The San Francisco call., 1899-05-01
TRANSPORTS
STILL HELD IN
QUARANTINE. .
Cabin Passen g ers Al
lowed to Land.
CHINESE INHUMANLY TREATED
CAPTAIN AND COOK OF THE
MARY A. TROOP ARRESTED.
cabin Boy Driven to His Death by
the Ships oficers-Trou-
bles of the Ship
Sachem.
CHINESE INHUMANLY TREATED
CAPTAIN AND COOK OF THE
MARY A. TROOP ARRESTED.

The transports Grant and Sherman are
still in quarantine The Sherman was to
have come over yesterday, but Dr.
Brooks. the United States Quarantine OI-
dcer. changed his mind and the VeSSelS
had to remain at Angel Island. Both
transports Will be thoroughly fumlgated
by to-day and the Sherman will then dock
at Folsom-street wharf. with the Grant,
however il Will be different. Her crew
will have to remain in quarantine for a
fortnight and the vessel therefore cannot
come out Of quarantine unless the Govern
ment supplies another crew TO orlng her
over.
Ii was the intention Of the quarter
master to dock both vessels at Folsom
street (the Government dOck) and IN or
der to make room the Leelanaw was NOV
ed to Aain-street wharf, where she Will
complete her loading. Both the Grant ana
Sherman are 445 feet long ana on the
south side of Folsom-street wharf only IS
there that amount OF space me 4IOt -
side of the wharf ends at the easteTly Slue
Of East street, while the Southerly sue
continues right across East street, a dis
tance of over one hundred feet 1here
VIII be plenty of room on that SIDE tneIe-
fore for the Sherman to-day, ana the
Grant, when she comes out OF quarantine,
viii 60 to PacltiC-street wharf (the
Oceanic dOCk).
United States Quarantine officer Brooks
sDent the entire day on the transports.
When he boarded the Sherman in the
morning Brigadier General Ous made
plea To be allowed to land. He explained
that urgent business required his pres
tuCe in Los Angeles, so Dr. Brooks gave
him permission to come ashore and placed
the quarantine steamer SteTnberg at MS
Gisu0saL The other cabin passengers on
The Sherman came ashore at p. m. on
the Quartermaster's steamer Mcdowell.
They We're landed at Clay-street wharf
and as soon as their baggage was checked
The loading and discharging of the
Steamer Australia was carried on slmul-
taueouSly yesterday. The vessel was
nearly two days late getting here from
Honolulu ON account of having TO wait for
troops. and in order to get her away on
schedule time the stevedOreS have to
work overtime. An enormous quantity OF
machinery for the sugar plantations is
being shipped by the Australia
Captain Lewis Baker and Steward Her
bert Edgar Passiugham Of the British
ship Mary 4. TTOON are on trial in Eng
land for maltreating and driving to his
death Chinese boy named All Ching. All
the vessels of the Troop fleet are known
as hard ships and the Howard D.
Troop, now on the Columbia River, IS
having considerable trouble IN securing
crew. The Mary A. Troop arrived at
Puget Sound the latter part OF last year
and she was not an hour in port before
10 sail another crew was procured after
considerable trouble and among them was
All Ching, who shipped as cabin boy.
The unfortunate MOngol was the butt Of
the captain and steward from the time the
ship passed out through the Straits of
san Juan de Fuca. He was beaten un-
I'll his body was a mass of running sores,
he was compelled to eat rope yarn and
potato peelings and to lap up dirty water
from the deck. The crowning indignity,
from All Chings point Of view, was the
cutting Oft Of his pigtail. He then diSap-
pcared overheard and is supposed to have
committed suicide.
When the Mary A Troop arrived at
BuenOs Ayres the crew went ashore and
made a statement to tne British Consul.
He at once caused the arrest of Captain
Baker and Steward Passingham and sent
went several of the sailors who are wit
neSses In the case.
Captain Valley was placed in command
Of the Mary A. Troop after Captain Ba-
ker's arrest and he started from Buenos
Ayres for Hamburg IN her. Bad luck
seemed to follow the ship after the death
OF An Ching and on March 26 the Troop
put into St Thomas IN distress. The cap
tain was sick. the cnrOnOmeter broken
and the provisions had nearly all given
out.
the Orient last Saturday. brought the
news of the hard luck Of the American
ship SaChem The vessel sailed from New
York for Shanghai with a cargo Of kero-
sene. When about half the voyage had
been covered Captain Schulz died from
Brghts disease of the kidneys and was
buried at sea. The mate then took charge
of the Sachem. In the FOrmOsa channel
she ran into a terrific thunder storm. A
fash Of lightning struck the ship and
the mate was knocked insensible. For
was only by the unremitting eXertions
Of the crew that his life was saved
The ferry steamer Berkeley was again
IN trouble yesterday. Something went
wrong in the engine room on the a. m.
trip and she was laid of for two hours
The Piedmont took up her running until
the necessary repairs were made, after
which the Berkeley went back on the