l. Bradley, OF ROseourg, ore. says That
fooa is scarce 4 ne aces mol tliAk MAJ mere
will be actual starvation. Neither do ". H. hlnS'
of Nelced cal: +. j. Holland o. Butte. Or others
al nj whom reached here this week from Dawson,
'ho rnost II tncm having left ta.ie on Novem
orr a an instance OF the scarcity or iood IN
Dawson. Lindsay relates the case - Dr. Nan"ald,s
formerly OF spokane. Wash. NInZandts Is an
eldc,lv man and beng out OF PROVISIONS or money
ne offered a gold watch for a sack OF hour He
could not get IL. and remarked TO Lindsay rou
only knows now am 20 Keep body ana Soul To-
Lindsay says two hundred or more miners are
no hing is known yet Of the success 'hey
Henderson Creek. Ave miles he.ow Stewart River
and forty mics from Dawson. Is promising
weather about the Stewart ard Big salmon rivers
has been bitterly cold 70 degrees below being re-
corded al Major Wash's camp tweIVe mics below
the Big salmon. on November 80
The Yukon River between Dawson ana Fort
Pelly froze completely over on November H. The
rlver niled fuil OF ice IN great ridges as high
a. an ordinary house. and roadway will have
10 he cut through II before dog or morse teams
'or oncrote upon H. The outlook. therefore. for
takng supplies down TO Dawson N the Immediate
49, T. moi good Inspector Of Mines McGregor
ief here a week ago with number OF dog teams
"a horecs 10 make ne attempt 10 reach Dawson
With about twenty tons OF provisions. but moth
toa has since been heard OF him