Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-02-01


patches Received from Capt Ray.
Seattle, Wash, January 31.-The fol-
lowing advices have been received from
Skaguay, Alsaka, under date Of Janu-
airy %:
"a riot occurred here yesterday on
the arrival of the steamship Al-Ki from
Puget Sound, between local longshore-
men and the crew of the steamer. The
captain Of the Al-Ki had engaged
number of Indian longshoremen from
Juneau to discharge the vessels cargo,
and as soon as the steamer made fast
to the dock and the Indian laborers
began work trouble began. mob of
least 100 men made an onslaught on
the Indians, striking and beating them
in a ferocious manner The first mate
of the ship interfered, but in mo-
ment he was knocked down by the
mob Several Of the Indian longshOre-
men were badly cut and bruised, but
no fatalities resulted. Capt Henkle
held a parley with the men, which re-
suited in the white longshoremen Sc
curing the work of discharging the AL
Ki's cargo, the Indians being kept on
board the steamer"
twenty-five Of the passengers Of the
Inflated steamer Corona, which was
wrecked on Lewis Island last Sunday
morning, arrived here last night on
the steamer Al-ki, which rescued them
from the lonely island. e. w Pollock,
who was a passenger on the Corona,
in describing the wreck, said:
THE accident occurred at 8: 10 a. m.
Sunday. The morning gong had
sounded to awaken the passengers for
breakfast About 100 Of them had al
ready arisen. Capt. G. H. Pierce and
Pilot H. c. Coffman were on the
bridge 1t was Coffman's first trip as
pilot The day was light enough to
see the shore on all sides. Suddenly,
while the ship was going at full speed,
without warning, a terrible shock oc-
Cured, following it grinding success
sion of lesser shocks. Instantly it was
realized that the ship had struck q
rock, and a scene of great confusion
followed. The wheel was reversed, but
the ship settled on the rock The sea
was calm. Capt. Pierce ordered the
boats lowered. The women were taken
ashore first By 10 o'clock the passsn-
gers were all landed. The stock and
some of the baggage and provisions
were then taken on shore.
THE passengers remained on the
island until Thursday, waiting for a
passing steamer to take them away
from a place Of great personal dis
comfort. On Thursday the steamer
Al-Ki arrived and 500 castaways
boarded her, about 100 remaining on
the island in the hope of catching a
north bound vessel. About ten O'Clock
Thursday night the Al-Ki met the
steamer Oregon, bound from Portland
to Faiya and Skaguay. The two
steamers were dashed together and all
but % of the Corona's people were
transferred, and started north again. Y
The steamer Resale arrived last
night from Alaska Among her pas
sengers was t. H. Wells, who left
Dawson on December 20. Wells claims
to be the bearer of important dis
patches from Captain Ray, at Fort
Yukon, to the war department. He
would give no hint of their contents.
Wells also states that Major Walsh has
issued an order prohibiting persons
from entering the Yukon country with
less than 1000 pounds of provisions,
exclusive of tea and coffee. The or
der was to be effective from January
15
Portland, Ore, January 31.-The
steamer Elwood, loaded with govern
ment equipments and storage for the
Alaska relief expedition, is lying at
the wharf at Vancouver barracks,
ready to transfer her freight to the
steamer George w. Elder, when she ar
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