The San Francisco call., 1907-01-02
COAST SHIPPING NEWS
Items of Interest 10 Mariners
CT The Pacific

PORTLAND, Jan Captain Jamieson OF the
steam schooner Northland viii probably take
run to the north before proceeding south for
San Francisco. IN hope Of picking up the direlct
reported Of the Columbia River. On his last
voyage from Portland to San Francisco he
picked up the bark MelaDope,. and be Is now
said 70 be the victim OF well developed case OF
The steamer Roanoke arrived at Martins dock
shortly after noon today, bringing sixty-seyen
passengers and large quantity Of freight from
Port Los Angeles and way ports
s4e feet of lumber and IS T05 bushels Of wheat
The Portland and AsiRtic liner AragOnia left
Yokohama December 80 for Portland. The Arabia
Will probably leave this port tomorrow for
5he Hartman 1reighter Aztec ss due here
Thursday from. San Francisco.
! Tho French bark Aisle arrived today TO load
wheat foi Europe She comes in ballast from
Hobart, Tasmania The schooner Abbie arrived
= Portland shipped 81. 765 bushels OF wheat to
Saa Francisco during the month Of December
si5osa to 10 Europe ana 2si.i5s bushels to the
TACOMA. Jan. In luck has shadowed the
steamer Lelanaw. While waiting TO load az
Defiance mill the dock collapsed and dumped
3 coo feet OF lumber. into the bay. Last
right at the bunkers her main topmast nagstan
and = number Of ropes were broken. Shifting
10 The lower bunkers she glided past the Ger
man steamer HathOr at me Electric 5unkers
aud narrowly ESCAPED collision with that YES
sell The anchor Of the HathOr caugat the stay
rope on the Lelanaw and with crash her top
mast snapped and one OF the booms fel as the
roDe gave vrav Those who saw the accident
say that had not the Hathor backed quickly
about twelve feet collision would have result
ed. Captain Meyer OF the Lelanaw blames the
hathor because her anchor wae extending 50 far
from the bow. The Lelsnaw is loading lumber
for San Francisco.
r J Locke. well known the chief officer OF
the steamer san Mateo. has been appointed cap
tain Of the bark Alden Bcsse, in port 10
load lumber FOR San Francisco. Locke succeeded
. Sound steamship companies win probably make
. united effort 70 6eht the demand Of the Mas
Fers' and Pilots Association for so cents an hour
overtime for mates employed on Pacinc Coast
vessels. u IS understood that several of the
companies have the support OF their crews. the
men having formed the opinion that the ass0cia-
ton now ranks as q labor union, and they
strike for higher wages. Steamship owners
asser that they have no objection 10 granting
ne mates raise Of from 81 TO $40 q month, but
tnsy object 20 paying overtime after p. nj. and
Defnre q m.
SEATTLE. jan The Masters and Pilots
concessions with such steamship companies as
refused 70 grant the new wage scale asked some
time ago Today the final one Of grace al
lowed the companies 70 act the request, and
me result of the refusal OF the Northwestern
nteamship Company TO grant the demands Of
lne association the mates OF the steamship
Pennsl lvaDin quit work. John Rosene head OF
the news of the action regarding the mates OF
the pennsylvania. He stated that no action
hao been taken regarding the cOmDany's other
steamships. Az the ships Of some Of the COM
paniee concerned are not at present IN port
else are mt sailing at this time it may be
some DAYS before any general strike Of mates
eeFelops. The Pacific Company has as yet