The San Francisco call., 1899-03-31
SUGAR FROM
HAWAII NOW
RUSHING IN
Fleet From the Islands
in Port.
TRANSPORT NELSON SAILS
CUT IN SAILORS WAGES NOT
TO GO INTO EFFECT.
Shipping Commissioner Gwin Is to
Be perseded-Transfer Men
Will Not Be Allowed on
=. Broadway Wharf.
TRANSPORT NELSON SAILS
CUT IN SAILORS WAGES NOT
TO GO INTO EFFECT.

A sugar fleet made port from Hawaii
yesterday Two schOOners, q brig and
two barks came in before a spanking
southwest breeze. One of the barks, An
drew Welch, has the credit Of the short
est passage made by the fleet, while the
g other bark, c. d. Bryant. made the long
est. The brig COnsuelO was 10 days from
Mahukona. the schooner Anne NJ. Camp
bell Is days from Honolulu, schooner
Oceana Vance 1la days from Honolulu,
barks c. L. Bryant p days and Andrew
Welch 141a days from Honolulu.
The tug Ida W, while towing the
, schconers Herman and Emma Claudina
to seat yesterday afternoon, got the tow
rope in her wheel and broke down. The
accident happened of North Beach and
both schooners came to an anchor. An
other tug was sent out and towed them to
sea, while the Ida W was brought back
to her berth. She Will have to go on the
Grydock to have the rope cut out of the
propeller.
The transport Charles Nelson got away
for Manila last night. She had siXty-siX
infantry under Lieutenant Alfred Aloe Of
the Eighteenth Infantry and 900 tdSaS Of
cargo. aboard. Among the freight Ewere
100 c9HlnS, in which the remains of the
soldiers who have died lighting for their
country will be brought back. This is
the second consignment Of casketS that
has gone TO Manila, the other lot having
been taken down on the Morgan City.
The attempt of the boarding masters to
re-establish the old practice of paying
blood money for sailors has failed. The
intention was TO cut wages to SIS a
month. with bonus of 500 added for each
mans shipped on a deep-water vessel. The
shipping Commissioner would not tolerate
any such state of affairs and wages are
back TO the old figure. The Agenor, load
ed for Sydney has secured crew for S20
a month. and the Erskine NJ. Phelps
bound for Honolulu 10 load sugar for New
YORK, pays SO month to Honolulu and
advance IS allowed sailor under the new
law. and Al boarding master has to make
go cover all expenses.
1t. is announced authoritativeIy on the
front that a new Commissioner is to be
appointed ir a few weeks to succeed VIII
liam NJ Gwin. The latter is under civil
service. according to q ruling made by
eX-PreSldent Cleveland, but President Nc
INilley holds that it is one OF the offices
tAat should not come under the head of
clNlI service reform. The matter has lain
IN dbeyance foI long time, and the i'm
preston got abroad that Mr.. Gwin was
70 remain in office indefinitely. This is all
changed now, and a Republican will be
appointed to the position at once. Paris
Au6urn was slated Tor the position, but
as ne has accepted the position of Har-
pOl commissioner another man will have
No transfer men VIII be allowed on
broadway wharVes to-day. The steamer
OriZaba VIII arrive from southern ports
and the Curacao from Mexico. No solic-
iuug VIII be allowed on the wharves and
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their baggage handled. This state of af-
fairs is the result Of an order issued by
the HarbOr Commissioners yesterday and
any transfer man who attempts to disObey
the rules viii be arrested by the State po-
lice. Some time ago Captain Bennett. su-
perintendent OF the dock, attempted to
keep the transfer men out, but the case
was carried into the courts and the men
Won, because one company was allowed
the privilege and the others were not
The company in question will now board
a q ms y in &c
steamers In the stream and the other
transfer men Will be left out in the cold
The Valentine law. that has caused so
much trouble on the water front, is now
raising a rumpUs in Sacramento. The sal
ary warrants issued to the State en-
loyes have been crowding in on the Comp
troller, and he does not like It. He has
accordingly notified Secretary English
that after this the payroll is to be sent up
and the money VIII be sent back in lump
sum. Then the men VIII be paid as here
tofOre. Secretary English and ex-Secre-
taTy Keegan Will go to Sacramento next
week TO arrange the course Of procedure
with Comptroller COlgan.
A dispatch to the Merchants Exchange
states that the name board and skylights
and matches Of the French ship Mareschal
Launes had gone ashore on the western
extremity OF the Welsh coast near the
Bristol channel. The chances are that the
vessel has gone down with all hands. She
was g brand new vessel and was three
days out from Swansea with a load OF
coal for San Francisco.
The Hawaiian Star Of March IS says
that the steam whaler Jeanette took
away from Honolulu over $4,000 worth of
merchandise, mostly liquors and cigars "
The vessel IS bound for the Arctic, and
the captain has evidently seen to 1t that
there will be no lack of creature comforts
for his crew.
George Borowski, the popular baker on
the steamer Australia, has become a ben
cdick, and his shipnnates did not forget
that fact when the ship reached port.
Everybody on board subscribed, and a
handsome silver service was purchased
and presented to che groom yesterday. He
was completely taken by surprise and