The San Francisco call., 1899-09-27
SPORTS ARE
HURRY|NG OFF TO
THE PHILIPPINES
Two of Them Sailed
Yesterday.

There will be an exodus of transports
this week. The Grant sailed Monday
afternoon, the Relief got away for Ma
Mia at noon and the Rio de Janeiro for
Portland early yesterday afternoon. The
Sikh will sail for Portland this morning.
The troops for the Rio and Sikh await
them on the Columbia River and they will
sail for Manila early next week. The
Centennial with a cargo Of horses will
get away to-day sometime, and the Sheri-
dan and Glenogle will sail Saturday.
About three regiments will leave on these
vessels.
The Chinese crew on the Rio de ia
neiro is working under protest. They
struck for white mems pay as soon as
the transport was painted white, and as
vessel will have to go via Hongkong to
fireman and sailors: N Hitherto the Chi
SIS mo9R Refn in sea MaScan sD g moneS but ut
soon as the vessel was engaged as a
transport they made demand for from
$$5 to $50 a month. according to the work sr
amount being paid in gold. Mexican
dollar is not worth more than 50 cents,
SO the Chinese really asks asked Il for an in m
all because the Rio was under charter to
Uncle Sam.
All the Chinese on the Rio signed for
the round trip from Hongkong, SO they
must work the ship back TO that point
whether they like it or not There they
will be DISCHARGED if they do not moderI 1ei; !,
take the transport to Manila.
OF the transports now in port the Sheri--
dan will get away about October l and
the Zealandia and Valencia about Octo..
Der s. The work of getting the City of
Para and Charles Nelson ready has just
begun, and they will probably sail about
October Z. The Hancock Will go on Hunt
ers Point drydock the latter part of the
week and will be dispatched as quickly
as possible
The transports expected here are the
September IS with sailors from the fleet;
the Tartar, which left Hongkong on Sep
tember IA with the Twentieth Kansas;
the Pennsylvania, which left Yokohama
on September is with the First Washing
tons; the Newport, which is now twenty
days out. with signal corps; the Cone
maugh, which sailed from Yokohama on
September Is; the Senator five days out,
with the Fifty-frst Iowa, and the Wye
field. four days out, with a few passen-
gers. Besides these the Westminster Is
now out fourteen and the Port Stephen
seven days from Sydney, n. S. w; the
Anglo-Australian, PAX Ling and Moynne
are on the way, while the Olympia, Len
OK and Victoria will be taken just as soon
as they reach Sound ports. The Bristol
is now being overhauled on the Sound,
and as many vessels as possible Will be
fitted up outside of San Francisco until
the contractors and boilermakers settle
their differences.
The transports at Manila are the Ohio,
which arrived on the 18th inst with the
shipwrecked soldiers from the Morgan
City, the Indiana, ship Tacoma, City of
Sydney, Garonne, Athenian, st. Paul and
City of Pueba.
The CITY of Para docked at Folsom
street wharf yesterday morning and the
soldiers were landed All day large
force of customs inspectors was engaged
passing the mems baggage
All the supplies on the Leelanaw have
been transferred to the Sikh, and the
former will go on the drydock as soon as
possible for repairs.