The San Francisco call., 1898-03-21
Three Tugboats Failed to Move the Llewellyn
 T. Morse.
Laid Up for the Winter in Oak land Creek, She Now Re-
 fuses to Budge.
Trouble Among the Fishermen on the Steamers U. s. Grant and
 Henrietta.

J- tined to remain for some time in Oak land Creek She was put on the flats some time ago, when the tides were very high and now the tugs cannot get her off. Last Friday the tug Vigilant at tempted to tow her, but after the tow boat had wasted a morning in the vain attempt gave up the job. Saturday the tugs Reliance and Active pulled on her for two hours, but they met with no more success than the Vigilant.
 A combined effort was made by the tugs Reliance, Active and Sea King yes terday. The Sea King and Active were lashed together and both had hawsers from their winches to a convenient wharf and also from their towing bits to the LIewellyn J. Morse. The Reliance took a straight hold, not using her winch. From s to Il a. m. the three powerful steamers pulled on the ship, but could not move her an inch. She is stuck on the mud from amidships forward and it is the opinion of the towboat captains that she is jammed between some broken piles. As the Morse is wanted for the caunery trade, the chances are that an- other attempt will be made to get her off to-day.
 The bay of San Francisco is about to see the last of the tug Ethel and Marion. She has been turned into schooner and in a few days will start for the Hume Bros X Hume canneries, where she will in the future be employed. The Ethel and Marion was the best-known tug on the bay. Years ago she was used to carry ''scab" crews to the ships in the port, and the strikers attempted to get even by placing a dynamite cartridge on top of one ot the cylinders. Next she was sunk at tlshermen's wharf, bur was raised, repaired and put into commission again. Latterly she did not pay expenses and was sold at que Ji0n JO pay her debts. The Union Iron Works bought her in and Irving NJ. Scott sold her to Hume Bros. & Hume.
 The disengaged tonnage in port is smaller than il has been in years. The demand for vessels 10 carry Dassen gers and frieght to Dyea, Skaguay and St. Michael has taken nearly every availa- ble vessel away from the port, and all there is now in the bay only represents T ,573 tons, whereas at the same time last year there was 91,407 tons awaiting en- gagement. The withdrawal of vessels from the coasting trade will make shortage in the coal supply next July and August, and the chances are that there will be another advance in prices.
 The old bark Dominion is making a very long passage from New South Wales. She is now out eighty-seven days and her owners are beginning to think that it is more than time she was put ting in an appearance. T. r. H. White law is one man in San Francisco who mentioned. He sent her to Sydney to be sold, but on her arrival there she was condemned. Later she was sold at auction and the purchase money was paid tN the captain. The latter is still in New South Wales and Whitelaw is out both vessel and purchase money.
 Another vessel that made a long pas sage was the bark Haydn Brown. She took 314 days to go from Baltimore to Puget Sound On May 26 she put into Bermuda, leaking, and sailed again after being repaired. On September 10 she put into Montevideo on account of every ming movable having been washed off her decks, and all the boats being car 'led away. She sailed again November =. and arrived at Seattle last Saturday, The little schooner Thomas $. Negus, which arrived from New Haven, Conn.,, last Saturday left MontevideO over month later than the Haydn Brown. She reached here the same day the Brown reached the Sound.
 A. Paladini is having trouble with his captains and fishermen. A few days ago his fishing steamers Henrietta and |. s. Grant were in collision outside tho heads. in which the Grant came off sec Ond best. As result Captain Fred Jansen of the Henrietta retired and Sat urday Captain Sam SundstrOm took his place. Captain Jansen asserts that the captain of the Grant was to blame, but as the latter could tell his story to the angry owner in his native tongue, and as Jansen could talk nothing but Dan- ish and broken English he came off sec
 The trouble did not end there, how ever. The Farragut, the opposition steamer has been bringing in good catches of fish to q good market of late and the Henrietta has made no catch at all to speak of. Paladni accordingly fired the entire fishing crew last Satur- day and a new lot of men went out on the steamer. If they also fail to make a catch their walking tickets wis be forthcoming to-day and another crew will be tried. Paladini will keep on changing his men until he can get a crew that can ''catcha de fsha.',
 Captains Wilson and Howard, the ex- amining board for the Chamber of Com merce, have granted certificates as mas. ters Of sailing vessels to John Benson, Otto Axell and Theodore Anderson.