The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-09-06
Mines Booming Around Dawson,
but Many Men Walk the
Streets in Despair.
John D 2ainey, Brother Of Sam Rainey of San
Francisco, Among the Victims Of
Dysentery.
BY SAM w. WALL.
Special Correspondence of The Call

DAWSON, Aug. II, via Seattle.
Wash, Sept. 5.-After an interval that
was growing painfully long three boats
have within two days arrived here
from down the river. They bring alto
gether not dozen through passengers,
but are all of them loaded with freight,
a large part of which is provisions.
The Alaska Commercial Company's big
new steamer Susie arrived Monday
evening with Louis Sloss, of the COM
pany, on board, direct from San Fran
CISCO She brought up but four
through passengers, but quite list
from points along the river.
Mr.. Sloss reports the beach at st.
Michael covered with the tents of I'M
happy people dumped there by ire
sponsible transportation companies,
which companies will be for the most
part unable to bring them up the river
as they contracted to do. There are
thousands Of people there, he says, and
many of the river boats upon which
they were dependent for coming to
Dawson have been wrecked while being
lowed on the ocean, or are still on the
WAITS under construction. He was be-
sieged by these people for passage on
the Susie at excursion rates, but re-
fused to amend his schedule. The Su-
sic is now the queen of the Yukon
fleet her pre-eminence being beyond
dispute. She is 225 feet long by 40,
and she landed 400 tons or freight mere,
TO say nothing of that which she
dropped at stations along the way, all
the while drawing but four feet OF
water. She came up the river IN SIX
nh, Ch a
bars but easily backed off. She is
equipped in modern style. Her big
stern wheel stands almost to the height
of her upper deck, and coming up the
river Monday night, flashing her
searchlight over the city, she created
sensation.
American Trading Company, came In
with 900 tons Of freight. She had made
tho trim to ST. Michael and return. The
John Cudahy, the latest addition to the
North American Trading Company S
feet. arrived last night. She is of the
pattern Of the old boats, but fitted in
fine style and with great power. She
came from st. Michael in twelve and
half days, which makes record. The
Weare brought no passengers from st.
Michael and the Cudahy brought three.
THE passengers on the Cudahy say
that the big crowd at st. Michael, hear
ing the dismal reports of unfortunates
going out by the boat load from here,
far outnumbering those wro carried
heavy sacks, are turning homeward and
that provisions are cheaper at ST.
Michael than at San Francisco, flour
being literally given away.
Advices come up from Lieutenant
Richardson, who distinguished himself
at Fort Yukon last winter with Captain
Raw and who is now in command at
ST. Michael, to the effect that the con-
ditions there are much similar to those
he had to meet at Fort Yukon; that
trouble is being brewed by certain ele-
ments among the discontinued and mis-
led people who threaten the capture of
boats and destruction Of goods to ex-
tricate themselves from a dilemma or
to "get even" for supposed wrongs. The
difference is that he now has men at
his command, which means power to
effectively meet the situation.
The Susie started down the river yes
terday afternoon taking shipment Of
two millions in gold, a large part Of
which was from the Canadian Bank Of
Commerce. A number of heavy gold
sacks were taken out by individuals