The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-02-21
THE PASSING THRONG.

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Five CT the striking employees Of the
Front street cable road have made np
their minds that gripping on street rail-
WAYS ard gathering up nickels from pas
sargsrs is pretty slow business after AZ.
and ara going 10 the hlondlke- They Will
leave tonight on the steamer Navarro for
Dawson. via nyea and the Chiikoot pass.
There are eight strong. hardy men IN the
rar,y. lead by Frank Logan. one OF he
men whose term OF service or the Front
street line extended ever period OF sew
eral years.
THIS party is 10 work u claim on
Meadow creek owned by A F. Nida. Of
this city. a returned klondiker. and wa
in former years worked on the Front
street road Mr. Nida arrived from Daw-
son about SIX weeks ago. He went into
the Klond.ke with Willis Thorp and his
band II cattle in the summer and fall Of
$50 over the Dalton tran. Nida is one
OF the many Seattle men who struck ii
rich in the Klondike. he was lucky
enough - locate claim on Eldorado creek
and another on Meadow creek. tributary
q SULPHUR creek During the winter Of
1857 he worked for Clarence Berry on
the famous No. >. on Eidorado.
M NiGa has given his Old associates on
the Front street cable road lease Tor two
years on his Meadow creek property The
PARTY Will take in two years supplies OF
provisions and clothing.
Following IS "A list OF the members of
the party:
Frank Logan. Jonn Slatterv NJ b. Pha-
Ian. John O'Connor. David Horne. James
O'ponaen. Thomas Griffin and John Re
gan. Five of these men were employed on
the Front street road and went out on a
strike for. better wages. After they had
become convinced mat better opportuni-
ties for making money were 10 De found
IL the klondke than IN WORKING Tor
wages on q street railway In Seattle they
We're offered a proposition 10y Mr.. Nida.
and accepted The five ex-railroad meH
are Logan. o'Conner, O'DOnnen. Griffin
and REGAIN Mr. Phelan Is a well-knowl
Seattle contractor and builder and Mr..
Horne has been engaged in the same bush
ness. Mr.. Phelan has mined for num-
Der Of years in the western part OF Can
ada and is thoroughly well posted in the
secrets of prospecting for gold.
las far as we are concerned the strike
on the Front street road il on" said one
of the partv last night. ''All Of Us hope
TO find our fortunes in the gold fields of
the Klondike. Mr. Midas offer came al
an opportune time. and | believe that we
VIII all DO we'll"
Mir Nida will be represented on mis- FL
dorado property by Mr.. Logan. who goes
north fully empowered for that purpose.
The cattle business Will take Mr.. Midas
time and energies it being his intention
TO purchase 4 hard Of cattle and take
them north early in the spring.
The steamer Excelsior. which leaves on
February = FOR the mouth OF the Copper
river. viii carry as passengers the Whit
ney party Of Benton Harbor. Mich. The
members Of this well-organ.Zed expedition
have been IN the city for several days get
ting together an outfit for year and 4
half on the headwaters OF the Copper
river They VIII take = complete saw mill
outfit with them. rs well as engines for
river steamer The members Of the party
are for the most part middle-aged men,
who have seen hard york and who have
a good idea Of what tGey VIII meet with
in Alaska.
The leader Of the party is Thomas Whit
ney. OF Benton Harbor. Mich. They have
purchased nearly all their supplies in Sc
attic and are sincerely sorry that they
bought anything in the East They
thought. IS have many others, that cloth
ing and fnrs could be secured cheaper in
Chicago, but on reaching Seattle find that
they have made a mistake. They also
claim that the assortment here Is much
greater than in Chicago. where they were
unable % get exactly what they wanted.
The members Of the expedition are Thos
Wh,tnev. T.. Boshford. s. l.. Switzerland,
] J. Aylsworth. Dr. Charles a. Winans
W. c. COntreu Fred Roke. G. 4. Wood
rud, " $ Ho,mon, Of Benton Harbor;
Fred and Peter Nondenberg and ". l..
palee. of Grand Haven. Alvin Dennison,
W l. pcnnis0u u. i. Griswold and 4. L.
skinner. III Kalamazoo.