The San Francisco call., 1899-08-03
ENTIRELY NEW
CREW TO co OUT
ON THE HANCOCK
Engineers and Deck
Officers at Outs.
FORMED AN UNHAPPY FAMILY
HEROIC MEASURES ADOPTED
BY UNCLE SAM.
Beer Sold Like Hot Cakes at st.
Michael-A Mammoth Tusk
Brought Down on the
Steamer Samoa.
heroic MEASURES ADOPTED
BY UNCLE SAM.

Uncle Sam is taking heroic measures
with the crew of the transport Hancock
When the vessel goes out again she Will
carry a new list of officers, from the
captain down. In this way the quarter
master hopes to secure peace and har-
mony aboard and make the Hancock
model transport.
There has been great deal of friction
on the transport ever since she went into
commission. The engineers have been at
outs among themselves and also with the
deck officers, and in consequence all kinds
of charges were in the air. The trouble
began the trip before last, when Chief
Engineer Murphy was taken sick and had
to be sent to the hospital at Manila. In
stead of promoting the first assistant to
the chiefs place the Government sent
over TO the transport Senator and made
First Assistant Owens of that vessel chlef
of the Hancock.
The appointment was resented by every
engineer on the Hancock and the trouble
began. Captain Ames was drawn into the
squaoble and the result was that several
of the engineers were confined to their
rooms as mutineers. When the vessel ar
rived in San Francisco a number OF the
men left the ship and a temporary peace
was patched up. The mems animosity
against Owens for. taking the place of
the chief only slumbered, however, and
trif1ing incident soon had everybody In
hot water, again. An order by the chief
and soon all hands were by the ears.
This state of affairs lasted until the
Hancock got back to San Francisco last
week. Then it was that Uncle Sam
adopted heroic measures. Chief Engineer
Murphy, whose illness caused the change
that gave rise to all the trouble, came
back from Manila on the City of Peking
and has taken control of the Hancock's
engine room again. All the other engin-
eers nave resigned and new men will take
signed and new master will be appoint
ed. In fact, when the Hancock goes to
sea again she vii practically fSaarry EAR o,
The Hancock requires thorough over
hauling and thousands of dollars will have
to be spent on her before she can go to
sea again. Her machinery is in bad
way and the bottom is very foul She is
too long to go into the Hunters Point dry
send her to Seattle to load she will be
docked at Hongkong If she goes to Sc,
attic she will go on the Port Orchard
Union Iron Works yesterday morning, but
as she was drawing too much water she
could not get alongside the wharf. At
high water last night she was got along
side and the work of repairing her will
begin to-day.
Tie steamer Samoa is back in the Eu-
ST Michael and Cape Nome and proved
herself to be one of the best all-round
vessels that went to the gold fields this
year. Among the passengers who came
down with her was Charles Eckland. He
brought down with him mammoth tusk,
! winch he dug out OIL MS Claim on Ill lO-
rado Creek 1t is 6 feet inches long
There were also a number of skull bones
| in the hole that the tusk came out of,
but Mr.. Eckland did not secure any of
them. He is taking the tusk back East
with him.
Another passenger who came down on
the Samoa was Sumner Carson, son of
the millionaire mill owner of Humboldt.
Mr. Carson went to Dawson on a specu-
lating trip and did well. He secured
couple of good mines and brought home
with him a long stocking filled with gold.
He says he washed II out of one of his
mines himself. If he did he now has had
some practical experience at mining that
may stand him in good stead.
The Samoa took 1876 casks of beer to
ST. Michael and Cape Nome. Every cask
was sold for SIS inside of forty-eight
hours and then the miners were crying
for more.
Frank Bragg, the popular secretary of
the Marine Engineers Association, left
for Mark West Springs last night to spend
his vacation. His wife and family accom-
pany him. They will remain at the
health resort about three weeks.
Three of the Adams apprentice boys
are missing and Uncle Sam is willing to
pay $40 each for their return to the train
ing ship.
yesterday and had to be towed to a wharf
by the tug Sea Queen.
The tug Rescue left for San Diego last
night to tow the schooner Sequoia to San
Francisco The Sequoia was damaged by
fire and iS coming here for renairS