Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1899-09-10
THE CROWDED PIERS
Five Foreign Entries at This
Port Yesterday.
GREAT SHIPMENTS OF GRAIN
Two Hundred and Fifty Car Loads Coming
In Daily from the West. Exported to
Foreign Countries as Fast as it
Arrives. AT the Wharyes.


There We're five foreign entries at this,
no1t Nest"rday-an unusual number.
They We're: "+
The British steamer st. Enoch. cant.
; Owen. from Antwerp H..
The British steamer Skidley. Can't.
Coulsen, from Alexandria.
The Italian bark Ammonia, Capt.
Scotia. from Naples
The British steamer Rowtor, Cant.
BenJarnin. from Port Said.
The American steamer FoxhaH, Can't.
Reed, from Ceiba, Honduras.
The piers were crowded with shin
ping. The big ST. E,noch. the German
steamer Pcmpeji and the british steam
er turquoise, are all lying in one Slip
by the side Of pier 5. The Foxhall
came up to NO. 4 Friday night ana dis
| charged her cargo elf fruit. She will
go to THE shipyard for minor repairs
before returning. The Rowtor is coa.ing
at NO. 3 pier. and the steel barge Ala
bama is loading coal near by The big
tB1'tisher Greenbrier, of the G. & O.
/! Line is Just across the Slip ait No. &
| loading. N N.7
| Hialf a dozen schooners are lying at
Wharves taking on coal and a dozen
more are out in the stream awaiting
! their turn
| The Chesapeake and Ohio is hauling
an immense amount Of grain. Two
hundred and fifty cars of oats. corn and
barley, are coming in daily and yessars
are carrying out the supply as fast
as lt arrives. Last week there was
shipped to foreign ports 331 74O bushels
! Of oats and 205,114 bushels of corn.
=,
! Kanawha. r-..
Here are some sample cargoes that
/ Went out last week:
! british steamship 'Strathnore. Cant.
Houston, tor Hamburg. 100000 bushels
OF corn; British steamer Oriel, Capt.
! 'Nladdrell, for Rotterdam 10000 bush
! els of oats. S5,114 bushels of corn and a
J general cargo; British steamer AIoorby,
Capt. IOWIfie for .Avonmouth 40 600
bushels of corn, 100000 bushels of oats
I The third fruit steamer to arrive
'Wpuhln seven days Will get in today. 1t
| is the German ship Holstein and will
come from Port Limon, Costa Rica
| The Holstein is a vessel of / ,OS7 tons.
i She lis commanded by Capr1iim Jardiu
She left New Orleans for Port L;non
! on August s.
When the barge David Wallace was
sold to the Atlantic Transportation
Company last fall for $4,000, the owns
ers virtually gave the craft away. it
| will be remembered that the Wallace
broke away from the steamer that was
towing her from oMntreal to New
York. and that after having drlfted
about for some time on the Atlantic in
! q deserted condition a fishing schooner
put prize crew on board and towed
her into port. For this service a salv-
age claim of $1,000 was made by the
owners Of the fishing smack and her
crew. The failure of the Atlantic
(, Transportation Company wiped out the
insurance on the vessel and placed the
burden Of this salvage claim as we'll
as a number of claims Of minor char
acter upon the lake owners. Now it is
, learned that the Wallace has been sold
| to salt water parties for enough money
/ to wipe out all claims against her, but
: no more Thus the owners may truth
fully be said to have given the craft
away.
Inspector Wood, of this lighthouse
! district, who has just returned t. Noy-
folk from Cape Haltteras, says the Dia-
mond shoals ligh1ship. driven ashore
there during the August hurricane, is
| high and dry on the sand. One can
walk all around her without dampenlng
! the feet.
| The Merritt Wrecling Company,
which has the contract for floating the
! lghtShip has taken all precautions
! necessary to insure her safety, and is
awaiting an extraordinary high tide TO
| complete the work. Wreckers remain
on the spot to take instant advantage
Of such a tide.
| Great anchors, Weighing 1000 pounds
each, have been sunk hundreds Of wards
from the ship. and to these strong haw-
| sers run from her nlasts to keep her
| from topping over. Captain Wood says
! the ship can undoubtedly be saved
Meantime the outer Diamond shoals
are unmarked by her friendly light.
1t is stated that the urganiza ton Of
white longshoremen here sent to Bal
timore several days ago to secure more
men for the work on the piers. The
white men are very anxious to organ
| ze 4 union and it is believed that if
| they can secure several hundred mem
bcrs of their organization a charter will
be granted them. @
| "a man was sent to Baltimore, accord
| ing to a we'll authenticated report. as
Il representative of the Freight Hand
! lers' and Longshoremen's Union for
the purpose Of securing experienced
men TO come here and join the organi-
cation.
Learning that funds are being raised
| to import white men, Furness Witty
& Co, Jack Mariner, that company's
stevedore. and the United States Ship
ping Company have 'disclaIrned any con-
nection with the movement. They say