The San Francisco call., 1897-10-17
Danube arrived this afternoon, ten days

Danube arrived this afternoon. ten days
from St. Michael
She brought down eighty-two passen-
gers, most of them men who failed to
reach the mines by the all-water route.
Some of them got as far as Fort Yuk on
and had to turn back. There are twelve
miners from Circle City who bring about
$4,000 in gold aust. Most of them have
been working around Circle City, but few
OF them are Interested in the klondlke
aims.
lot of provisions is at Fort Yukon,
hut IL Is feared that ii there is a rush from
Dawson ii Will cause a shortage further
down the river. 1t is predicted that many
men will perish in the attempt to escape
from starvation bv coming down the river.
The steamer j. b. Weare after being o n
a sandb twenty days. arrived at ST.
Michael on September 20. She started up
again with a load o. freight put 1t is
feared she will never get up the river.
The steamer Alice arrived at S.. Michael
Septem ber 20 with 120 miners, startin g
again on t. 9th, but ran aground at the
mouth OF the river. The steamers Mare
Island and Merwin tried to get NJ but
failed. The Merwin ant Alice at last ac-
counts were on bar and freezing up.
The Mare Island has returned TO Steb-
pms, twelve miles from ST. Michael. Few
men and very little gold were at St. Mich
ael when the DANUBE left, and thew will
all come down on tie Bertha. The North
American transportation and Trading
company will build their river steamer at
Unalaska on account of the schooner
Hueneme having been lost in Uniak Pass.
Five otter river steamers are TO be built
at st. Michael. The ice was in the upper
river when the Weare started down, and
icicles were a foot long on her when she
reached st. Michael. The Gamers Ber-
q fliounlanA 10, 81 p
and Lakme were at ST. Michael when the
Danube left; also the schooner Queen.
a party which arrived at ST. Michael
from Stebbins on October say that the
steamers Merwin, Alice and Mare Island
are frozen in at the mouth of the Yukon,
and fears are entertained that they will
all he destroyed when the river breaks up
in the spring.
Passengers who started up the river on
these steamers were endeavoring to get 10
st. Michael overland. The steamer Healy,
which, with barge, was loaded at St.
Michael, unloadeG when the news came
from Stebbins. The Excelsior and steam
schooner Navarro with a tow arrived at
st. Michael on October 3.
II. b. Tucker, correspondent of the As
sociateo Press of Troy, n. Y, died of ex-
hanstion on the trail a few miles from
Rampant City. He and a friend started
out at night with little food 10
locate claims on Hoosier Creek. They
spent two days and nights in the woods,
and when they turned back Tucker fell
from exhaustion. His friend went for as
sistance, but when 1t arrived Tucker WIS
dead
OF the men who reached ST. Michael re-
Gently most of them have been working
for wages in the vicinity OF Circle City.
They made the trip to Port Yukon in
rowboats and from there came down in
steamers. There was not $100, 600 in the
whole crowd, so that the rest OF The boats
this fall VIII bring very little treasure.
There is considerable talk among the
men who failed to get IN of taking ac-
tion against the steamship companies
which took them up, particularly against
the owners of the Eliza Anderson.
OF a thousand odd men who started
since July not one reached the mines
Some are still at Fort Yukon hoping TO
get in early in the spring, but large ma
lorlty are coming south.
Mayor Wood of Seattle and his party
got their steamer built and started up
the river, but they cannot go far as they
are sure to meet floating ice if they es-
cape the sandbars. There are now
eighteen steamers on the river. as against
five last year, so that there will be lois of
food at Dawson S soon as the river opens
IN the spring