The San Francisco call., 1898-01-31
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reason the Al-Ki took up from Juneau a number of Indians to put out the cargo. She tied up at Skaguay at an unexpected time, during the short day light hours. The white men ashore inn mediately objected to the Indians. A cry went from the dock of "50 cents an hour and no Indians" Carcasses of hogs were pushed from the shoulders of the Indians as they carried them ashore.
 One noble red man, enraged at the interference of the whites, hurled 175- pound hog into the crowd, knocking down several men. A free fight was precipitated by this act First Officer l Mccarthy jumped ashore, jerked off his coat and offered to whip the whole crowd if they would come at him one at a time He was set upon by several men at the same time, and the Indian who threw the hog was in the midst of a furious gang of loRgshoremen. The | Indian, name unknown, was beaten 1 nearly to death His blood stained the blanks of the dock. Mccarthy came off without a scratch. The second officer and the boatswain jumped to his as- sistance and they cleaned out the i crowd. Purser Bush, off watch, took a hand in the melee in a manner which showed he knows sohiething in addi- 1 tion to figures and the business of the l ship. The outcome of very lively al- i tercation was a compromise, in which | the Indians were permitted to work at one hatch.
 The crowd of ships and the bad weather have started the list of casu- alties. Good Fortune smiled on the 1 start, but she will likely frown on the | finish. The Al-Ki ran aground on a mud fiat near Pyramid Harbor, in | Lynn Canal, in furious weather during which the snow fell so thick as to ob- l scure the outlook Not even the tops l of the mountains could be seen. The 1 Al-Ki was formerly a whaler. She has a heavy wood hulk. That saved her, and her crowded passengers arrived in l Dyea without the loss of a man. In | her position any other ship would prob ably have gone to pieces.
 The steamship George w. Elder, from Portland. lost her bearings and went hard aground in Lynn Canal during a snow and windstorm on her last trip up. She got off safely. She lay on a l level, soft bottom, which is very ex- ceptional in Alaskan waters. and that fact prevented a repetition of the ca tastrophe which befell the Mexico
 This week or next there is to be a general shaking up of captains on Pa cific Coast Steamship Company boats and many changes. Captain Carroll of the Queen and Corona has resigned, to I mt hn J[ business. He has been commodore of | the Alaska fleet.
 The young Chicago boy with the frozen and amputated feet, who was deserted on the down-river trail by his stepfather, is making profitable thing of his misfortune. He is now lying in a cabin one mile and half on the west side of Five Finger Rapids. alo re- spending to a sign, many outcoming miners leave him contribution. Mig ger Jim" Daughtery, for instance. who went below a few days ago on the steamship City of Seattle, gave him $50 The boy has lost his legs, but if he remains on the trail he will gain at least a small Klondike of contribu- tions.
 very touching tragedy which has
 
 the White Pass. Father Winter has killed a San Luis Obispo boy. Daniel Lopez left Skaguay on the morning of January II with a dog and sled. He was bound for Lake Bennett. He had cotton underclothing. was not physi- cally strong and was warned by Judge Abrahams and others against attempt ing the trip. The next day. Thursday, | a fer his daTart1lra bA was found lVinP in the drifting snow on the summit of the pass. his tent partially -ulled over He was found by w. A. Bigelow and Tim Creeden, who saw he was deliri- ous. Lopez drew a revolver and or dered them to keep away from him Creeden and Bigelow were bringing in from Lake Tagish the rheumatic crip- pie. Miss McDougal, who eloped from Seattle with Klondiker, and could not immediately do anything for him They made him as comfortable as pos sible. Rescuers were sent back to take him to a cabin. but before they reached the cabin he died The body was brought to Skaguay and will be in- tered here. He was a member of the Young Mems Institute of San Luis Obispo and papers in his possession in. dicated that he had been requested tC write for the San Luis Obispo Tribune a morning newspaper. He owned one of the best lots on Broadway and alsC some other property. Judge Abraham. applied for letters of administration of the estate he left
 HAL HOFFMAN. WILL TAKE RELIEF SUPPLIES