The San Francisco call., 1899-10-03
A LULL IN THE
SENDING AWAY
Of TRANSPORTS
No More Departures
Until Thursday.
PENNSYLVANIA DUE SOON
PENNSYLVANIA DUE SOON
BIG FLEET OF GRAIN CARRIERS
ARRIVE IN PORT.
Gold From Nushagak River Brought
Down on the Indiana-One of
the Iowa's Boats Cap
sizes in the Bay.

There is a lull at the transport wharf
just now. The sailing Of the Charles Mel
son and Glenogle last Sunday finished up
great deal of work, but the rush will
be on again in a few days. The New
port, Pennsylvania and Tartar should ar
rive from Manila this week. while the
Valencia, Zealandia and City of Para are
scheduled to sail Thursday. About 5000
all told will arrive and depart. The Para
will take away regiment and another
will go on the Zealandia and Valencia.
The Newport, Tartar and Pennsylvania
will bring home about two regiments be-
tween them. The Pennsylvania with the
Washington boys left Yokohama on Sep
tember IS and should get here tomorrow
or Thursday. The Glenogle, which sailed
away Sunday, took away the material for
twenty-five miles of railroad. Down in
the Philippines Uncle Sam only controls
about thirty miles of the road out of Ma
Mia. Another road is to be constructed
into the heart of the enemy's country,
and this will give General Otis two bases
of operation. 1t is the material for this
road that the Glenogle is carrying.
There is no change in the boilermak-
ers' strike. The men still insist upon
eight hours work and ten hours pay on
the transports and the contractors will
not give more than ten hours pay for
nine hours work. The locked-out men
have held number of meetings, but
out to the bitter end.
The bay presents very different ap-
pearance just now to what 1t did q week
ago. At that time there were very few
round dozen of them. Since Saturday
afternoon there have arrived the Fair
port from Puget Sound, Arthur Fitger
Valkyrie from Cardiff, Satnte Anne from
Swansea, Province from Liverpool, Ra-
hane from Newcastle. Eng. Invercauld
fro How
burg. Austrasia from Newcastle, Eng,
Cambroune from Swansea and Silberhorn
from Antwerp. Chief Wharfinger Hen
derson and Assistant Chief Dryden have
been kept busy getting berths for the
fleet. Some of them are still unprovided
for and will have to remain in the stream
until there is vacancy at some Of the
wharVes
The Sflberhorn. which arrived yester-
day, made a good run of III days from
Antwerp. On July q William Sundstrom
an able seaman, died of consumption and
was buried at sea. The captain of the
Silberhorn reports an uneventful voyage.
One Of the Iowa's boat crews got duck
ing yesterday. All the boats were out for
sailing drill, and as one of them, contain
ing a cockswain and six men. attempted
to tack around the battleship the tide
carried the boat down under the Iowa's
boom and she was overset Some of the
men swan to the gangway and got
aboard, while the others were picked up
by the launch. The boat was afterWard
righted and hoisted aboard.
The ship Indiana arrived from the can
nertes Yesterday She brought down a
and Chinese. During the voyage three of
the Chinese died Two of them were
buried at sea, but the third was put in
pickle and brought to San Francisco.
Captain Very of the Indiana says that
gold was discovered on the Nushagak
River while he was up there. He brought
down a small quantity of gold and few
nuggets that were washed out of the sand.
Next spring he is going to the district to
do some prospecting. as he thinks there
is a good digging there waiting to be
opened up.
Fairs yacht Lucero is to be towed TO
Antioch to-day. Her owner IS up the river
on a hunting trip, and the Lucero will be
used as an ark by him and his companions
during their outing.