The herald., 1897-10-08
MINERS WOES
Described by a Disgusted
KlOndiker
THE CROWD AT ST. MICHAElS
ONLY ANXIOUS TO GET BACK
TOWARD HOME
All Who Can Pay Grub Bills Will
Come Down on the Schooner
Novelty
Press Special Wire.

PORT TOWNSEND. Oct. 7.-The
schooner Sailor Boy has arrived from the
north. Among the passengers who ar
rived from ST. Michaels was John Quinc!
Barnum of Murray, Idaho. Barnum was
one of eighty-six passengers on the
steamer Eliza Anderson, which was
forced to put into Dutch Harbor in a
disabled condition, where she now lies
OF the trip from Dutch Harbor to st
Michaels, Barnum says:
"One hundred and seven people made
the trip on the little schooner Baranoff,
on which there was not comfortable
standing room, to say nothing OF haVlng
to go the entire time without sleep Al
though the distance from Dutch Harbor
to st. Michaels is but 450 miles, ten days
were consumed in making the trip ow-
ing to strong wind which sprang up
when we were within forty miles of St.
Michaels, which blew us so far out that
we could plainly see the Siberian coast.
The schooner shipped water until every
thing and everybody was soaked, and it
took four and a half days to get back to
St. Michaels Owing to the crowded con-
dition of the schooner, there was actual
suffering aboard, and on reaching st.
Michaels the passengers were worn out
and the sight we met there only added
to our disgust. The result was that sew
eral of us took the first opportunity to
get out"
Barnum said there had been no news
direct from Dawson City received for
four weeks previous to his leaving and
no news can possibly be brought by river
before next summer, as ice was already
forming in the salt water at the mouth
Of the river, and the fresh water must
have beer frozen to consid-
cradle thickness at that time.
I'm a month from now" said he, II
do not believe there will be one hundred
persons left at st. Michaels as nearly
everybody is preparing to come back a
great many will come down on the
steamer Portland, but majority left ere
this on the three masted schooner Nov
city, which was discharging cargo at st.
Michaels when we left.
The captain of the Novelty will bring
down with him all those having suffi-
cient money to pay for their board on the
lIlp, HO dlS pSlllS Siidi SSN. iio 10 oOiiS
simply as an act of charity and in the
interests of humanity.
Many persons have not money suffi-
cient to even pay for their board on the
schooner and unlesse they can sell their
outfits for cash will be forced to remain
at ST. Michaels during the winter"
Regarding the steamer Eliza Ander-
son, Barnum said the revenue launch
officer at Dutch Harbor told him that the
old craft will never be permitted to leave
there in the capacity of a passenger
boat. The schooner Sailor Boy will re-
main here waiting orders from her own
ers in San Francisco.
NOT DISCOURAGED
SPOKANE, Wash, Oct. IA party
Of five gold seekers will leave here to-
morrow to try the overland route to the
Klondike. They will go from Ashcroft
to Quesnelle, thence to Teslirs lake and
down the river with sleds.
MAD PASSENGERS
SEATTLE, Wash, Oct. IA Post
special from Port Town
send, Wash, says that passengers who
on the schooner Sailor Boy
from ST. Michaels today report that
Mayor Wood of Seattle, manager Of the
Humboldt expedition, and D. X. How
ard, who had charge of the Eliza Ander-
son party, are comparatively prisoners
III the hands of their irate passengers.
Only the presence of the United States
troops under LieutenaDt- Colonel Ran
dali prevents serious trouble.
The feeling against both Wood anc
Howard is said to be bitter in the ex-
treme, and the miners have appointed
committees to guard both, and see that
they do not get out of their reach.
Thomas X. Clark of Seattle, who was
cne of the passengers on the Sailor Boy,
said:
There is no chance Of Woods party
getting any distance up the river, al
though they had everything ready to
make the start on September 9th. the
day eleft. The men are well disgusted
and disheartened. They are quite likely
to do something desperate before spring.
Without exception they seem to blame
Wood for all the misfortunes and /;
would not be surprising if he were made
the victim of their wrath. 1t would not
be surprising to hear of the death OF
Mayor Wood. The feeling against Woo l.
and Howard is growing more bitter every