The herald., 1897-09-09
Used to Rush the Eugene
Toward Home
A HUNDRED DIsGusTED MEN
WILL NOT EVEN VIEW THELANu
OF GOLD
Reports From Dawson Show That
Their Failure Should Be Re-
garded as Good Luck
Associated Press Special wire.

| EaIOeu aS 0OOO LUCK
Associated Press Special Wire.
PORT TOWNSEND, Wash, Sept. B.
Not little surprise was created here
this evening when, without previous an
nouncement the stern wheel steamer
Eugene steamed into port. The cause
of the surprise was that only two days
ago the Eugene was reported to have
been deserted in Alert Bay, where she
was said to be going to pieces. The OLD
craft is in bad condition, but Is far from
being a wreck. When she started from
| Comox to st. Michaels, in tow Of the
steamer Bristol, it was hoped that good
weather would prevail but the first
night out rough sea was encountered
and the Eugene having fiat bottom be-
gan to pound the sea heavily. Shelter
was found in Alert bay. AS the Eugene
had entered and left British Columbia
for st. Michaels without going through
the forms required by the customs au-
thorities an effort was made to seize
her while she was in British water and
| she was chased forty miles by the tug
Hope, which was sent out from Victoria
with customs officers aboard, but Capt.
Lewis says he would have burned all the
bacon aboard before the Eugene should
have been overhauled by her majesty's
| officers. There Is chance that the craft
will be seized by customs officers here;
as she was not cleared when taking her
way north ten days ago. The case will
| be acted upon tomorrow morning.
TROUBLE AHEAD
VICTORIA, B. c., Sept. S.-There IL
trouble for all who took hand in the
scheme to take Sc miners to Dawson
City on the collier Bristol and the river
steamer Eugene. The latter has es-
capped from the Canadian customs off,
GERS, but E. B. Mcfarland, the manager
of the company which owns the steam
| ers, is here, and the miners say If they
can get no redress out Of him in the
civil courts, they will have the whole lot
arrested for obtaining money under
false pretenses. They can get no sat-
isfaction when they ask for return Of
their money, being referred here, there
and everywhere when they ask for 1t.
They paid $500 each for outfits, and
many of the men put In every cent they
had. Men who purchased outfits here
|
chants have offered to- take back the
outfits at the prices paid for them, but
it is doubtful if they get their fares
back, as so far no really responsible
person seems to be interested. 1t Is
possible that they may be able to seize
| the Bristol.
| NOT DISCOURAGED
The steamer Queen sailed for Alaska
at a late hour tonight, and notwith-
| standing the fact that on her return
| from the north four days ago she brought
| 35 disgusted men from Skaguay, she
carried north ITO bound for the Klon-
dixie via Dyea. They all expressed
themselves as confident of their ability
to cross the pass and reach Dawson
City this fall.
Stories of the miserable condition Of
the pass appear to have no influence
whatever upon the mad rush for the
gold fields.
While at her dock here this afternoon
the Queen was subjected to rigorous
search by the customs officers in quest
of contraband intoxicants. Nothing
aside from small amount Of private
stock was found, as a result Of the fact
that a regular saloon outfit was seized
ON the steamer Al-Ki All the ships now
bound for Alaska will be subjected to
careful search before sailing from this
port Collector of Customs Hustis has
issued orders to search every boat close-
| ly, bound for Alaska.
RELIEF MEASURES
| SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. S-Among
the passengers who sailed for the north
today on board the steamer Umatilla
from this port were Capt. A. F. Rogers
and James Evans, the commission ap-
pointed by the state department at
Washing gton to investigate and report
| the best means of relieving the blockade
at the mouth of the Yukon and prevent
| ing the threatened famine in the Klon-
dixie gold mining region.
SHORT RATIONS
EUREKA, Cal, Sept. S.-The news by
the steamer National City from st.
Michaels corroborates all that has been
said of the prospects of short rations in
the gold diggings of the upper river dur
ing the winter. The steamer, which con-
nected with the river steamer ]. ].
Healy at the mouth of the river, brought
three passengers.
| One of these is J. A. Ralston of PA Nc
Allister street, San Francisco. He says
there is gold, and lots Of it. in the Klon-
dyke, but it is generally still in the
ground. 1t is believed that the claims
now located would turn out fifty tons
Of gold this winter if the scarcity Of pro-
visions did not prevent full operation.
He gives a rough guess that the Klon-
dyke is good for $3.50 900. 900 before peter
ing out.
Six thousand men in the mines about
Dawson City is the estimate Of Ralston,
who came down on the National City
with F. E. Leonard of Nanaimo. B. c..
and r. b. Lamb of Portland, Ore. The
supply of the necessaries Of life to feed
these men, ne says, Is totally inSufll-
cient In fact, he estimates that the
stores will be exhausted before the win
ter is half over, when the famine viii
be on in earnest, and especially as the.
number of men in the country Will ~
greatly augmented by the later arriv~
ais over the passes. There are WAlo1. I.
beer and all kinds Of liquor n profn1 -