The San Francisco call., 1898-06-06
HURTING TO
 HONOLULU. Quick Dispatch for the
 MOhiCan. SAILED ON SHORT NOTICE. RELIEVES THE BENNINGTON
 AT HONOLULU.
SAILED ON SHORT NOTICE.
Repairs to the Collier Brutus Com pleted-She Will Sail To-Day in Company With the
 Monterey.

The water front was buster than usual yesterday. At the Mail dock a double force of men was at work on the steamers China and Colon, while at the Oceanic dock the finishing touches were being put on the Zealandia, and the stores for the soldiers were being shipped At Folsom street wharf noth- Ing was being done to the Centennial, but around the landing place the launches from the Monterey and Mohi- can made things livelv for time.
 The Mohican came down from the navy yard early in the morning. She and on her arrival at the islands she will relieve the gunboat Bennington, the latter going to Manila to join Ad- miral Dewey's fleet. The sloop- p-of-war must have left Mare Island after being fitted out in hurry. She was short of both potatoes and butter and the mess boys were skirmishing around to lay in supplies. They were not very suc- ceSsful as all the stores were closed and when the last boat left for the sloop-of-war the various messes were little better off than when the Mohican left the navy yard.
 
 or the Mohican, and he has the same officers with h.m that went out on the war ship with the apprentices. About forty or the latter are still aboard, but their hopes for seeing a fight are sure to be disappointed as the war will never reach Hawaii The sloop-of-war has her bunkers we'll filled, and consid- erable coal in sacks is piled on deck She will proceed under both sail and steam, and Captain Book expects to make the run to the islands in eight days. In that event the Mohican will reach Honolulu about forty-eight hours before the Monterey, which will sail to- day.
 There was little or no excitement over the sailing of the Mohican. About noon time two wagon loads of mail came down from the Postoffice, and the Monterey's launch put it aboard the Mohican. At 1 D. m. the anchor was hove up short, and at 1:90 the man-of- war got under way and steamed out through the Golden Gate.
 The Monterey came down from the navy yard last Friday, and the gen eral belief was that she would get away for Honolulu, en route to Manila. early Saturday morning. She lay at anchor off Folsom street with steam up all day awaiting the arrival of her consort the collier Brutus from the
 
 came that something had happened to the collier's low pressure cylinder, and that 1t would take some little time to make repairs. All of yesterday the Monterey still waited, and during the afternoon word came that the Brutus was having a trial trip, and if every thing was successful she would be down this morning. In that event both warship and collier will leave for the islands about 1 D. m. to-day.
 The Monterey and Brutus will go to Honolulu at a uniform speed of about 10 knots an hour. At that rate it will take them nine days to cover the dis tance. Going 10 knots an hour the coast defense steamer has enough coal aboard to take her to Honolulu, but if forced to a greater speed of say 12 knots the consumption of coal would be so great that the supply would be all burned up in six days or twenty-four hours before her destination could be reached. After arriving at Honolulu the Monterey will be recoaled, and will then start for Manila in tow of the Brutus
 Masters of American vessels are pro- ceeding very cautiously these days, and those on ships bound from Japan to New York are taking no chances. The bark J. B. Walker left Hiogo, Japan, on April 23 for New York, and instead of going there direct Captain Wallace headed for Honolulu In order to find out the status of the war. On May 22, in latitude 2S deg. 42 min. north, lon gitude 157 deg. 35 min. west he met the barkentine Archer bound for San Fran cisco and spoke her. Both vessels were hove to, and Captain Wallace went aboard the Archer, where he was warmly welcomed by Captain Calhoun. The latter got together all the papers hA had on hoard and Oaua fhoro +0 Wallace. who was only too glad to get them. When the news of Admiral DeWey's victory was told to the men on the Walker they cheered again and again, and then they gave three cheers for Captain Calhoun and the Archer for having given them the good news.
 The chances are that the transports Zealandia, Colon and China will be ready by Tuesday night and will go out into the stream Wednesday. It will then be Friday before the last of the supplies can be got aboard the vessels ready for sea. Whether sailors preju- dices against sailing on a Friday will be taken into account or not remains to be seen.
 The schooner Repeat. which came in from Grays Harbor last Saturday, an- chored near the telegraph cable and dragged down on 1t Sunday. The tug Reliance was sent out to her, and after some trouble the anchor was freed from the cable and the schooner moved to Mission Bay.
 The Retail Grocers held a picnic at Schuetzen Park, San Rafael, yesterday, and a great crowd went across the bay to attend it. The steamer Tiburon. which left this side at 9:30 and II a. m. and 1:30 p. m., must have taken over fully 5000 people, and even then there 1 were hundreds who missed the boats.