The San Francisco call., 1898-11-07
NEARLY FATAL
 FIGHT ON TIE
 SHIP PELEUS BoatsWain Stabs Two
 Sailors. THE ITALIAN CRUISER ETNA HAS ARRIVED HERE FROM CEN TRAIL AMERICAN. PORTS. Will Probably Go on the Mare Island Drydock and Then Return Home Via Japan and
 China.
THE ITALIAN CRUISER ETNA
HAS ARRIVED HERE FROM CEN TRAIL AMERICAN. PORTS.

It was very lively on the water front yesterday. A number of whalers arrived from the Arctic, the transport City of Pu- ebla got away for Manila, there was al- most a murder on the British ship Peleus, an Italian man-of-war got in from Gen. tral America and an attempt was made to take the wrecked river steamer J. D. Peters to Hunters Point drydock
 Charles Wilson, boatswain of the Peleus, was responsible for all the trouble on that vessel and he is in consequence locked up in the Harbor Police Station with a charge Of assault to murder" against him. Chief Officer M Andreus of the follows.
 The men had all been ashore Saturday night and some of them had sore heads this morning. They had washed down the decks in a slipshod manner, but as it was sunday excused them. Shortly af- ter this the boatswain Charles Wilson came aboard the worse for liquor. He property washed and ordered the men to do the job over again. 1 interfered and sent the boatswain to his room and or uered the men forward.
 The bOatSwain went to his room but While my back was turned he came out again and went up on the bridge. John two men began quarreling. 1 started for ward to separate them, but before l got Utne1S U 4!lchael scott, another A B.. rushed to McIhtosh assistance, and the entire crew followed him. A general scuff1e fol- lowed, but didn't know a knife was being used until Mcintosh cried out Pm stabbed, and fell to the deck. My God ne ne aone me up, too, cried Scott, and I15e,5 he also fell t9 the deek l then got the room, while some one sent for the am
 At the Harbor Receiving Hospital Dr. Zabala found that Mcintosh had three severe wounds m the stomach through which h the the intestines int were protruding, and two in the left breast. After he had been nxed up as comfortably as possible Cap tam Dunleavy took his ante-mortem state ment 4aenth Later, Later in the day, however. Mo has slight chance for his life.
 Scott was stabbed twice in the hip and dangerous ooers i Es W4ndds 3nd shaw aTe nqt a2 rested Wilson. Behind his bunk they Iound the large sheath knife with which coat pocket was found pocket knife with the large blade open. He asserts that he acted in self-defense, as no other rose against him.
 The Italian protected cruiser Etna ar rived from Acapulco yesterday. She has been outside for nearly a fortnight as the captain of the Mail Company's Acapulco saw her when he was coming here from Panama The EIna is on Q cruise around the world, and has been in the Pacific for over six months In June last she was in south American waters and has been gradually working her way north
 Pilot Scott of the Oracle s brought the cruiser into port, AS she passed up the
 
 the fore and a national salute was fired Shortly afteTwaTd the Italian flag was run up at Alcatraz and a return salute was fired from the fort. Later in the day the Italian Consul. Chevalier Carlo F. Nerra, went on board and the usual sa- lute was fired for him.
 It Is about two years since an Italian warShip was in the bay The Etna is a first-class cruiser and was built in 1885. Her displacement is 34T0 tons and her reg istered horsepower 601S with which she can average fifteen knots an hour. Her length is 283.5 feet, breadth 43.5 feet and depth 19.2 feet. She Icarries two 10-ineh 25-ton guns, six 6-inch breech-loaders five 6-pounders and ten magazine guns She carries 20 officers and 320 of a crew. The chances are that the Etna will go on the drydock here and will then pro- ceed home by way of Japan and China.
 The whaling bark Alice Knowles, steam whalers Balaena and Belvedere arrived from the Arctic yesterday. The Knowles only brought in 600 barrels Of sperm oil , while the Balaena brought in 46.000 pounds of whalebone and 800 barrels of oil. The Belvedere took six whales, but only a portion of the same came in on her, the other part having been sent down before hand.
 The bark Mermaid that has been work ing her way here from KotZebue Sound for thirty-nine days arrived in pors at last. The gold hunters got cold feet as soon as they reached Kotzebue and then began quarreling among themselves. Cap- tain Weeks left them and came down on another vessel. Captain Robinson brought the vessel into port.