The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1905-01-14
FEEDING PORT ARTHUR.
How tho Garrison is Kept Supplied
by Chinese Junks.


by Chinese Junks.
From the London Times:
20S-Metre Hill, near Port Arthur. stands |
we'll back north by a little west Of the
new town, which lies on a gentle slop-
ing, plain running back about mile and
half from the western border. The
new town has hitherto been almost i'm
mune from shell fire, and it's wide streets,
completed and half built public offices,
hotels and houses of business were all
intact until recently. The pleasure park,
the acres Of Chinese vegetable gardens,
once only corn fields, all surrounded by
an amphitheater Of hills and facing to-
ward the western harbor, have all been
a source Of health and pleasure to the
beleaguered inhabitants, and an asylum
from their enemy's long distance fire.
Port Arthur New Town (Novoe GoroO
was clean and fresh owing to which the
sick and wounded have done fairly we'll
During the past months hundreds of
Chinese junks have found their way from
Chifu, Teng-chan-fu, Trentsm, and else
where with tons Of fresh provisions
vegetables and fruit, which they landed
on the low land at the remoter side Of
the western harbor. The northern Chinese
junks Of the medium size make first
class blockade runners. They are built
very low, their waists are almost awash
when loaded, the low hatchways are
| always securely battened down, and only
at the stern and bow do these craft seem
to rise above the water line. They are
Of immense strength, flat bottomed, and
Of dirty plain weed, with no bright color
about them.
the numerous islets Of brown rock which
extend from the Shan-tung coast across
the mouth Of the Gulf Of Pe-chi-N to the
Port Arthur: promontory, these junks look
| exactly like low rocks. even when their
brown sails are hoisted. Knowing the
| tides and taking advantage Of the fa1ni-
| liar and strong surrents, these fearless
| Shan-tung sailors and fishermen have
| run many q cargo into Port Arthur.
| Their craft are often propelled by from
| ten to twenty oarsmen, like the old Morse
galleys, and thus, with no noise or smoke,
glide from islet to islet and make across
to the Liautieshan Promontory, where
they quickly find security by hugging the
shore under the brown cliffs we'll out
Of Japanese gunshot and within the belt
Of Russian nnines!s,2 At night, with the
searchlights, playing on the water, all
is darkness near the cliffs, while the
rocks, well known to the junksmen, cause
them no alarm. The frequent and dense
fogs Of autumn favored them.
! Should these adventures be caught in
crossing by the Japanese they are always
zen route for Danny Pitszewo or Kim
chau with supplies for the Japanese"
A few have been caught and dealt WITH
but generally the kind-hearted Japanese
believe their story and simply watch
them go on toward some place. which
they have sworn they were bound for
A few, however, have been confiscatcd
! These northern, low-built and very
heavily timbered junks will float in a
rougher sea than an ordinary torpedo
| L. -
sure, and these enterpr:sing Shan-tung
men are fond Of gambling and games Of
chance, and enjoy running the blockade
| of Port Arthur.