The age-herald., 1900-08-07
American Transport Arrives at
 San Francisco from China,
BOMBARDMENT OF T|EN TS|H
Dr. Diffenderfer Says Attack on the City Was Precipitaied by Sklrmish Led by Party
 of Blue Jackets.

San Francisco, Aug. 6.-With her decks crowded with blue jackets, marines, ex- soldiers of the Ninth Infantry, and refu- gees, the United States transport Logan from Taku, via Japan, was allowed to dock today after passing quarantine. There were men, women and children on the vessel di- rect from Tien Tsin, who had escaped from the mobs of Boxers and the imperial Chi nese troops. Nearly all of the passengers in the cabin had felt the depressing ef- fleets of siege, and had been in the Chi nese city when it was threatened by the celestial fighters, and the refugees were more than glad to get back to civilization Among them were Dr. Diffenderfer and c. Mcintosh savho were in the mill at Tien Tsin where the Chinese were held at bay before the relief came through. Master Earl Ragsdale and Miss Fife Ragsdale, children of the United States Consul at Tien Tsin, were also on board. A large number of the refugees left the transport at Yokoha- ma to return to various parts of Europe and America by regular steamers Among the passengers were the following: J. M Musser. Shanghai Mrs. Dree, Mrs. Lenny and four children; Mrs. Pike and four chil- dren; Mrs. Lowry and three children; MT. and Mrs. Hayner and three children; Miss Jones, MT. Pike, MT. Diffenderfer, MT. Me- Intosh, Tal4u; Rev. H. w. Moulding, wife and son; Mrs. Frank F. Davis, Mrs. Mon- tele, Miss Tilhe Fahar, Tien Tsin; Mrs. H. E. King and three children, MT. and Mrs. Smith, Che Foo; the Misses Drew, MT. l.. Drew, 0. c. Clifford, wife and children, Edward Wilson, Yokohama; and about 10C invalid soldiers. -
 ghrHe Draths the Log
 There were three deaths on the Logar during the voyage. To the local attaches belongs the distinction of being the first vessel to land American troops in China They conveyed the gallant Ninth Infantry from Manila to Taku.
 pr. R.. Diffenderfer of. Philadelphia the builder and manager of the first woolen mill established in the Chinese. empire, and a personal friend of Poo Tong, a brother of the Chinese Emperor that was, tells of the--story of the attack on Tlen Tsin. He said:
 Tt was on the morning of July IT that the first clash between the foreigners and the Empires soldiers occurred On the afternoon of the same day the lombard ments of the Talxu forts began.
 ''Captain Bailey of the British ship Or lando was in command of the allied farces at Tien Ssin on July r, as Captain Me Gala was absent with Admiral Seymour at the time. About Il o'clock in the forenoon he saw smoke rising from the railroad track four miles distant from the city and suspecting that the Boxers had fired an- other bridge. Captain Bailey ordered thir- ty of his blue jackets, commanded by a midshipman, to proceed to the spot and investigate. When our fiat car had travel ed about three miles we found a bridge in which the timbers had been burned away from the iron girders and considering it unsafe to cross our commander ordered his men to return to the city. We had gone about 300 yards on the back trip when we saw about 150- Chinese soldiers crossing the track at a point mile ahead of us. They were walking rapidly, and as we ap- preached all doubts as to their being Im- perial troops disappeared. They did not wear the red turban and sash that dis got within about 800 yards of them they scattered and got behind mounds.
 Fired a VolIey
 Regarding this action as suspicious our midshipman gave the order to fire volley, and they quickly and vigorously returned sight and most of it's shots passed over the enemy, so that after ten minutes of hot firing we resumed our retreat, the Chinese firing at us as long as we were within range. There were no casualties on our