The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-07-18

III the aggregate 10 o,ool,foO Ieet, NdluSd
at S4,945.67 The last cargo to leave the
northern port was carried by the BERTHE
Minor.
TROUBLE ON BALCLUTHA.
was trouble on the Hawaiian ship Bal
clutha and the British ship Blackbraes
a couple of days ago. One vessel loan
ed some men to the other to bend sails,
and while they were at work they were
stolen by the boarding masters. The
mate of the vessel that lost the men
made the round of the boarding houses
and took his men aboard in spite of all
resistance. Then the boarding masters
tried to rescue the sailors and there
was a free fight on which many skull
was cracked and the runners got the
worst of il.
The Blackbraes arrived here on May
"a after a passage that lasted nearly a
year. Not a man aboard has less than
$500 coming to him and in consequence
there were no assertions.
The Balclutha will go to the Sound to
load lumber for Australia and was
short of men. Captain Hatfield wanted
his sails bent and being short handed
asked for the loan of a few men from
the BIackbraes. AS soon as the men
were at work on the Balclutha the run
ners appeared on board with several
bottles of water front rye. AS soon as
the whisky got to work the men were
ready for anything and willingly de-
serted when a run ashore was pro-
posed.
When the mate of the Blackbraes
heard that his men has been stolen he
at once went ashore armed with a pis-
toll He made the rounds of the board
ing houses and inside of an hour had
all of his sailors aboard the ship again.
The next morning the boarding mas
ters made a combined raid on the
Blackbraes but the mate and second
mate, aided by the boatswain and car
penter, met them with Delaying pins,
and inside of three minutes the whole
invading force was driven over the
side, some of them much the worse for
wear. Yesterday the Blackbraes went
to Port Costa and there will be more
trouble when she comes down. Today
the BalcIutha will go to sea.
TRANSPORT GRANT.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 4.-The
Army transport Grant was to have
sailed again for Nagasaki at o'clock
yesterday afternoon, but her departure
was finally fixed for daylight this
morning. The Grant has been lying in
the stream off Harrison street since
her return, after breaking steam
pipe. General Chaffee, as well as the
1000 soldiers on board, have made the
most of the unexpected delay, although
the soldiers were not allowed ashore.
MOANA FIRES ROCKETS.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 5.-There
was merry time on board the Oceanic
steamer Moana last night at Pacific
street wharf. Although the British
emblem floats from the stern of the
vessel, there are those on board who
delight to honor the American day of
independence. This was done by gen.
eral merry making and the firing of
| rockets. Captain Carey, Chief Officer
Crisp and Purser Hodson royalty enter
] tanned the visitors.
THE CALIFORNIAN.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 6.-The Cal
ifornian, the S,00O-ton steamer lust
completed at the Union Iron Works for
the Observation-Disclosures Steamship
Company is a mystery to the knowing
ones in port. She has been Chartered
by John Rosenfeld's Sons. but her des-
tination has thus far baffled inquiry.
She is lying in the stream, and today
began taking in coal. 1t was at first
said that the vessel was going to carry
coal from Nanaimo to this port, but the
guess was an error Now there Is a
rumOr abroad that the biz