The San Francisco call., 1906-09-29
COAST SHIPPING NEWS.
Items of Interest TO Mariners
of the Pacific.


PORTLAND Sept. 2s-Notice has been sent
from the Longshoremen's Union headquarters
that after October lumber VIII be handled al
The rate now is 80 and 90 cents.
The deckkands on the r1yer steamers lone
wien the boats arrived They demand shorter
hours aud the same rate pay as longshoremen
for handling grain. The Spencer secured ne"
Non-unionists were employed today to take the
places u the striking grain handlers who still
declined 10 sccede 10 the terms OF the exporters
by going back 10 work at 30 cents an hour.
-Four or i've we're at work today at the elevator
The Portland Asiatic liner AragOnia reached
Astoria early this morning uEe from Hong
noon and reached her dock on the east side OF
the river late tonight.
Kerr. Clifford & Co chartered the British ship
Allerton this morning 10 load wheat at this
port for the United Kingdom. The AllertOn
left Junin. near Valparaiso early in July:
The Columbia River bar tug Tatoosh was
placed on drydOck this morning to be cleaned
The steamer Aztec is expected to arrive late
tonight from San Francisco.
Carrying a fun cargo Of freight and & large
7SEnber OF passengers. the steamer Roanoke
I1he work Of loading the ship Two Brothers
was completed this evening at the Victoria dol
Of fr which win be taken to San Francisco.
s. Bsruch, traffic manager OF the Watson
vile transportation Company. is here from San
The steamer F. A. Kilburn sailed for San
Francisco this evening. She viii touch at Coos
Bay and Eureka
SEATTLE. sept 2s-when the schooner Alice
Mcdonald lesFes here for san Francisco with a
cargo OF lumber tomorrow she VIII have aboard
the engines OF the burned gasoline schooner Ar
gus. which are being sent south TO be repaired
and installed in some other vessel.
The Nome freighters Msckinaw and San Mateo
have been chartered TO enter the San Francisco
lumber trade on the completion Of their present
when the Pacific Coast steamship Senator ar
riveE from Nome on October she viii prepare
"a hnr Old rim hrfur San Eror
and Seattle
The steamer Queen. which sailed for San
Francisco yesterday, carried q full cargo Of
freight and twenty-one passengers
Advices today report that the Northern Com
mercial COmpany's steamer Leah struck a snag
n the Lower Yukon Monday and win be q total
loss
ment that fully two-thirds Of the coastwise
lumber schooners are manned by union crews.
Secretary GIL says the strike is practically set
tied. No trouble is anticipated.
The schooner Esther Buhne sailed yesterday
for San Francisco with full lumber cargo
for Fairbanks She is the last vessel down
tho river for the season Hereafter all Fair
banks travel and freight must go via the Valdez
Tie steamer Buchman viii sail tomorrow
night FOR san 5,sf Francisco with cargo Of gen
The schooner Forest Home IS loading a cargo
~ p poles lot san francisco ana VIII sal south
night for San Francisco. The barkentine
Planter sailed yesterday for San Francisco with
san PEDRO. Sept. 2s.-ovving to the great
scarcity OF sailors at this port several vessels
VIII be tOwed ae far north San Francisco
in order 70 get into quick action again. Freight
rates from Puget Sound Oregon and Northern
California 10 San Pedro the highest in the
history OF this port, and time means money.
The schooner Fred J. Wood got away last night
Defiance win be taken IA tow by the steamer
ramaipais II is probable that two or three
windjammers discharging lumber cargoes
here will be towed north when they have nm
ished discharging. The steam schooner TamaI-
pais. Captain r Anderson. has arrived, three
afeo was was dischsreed at Redondo She brought
6O0.OOO feet Of lumber consigned 10 the Crescent
Santa Monica. Captain Olsen, finished dis
charging lumber and has cleared Tor Graye
DaeSeneers The steamer san Gabriel Captain
Green. cleared today for Eureka and Umpqua
kiEeI where she vii lesa return csrgo % ot
this port The steamer Francis H. Leggett,
Captain Rsiner, has finished dscharging large
lumber cargo and cleared for San Francisco with
barge IN tow belonging to the Atlantic, Pacific
and Gulf Dredging Company
The following windJammers have sailed for
Southern California ports with full cargoes of
lumber: Bark Hesper from Astoria for Re
dondo; schooner Lottie Carson. from Eureka for
newport and the schooner Bangor, from Everett
for San Diego. The steam schooner Samoa,
Captain Madsen has nearly finished discharging
lumber and expects 20 clear tonight or tomorrow
morning for Caspar. via San Francisco. taking
freight and passengers The steam schooner
Marshheid witR cargo Of ties and lumber nlbsr
Nonsigned 10 San Pedro wholesalers. The fol-
5r today: steamers Tamaipais, Samoa, Nome
City and Tampico; barkentines Koko Head
Lahnina. james n. Johnson and James Tufts;
Caine, Mindora. James II. Bruce. Commerce.
Manila, Meta Nelson. Winslow. W. J. Patterson.
vessels are on the way to this port: Steamers
Marshheld Shasta and Yosemite; barkentines
schooners Alex 7. Brown. Kons, Wawona. a.