The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-10-23
WATCHERS WAIT on THE SEA.
Steamships From st. Michael
Not Yet Sighted.
LIGHTS IN THE NIGHT.
-. Post -rnfefIizeneer Tug Fesoinf~
Reports No News of the sieseisha'
uauheIdf or Porfland-Eapt- r.
y. Game Returns End Describes
ma. Eirst Experience on
Hevspaper Bosf on the Coast

"cr,AIIsu BAY. Oct r.-Essther the
1 po,,,ana. Cleveland FOR Humboldt get
sighted. Bf.O""'
This was tho brief telegram received
Yesterday from the P0st-Inteiiiseacer'
specisi correspondent Bow aboard tie tug
pescl.ie waiting IN the straits 70 pick up
the 6rst treasure ship which shall arrive
from g,. Michael. TIE tuR is lying weii
INSIDE. because of n heavy sea outside
Kicked up hy thres days Of strong wind.
II will be- Impossible for any one Of the
steamers 10 slip b. the tug where she Is
now stationed.
n. y. Game. ore u the owners Of The
tug Resolate. returned from the straits
Yesterday. after having spent a day and
Two nlgirts with the newspaper men.
.gTsse wind has bsen incessanl for three
DAYS" aid Capt. Game yesterday. "and
Il s. pretty rough In the straits Last
rigbf We fnusl have chased down twenty
yeyzefs. Every light shat cauo IN sight
We feared was one Of the expected steam
sfs and away wc went ! believe We
efagrs one or two stars lDw Gown on the
horizon. The most vigilant watch IL be-
Tag kept During the dag two men are
always on deck with spygsassea. and at
night the watchfainess Is doubled.
The Rezoiute left Seattle wednesday
ngehs about s o'clock A. midnight we
ssopped for an hour more Al Port
TOWNSEND ard then left for Seah bav
On fhs way down he Straits we spoke ne
schooner Fisher Brothers. ont from 81
Michael since September e. She had no
iatc nsws. In fact ee were able. be-
eausc 81 the arrival 81 tle steamer Bef e
g. Seattle. to give capt. Jones. of 'ae
Fisher Brothers. later news from -
sflraaes than he had himself The scheen-
81 znrtsa tow 10 Seattle. but ~ courss.
icing oss fer tie T0Si-lnteillscnear. we
had - refuse sEe witt arrive here in
day or -.
Thursday raafning Ne reached Mesh
bay and running outside sFyen or eight
miles ernlsed OF the Vancouver shore.
II cleared np during the morning 50 that
we we're abie 10 see for twenty miles
around The only vessels IN sight were
the tugs Pioneer. Sea Lion and Tacoma
Just before noon after taking good
Hook around We went into Neah bay We
were Joined later rs The three tugs ~
dusk We ran into ciallam.
''As soon as Il grew dark cur troubles
commenced There were ights l0omins
up in every direction. and We took no
ehAnees. and vent after every one 81
them Shortly after We had turned IN
the captain came "a ms and said
u soc two lights coming They must
he the steamers'
1--WE reused aud fan o1i 80 the iigkta
Tho first one proved 70 b. the tug Sea
Lion, and right behind her was the Pie
nsrr They had received orders AZ Neah
bay is eame in 10 Port Townsend That
chase seemed 10 b. the starter. and We
were kept on the jump from that time
forward racing nov towards the Cape
ard back acress the Straits in Tho trough
Of the sea shipping water Al every plunge
Before morning broke We sighted a
llght well outside and away We went u
WAS the tug Tacoma With an English ship
ia tow I had 90 RETURN 90 the city 50 I
bearded the Tacoma and went 10 Pert
Townsend which WAS reached Just ia time
- make connection with the steamer
city ~ Kingston for Seattle.
"The last saw ~ the Resolulc she Was
shooting eft toward Cape Flaucrs."