The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-11
FACE TO FACE WITH FAMINE.
Gaunt Death stalks In the INIon-
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San Francisco, Cal, Sept. 1O.-The Ex-
aminer prints an extra edition containing
the following news from Dawson city;
"Otter Point, B. c.. Sept 1O.-The steam
er Cleveland has arrived from st. Michaels
bringing with her from the Yukon gold
fields a story of distress and disaster.
"The miners she has on board and Of
fcers in charge of the ship tell the story
of the suffering that has been endured at
Dawson.
"The winter has set in at the mining city
of the frozen north and two great stores
of the place have closed their doors, for
they have nothing to sell. Those who have
been seeking gold now must seek food or
starve.
while there may be a tendency to ex-
aggerate the actual condition Of affairs,
there can be no question that famine
threatens the men and women who made
their way to the Klondike. Hundreds of
unruly spirits are floclSing to Dawson.
Threats of violence are being made on
every side.
1.-The first signs of winter are apparent
on the Yukon, which Is beginning to
freeze, and in a few weeks will be closed.
Enormous prices are now being paid for
food at Dawson, and 1t is impossible that
more than four vessel with provisions can
reach Dawson before the river is a mass
OF Ice.
ION the Cleveland, there are thirty-eight
passengers. men, women and children
who have come from Dawson City.
"There are few miners in this party
that are able to tell of prosperity Most
of them wish to exaggerate their posses
sions, and IL one were to believe the sto-
res they tell he would say the treasure
ship in which they came carries $5,0O0,0Oo
Capt Ham, master OF the Cleveland
says that he had $4,000 in his safe. The
purser believes that he can account for
$l5o,000 on board.
1.-THE Cleveland has some of the passen-
gers of the T. p. Weare on board. The
| Weare left Dawson City in time to con-
| meet with the Portland, had she not met
with a mishap and struck on the flats
| above Circle City. They report that on
! July 25, the stores of the Atlas Company
and of the North American Trading and
! Transportation Company announced that
| they had no more food to sell.
| Three weeks before that the same com
! panies were unable to furnish outfits anC
when the announcement was made tha
| no more goods were available, consterna
ton resulted on the part o. the people o.
Dawson, with gold seekers piing In at thu
rate of twenty to thirty a day. Drunken
ness. gambling and disorder were rampant
and conservative observers predict tho
most serious consequences
There is gold everywhere, but the peo
| pie of Dawson want food more than they
want gold now. At st. Michaels there
| are not enough structures to accommo
! date the crowd, and scores OF people are
| living In tents. If fortune favors, foul
vessels viii be able to reach Dawson
| from st. Mlchaes before the Yukon river
! freezes They will carry provisions, bu
| il Is by no means certain that they viii
reach the Klondike.
"They offer the only hope however, fol
| the renewal of supplies.
ION Aug. 2S the Excelsior left St. Mich
aels Reports were current that her treas
ure amounted to $1,OO0,0OO, but there are
none on the Cleveland who can verify thi:
assertion. The Excelsior was caught or
| the dangerous fats of the Yukon anC
broke two blades of her propeller. 1t il
probably, however, that she left Onalaska
| Monday to resume her journey to Tho
| south.
1.-The Cleveland brings news that wher
the Humboldt stopped at Onalaska, on hei
| journey TO ST. Mlchaels, the passenger!
| were in open rebellion"