The San Francisco call., 1897-10-28

1000 for all the good the station will be to
them as far as provisions and clothing
are concerned.
"If the fl let fails to get out, the men
will at once be put on short allowance"
said Captain, Lew Will Jams yesterday.
There may be some suffering, but |
think everybody will turn up all right.
There is plenty of game up there, and
thec If the worst comes 10 the worst they
can get dog teams from the Eskimos
and reach Herschel Island, where the Pa
cifc Steam Whaling Compan has large
quantity OF supplies on hand. OF course,
there is always a chance that the vessels
will 60 to pieces in the ice, but even then
there would be enough of them left 10
house the men. The Arctic ice is one of
The shiftiest things in the world and il
would not surprise me in the least 10 hear
that all the vessels had got cut, nor again
would l be surprised 10 hear that all OF
them that expected 10 get out had been
crushed"
The vessels that were to winter in the
Arctic were The Beiuga with a crew of
forty-one men, all told; the Narwhal,
with forty-two men; the Grampus, with
lorty men, and the Baleana, with forty
one men. Each vessel has a three years
supply on board and is fully equipped Tor
the winter, so the men Will not suffer.
The prin cipai vessel in the fleet that ex-
pecIed to ge' out is the whaling-tender
Jeanie. Wien she left here few months
ago the following men were on board:
P. II. Mason. master; T. a. Coffin,
m f. SphpliipGL-U To-
Moriarty, chief engineer; A. Derrits. first
assistant englneer; J. Tallcet, second as
sistant engineer; Ed Davies, John Nc.
Cormack and Peter Sarsfield, fremen; ].
Wade, steward; K. Yasameys, cook; Z.
O.s en-, +. Kickson, o. Bowman, J. Bsgge,
David Linder and Charles Whitehead
seamen; went up 10 join the whaling
tieet-Paul Miller, Joseph Silva, Michael
ThewiE, L. Swanson, Henry Ampquel, c.
Thenberg, Fred Delling, Harry Boyle,
Alex Phelyzon, Robert Dixon, Charles
w. Hoibrook, John Mcpherson, ]. Kirk
patrick, William johnson. Fred c. Smith.
Edward Butler, Alex Macarthur. George
Jameson, John Erickson, Olaf J. Olsen,
Alfred Rasmussen, J. S. Fee, Andrew
Sandun, ). Il. .dham and George Spencer.
All the men on the Jeanie are under
salary, and if she is detained in the Arc
tic until next July wages alone will make
a big hole IN $4,000.
On her way back from the Arctic the
Jeanie was TO have stopped at the whal-
ing companv's canneries at Uyak and
Copper River TO bring down the hands
and the salmon. The steam-whaler
Thrasher is now being got ready, and will
start in lew days TO bring down the men.
The latter nave now been about a month
looking Tor the vessel that was 10 bring
them back to San Francisco. Captain
Townsend will go up in command of her,
and Captain Cogan will take a much
neeied rest ashore.
Besides tie Jeanie there is supposed to
be frozen in the steam whalers Belvedere,
Orca, Fearless, Mary d. Hume and New
port, bark Wanderer and schooner
r slrio. William Lewis is agent for tue
Beivedere, and she had the following
crew: NJ. V. b. Millard, captain; J. A.
Wing, first mate; Steppen 4. Cottle Sec
ond mate; G. +. Tilton, third mate; Nick
Gomez, fourth mate; 6. ". Porter, boat
header; Albert Pratt, Luis L. MaIoney,
Antoine Rodrigues, Abram +. Joab, Man
uei Lopes and Joe silva, boatsteerers;
Austin Smith, steward; Jacob A. Cole
cook; William Harte, cooper and car
penIer; c. II. Dobson, chief engineer;
james Shirley, assistant engineer; Daniel
McFarlan, fireman; David Doniap, fire.
man; John Fullerton, blacksmith;
Stephen Turner and Manuel Lopes, pre-
ventive boat-steerer.
Seamen-H. Sullivan, James Sharkey,
George Pugh, Joe Comes. Henry ]. silva,
Juan Peres, Jose de la Crus, Niels Jansen,
w. Dwyer, George Ulmer, Frank A. Mel
Ion, Christian Swenson, Andrew Nelson,
John ]. Cunningham. J. w. Fitzpatrick,
John w. Boswell, John O'keefe, Henry
Wilson, John Barnes, Richard w. Wood
and A. Pratt; ]. Correa, cabin boy; Z.
Barnstorf, steerage- boy.
Captain Matson is the agent for the
schooner Rosario. She only left here last
March, SO the men have not been long
away. Her crew Is as follows: Z. Coffin,
captain; w. l.. Baker, first mate; w. H.
Harrington, second mate; Thomas H.
Wilson, third male; Daniel Joseph, Harry
S ate and Manuel Pena, boat-stee rers; Joe
Ketch, steward; X. Kotake, cook; X.
Nogimora, cabin-boy; W. P. O'Leary,
steerage-b boy: II. Carson, cooper and
carpenter.
Seamen-C. Holes, N. ]. Downs, Oscar
Rose, c. Lundperg, J. a. Baxter, ]. G.
White. L. Peterson, Charles Nelson, w. q.
Lourie, Sam Mccoy, August Comes and
Troha de Rosa.
Green hands-Robert w. Bean, z. Paul
son and Martin Leon.
The Fearless is owned by James Nc
Kenna. She went direct from Norway TO