The San Francisco call., 1906-09-02
Though Strangers Here Alamedas Passengers
Are Bid Pleasant Voyage by Crowd Of Friends
Steamships Departure Reminds Of Old Days

lyn left this evening for San Francisco, =
PORTLAND, Or, Sept. l.-kerr, Glnord o
Strathnairnain, 1850 tons net register. to load
wheat at this port in October. She is now on
her way from London 10 San Francisco WIN tdn,S
cargo OF cement and structural iron. ana shoulu
arrive there about the middle Of the month
The steamer Costa Rica sailed for San Fran.
CISCO thls evening She carries Iun cargo VI
general freight The intention is to have her
carry passengers on her next trip north,
Tie steam schooner Thomas L. Wand sailed
for San Francisco this evening. She received
cargo at one Of the mills ON the lower Oo-um-
One of the quickest round trips made by
steamer between this port and San Francisco VIII
be completed tomorrow night when the steamer
Asuncion, Captain Bridget. reaches the oil
tanks at LinDton. The Asuncon left port last
Monday morning. and yesterday afternoon tele-
stated that the steamer would reach Astoria
Sunday morning. and asked to have n man there
10 meet him, so as 10 lose no time IN proceeding
Monday being Labor day quiet will reign along
the water 'front.' because the longshoremen in
tend joining with their brethren of organized la
Dor in celebrating. The Hartman liner Aztec
viii be in tomorrow from San Francisco with
large cargo of general freight but she will have
to lie idle at her dock until Tuesday morning.
In August only T1.94z bushels of wheat were
shipped from Portland TO California as COM
pared with pa. $50 bushels for the corresponding
period of last year. according TO statistics which
have just been complied by the Merchants Ex-
change.
The British bark Jordan Hill. 2i7e tons, has
been chartered TO load a general cargo at Rot
terdam for Portland. II is thought that she will
ABERDEEN, Sept. The feeling of hatred
that has arisen since the inception of the
strike of the seamen and longshoremen at this
port eliminated early this morning in the kill
ing Of a union stevedore named A a; Wnol-
n6 0 John Zones mrds ant %so1
another union man, was shot in the hip and
quite. badly injured. Wholgren Was instantly
killed by Jones. When the crowd chased Jones
he fired again and wounded Wilson. The slayer
was pursued by crowd TO Heron street. where
he was in fair way 10 be beaten to death by
the mob when the police arrived.
The scarcity of labor at this port is seri-
ously interfering with all lines of business,
shipbuilding particularly suffering. At the
Mathews ship yards work is delayed because
OF the inability TO secure laborers. Two vessels
and the firm has orders for three others 1t is
impossible TO secure workmen. however. and
completion Of the vessels will, necessarily be
plement is employed, but the men have all
been connected with the concern for months.
The new steamer Hornet, built for Fred
Linderman, will be launched next Saturday
night.
The rug Samson arrived today from Astoria
with a large rock barge. The barge was
Three vessels sailed last evening with lumber
stb ' 90, 200 ESQ dney were rne Mary Dodee
$4,000 feet and the Robert H. Hind with 700,
600 feet. total of 1545 900 feet. Twelve other
vessels arrived during the week and are load
I ing.
Collector of Customs Dorm makes public some
interesting statistics concerning the shipping
OF this port. The report OF the collector covers
from July /, 1905, TO July J. 1906. During the
twelve months eos vessels arrived and departed
from this port. There were 324 sailing yes
sells and 2s4 steam vessels. Forty-fve cleared
for foreign ports and the remainder for do
grand total Of more tian 342 600 600 feet Of
lumber, a record which other port in the
world has ever equaled. The local value Of the
cess Of So. 300 0O0
PORT HARTFORD. Sept The rug Sea
Queen. with the Santa Paula in tow, arrived
this afternoon from San Francisco. The steamer
cisco today.
ASTORIA Sept 1.-The little schooner Ben
/ der Bros. sailed today for San Francisco with
100000 feet Of lumber The British steamer
Wellington arrived in today from British Colum-
bia with a cargo of coal
EUREKA. Sept 1.-The following steamers
arrived here today: Aliente. from Portland
Roanoke, from Portland: City of Topeka. from
/ San Francisco, and the Ravalli. from San Fran
CISCO The steam schooner Sequoia arrived from
San Francisco and the schooner Bertha Dolbeei
from San Diego. The following steamers de
parted for San Francisco: Arctic. Dispatch, RI
zal and Prentiss. and the gasoline boat Sotoyome
The steam schooner Hoaqum was launched al
the Bendixen yards. She was built for Mathew
] Turner and Will be used to transport lumber for
the United Engineering. Works.
! TACOMA. Sept. lumber rates are still
going up Charters TO San Pedro now being
The schooner Columbia sailed today from
Ballard with lumber for San Francisco. The
ship Elwell sailed today for Redondo with
lumber and railroad ties. The French ship
I Andre Theodore arrived last night from Hono-
I lulu TO load wheat The ship Falls of Dee
arrived today from Victoria 10 load wheat.
Oslen Mahoney of San Francisco have or
dered a steam schooner of the Lindstrom
ShipbuUding Company Of Aberdeen, 10 be
1 finished in January. She win carry lumber
/ from Grays Harbor to San Francisco
H. KriIise. vice president OF the Atlantic
and Pacific Dredging Company OF New York,
IS here purchasing material for Governm ent
Improvements at Manila. The company has
completed work costing $3O00o00 and will
now build in Manila sewer and water systems
together with concrete wharves Lumber piles
and much Other. material are being purchased IN
( this State.