The San Francisco call., 1899-09-28
BIC TRANSPORT
LEELANAW VERY
BADLY DAMAGED
1t Will Take Weeks to
Repair Her.
MORE TROOPS OFF TO MANILA
BoILERMAKERs ARE WORKING
ON THE GLENoGLE.
Three Sailors on the Port Patrick
Injured in Storm-Battleship
Iowa Off on Practice
Cruise.
MORE TROOPS OFF TO MANILA
BoILERMAKERs ARE WORKING
ON THE GLENoGLE.

Two more transports got away yester-
day. The Centennial with load of horses
went into the stream Tuesday night and
anchored At a. m. yesterday she sailed
! for Honolulu. The Centennial will not
] go to Manila this trip, but will land her
| freight at Honolulu and come back here
/ for another load. On her return to the
! islands she will take aboard the horses
| left on the first trip her second cargo be-
! ing left at Honolulu TO rest and get &C
| clmated.
! The Sikh left for Portland two hours
| after the Centennial She will take on
/ troops for Manila. and as the men are
now on the Columbia River the transport
/ will get quick dispatch Among those
who went away yesterday on the Sikh
was Lieutenant S. NJ. English of the
Thirty-hfth Infantry. He was formerly
an officer of the Eighth California, but
received his commission to the Thirty
fifth Regiment a few days ago. He is
son of William d. English. secretary of
the Harbor Commission. A host of friends
were down TO see him off and wish him
a safe return.
Half a dozen boilermakers are at work
on the transport Glenogle and the chances
are that another gang will go to work
on the Valencia to-day. The men say
that all they ask is an eight-hour day
on Government work, and that they VIII
/
away from the port. and are confident
that they will not do so. The bosses are
afraid that If an eight-hour day is granted
on Government work the demand Will
then extend to the shops. This, the boil
ermakers say, is not a fact, and they
are willing TO bind themselves not to
make any demand in that direction Tor
At present the Mariposa is the only
outside Job oyer which there is any trou-
BILE. The Risdon Iron Works has the con-
tract and one of the steamers furnaces
has been removed TO the shop. The boiler
makers say that they will have TO be en-
ployed to put il back again, but the con-
tractors assert that they can do the work
themselves. Both sides are firm at pres
ent, but there seems to be an undercur-
rent setting in the direction Oh an arllcd-
BILE settlement.
The Leelanaw went on the drydock yes
( terday. She was ashore at Montara while
trying to make port in the fog and came
in here leaking. An examination showed
that she was much more seriously dam
aged than was at first anticipated. Ihere
are several big dents on the port size, d
couple of plates are cracked, d large num-
Der of rivets are gone and several holes
were punched in her biige. AS soon as
the extent of the damage was seen II
was decided to at once take her OFF the
drydock in order to make room for the
Duguesclin. The latter vessel had the
right of way, but the owners OF the Lee
lanaW paid so much a day for the prlvi-
lege of docking nrst. 1t will taee several
weeks to repair the LeelanaW and the
.
The holes in her were temporarily plugged
up and she was launched again last mgnt
There were two stoWaways on the trans
port Centennial and they were put aDodIu
the pilot boat outside. They were brought
ashore on the tug Alert.
The cruiser Marblehead went to the
navy ward yesterday and the battleshlp
Iowa goes to sea to-day. She Will prob
ably be back in port again saturday, as
she is only going out Tor target n pracRiGei t3iTd
docked at the sea wall yesterday. Cap
tain Jackson says that during the entire
round trip it never blew stronger than
decent breeze and the was like glass
nearly all the way. Mrs. d Ancona. wife
of DIR. Arnold a. q d'Apcona, was passen-
ger for the round trip. She made the voy-
age for her health and had most de
lightful time. She is In love with Tahiti
and thinks it rivals the paradise OF the
Pacific. The Tropic Bird is another yes
sci that suffered through the lightship
not being in position. She had been 400
miles Oft shore since the 10th inst. and
when Captain Jackson did make the place
where the lightship should nave been he
did not know what to think. Luckily a
pilot-boat came along and one of the pi-
lots brought him in
from Newcastle, n. S. w, and the Castle
Rock from Swansea yesterday, both coal
laden. During the last twenty-four hours
nearly 21,00 tons of coal came In through
the Golden Gate. and of this only 5000 tons
came from Puget Sound ports. The re-
mainder was from Cardiff. Swansea and
I Newcastle Australia.
The Port Patrick had some heavy
weather during the first part of the voy-
age. A succession of heavy gales, with
high, confused sea, did considerable dam
age to the decks, washed out two Of the
ports. carried three of the sailors into the
scuppers and severely injured them. They
bruised about the body. They will be sent
to the Marine Hospital.
The British ship Aristomene. which
a cargo valued at nearly $500 900. Besides
wheat, honey, cascara and wine, she had