The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1899-08-21
THE CHRISTIAN
ENDEAVOR IS ON
THE MUD FLATS
Broke Down and Was
Driven Ashore.
ADVENTURE OF THREE BOYS
ADRIFT IN A BOAT FOR NEARLY
THREE HOURS.
Very Few Tickets for the Excursion
to Meet the Sherman Left-Ah
Sans Bitter Experience
on the Wilder.
ADRIFT IN A BOAT FOR NEARLY
THREE HOURS.

The launch Christian Endeavor owned
by the Golden Gate Association of Chris
tan Endeavorers. is a wreck on the Ala
media shore and a party of the Endeavor-
ers had to reach shore yesterday by wad-
ing through half a mile of mud and water.
For a long time it has been the custom
of the association TO send a band of En-
deavorers once or twice through the week
and every Sunday to ships in the bay.
Services are held aboard and a number of
tracts and some literature are distributed
among the sailors Yesterday the launch
was sent out in spite of the northwester
that was blowing at the rate of twenty-five
miles an hour on the bay. All went well
until midstream was reached. when the
machinery broke down. Those aboard
waved signals of distress and did every
thing possible to attract attention, but
in vain.
For over an hour the Endeavorers drift
ed about in their frail launch and then she
was driven hard and fast on the Alameda
mud flats. y submerged rock went
through the boats bottom and she grad
ually filled up to a level with the tide.
Then the young men took off their shoes
and stockings. rolled up their trousers and
carried the ladies ashore. Upon returning
to this side they tried to charter the tug
Ida w, but Captain James had chased
all the derelicts he was looking for that
day and besides his boat drew too much
water Then they went to Joe Kane and
he went over in the Brisk, but could not
get near the STRANDED launCn on account
of low water. If she does not go to pieces
tonight the boat will be towed off to-
morrow.
Captain Dan James had a long chase in
the tug Ida w yesterday after three boys
in skiff. The youngsters names are
McNulty, Maher and Johnson, and they
live on Townsend street, between Second
and Third. Yesterday they went aboard
Whitelaws wrecking scow Catalina. See
ing nobody around they got into the skif
that was alongside, and using piece or
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from the wharves the wind took control
of the party and the youngsters were IN
a bad way when the Ida w came along
The tug was towing the schooner Ruby
A. Cousins and had to make Channel
street in time to catch the Fourth street
bridge Captain James could not stop,
therefore to pick up the boat, but rushed
the schooner through the bridge as quick
" as possible and then went in search
Of the boys. BY this time they We're half
way across the bay and it took the Ida
w half an hour to catch up with them.
The boys were lying in the bottom of
the skiff crying when the tug went along
side. They had given themselves up fer
lost and were correspondingly relieved
when they found themselves aboard the
tug.
People who want to meet the Sherman
when she comes in with the California
boys aboard had better hurry up and get
their tickets Every steamer has been
sold out except the Piedmont, Berkeley
and Pride of the River, and these boats
will only accommodate 2400 people Under
no consideration will more than given
number of tickets be sold, as the commit
tee in charge is determined there shall
be no crowding. There are left, there
fore 1000 tickets for the Berkeley 1000 for
the Piedmont and 400 for the Pride of the
River No more will be issued.
All Sam, cook of the ship Spartan, got
beating on the barkentine S. G. Wilder
yesterday that he will not forget III a
hurry His wounds were dressed by DR..
Rice at the Harbor Receiving Hospital.
The cook on the Wilder was not sue
cess last trip and Captain Jackson asked
All Sam to get him another one. Sam
tried but failed and yesterday went
aboard the barkentine to tell the captain
of his failure He ran across the old
cook as soon as he crossed the gangplank
and the result was a badly battered Sam
when the Wilder's cook was through with
him All Sam is going to have his enemy
arrested.
Jack Farrell of 81 Lindley avenue got
into a row on the front yesterday and had
his jaw fractured by a knock-down blow
He was treated at the Harbor Hospital.
The Government has started fencing in
the additional portion of Folsom street
wharf granted It by the Harbor Commits
sioners last week. The slip will be dredg-
ed to-day and when that job is completed
three transports will be able to lie at the
southern side of the dock.
The schooner Herman arrived from ko-
diak Yesterday in the very fine time of
thirteen days. She left in port the
schooners Rather, Charles F. Woodbury.
and MakSOutOff.