The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-21

The Areonaut out0ffing Company gives
fne following a. the true and complete
1iseory Of the recent transaction between
them asd the Pioneer klondsks Trans
portafion Company:
.as 0n Saturday. April Is DR.; :. H. Ref
resentEax the Pioneer Klond.ke Trans
pofsAtaoa Company. came TO our ext6b-
issnment TO purchase outfits for about
Mr.. Mismer went through our cloth
ing department. with his men. selecting
their outfits, showing them the various
articles ard getting their measures.
Atsmsr came a.Uue and revised the ord
srs. substituting cheaper bIankesA socks.
SHOES and other articles than those shown
e 20. .ns.s s msn ans saw every article picked
The provisions we're delivered on Yes-
Ter wharf betWeea the hours Of and
2. m on Monday and not at q. M as
OF memorandum signed by the agens
Seattle. Apri: 10. ISIS.
l. o. A. Tucker. hereby afiirm that
eight individuals comprising the Pioneer
k.0ndike Transports tion Company billed
for Urca. Aiaska. and shipped from the
n nrsSsa =, oa sa v co%Isny were Dc.
hours Of : and o'clock p. m. Monday,
April IL. 1soe. and said shipment was not
loaded on board the Alliance unit. after
the hour Of O'Clock p. m Of said even
ing.
Signed e. 4 4 F EHSkER.
Agent Yesler wharf
to examine the provisions and all who
fed
our boar for closing. our shipping clerk
notified Mr.. Mssmer. who was then ia our
Office. that the clothing was loaded on
q drsy ready for delivery on the wharf.
Mr.. MiSmer stated then that he did not
want the clothing delivered until about
. o'clock. just prior to the sailing OF the
Ail:anca and he. Mr.. Mismer. directed
ana ssps ns ssle un 3 10 ana Ssn
be sent to the steamer.
After checking the bills in detail with
Mr.. Mismer DR.. Reifsnyder gave US his
.sThe steamer did not leave when ex-
pected, and the men discovered that the
Pioneer Klondke Transportation Com
pany had not 6 shxerSs the sIoshins. etc. ETC.
steamer was held over night and the
blankets. clothing. etc. which Mr.. MS
mer had substituted. were replaced by
selected.
..At noon the bags were all repaeked
and the Pioneer Klondke Transportation
rsw bs check oa hs Pures
!"
Sound National bank for S5oe, to cover
the difference in the prices between the
articles originally selected and afterwards
replaced, and the cheaper goods suhsit-
futed BIZ Mr.. Mismer on Sunday.
.'In order TO satisfy these forty miners
that our company had acted I'm perfect
good faith through this transaction. we
sent man along with the expedition TO
cneck OUT the provisions on arrival at
OFca
IF any OF the miners connected with
this Pioneer kIondske Transportation
Company have been swindled or imposed
upon the Argonaut Quitting Company
IS in nowise responsible therefor. as we
furnished ard delivered to the president
and secretary OF the company the exact
quality and grade of goods which they
directed 20 he substituted for the goods
originally selected. and we had no reason
to believe that the substitution made by
them WIS without authority: that they
were acting In a manner unauthorized by
or unsatisfactory 10 the miners fer whom
they now claim TO have been acting: and
when the goods were brought back from
the boat 10 our tfcre and exchanged for
the goods originally selected. DIR. Reif-
SNYDER promptly paid without objections.
the balance OF xSD due on said exchange.
"ARGONAVT OCTFITTING COMPANY
by G. ". FISCHER President"