The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-05-09

The tug Mystic Was washing boilers
3r1dzy evening, when the schooner H G..
WRIT came in the hasbor, having just
srrivcd from San Francisco. 1t was this
circumstance alcnc which kept Capt.
nIekum, Of tho Mystic. from sfeauing out
az taking the Wright Ia tow. 1t was this
circumstances, too which interposed
serpoenry barrier between two old
~ronies. for ouch are Capt BIekum. of
ths Mystic, and Capt. Oieson. Of the H.
= wright They have not met for about
tvo years. but had not forgotten their
ehumming days.
TIC II. &. Wright was successfully dock
a At the wharf Of Lilly. Bogardus & Co..
and Capt Biekum FASTENED TO pay his
rexpects carly yesterday morning. Over
: couple OF small but exceedingly salts
fsefory '.xnailes" In tho cabin. the two
captains snapped tales Of former days
af'iI never forget how you cleaned the
Aeck Of the Jennie Wand one night four
ar Eve years age. when those union sail
ors tried to take your ersw.- said Capt.
B.eiuns That was four years ago.
wasn't &c
yea" Eaid oseson. -en.niso~ntiy. 81
remember IL was Snowing then and the
aa<n asked me for a lay of. That vac
The time the fight was on between tho
unIcn and non-union sailors. One n.aht
when all the men were asleep 4 heard
wtsa all the men were asleep 1
dzed 1. up that the union sailors were
shc4rd looking for scalps. And ~ they
sers jumped out on the deck with
: gun and waded around In my night
shirt until scared them all or"
sT@." interposed Blelsun. "you did
nat But they smashed one Jap's skull
d. didn't they? He was taken TO the hos
pn4l and died. On? They didn't DO thing
q him. chr
yes. he's dead. but they didn't get my
u3Drs." said Oiezon.
ne two captains own TO the same moth
3 country and they drank to her health.
~ drffted around to Alaska and Capt
olcQn took out his charts and described
~ great precision as to detail yoy-
H1he had made four years ago 10 Point
troy. the most northerly point at
e1tnh . station has been established in
~ Arctic.
Mine was the second sailing vessel TO
% up there" he said. II left San Fran
cisco June 10. and got TO Point Clarence
q the Fourth Of July. The whaling feet
vas there. and ON JAY 5 we started
through Boring straits and worked grad
ualy north along the coast 10 Point Bar
row. There was ice all the way. i had
aboard a lot of lumber and supplies for
station. / forget the name of the COM
pany that owned the supplies. but IL was
the second station TO be established At
Point Barrow.
After tracing the course down the coast
10 Boring straits and thence to Puget
sound the maps were put away and the
captains separated.
The X. G. Wright had 200 tons of freight
from San Francicso. There were fifty
hons OF hay and 80 tons OF barley. con-
hsned to Lilly, Bogardus Il Co.. and thir-
H tons OF freight. Capt. Oleson made
butte a record yesterday for quick dis
charge of freight. His hold was clean
and the cargo stored In the warehouse by
4 clock in the afternoon. the sling hav-
ing been hoisting since . o'clock In the
morning The schooner WAS taken In tow
II O'Clock by the tug Mystic and went
10 Tacoma. where cargo Of lumber VIII
Be- taken on for San Pedro.