The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-10-01
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IAN AJk3 OBl8PD. Cal, BepA S-AS<D~
era; Manager IL r. Robertson. ok tks Rob
erfson Raft Company. Of Seattle, nys the
losing 81 the leg raft oH Asntoefno. Bsp-
f1ab<T Z, 49, . n4eee ~ mAiictousnsss On
tie pass Of the cxzFins's o63eefs, and In
ssfgDsed ~ the astsosr Union He de-
eiASes the hswser was cut. and dH n0e
DArf without 81 from IN ~ wist3s9 ~
Some ere en- the CsssiaA, snd ~ the time
of the parting Of her hawssr the enEy per-
sons en- the deck Of the collier having the
rAfs IN s0w wsfs Cast 6ezDen ard the
d1ut ofI3cer.
Robsrtsos vslI sesst Tor 0aa Yrane4sre
ts0crr0w and viii nbei the czassna and
her owner. DpsscksIs, for Al the s1esns<s
he hos been % IN recaotuYtng the dsye-
bet. nov ~ Port Hartford. In tow Of the
tag Reseue. which found II near Iompsrs.
He VIII swear cut . warrant for Capt
SEAMAN and prosecute tie case
Robertson c%srses that the scheme ~
Capt. seaman Was only part Of . dssp-iah
plot to iose the rsft ana prevent the own
<rs from finding IL without paying large
salvage. Capt Seaman. Robertson says,
told him the hawssr had pulled ous ~ the
splice Robertson does not bs;tevs IL, -
the hawser was sourfeen-inch cable. and
he came to Pert Hartford expressly 10 ind
the truth Of the matter. On the tug Res
cue n tbs hsws<r, with the splice intact.
and tbs end cut on cissn, sh0w1ns IL was
severed with o sharp instrument This, he
says. - proof positive Of scheme lad BY
the osam4n's Union
Tie Csarsna IL ownsd by opgecksds, .
friend Of Robertson. but he viii iIbei the
owner for the expense OF recovering the
raft
Mr. Robertson arrived here from San
10 Port Hartford. where he remained aii
night and today. The tug Monarch arrived
from San Francisco this morning. and VIII
ASSIST the Rescue In taking tho dsyeitas
lack % 6an Francisco. Al present heavy
northwest wind II blowing. snd the tug
Will remain anchored uDtn tomorrow morn
Ing.
Robsrsson ays: II came down here
purpossly 10 sss II the hswssv had been
cut, a. snsp>cted. by the actions Of Capt
SEAMAN. that there hsd been . nasty frsck
mayed on me, With my wife and dan9b-
ter. i was on the czaffna from the Sound,
TEs captain dssertsd the raft After IL was
cut ioGss 20 80 ashore. for sroyiScrs, he
sid, although be had been 0ss only twelve
days and had started with proyiss0ns far
more than two weeks. I wanted % remain
and ssnd boat. bat he SAID va we're sniy
nins miles from ssore, and he would ts
back In fwo hours and again catch the
raft Instsad Of nins miles, found after.
ward No we're fbssty>dys snsIas from shore,
and when Ne diG pst In he would not Jet
me land. Hs SAINT tins first 0i5lcsr and q
boas 10 shofs for proytxens. ! asked 10
LET NJ man ssryaDt Co. o. let me, but he
refused. wanted 10 telegraph shs status
Of things On the tug and about the Tsft,
but eouldn't kavs tins vsmsi.
Then We returned. and tho csfAin
made . pfstsnss of searching sos tins raft
for four days A. q matter ~ fact. he
dttn't - near the pgacs where " had b<sn
deserted. bat stssm~s around 10 prevent
me from getting ashore to secure ALL IN
tookfnG f0s the rsfs. f<SGsd him 10 pgt
me ashore snyvbsrs, and he ss1gAd, What
fcrr ! asid 20 get tug 70 10 sfiss the
raft, and hs sail ~ wosI1 md H. :.
'-bprssksls e1Gs the Cxzr.Es, AMI. ef
csusss, he TOD Besnaa 10 enA the rAff,
NJ spvecasls, f5.nt, vii 10 sys2ffss1
% learn this acf.Ca ~ k:s captain,
The nfsmsa on the tug Han Pedro,
which siShf<d The raft. bat gave ~ 80 20
get coai. vss diseksfssd ~hss the ssn
Pedro reached Sen Frsscssco ami ~ carry
out . sgsdxs Against the owners TN me-
o. fhs plans Of me ssn pefro td.ss,sissy.
e1 him, bat wsfehsd the ess Pedro coal
ana chartered the ttssessS ~ fsiisr me san
ps6so cut. snd " she fgsDsA sDyfs 10 fs~
turn, ard then steam after the raft Trs
San Pedro wss . nsns-tnos ss1zf, sbijs fhs
HsSrss ~ fysrseH-hpsfisr. 80 she sss,y
~ k~ss fas Nan tsff, On the sogsbsrn fftp,
although sf1s started fifss hngr~ later. Tss
san P~JFs sss Ia f<yTs&fs tsy wien tss
Eesevs y<kts1 40 fhs raft"
gofssss6n says the sesmsas Esseu 10
ssys bscsass nm s0ns wsfs IN ~ raft,
ans the nssnf essfsss are ofTist<6 ~
the r4ffgss BUSINESS ~ fss Wssttsxfsn
legislature spogls bss bAsssess ~ VII ~
% Esfslss cssaabta - 10 business @ns sst
hs Isgs fhsre insfssf ~ ~ fkf~ fo9afrT,
them trfNs them - ssn Ffsnft~eS fHs
sxns az NV Tss Sssf <gnfsiHs 1bfs0
ilassg feet ~ igss. snf 70 values ~ ta1,6so,
T%e reseu~ ss's bo s4ivsxH. ~ "a VAS
chartered ~ $50 per fsy
80 further pyoDf fhsf 10 ssu3ef ~ M
part nssiF under fbs ssfan. F9f~fixgs
ssys n VS. q rev gope, snf ka4 never be-
FIRE t@sa used lie wfH pTs1sss further
RATS bsnoning ssrstles ~ fefionig2 thsas
wlfh tss Mani. az oresE gong fgg ~ fss
sa1ns. srf iss the fesy ys~sei carry HxYssss
Instead ~ IRE rsss Thfs affair shgss no
4sTs fhss RATS esa i've IN Ssfsr sSr
ing ffnns ard ~ vfgi Drstaf3y asnsgs
drsFs 60 feat isFze RATS - Us~sg shf
Isyan. Jtgss~rsbn xflI Issvs F<sffis far
Jspss NcfstsF tfb. on sss ssseugsr rsasfsss
% gspsn. 20 s1ss lnts tss sfyi~sta8'y -
sending raffs ssress fhs 0rsaa