The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-09-11
THE WARNING IS
NOW EMPHASIZED
Returning Miners On the Cleveland
Say Wait TIN Spring
FATE OF THE ELIZA ANDERSON
thought 10 ne sale story Of rsbulous
Wealth Ne old Bat Hundreds Nill
Sisns Ihi, hlater
FATEor THE ELIZA ANDERSON

s,atuo September go The steamer
Cleveland Captain Han 1. days from
st Mchaels arrived ,fis evening With
~ passenger. and about $4,000 Ia gold
du-t T"r aupun, r only approximate
a. mary pr lnc miners On hoard refuse
tl p.it, ihy exact amounts they brought
with them Puucr W wA'D.ck, Of
N, Cleveland had IN his charge Vi9eD
auI hy states that this amount ana
what hc knows oi on board viii foot up
about Noooo Tmrly-ciKA, ci the passcn-
srrs came from the Enid nclv and 3
were carpenters who went 90 st. Michaole
90 construct boats for ,hv North Amer
lean Trading and Transportation Com
pany
The story Of ir fabulous wealth OF
the Klondlko. bonanza. Eldorldo ana
ether creeks tributary q" The Yukon IL
r,told Gy ihc returning miners. but the
warning. which hAr already been given
is emphasized by everyone on board the
cleveland They .uy that hundreds
must 80 hungry this winter and that
many viii rtur,y 90 death. as TIVE food
supply n the m!n.ns regions Is far below
what will b- required 90 keep alive those
already in and around Dawson C.ty. II
,ho river steamers fai Go gct up the
river the suGcring w1ll Doe something tor.
rihr on july -6th the stores ol the
Alaska Commercial Company and ;hg
North American Trading and Transpor-
lflau Company w,rc closed and notices
posted on thrl5 doors that mo- more pro
Visions would hc SOLD gnu the arrival
ot tuo,her steamer from :, M.chacls.
The steamer ElcclNor lct ST. Mlchacls
two days before the Cleveland bu, whom
three lays out she hrokv Two propeller
hladr, uy running on % bar IN Hchring
,ca and put INTO Dutch Harbor for ~
pairs when she Cleveland lctt Dutch
Hart,3r september g. II was expected
M, Excelsior would complete her repairs
hy September and continue on her
Journey The EXCELSIOR t1s on board
nhout lm passengers ana 1t ls stated
that She has .oB dust omountrs to
u,arly slcocoo.
Tho following ;. thc l..t of miners who
brought thc largest amounts Of gold dust:
n ]. Alien. fs,o0. \, scgrln, $1,000:
H.. Schroeder N>u. Miss Louu Burns.
charles Eugl,. y.0vol: \ T. Barber
sio.en Fuis Kloak. $4,000 Samuel Mat
ibcws. Euol, George Reynolds 5000 NJ.
Mlsbmorc. 0,oe Hans Anderson. $500;
n. Anderson. 5000, James Galllgcr 5000;
bank of British Columbia, 900.
Perhaps the most serious disaster which
aa- bytaIleu any OF the expeditions is that
which may have oycr,nkon the old side
wheel steamer Eliza Anderson, which, in
company with the stytnwhvcl steamer W,
k Mcrwin, the schooner Bryant and
tug lloyoke. the latter towing the old
barge Poutkofskl. sailed from Puget
sound Tor st. Mchacls a month ago. The
captain Of the Cleveland reports that on
August y heavy gale sprung up of
Kodiak and the Eliza Anderson became
separated from the rest Of the fiotlla
and her tate Is unknown. When last
seen she was nytng distress nag, The
captain OF the Holyokc has no idea that
the Eliza Anderson is in serious danger,
hut believes she made Kodiak in safety
Tho Anderson carried l25 passengers and
l5u tons OF freight.
The Cleveland passed the steamer Hum
boldt 80 miles out from st. Michaels on
sunday August ~. Captain Hall was
informed that the dlsscnsions had reached
such an acute stage that open threats
were made Of lynthns Mayor Wood. Be
fore the humboldt left there, however.
u truce was patched mp and she proceeded
to St Mlchlcls
Charles Eugyl of New York city. who
has been on the Yukon for three years,
comes out with his wife and four children.
Tie sold cut his interests there and prac-
ideally fed for fear OF starvation
"Thc people who are going in there
this winter" he said, 'ar5 crazy There
viii he lo.ooO people In there this winter
ana very little 10 feed them. At least l5tO