The San Francisco call., 1897-10-24
MINERS WILL SUFFER.
Hundreds Who Intended to Leave
Dawson Cannot D escend the
Yukon.

SEATTLE, Oct. 23.-The steamer Hum.
boldt, that LETT st. Michael on the 9th, ar
rived this evening bringing the latest
news from Dawson City and the Yukon
River.
Among her passengers were five miners
out of party Of twelve that left Dawson
City on Septem Der 3. The other seven at
tempted to return in small boats from
Fort Yukon to Dawson City, but whethe
they had to return to Fort Yukon or not
IS unknown.
1t is certain, however, that no more
gold will be brought out this fall, and
that the N isery and privation endured bv
the FIVE returning Klondikers, together
with five Others picked up along the
Yukon OIL their overland journey of I25
miles to st. Michael, is as nothing COM
pared with what will be suffered by those
driven from the Upper Yukon during the
coming winter by lack of provisions.
The names of the Hu M boldt's passen-
gers returning from the Upper Yukon are /:
John F. Minter, f. Z. Sims, Seattle !:
Charles A. Harrison. Atchison, Kans. !:
William X. Dubell, New Jersey, and Will
liam Braund OF Black Diamond, Wash.
From Dawson City: C. c. Bruce of San
Francisco, and William Moran of Seattle
From Minook: Thomas l.. Stevenson of
San Francisco
John f. Minter saws there will not
necessarily be starvation, but certainly
miners will suffer extreme privaiion.
Five hundred men intended to come down
the river. buI that is closed and they can
not get out. There is no doubt that the
people of Dawson have been alive TO the
situation for six weeks.
HOur teaVinU Sims ttwaa tho
beginning of stampede for grub"
G.. c. Bruce OF San Francisco brings
news from Minook eight days later than
that brought by the Bertha. He came
down on the Margaret 10 Bill Moore's
place and endured the hardships and pri.
vations suffered by the party of eight in
their 125-mlle journey overland 10 ST.
Michael
During these eight days he reports the
arrival of only five boats containing not
more than thirty persons. He says, how
ever, tEat if Captain Hansen succeeds in
returning to Dawson many more will
come down 10 Fort Yukon and Minook,
but that there is no probability OF
alarming scarcity of provisions, as there
is enough and 10 spare for the present
population OF Mlnook and at least 1000
tons OF provisions at Fort Yukon.
Bruce has fears for the safety of small
outfits now working their way up the
i fCii do Soll4c NeIe HO mOTc tHdH
hfteen or twenty miles day, with no GER
talnty of reaching suitable place to
winter. Mayor Woods expedition, he
claims, even if it gets to Minook will have
extreme difficulty in saving its boat. as the
small creeks were already frozen when he
LETT. Bruce has two claims, one on Little
Mlnook and one on Alder
among the passengers of the Hum boldt
are h. Rodgers and r. J. Young of
Eureka, Cal, the former a pioneer OF
Eureka, who left San Francisco on August
10 py the North Fork for st. Michael and
tnence Tor Dawson City in the latter part
OF september on the iil-fated Mare Island,
cow lIozen IN the ice off the mouth of the
okon ana doomed TO almost certain de-
siTucton before next summer.
Wnen the Mare Island froze in a ma
!orlty OF her passenger came ashore on the
ice ana made their way overland, dis
lance OF twelve miles, 10 ST. Michael.
About forty of them sailed on the Navarro
ana should arrive In San Francisco in
about week. "
Rogers declared that lie was victim of
misplaced confidence by entering into an
agreement with S. .Ducas q Co. promoI-
ers, II Montgomery street, TO be conveyed