The herald., 1897-08-23
Have Reached Unalaska ID
Safety
MINING ENGINEER PEARcE
WRITES OF THE DANGERS AT
CHILKooT PASS
Of the Thousand Men Already There
Not one-Fifth Will Get Through
the Present Season
Associated Press Special Wire.

Associated Press Special Wire.
UNALASKA, Aug. Z. via Seattle,
WASH, Aug. 22.-The steamship Excel
cior, with 113 passengers. bound for
Dawson City, made this port at 6 o'clock
this morning after safe and pleasant
passage from San Francisco. Almost
without exception the voyagers have
been free from seasickness. the sea since
| the second day out having been a.
| smooth as glass;
| The revenue cutter Rush is at the
| dock here, coaling.
The Corwin coaled and departed 1T J
D. M, yesterday and H. M. s. Amphton
has Just arrived on the same mission.
The steamship Portland left here on
Monday with 160 passengers bound Tor
ST. Michael's.
HARDSHIP AND HOPE
DENVER. Colo, Aug. 22.-The Dem
yer Republican has received a letter
from the well-known mining engineer
Stanley H. Pearce. now en- route to- the
Klondyke For three weeks Mr.. Pearce
and his party have struggled with the
difficulties to be met with on the FAMOUS
| Chilcoot pass. The Denver party mas
been successful and on September
| expects to be in boats on the last stages
of the river journey.
Mr. Pearce writes: There must %
now at least 1000 people scattered along
the trail and camped at Skagway.
can safely say that only one-nfth OF TINS
number will get into the Klonoyke tnis
year. Fully 100 have already thrown UP
the sponge, sold their outfits and re-
turned to their homes.
MANY exciting events take place
daily. The decision of the miners meet
ing is law, and sad will be the 1ate OF
anyone caught stealing.
IA Canadian custom house omcer mas
pushed past us, taking with him 1our
deputies. He is to be assisted by twenty
five mounted police in collecting duties,
averaging $50 on all miners outnts. II
seems hard, as many will be forceo 70
return. This has been done to force tne
men who plan coming to buy their OUT
| fits in Victoria instead or Seattie' FoT.-
| land or San Francisco.
"Too much criticism cannot be made
of the treatment given the miners ana
other gold seekers by the captains OF tns
Queen and Mexico. They could moi nave
treated cattle worse in food and accom-
modations, and as for their treatment OF
us in the discharge of our cargo, SCAT
tering it along the beach at low tide'
where we had to fight day ana nlght 10
save it, it was simply disgracegrul.
mo one can realize the hardsnlps ons
has to undergo on trip OF this KIND
The elements themselves seem 10 NAYS
a prejudice against us, and pouring ram
has done all it can to make the tran al
most impossible.
1--WE, fortunately, are better OH tnan
anyone else here. and though we realixe
that only the hardest kind or work can
get US through before the river freezes
over, we are confident of getting tnere.
"I have just had long chat with Slav-
in. the prize fighter, who has his outnt
| at Lake Bennett ready for his long TIP
by boat. His report of the trail peyond
the summit is very encouraging ana nss
cheered us up considerably
THE MEXICO WRECK
SEATTLE. Aug. 22.-The ard OF IN
ouiry on the wrecking or the stsanlSaip
Mexico in Dixon's Entrance on Thurs
day morning. August 5, has revoked the
nilot's PAPERS of Captain Thomas master
\
sixtv days. The papers of Pilot Cou-
nell. who was on the bridge a. he time
of he disaster, have been rev ked for
period of thirty days.
1t is stated on good authority that the
blame Law with Captain Thomas, who
had retired. 1t was held that he should
have been on deck. especially as he had
nlaced his vessel in a dangerous posi-
tion. Further, it was found that the
rock on which the steamer struck was
Devils Neck, and was therefore known
to the navigating officer of the Mexico.
and that he should have taken care to
keep his vessel out of the way. Captain
Thomas pilot papers in Alaskan waters
are revoked entirely, and his masters
papers are suspended for thirty days.
| CAPTAIN Thomas had been employed by
the Pacific Coast Steamship company as
a master for more than year past. He
came here from San Francisco which -
his home.
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