The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-07-14
Nine Angry New York Miners
Even Up With Their Manager.
A VAIN SEARCH FOR GOLD.
II. Y. Ruches Takes q Big Party Into
the Cook Isiet Conntry-Dred9er
Refused 70 work Becsuse Of the
Resks-Pasty Gives up the Search
and whiJe Ressvnsng Relieves
Mr.. Fuehes Of HIS Belongings.

When the San Francisco schooner Gold
ea Date. from Cock inlet. was coming up
the Straits In tow Tuesday afternoon. nine
angry New Workers held UP II. i. Fuches,
OF Troy. 10 the extent Of all OF his per
sonaI belongings. that one OF their party
might get money enough TO reach his
Eastern home. Fuches was the leader OF
their party. which had been attempting TO
dredgs the bottom OF Resurrection creek
Of its gold, and TO him The men dad paid
from t0o 10 500 each. An auction OF his
belongings was held or the deck OF the
schooner and IS added to one Of the I'M
fortuBate's fare account.
The Golden Gate. with thirty Disguised
men from Cook inlet, arrived In port early
yesterday morning. and the story OF the
"hold-up'' out in the Straits. az told by
one OF the dredseF party. Is interesting.
Die said 90 Post-IntellIgencer reporter:
Early In the year ii. !. Fuches, of
Troy. organized a company to dredge for
gold In the creeks running into Cook In
let. Nine men. including myself, Joined
with him, ana each put up from si9 to
$500. We bought dredging machinery and
a barge. We left here on the schooner
Moonlight and on reaching the inlet put
up our dredger. Ne found the river bed
was full OF rocks and our cIamsheli scoop
could not get at the golden sand. The
current was too swift to take II further
up Resurrection creek. We then decided
To come home and sold the dredger for
enough TO bring the party TO Seattle.
Nearly all Of US had some money left.
but one Of the party had but cents. Yes
terday afternoon. az We were being towed
up the Straits. W. decided to take up "A
collection for the man who was broke.
Everybody contributed but Manager
fuohes. who said he had no money. We
had good reason for believing he had, so
decided on "a way to force a contribution.
which WAS very effective, even IL irregu-
lar. Some OF the men seized his personal
belongings and put them up for auction
before the passengers ard crew. A pas
senger bought rifle for s. and the cap
tain gave 81 for his revolver. The other
stuff would not seiI and was returned to
him. The s. made up the amount neces-
sary to buy ticket"
Tales Of Woe.
Every man on the Golden Gate had a
tale Of woe to tell Some told of mort
gagged farms in the East: others how they
had spent the savings OF years on the trip.
They had staked everything and lost.
They united In the statement that while
colors were to be found everywhere
around the inlet ali the good claims were
taken and the new corners could not make
wages. Some of the men We're ASHAMED
10 tell their names, as they did not want
their Eastern friends TO know that they
had failed. They expect 10 get work here
aid after saving up enough money so 10
some other part OF Alaska. Others were
more than glad 10 get home. They tele-
Sraphed TO loving relatives for money To
carry them home and said they could
stand the hurt 10 their pride when they
remembered what they had suffered in the
North.
Twenty-nne deaths by drowning Is the
Cook inlet record for the last four months.
according To one Of the passengers He
was unable 10 give the names OF any az
the nnfortunates. most OF whom had met
death In the treachsrous waters OF the
stormy inlet. The rapid Little Sushitna
river. which runs into the head OF the in
let. has claimed several victims. The
Golden Gates passengers tell OF ole man
who was drawing his boat UP the stream
by block and tackle. The tree to which
the tackle was fastened gave way and fell
across the boat. lie managed TO get out
with hE life. but lost hts entire outfit
Outside the dredger party. the Elm CITY
Mining Company. of New Haven. Conn. t.
the largest that returned on the Golden
Gate. There are ten men In the party who
brospeCfot the Little SuShttna river.
They say that they found good claims for
hydraulic workings and may return IL the
claims ia their vicinity turn out all right
p Hoffman and two sous. Of Louisiana.
We're on the hoat. They worked dvo
weeks AZ the inlet before giving II up as a
had fob. They tried all the creeks around
the inlet. but found nothing 90 pay them
schooner stella EriRnd.
Capt. NJ. Jorgensun, OF the Golden Gate
reports very pleasant trip down OF
twelve days. The Gen. Sielin left before
the Golden Gate with some forty men for
this port, The schooner Stella ErIaua was
almost driven ashore In a severe storm In
the Inlet shortly before the Golden Gate
LEFT She was anchored near rocky
beach and the men on board could rot get
the a0caor up. They were afraid she
would Drift cn the rocks \ boats crew
from tire Col zen Gate boarded her and
after raising ths anchor sailed the ~,hoon-
81 80 4 safe anchorage Ia tbs lne: proper
The passengers on the Golden Gate Were
J. \ punhaa. Frank Merchant. = w
Dixon. 4. u Act1sliana Y. Is Grafton
O. " Anderson, = u Lawrence ". II
Brandon. = NJ parsOa. y. + An,es J. u
l8ggktea. \, ". Albright. Frank pucey.
Y numelts : shelton. r ] Wentworth
Alfred Ritchie " illiarl Hunt, II. ". Tul.
lry William McMlliIsn. Mr Wheeler. NJ
man. i Hoffman, T.. Hoffman Charlie.
kim srrti:h. John Fi0h-rR Arthur fowl,
Gcarxv Miller. J. \ Sm,iA. Joan sAaeffef
NliNans dayys George k0tn ara Georsn
Single.