The Portland daily press., 1897-07-21
IN A THICK Foe.
The Harbor Was Blockaded by Fog
Bank Yesterday.

Trouble on the Bark Emery is Still I'm
I settled and the Crew Refuse To Go To
Seattle Captain Will Sail This Morn
ing With a Mutinous Crew for South
America II the Wind is Fair-Other
Items.
Yesterday there were more strange
yachts at anchor in the harbor than there
have been before this season. 1t was SO
foggy outside that the pleasure craft were
unable to sail and so they lie idly at their
moorings off the club house, while those
on board spent their time in roaming
about the city and whistling for a wester-
ly breeze to blow the fog away.
The New York steamer John Englis
arrived yesterday afternoon about three
O'Clock after rather hard passage from
New York. She encountered a thick fog
all the way down the coast and this made
the passage very disagreeable for the pas
sengers.
The trouble on the bark Hiram Emery
that developed Monday continues. Yester-
day opened with the situation unchanged,
as far as refusing to work was concerned.
Two of the men claimed they were sick
and unable to sail. SO Shipping Commits
sioner Tolman, U. S. Commissioner
William M. Bradley and the physician
from the marine hospital went out on
board and an examination was made and
the sailors pronounced perfectly we'll. The
man that jumped overheard Monday de-
clares that he will repeat the act and the
men all declare they will. not life their
hands to work.
The men were searched and sheath
knife was found on one of them. He
was made to give it up by shipping COM
missioner, who cautioned the men about
making any trouble after the vessel gets
to sea. Captain F. W. Gorham says he
is going to sail, probably Wednesday, and
that the men will sail with him.
There will be four men to oppose the
crew in case of trouble, the captain, first
and second mates and the cook. The
first mate was shipped yesterday. He is
thirty years old and stands six feet seven
inches tall. He ought to hold his own
anyway.
1t is thought that one sailor who has a
hard reputation has stirred up this
trouble. Commissioner Tolman and
United States Commissioner Bradley are
satisfied that the men have no just cause
for complaint and have accordingly given
the captain permission to take them out
against their will.
A new track is being laid on the Grand
Trunk wharf between sheds No. and q
No one seems to have caught the gold
mining fever in Portland as yet. The
tickets to the far off gold fields.
The steamer Harrisburg has sailed from
Philadelphia with the barge Shenandoah
in tow.
9 The Portland yacht Jessie, Captain Up
ton. sailed yesterday afternoon on pleas
ure trip to the far east. Two western
gentlemen are the passengers.
The handsome two masted steel schoon-
er yacht Quisetta is in the harbor.
The steam yacht Telka is anchored off
Fish Point.
The fog produced very strange effect
yesterday afternoon. AS far out as the
breakwater it was perfectly clear. Beyond
this bank of fog extended SO thick you
could cut it and shutting from view every
vestige of the islands. 1t did not seem
to be more than fifty feet high and above
it all was clear. The island steamers were
MA ir,1u vic for he hro II
water and then they suddenly disappeared
as though the ocean had yawned open
and swallowed them.
Activity along the water front centered
yesterday at Custom House wharf in the
waiting room of the Casco Bay line. 1t
of the ST. Elizabeth Orphan Asylum ex-
cursion to Little Diamond island.
AS early as nine o'cock and up to two
O'Clock in the afternoon, men. women
and children focI1ed on board the steam
boats, and the extra gatekeepers and
ticket takers were kept busy enough.
They always have good time on this
annual excursion for the benefit of the
orphans, and yesterdays outing was no
exception. Games of every description
enlivened the day, among them being
baseball games. sack and potato races,
etc. Refreshments were served and no
one went hungry. Custom house officials
were present to assist in checking the
numbers and they report an exceptionally
orderly gathering.
Maine Medical School.
Prof. /. T. Dana has resigned the chair
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