The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-18
SWIFT LUCANIA LOST ADAY.
STRIKE CAUSED MOST or THE DELAY,
TEMPEST THE REST.

with An entire force OF green nremen picked |
up at random along the Liverpool waterfront |
the Cunarder Lucania dropped q day in her |
regular schedule and came u to her dock yes
tsrdsy more than tventy.four hours behind |
time One day Of very bad weather contributed |
somewhat to this result, and the shin would |
have lost still more time had not the enein sers
turned In and aided .he nremen The crew was |
not In the hest OF shape either tvo-thirds OF |
her sailors being new men, hastily hired with |
out time for selection. Altogether, Can't. Ho- |
ratio Mckay considers that his ship IN lucky to |
have come In with the loss OF nothing more
than one days time and sixty deck chairs upon |
which the mermaids are now experm e ntinr to |
discover whether or not mermaids can sit |
down.
Like the giant Oceanic. tho Lucania found
that she couldp't get men because the Britisb
seaman's Union had struck for a wage list
which the Cunard line refused to allow. But
there Is plenty OF unemployed labor Of all kinds
around tho Liverpool docks. and az soon an IL
was known that the liner was .hort handed APP
p,icants appeared In great mum ers. To flll up
the quota Of sailors was not matter OF great
difficulty, but in the case OF the f,remen IL was
different Firing on an ocean greyhound IL A
trying ordeal, calling as IL does for violent and
unremitting exertion In intense heat. and
when tho applicants found what duty wai re-
ouired OF them many OF them retired hastily.
n
MI ND with mere boys. though IL was extremely
rroblematical whether some OF them would he
able to perform the work However. they were
n willing crowd. and, doing what they could by
diligence to supply their lack OF experience
got along we'll for the first two DAYS Then the
strain began to tell
Chief Engineer Foulds called for volunteer,
from his engineers who cheerfuly undertook
the extra duty and helped tho toiIipg aremep.
40 that none OF il might be wasted. but by
actually taking hold themselves and supply.
ing the places OF some OF the younestor,
who were ready to drop from exhaustion
Weather conditions were fayorab bio u ntil Thurs.
day. Then a fresh breeze from the southwest
ehifted to south southwest and soon rose TO
hurricane force. piline up n tremendous sea. In
the stiflinR heat OF the stokehole the inex-
per.nced fremen became dizzy and sick. with
the foothold shifting and crawling ben cath their
feet. and there was one time whom a panic
among them was prevented only BY the steadl.
ness and encou rapement OF the oyerworked en-
pineera who toiled beside them. Tho hurri-
cane reached its greatest force at P NJ, and
liant II M until q. during which three hours
Aha shin vaa boye To. Thus afforllnc some
respite from work for the fremep.
Meantime there were very liyely times be
,v.en deoks Everytbne movable moved
vi
senaers who didn't cling tightly 10 soms int.
oral ,art NJ thu sbip'. structpre ware tumbled
nbout with n net result ri many bruises Count
A DessenfYv of Buda pssth became involved In
an altercatiop with A chair over precedence
through n narrow passage and severely
snr,ined three fingers besides iniurine hi,
lo.e Other nas.eng,r. sufYsred seyere bumns
l'be nav mon OF tho crew behaved we'll
Ind there was no trouble with the sailors
while IL lasted
"yonr last s,nsrisnc. with a burric,n. A..
vava sesms Ike the hardest " he said vester.
d,v "I WON'T s.v that was the worst burri.
can. I've aver met with. but It was certainly
on. a, the vorst The seas were very high.
and thew tumbled the ship around rretty
ssvereIv II wa. impoasible between decks
10 ait on a chair and ksop your feet on tho
rounds Wa had n benvs to for tbree hours.