The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-14
THEY FLY FROM THE FAMINE.
MINERS LEAVE THE GOLD FIELDS
FOR THE WINTER.

Return OF N Large Party Who Pre-
fcrrcd the Comforts OF Home and
the Protection Of Law and the Po-
lice TO the Suffering and LawIess-
ness That Is Promised This Winner
in the KiondiIze-A story of Adj
ventures and Troubles That Reads
Like Romance.
Seattle, Wash, Sept. 1S.-The steamer
Humboldt arrived this morning from st.
Michael. She brings fourteen passengers
and about $4,000 in gold. The Humboldt
also brings news that the side-wheel
steamer Eliza Anderson. from Seattle.
which was reported lost, is safe in Dutch
Harbor.
The Humboldt was eleven days from st.
A1ichaels The steamer Eliza Anderson Is
anchored in Dutch harbor, where she ar
rived on the 4th inst, and is now detained
by revenue officers. Her passengers have
by this time entered the Berlng sea on a
schooner chartered for that purpose Two
Of the passengers on the Anderson were
so frightened that they gave up their
search for gold and returned south on the
steamer Humboldt Mayor Wood of Seat
at st. Michaels, but letters received from
him indicate that the stories Of dissensioa
and strife between members of his expedi-
ton are untrue
The Humboldt brings back advices which
reiterate the stories Of the untold wealth
| of the Klondke and Yukon and verify the
previous rumors Of the shortage Of foods
supply in the interior.
There win be privation, sickness, star
| vation, scurvy and death on the Yukon
| this winter" IS what the returned gold
hunters all say. All the passengers on the
Humboldt have money. II is impossible to
induce them 70 say how much money they
have but the purser gives the figures as:
J. A. Manger $500: e. Turner, $500; ]. f.
creider, $1,000; W. Urquhart, $500; ]. d.
Rogers, $1,000; d. f. Atkins, Sl,5Oo; Capt,
j. Whitesldes, $4.2OO
| ]. NJ. secretan, who came back on the
Humboldt, and who has but very little
cash, says he came out to avoid starva-
tion at Dawson. He said: THUS far up-
ward of 1900 men have pushed their way
over the passes from Skaguay and Dyea
| and have arrived at Dawson City. Tho
| influx of miners over the passes has
| lltAHttAeu the Oiu tulefS IN tne interior,
and all that can are coming to winter
| In the states, and thus avoid what they
/ believe viii be a winter of hardship, suf-
| fering and probably murder and thievery."
| w. b. Price of Danville, ILL.,, who went
| up on the Eliza Anderson, and who lefy
| that vessel at Dutch Harbor, returned on
| the Humboldt. lie said: THE entire trip
| was a series OF mishaps. The third day
! out from Dixons Entrance bad weather
came on and the wind blew terrihcally.
| The waves would lift the guard up ana
| leap in under IT. During the first night
after the storm began the rudder chain
| broke five times
| 'Of course after this broke there was
| no controlling the boat Every minute 1t
! seemed she would so over. The passengers
| were thrown out OF their hunks, the crew
was insufficient to work the pumps, so the
| passengers took them in charge. / was
| put in command and divided the passen-
gers up into squads of four men each.
Each equad worked two hours. / also did
the sounding to see how much water there
was. We kept this up for forty-eght
hours, and during chat time the Anderson
drlfted back fourteen miles. The second
day of our trouble the other vessels were
In sight. Then the Merwin, which was
being towed by the Holyoke, galong with
the Bryant and Polistofsky, broke loose
and the captain of the Holyoke turned
about with the other two boats in tow
and picked up the Merwin. The next
place we reached was st. Paul. on Kodiak
Island. We should have taken coal there
to get to Dutch, Harbor, but could not get
II. After leaving st. Paul the sea was
heavy and we We're forced to cruise along
shore. We arrived within 1870 miles OF
Dutch Harbor when the coal gave out.
We were rigging a small boat 10 send out
for relief when we sighted "a small fishing
smack with one man in il. He told us we
could reach en- abandoned cannery about
twenty miles distant, where coal had been
lying for FIVE or six years. We had enough
coal 70 reach that point. All day long
the passengers worked in drizzling rain
to take. on hat coal and finally on Sept.
4 we reached Dutch Harbor.
capt. Hooper of the revenue squadron
boarded us at Dutch Harbor, and seeing
the unseaworthy condition of the Ander-
son, forbade her to go further. 1t was
not necessary for him to go below bur
upon seeing that we had insufficient life
boats he gave the order to tie up there.
The passengers of the Anderson, with the
exception of Mr.. Scott and myself, raised
$1,000 to charter the schooner Parison
to take the passengers from there to ST.
Michaels. The conditions on the trip OF
the Anderson from Dixon's Entrance to
Dutch Harbor cannot be pictured too viv-
idly"
1t was a remarkable statement that
Capt. Chilcott, one Of the incorporators
of the company which runs the Anderson,
is reported 10 have made to Chief Bonni-
field Of the Humboldt this morning. He
is alleged to have said:
I'VE knew that the Anderson was un-
seaworthy especially for an ocean voyage.
but we were bound to get there. anyway.
We put her IN charge Of one Of the best sea
captains on this coast, Capt. Powers. II
anybody could get her there, he could"
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