The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1900-04-27

There is n belief among sailors that
stowaways bring good luck TO ships
and that no vessel can 20 down with
one OF them on board. But there Ia a
different opinion among the officers
and owners Of vessels. and in accord
anes with this the stowaway's lot Is
a hard one. The American immigra-
tion authorities view stowaway in
much the same light that a pauper i'm
migrant IL considered. Il = manda-
tory on the master OF a ship bringing
a stowaway to the United States that
he. as the first agent Of the owners, be
personally responsible. under heavy
ane. for the stowaway's deportation.
This law lie not calculated to put the
master mariner In a happy frame OF
mind. and he treats the unbldden pas
sanger as he thinks he should be treat
Cd. Not long ago a Cuban named
Charles Clement was picked from the
water on Hell Gate. He told the au-
thorities he was a stowaway on the
British tramp steamer High Fields and
had struggled himself aboard at the
Barbados. The vessel discharged in
Brooklyn. and. as he was not account
Cd for on the ships Official papers. the
authorities gave her captain the OPP
tion of taking the man along or pay
ing his way back 20 the West Indies.
Clement says he was afterward set up
on by two officers Of the ship. who beat
him into insensibility. that he was
then put in irons and confined below
decks. while lncarcerated there one
OF the officers told him that as soon as
the vessel was out at sea he was TO
be done away with and his body
thrown overheard. while the vessel
was going through Hell Gate en- route
10 Halifax he seized the opportunity
20 make his escape. with an iron bar
he prled open the door Of the room In
which he was confined. and. with
handouts and ALL rushed 10 the deck
and sprang over the side. He was rap
idly sinking when picked up by row.
boat. Another instance OF stowa-
ways jumping into the sea occurred
of Cape Henry two years ago. The
schooner Cactus was brought TO New
York from Baltimore, where she foun I
man clingng to life preserver, lie
said he had been slowed away at Liv-
orpool on the steamer Templemore.
The officers did not treat him with
much consideration. he added. He was
told that the immigration officers OF
Baltimore were half savages, and that
II was the custom Of the country TO
hang stowaways TO the nearest lamp
post When the Templemore reached
Cape Henry light the man grabbed a
life preserver and before anybody
could stop him jumped into the sea
He was In the water fourteen hours
when the Cactus saved him. The sad
dest feature OF the whole thing is that
the immigration authorities sent him
back TO Liverpool when he landed
here.
Countless numbers OF stowawayl
have died in attempts TO cross tho
ocean. The average steamer has many
dark holes In her big interior. and not
withdrawing the fact that a sbIn sol.
aom Ieaves mort without n search hslns
made 10 sec that no unauthorlzed ner,
son is on board. many succeed In elud.
ing detection. II ia only n few wear,
.Inee one OF tho regular lines arrived
with the dead body OF n siowawav IN
bcr hold He had ranned and ham.
mered on tho sbIn's hatch withon,
avail when tho sbIn was outside sIgh,
~ iond and had starved to doa,h
In aro,hor Instance n man MA hI,nsoI,
in n chain locker and when Tho ancho,
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