The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-05-17
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Among the passengers were Admiral
Watson and Lieutenant Marble, u S. N
They go to Manila. where Admiral Wat
son will take command of the Asiatc
station, relieving Admiral Dewey. Lieu
tenant Marble Will be Admiral Watson
flag lieutenant. There was big crowd
down to see the distinguished sailor
away. Mrs. Watson, her two sons and
two daughters and her brother, Critten-
den Thornton were among the number
and they waved their adieus until the
Picking disappeared around the. wharves.
AS the mail steamer moved away from
the wharf Admiral Watson took his place
on the bridge beside Captain Tremaine
Smith, and answered all the salutes from
the shore. When the steamer was
Strengthened out for her run down the
bay three long blasts were given on the
steam whistle as a good-by to the shore.
Commander Merry, L. S. N, was also
a passenger on the Picking. He is going
to Honolulu to take charge of the coaling
station.
Some of the delay in the sailing of the
Peking was caused by Agent Center and
Chief Clerk Avery. AT p. m. the APP
pointed hour of departure, Lieutenant
Schwerin gave orders for everybody to
go ashore, but Messrs. Center and Avery
remained aboard to say good-by once
again to their friends. 1t was not until
the steamer was out in the stream that
they discovered they were on their way
to Honolulu. A tugboat had then to be
summoned to put them ashore
The brig Galilee arrived from Tahiti
last Monday night after fair passage
of thirty days She brought up six pas
sengers among whom was L, {. Coffin,
the undertaken of Pitcairn Island. About
nineteen years ago Mr.. Coffin was sailor
on the British ship Arcadia. That vessel
was wrecked on Duce Island and the
captain and crew made their way to Pit
cairn in the boats When the British
man-of-war made her usual visit to the
island all the men left the island save
Coffin, who had taken unto himself a
the islanders, and this is his first visit
to the mainland He brings up number
of relics from the Bounty. Pieces of the
old ship are still preserved by the de-
scendants of the mutineers, and some of
the most interesting are now in the pos
session of Mr.. Coffin
There was almost a riot on the trans
port Valencia, and a posse OF police had
to be called in to quell the disturbance.
1t appears that the firemen had a number
of grievances during the voyage to Ma
Mia and back. and yesterday they tried
to even up matters with Chief Engineer
Pierson and First Assistant Williams.
The firemen had been drinking, and
wanted to give the engineers beat
ing, but the engineers made their escape
into the chiefs room. While waiting for
them to come out the firemen began fight
ing among themselves and when the
quartermasters interfered they beat the
quartermaSterS.
First Assistant Williams watched his
opportunity, and slipping over the side
ran up the wharf and summoned the po-
lice. Sergeant Brophy and officers Shaw
and Lake responded, but when they
reached the scene the Valencia was being
moved across the dock to another wharf:
The firemen saw the officers coming, and
when the steamer got alongside they
made a run for it and got away. They
were to have been paid off yesterday af-
ternoon, but that longed-for event was
postponed until to-day
John Desmond, mate of the steamer
Modoc, had several ribs broken aboard
the vessel yesterday. A piece OF machln-
rope slipped and the heavy piece of iron