The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-09-01

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seausntiy Released Hss0 Prison.

While. arrived from the north 1t In
xe3ock this morning. with ~ paasenGers
aad about gsWy60e in gold dnst. from Cape
None. Dawson and other Deid-producing
districts. One hundred Of her passengers
were from Cape Nome. One and al OF
tham unite In pyoclaimlng u the greatest
and richest mining camp on earth. Many
strange stories OF fortunes found In one
day on the beach are brought down. II 10
satd that there are over 3.00D men ~ work
on the seashore. al mAking good money.
and that labor In at = premium. claim own
err being willing TO pay from q 70 80 per
day for laborers.
The IAurada's passengers also bring
news Of the arrest Of ~ miners at Anvil
City on August ~. ~ the result OF az
dcsslty arising from the stalking and re-
stalking OF placer claims corporation.
thu Nome MINING and Development Com
pany. Il y said, owned thirty claims. not
including the beach in froHs Of them.
Wben the beach claims were taken np. the
company wanted the men stalking them 10
pay rental The miners refused In . body.
The eonpany's manager then. II " alleged.
pgsvailed upon Ileut. crAigie. IN command
u the United 0sAtSs troops II 81. Michael,
70 issus IN order asking thAt the miners
pay rental Or quit work. Again the miners
fefuosd, and Lieut.. CTaigie ordered his
soldiers 20 arrest thsm al and place them
IN . warehouse belonging to the Alaska
Comnsrcisi Company.
1ho miners chose . leader. r, D. Cashell.
- oopoooe0e them IN obtaining their lib
orty. II II said that for the reason that
f6s0 Ne prisonArs for any length Of time
they Weeo released . day or two later.
Tbe IAurada brought down two bodies.
that 81 John =. 0raebe1. who died In ~.
AichaA the day before the Laurada sailed.
nRA that 48D0hA0 nPaO 0hA AfN0 nnv.
erpl months ago II Circle City.
=. II Calvin. who sAyn he has just sold
ons clam ~ Cape Nome for $4,000 cash.
!. IS q Z. ss s.c o. : s.rh Men
ers taking 1rom tho sand on the beach
esum ~ TO - high - t100 day, and there
sesqs 70 p no end 70 the gold.
'sIhs claims along the creeks are all pay
asSeully rich. You must remsmher that
the CApe No0e country has only been
ncrat0hed over % far. but Il has been PROF.
tta1os ocraschins. There are . good many
IT'S . short season country. but . rich
one"
James Kennedy. whs came down from
Dawson. SAID:
men without penny In Dawson. and the
coming winter In going 10 be . terrible
ouA You can't even work grubstako
sny more ! came out broke. but am
Il
can get there. Most OF the men who como
down from Dawson and st. Michael came
down broke. but the Cape Nome fellows
were all well hecied."
at Cape Nome for three months. says:
Tho beach II the richest IN the world.
l make no exception. / know that Logan,
Ban Francisco newspaper man. 6chiey.
on the beach In one week One day they
took out el.eD0 with two rockers Rockers
were averaging over go to . rocker, two
men working, when came away.
Snake river. 1t Anvil City. up tho beach
three miles. but they are making wages
~ far up ~ Penny river. The beach
yields hne amalgamstes; the best in the
found on the beach. thing hitherto un-
heard of
Mr., Everett had In hts possession ono
worth 81 cents.
The I.aurada's passenger ns, IL as fol-
r. Kelley. A. D~waiiy. =. q. Hermanson.
Thos. kinea. Vim. Kiilsa II. r oidt ana
wife. Chaa aerxfctdert II. c. Ros@nseldt.
Hsnriehs. Geo. Dumphey and wife. A.
q Heis. 4 II. stephens jr.. w. A. Renter.
L Broeer. q. r. i.amhk.n. = J. Fraker,
! Dickinson. Jas. Turner. a. n Dean.
b.. eI r,. n u a,. prsa' u 2NN,'sy Gee
NiTyhbure. II. r: Dickinson, Miss l. p,
Dickinson. Mis- n. J. Dickinson. J. &.
Bondsail. J. G.. Mccain. ~ v. Buyer. Geo
=. Kyle. Geo. w. Johnson. r.. g. Moaart.
Jne pierson and wife. r. q. Anderson
frsd Cana Capt. I. 4. CONN. Capt. g
w. Sinclair. n @. Murray. r. NJ, Amber
son. r, Campbell, r. A. wisland. II r.
Donnsil. T.. Il. Biaekman. Fred Chslcott,
Chas epraGue. L. l.. Writ. John E Good.
4rr. Thomas Short. Mrs. Thomas berry,
Prank brown, VIM MatherSon, W. H.
brown Robert Rogie. II. Parry, J. Ste.
phenaon, I.am.toux. + A. Thompson.
g. -, Rivers. u. Goodrich A. nur+x
l. Moran. II. Taylor. George Harfinw.
z Gavin \. Fri.s, J: A. Richards. d. 4
Mathews. Geo. w. Fowler. VIM. Rahc,
Jerry Sullivan. I. NJ Yeaton. r. ~ Let.
sey. j. q. 9rindie r. r. Ntkman. q
JoAnas. ~. ioanas. r. r. Oconneif A l.
oCennsif. J. r. c'Coaneii A Morgan.
r w. Wnfa. A Abraham Peter obsn.
aching. Mr.. Mrramhridge. H. ballard. NJ
r. Wesssn, j. T.. Asnswnvsh Grant yeix-
Ter. J. r. Gsaeber. ~ n Dufsr.. II II
Kirk, Nj. sssmhur.. ~ e Dingwei, j
A. Heuek. John Edwards n. r. Andrcr
J. stephens. Mat Owl. A. lie Stripe. II
Connolly, n Easdueii r. Cambridge. A
Htckson. A. Peterson. Sam Petersen M
Olsen. John fsacks:rosu 4 X Calvin. v
naunnsr. Jehn psslls e. GleSrnan N
Raaweit. r. SMITH r J. Wtncspaw John
fIailauer, 8. A nrsckwsii Jsnnsc Moore
n. A. Warusn. r. J, buyers ara sixty
eight In steera1c.