The San Francisco call., 1899-09-01
SHANGHA|ING Of
SAILORS IS NOW
A COMMON THING
Cook of the Cruiser
Newark Taken.

shanghaiing is becoming as common on
the water front as it was in the days
when British ship captains were paying
$50 and 500 blood money" for every
sailor put aboard the ship. Men are
very scarce and in consequence coun-
trymep and strangers are being hustled
aboard outward bound ships on any and
every preteXt, while some are. even
drugged and wake up only to find them
selves on the high seas bound for Liver
pool, Antwerp or Havre.
Thomas Burke, a cook on the United
States cruiser Newark, and James Brown,
q friend of his, woke up yesterday morn
ing and found themselves aboard. the
British ship Crompton. Burke had been
given shore liberty and at once went and
found his friend Brown. They visited
various resorts on the Barbary Coast and
finally wandered down to the water front.
There they had several drinks with some
strangers, but they remember very little
else after that. Some one agreed to take
them off to the Newark but instead put
them aboard the Crompton.
When Burke and Brown came to their
senses and found themselves aboard
British ship they raised a great howl, but
II did them no good. The advent of the
first mate soon quieted them. Luckily
Burke saw the Newark's launch passing
close to the Crompton and he at once
q. i
launch saw him jump and the boat was
turned toward him and Burke was picked
up. He explained the circumstances of
the case and the launch went alongside
the Britisher and made a demand for
Brown He was at once released and the
launch put him ashore. Burke was taken
back to the cruiser. Both men are thank
ing their lucky stars for their escape.
There was trouble on Channel street
yesterday The Fourth st street .n draw a.@.
opened for the first time In forty-eight
hours yesterday afternoon. There was IN
CONSEQUENCE a big fleet of steamers and
schooners waiting to get out and another
feet waiting to get in. Neither fleet would
give way and for time the confusion
was great. The steamers with the most
power pushed their way through and the
sailing vessels in tow of tugs followed
I'm their wake. There should be no contu-
sion on such an occasion. The rules laid
down by the inspectors of hulls' and
boilers plainly state that vessels coming
out through the draw have the right of
way. on this occasion, however, the in
ward bound vessels won the day and those
outward bound had TO wait their turn.
The steamer Bonita arrived from New
port and way ports after an unusually
long massage of SeVenty-SiX hours. The
run is generally made in fOrty-siX hours
and under When off Point Conception on
the way down one of the CrankS cracked
and the chief engineer had to put Dand
around Il. The steamer then proceeded
along under a slow bell and reached her
destination. Al Newport there were
lot Of Stanford students awaiting trans
rartati0n TO san Francisco. The captain
,Nulaiued the circumstance of the dam
ag.d machinery. but the boys elected to
come up on the steamer. It was hne
weather all the way. and as the Bonita
logged six knots an hour everybody was
satisfied. The vessel Will be laid up for
Ipairs and yesterday the Santa Cruz
went out in her place.
The Santa Cruz took away a very large
cargo and on her deck she had fifty
GumpCarS for the construction work on
the Southern Pacific coast line. These
will be landed at Gavota.
Chief Engineer Holmes has suggested
leave the electric lights put in the grand
nave remain for use on future oCca-
sious The idea is considered a good one
and The Commissioners will probably de-
eide 10 adopt il.
5. Crisp has been appointed third as
sistant engineer on the transport Sher- /
man and will go out on the vessel neN
the Pacific Mail for some years and al
though quite young man IS still one of
the most capable engineers in the trans
port service.
The Merchants Exchange has received
the following news from Valparaiso. Chile:
The British bark Iredale, which arrived
to-day from Barry reports the British
CISCO as having been spoken. The Gift
ford reports having picked up a boat with
five of the crew of the British steamer
Tekoa. from Wellington, \. T., for Lon
don. which was wrecked on Staten Island.
The steamer is supposed TO have fOun-
dered after she struck. Her crew left her
in boats. 90.
tons, engaged in the general carrying