The San Francisco call., 1899-09-20
~. S. s. ;Ms~s Of The Camps and transports
ON THE
TRANSPORTS IS
STILL GOING ON
BOiIermakerS Will Not
Give In.

Everything is in statu quo on the Gov
ernment wharf. There is no work being
done by the boiler makers on the Sher-
man, and there may be trouble to-day
when a call for men to work on the Gle
nogle is made. There was only a few
hours work required on the Tacoma to
get her ready for sea and this was done
by the men, so the Tacoma and George
w. Elder will sail for Manila to-day.
They will take a regiment between them,
and Captain Barneson expects to get
them away by p. m.
The boiler makers intend to stick out
for their demands and the contractors
have decided not TO yield. In the event
of the Government being unable to get
the repairs made here it may send the
transports to Manila under a reduced
steam pressure and then have the YES
sells overhauled at Hongkong on the way
back to San Francisco. Should Uncle
Sam be forced to take that course, then
all the repairs to the transports would
be done at the same time and there would
be a loss of at least $4,000 a week in
wages alone to San Francisco.
The painters made move yesterday.
Some of them are getting So 80, some 50
and the majority 81 90 for an eight-hour
day. For overtime they get double pay.
Thus a painter goes to work at a. m.
and lays off at noon for lunch. Begin
ming again at l p. m, he works TO p. m.
and lays off an hour for supper. Then
from 10 10 p. m. he works overtime
and for the twelve hours work gets two
days pay. The men are to have a con-
ference with Captain Bennett to-day, but
he does not anticipate any trouble. The
payroll Of the painters on the transports
last week was over $4,000.
There are five large steamers on the
way here, all of which will be taken by
the Government as transports. Inc west
minister is SIX days out from Newcastle,
n. 5. w, with cargo OF coal, ana the
Anglo Australian ana Port stephens are
expected to leave the same port any Gay
now The PAX Ling and Moyune are now
in Chinese waters and viii come here
via Nagasaki. The Westminster Is ZoIO
tons net the Anglo Australian 256l tons
net the Port Stephens ZZlo tons net, the
PAX Ling 2S75 tons net and the Moyune
30l6 tons net burden Eacn OF them VIII
therefore easily carry a resiInenl oI SOL
diers and all will make splendid trans
ports With these vessels added TO the
fieet already engaged Uncle sam Will
have no ditnculty In rusnlng big oody
Of men to the Philippines, ana II now De
gins to look as though the reOelllon Would
De put down in the time speclned by the
administration
the board OF survey yesterday. She VIII
go into the stream tomorrow, ana as
soon as her compasseS have been adjusted
will start for Manila Honolulu VIII De
her flrst port of call. After coallns 1here
she will proceed to Guam and then TO Ma
Mia. on arriving there she Will be turned
into a permanent hospital, occasionally
making short cruises 1or the dement, Oh
the invalids on board.
The members OF the board who passed
upon the seaworthiness of the Kele1
were: Commander II. e. o. Colby. U. 5:
N; Captain John Birmingham, United
States Supervising Inspector OF Steam
Vessels; Robert Forsyth, chief engineer,
nrlyS Tan IlnkpV
intendent shipyards, Union Iron Works;
Captain John Barneson, marine superln-
tendent, United States army transport
service. Captain Frank Greene slgnai
corps, u. s. A, is detailed as recorder of
the board.
One of the hospital stewards who was
to have gone to Manila on the Relief had
his voyage stopped yesterday. Had the
vessel gone out on time he would have
rad a respite, but now he is in prison with
a charge of deserton hanging over him.
His name is Stephen c. Livingstone, and
he was with the army in Cuba. He did
not like the life and deserted. After
over him again and he re-enlisted in the
hospital corps. While the Relief he
was recognized by one of his former Off
and the fact ftegya tsms back 70
dering his arrest, and yesterday Living
stone was placed IN irons and taken out
to the Presidio. He will be tried by court
martial and will be lacky if he gets off
with three years on AlcatRz.
The transports Sikh and Rio de Janeiro
are going to Portland as soon as they are
fitted out. They will take on board there
the Thirty-fifth Regiment and proceed to
Manila. The vessels were TO have left
here next Friday, but il will probably he
next week before they get away. as the
mattress company cannot turn the Turner
patent bunk with which they are to be
equipped out in time.
Chief Engineer George Kingsland of the
transport Sherman is proud of his staff of
assistants. The oldest only celebrated his
twenty-seventh birthday last month; new
ertheless they make up as efficient a body
of mechanics as there is In the transport
service. Mr.. Kingsland's first assistant is
r. McCabe; second assistants 0. Hickey
and G. Berry third assistants c. McDon-
aid. c. Mcintyre and S. Crisp.
The transport st. Paul, which loaded
cavalry and horses at Seattle for the Phil
ippines, reached Kobe last Monday She
will probably remain there a few days
and should get to Manila about the end
of the month.
The quartermaster's steamer General
Mcdowell was placed in quarantine yes
terday. While conveying a company of
the Thirty-first Regiment to the deten-
ton camp on Angel Island a case of
smallpox broke out among the soldiers
When the fact became known the entire
regiment was sent to the camp on the
Dowell was placed in quarantine. She
was thoroughly fumigated and released,
but the crew will have to remain in quar-
aintine for fourteen days. In the mean
time the quarantine steamer Sternberg is
making the McDowells runs to the army
posts.
1t now looks as though the Thirty-frst
Regiment would not get away for a fort
night. In that event another body of men
will leave on the transport Grant, as that