The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-01-12
HORRORS. OF 4 COLD LAND.
Suffering Which Yukon Men
and Women Have Endured
FRANK RYAN FREEZES TO DEATH
xEee1 - Reach Oowssn From Circle
~ Others Tried IL aad Were III
nslly Compelled 90 Abandon Their
Beats asa walk On the see-A II.
Aaa's Death-NcConnetrsT Trouble

DAWSON. " ". T.. Dec Capt ".
=. Guiger arrived at Dawson from Circle
City on December with .hs latest adj
vices. The steaner 81. Michael which
had besn owned by Catholic mission near
the lower end OF the Yukon. ard WAS por-
chased By party of nsiners bent on reach
ms the KiondEke. arrived at Circle City
and WAS frozen In the ice. Capt Guizes
bought the boat and will use ii on the up
per river,
Frank Ryan. an old Yukon miner. VINO
left Dawson for Circle City 10 an open boat
With two eoIpantons. was frozen to aesth.
They were en- route TO Fort Yukon for FRO
vis'ons- T~o or three hundred started
Sfofn Dawson tn small boats ard whea be-
tween f'orfy-Nsie ard Circle Cify were
Eofced 10 aISHdon me boats. sfogt Of the
people we're wholly aaprepared fer such
extreme fiaFsishipH. and aome OF them saf
aerec greatly. Ten OF q DOZEN women we're
suspected 10 the ordesl ~ ls=sE5g their h0a IN
ana then walking over the r8uga Ice IN
utterly cold weather 20 Circle city.
man named Anderson, who belonged
10 brooklyn. y, r., IN the way down the
river accidentally shot himself in the ahso-
sf-g->'' SIC vas r-fStaAS HfltEH 3EG5sI the near
est hAbitstien. ard when within tse4ifv
miles OF Circle City cold snap came on
ana froze the river. Ii was necessary ta
ABANDON boat and TO build Il sleigh and
haul the wounded man down the river.
Lay by day bis strength fitted away and
Ms TWO companions iaiied hfavegy on. ard
I'VE hoifs after he died the sled reached
sITeic lily With the corpse Almost 10
y the hour Of his death. and when saf-
: 4EFinE FxrftITtaffnsg tn, .
ana cold weatlier. Ia kept diary. MANY
q inc Passages referred 10 his mother ard
Aamiiy ana the happy hsme In New York
~ the burial In Gir%ta city extracts FRAN
the diary were read and rs saaaes.
ssovea many strong n1en TO tears. II x4s
necessary to build FIRE In the little Gene
tsry 70 thaw out the ground, that grave
remains $40
Ed Mcconnell. Montana man anil
whose hume IL in hock Island started
rom uaWsen with nine head OF horses
Wnen hfty miles from Circle CITY fae
bsras Was caught in an ice Jam. The ant
mats made frantic efforts 10 escape nv
sca pinx over the ssdes on to the floating lee
.ssafiy every one was crippled with broken
iess, and all had to b., killed
Scattered along The river from the ho,,,a
ary and III the vielalty OF circle 11tv "a
Inc birch creek mines are about afo ,osr,
mere ~ great scarcity OF nfovgsion. n.
SiFsie city and most of the men are tr,,s,e.
80 reach Fort Yukon. = '1's
tie tabor strike Was adjusted vitha,,
ssueh trouble and the prevailing rae -
wages ~ sio a day. though Some az +he
m'iir Oxnefs are paying $3.50 an hoe,r
THOSE Who are receiving ths lower 49,
are not skilled miners. Man who hs,.a
before worked In drift mining and un.5s,-
Stand the labor have no trouble In ,a,,,-
ink ssa day. IL was not TO this class ~
mes That many OF the owners Objected "a
IasihK iaxt years wages but Il was "a the
aAskilsed men. many of whom knew ahsn-
iuseis nothing about the work and w.ra
Ahs iohisest III their howls against the So
es ,.. fcuneison in wages. A pretense IL
stu uaus In Keeping up the Organization
prevent The reduction. but outside the
.a''esIs very few men take any interest In
tns matter and are eantenicd 10 take slO
oaJ. u II estimated that there are
haoui z,mA' uaine wage workers IN the
hioiidthe ard about as many NOR. pnen
ere developing their own mines or are
WorhinA lays ea shares for others Ia.
bofefs have no difficult in gettIng en-.
lsvs nlent providing the applicant has A
winter supply or Provisions. otherwise IT
y in'iiGhAbse Al TIA rate al which the
stores seia goods there is 40 nlaee In the
Woiau where days wages will buy as
'huen presiAtors as In the. hiondlka
Inc day !efs h26Taa l had breakfast
IN the Royal Restaurant. The meal con-
sisted OF snail dish OF mesh. bacon a
small nioosr steak. beans ard bread. antl
tie price vas is.se. From sign hanging
aNss the ropnler. copied the price lis,
II reed.