The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-05-09


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son and wife, Mrs. W. L. Howard, Mrs
| r. H. Haskell and child, w. j. Hayes,
George Hammer Mrs. F. ]. Kruger,
three children and nurse; E. A Keithley
and wife, Mrs. Keohokaloa, ]. E. Lind
sey, F. C. Lindsey, H. w. Lombard.
H. NJ. Mott-Smith, wife, two children
| and maid; R. McKeague, Miss Clara
Mueller, T. P. Mclaughlin, J. A. Mand,
| NJ. McInerney, G. j. Moore, Mr.. Nc
Kay, Sheldon Mantle, s. Parker wife
| and son; VIM. A. Robinson, T. B. Rich
| ards and wife, Mrs. A. Smithies, child
child, II. Trail, Miss Trowbridge A. H.
| Wagner, w. NJ. Warren, Miss e. Will
son, F. S. Washburn Robert w. Wilcox.
Followers of the Sea May Combine.
A prominent local shipping man receiv-
ed a letter by the last mail from the
| Coast from one of the shipping firms of
San Francisco in which it was intimated
| that the Coast Seaman's Union might
amalgamate with freight clerks and 9TH
er employees aboard sailing craft and
| steamships, so as to completely tie up
! vessel in case of a strike.
| While nothing definite has as yet been
/ learned concerning the scheme, if indeed
any move has been made in that direc-
| ton there has been considerable talk
| on the waterfront in regard to the mat
| ter and shipping men are more or less
! concerned.
| The organizing of freight clerks, for ex-
! ample and the amalgama ton of their
| organization with the union would mean
that in the event of a strike on the part
of the freight clerks, sailors and others
would go out on strike also, to fight for
the common cause.
| In case of any trouble with employees,
all being united, the result to ship
| ping interests of this port as well as
Coast ports would be serious one and
the exporting of sugar from these ISL
| ands might at any time be interfered
| with, if not altogether tied up.
Shipping men are anxious to get par
ticulars concerning the matter and are
waiting for definite news from the Coast.
| The Coast Seamans Union already en-
braces Hawaii, there being branch I'M
| ion in this port and a representative of
| the union here to look after union inter
| ests.
Fire on the Waterfront.
| Every steamer in the harbor which
| happened to have sufficient steam up
commenced to blow it's whistle in short,
| warning notes about o'clock last night.
There was fire on the waterfront and,
at first, no one knew whether the whole
front was burning or whether some loaf
er had dropped a match onto bale of
hay and started a small blaze.
| 1t took only a moment, however, for
the Fire Department to find out where
| the trouble was after they had been tel
ephoned by one of the boys at the boat
landing.
The blaze started forward on the gaso-
line schooner Eclipse of the Hawaiian
Navigation Company. The Eclipse was
lying at the end of Brewers wharf and,
SO it is said, no one was aboard at the
time. This is unlikely, however, and the
general opinion of those who ought to
know is that one of the crew was for
ward in his bunk and that he set fire
to his mattress through smoking while
falling asleep.
Certain it is that the fire originated in
one of the hunks on the port side of the
schooner forward under the forecastle
head. Flames were bursting forth from
under the forecastle head of the little
schooner when the boat boy gave the
alarm.
The department responded in it's usual
brisk and prompt manner, the chemical
engine arriving first. After a few min
utes' work the men of the chemical en-
CINE had the blaze apparently extin-
the fire was not out, as was evinced by
the smoke coming from under the fore
| castle head.
An attempt was then made to get q
stream of water onto the fire by putting
a suction pipe into the water of the har.
} Dor over the edge of the wharf. For some
reason or other this arrangement proved
!, of no use and not a drop of water was
pumped aboard the schooner.
| Meanwhile Captain Campbell of the
, Inter Island Steam Navigation Company
seeing that the fire was likely to gain
: Roadway and eat the schooner up, or.
ganized a bucket brigade and water was
} thrown more or less profitably In the d.
rection where the seat of the fire was
supposed to be.
After one man had fallen overheard in
} his attempts to be of assistance to the
J bucket brigade, and after half-dozer
pigs had escaped from the schooner an6
created excitement among the large
crowd on the wharf, until they were
caught, squealing, and put back aboard
line of hose was attached to a hydran
a stream was got in sufficient force tc
relieve the schooner of any danger of go
ing up in smoke.
Then the bucket brigade was called of
and the hose did the work.
, 1t was a queer crowd which turned ou
l on Brewers wharf to witness the, fire /
, seemed that all the dark hooks and cor
. ners of the waterfront had given up thei,
2 sleepers and loafers to join in the throng
1t was as dark as it could possibly b,
on the wharf and the firemen had grea
e difficulty in moving around 1t is a won
2 der that all of the wharves are not pro
} vided with electric lights, which nigh
be used in just such emergencies
Moano Comes ana Goes.
The steamship Moana arrived from tn,
Colonies yesterday morning and sailed
! for Victoria and Vancouver last evening