The San Francisco call., 1899-05-30
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. CHINESE
WILL BE HOUSED ON LOMBARD
STREET WHARF.
Colon Carried a Lot of Yellow Men
to Fill the Place of Strikers
at Panama-Water Front
Notes.

4 fleet Of steamers made port Sunday
night and yesterday. The China. Tai Fu.
ana Carmarthenshire arrived from the
Orient. the City of Sydney from Panama
ana way ports, and the Curacao from
Mexican ports. All of them brought
heavy cargoes and some of them were
crowded with passengers. so the quaran-
tine authorities and Custom-house off,
GERS had a busy day of it.
The China got in Sunday night. but it
was nearly p. m. yesterday before she
landed her cabin passengers. The delay
was caused by the Chinese in the steer
age. The quarantine officer was through
with the vessel at I q. m. and then the
work Of sending 800 Chinese to the Angel
Island quarantine station began. This
was accomplished in about three hours,
and by II a. m. the China was anchored
off the Mail dock.
While the China was landing the Chi
nese the City of Sydney came in from
Panama, and being passed by the quar-
antine officer went direct to the Mail dock
and took the China's berth, the Colon be-
Sng in the Sydneys berth. The latter YES
sci was to sail at noon. and as soon as she
went out the Sydney was to haul ahead
and make room for the China
The China had on board $50 Chinese in
transit for Panama and these had to be
transferred TO the Colon. The latter, there
fore. remained at the wharf while the
ANA'i N'iN
the tug Millen Griffith and put aboard.
There were 100 cabin and 6S second cabin
passengers on the China and the language
they used in speaking of Pacific Mail
management while watching the transfer
of the coolies would not look well in
print. About p. m. the Colon sailed, the
berth and the China docked.
The City Of Sydney brought, very
heavy cargo of general merchandise. Su-
gar and coffee from Panama and Central
American ports. Among the cabin pas
sengers was II. Gillette. the Southern Pa
Citc's chief assistant engineer. de has
been all over the Central Guatemalan
Railroad and is prepared to make a re-
port on the same to G. 2. Huntington.
The CaTmarthenshire also had trouble
with her Chinese passengers. She has
considerable cargo fcrI San Diego, and
after discharging here viii sail for that
port. She has four Chinese for san Fran
cisco and these the customs authorities
will not land until their cases have been
investigated. The steamer cannot wait
for them. so in order 10 straighten things
out a house had to be built on Lombard
street wharf for them. There they will
live under guard until their right to land
The Colon took away 237 Chinese all told
for Panama. There nave been two very
expensive strikes among the freight han
dlers on the isthmus and the Mail Com
pany does not propose to have another
one When the Colon arrives the men
who have returned TO work will get a
very sagreeable surprise, as they will
be fired bodily" and the Chinese put in
their places.
Among the cabin passengers of the
Colon was A G. Canalizo of the firm Of
Loaza & Co. He viii visit his friends
and relatives in Mazatlan and on his
1eturn viii bring his bride with him.
The United States transport Grant will
not sail for Manila until this afternoon
The men of the Sixteenth Infantry have
not been paid for two months and Uncle
Sam is going 10 fulfill that obligation be
fore the men leave for Manila. Early this
morning the work Of paying will begin
and about . p. m. the big transport will
get under way.
Captain Moore of the schooner Free
Trade fame is In trouble again. After
taking three wealthy Englishmen to
Alaska in search of an island of gold and
then marooning them on Kadiak Island
he sold the schooner and was next heard
from at Tacoma as mate of the American
ship Henry Willard. When the vessel ar
rived at Liverpool Moore put an adver
tisement i'm several papers stating that
there were vacancies for apprentices who
would be required to pay a premium of
500 each. The captain and agents of the
vessel denounced the advertisement as
unauthorized and detectives were placed
on Moores track lie was caught and
warned. but nothing could be done with
him, as while he had received dozens of
letters no money had passed.