The San Francisco call., 1908-03-03
Shipping News and Gossip
of the Water Front
SnOwdrifts Pile on Golfers Deck
in Fierce Southeastern


Captain Hansen of the Norwegian
steamer Tordenskjold. which arrived
here yesterday from Ladysmith. came
ashore with his cheeks still pink from
the heroic caresses Of the southeaster
through which the collier fought It's
way for three days. From Flattery 70
.Blanco the waves played ping pong
with the big Norwegian in spite OF the
fact that the ship was freighted Win
nearly 5000 tons OF coal.
If the man that named TINS ocean
had been with me- said Captain Han
sen yesterday, he would never nave
named il Pacific I used TO think the
North sea was pretty bad in winter. ana
I've seen some fierce gales on Cape
Horn, but anything in the way OF
weather that I ever experienced was 3
southeaster."
There was wind, great guns Of It
rain by the barrelful, snow enough 70
make knee deep drifts on the Golfers
deck and hailstones that so impressed
Captain Hansen that in making his
weather report he referred TO them as
ice
The Tordenskjold was days and is
hours from Ladysmith TO the Golden
gate. In spite OF the severe buffetlng
from the elements the collier suffered
only some minor damage about the
deck.
Say They Are Being Starved
Three aliens. two Of them natives OF
Sweden and the other an Armenian,
held on board the Standard oil COM
pany's ship Atlas by order OF the I'M
migration authorities, complained yes
terday TO the federal quarantine ON
cials that Captain Dart, master OF the
Atlas. was starving them. The men are
suffering from trachoma ana on that
account were refused a landing at THIS
port when the ship arrived December
% from Baltimore. The Atlas brought
a cargo of coal and their refusal 10
assist IN discharging the vessel is salo
10 have brought down upon the unfor-
tunare trio the i'll will of the skipper
They told the federal doctors that
their subsistence on board the Atlas
had been limited of late to one square
meal in FIVE days. The rest Of the time.
they say. they are dieted on bread and
water One of the trio said that ne
paid s25 for his passage on the Atlas
under the impression that il was pas
senger ship. The man that took his
money proved 10 be a shipping agent,
and instead OF being a passenger he
found himself shipped as member OF
the crew
The quarantine officials have no ju-
risdiction in the matter. but advised the
men 10 lay their case before the con-
suls Of their respective countries
America Beats the Irmgard
Captain Fred Mathieson. who piloted
the bark Irmgard in from the light
shin Saturday. was the last pilot to
leave the pilot boat America. AS he
went over the schooner's side he or
dered the crew TO take the America in.
"rn tell them you're coming. he
remarked facetiously-
The Irmgard has a reputation Tor
speed and had come up from Homo
lulu in Il days. wind that might
have been ordered especially for the
Irmgard was blowing and the tide was
in The speedy Windjammer's favor. The
America, however. has pair Of heels
OF its own. Hardly had Mathieson
reached the Irmgards S deck than Cap
tain Christianson of the Irmgard called
his attention 10 the America
What's going on2" asked Christian
son; "a balloon ASCENSION
Mathieson glanced over at the Amert-
ca All hands were busy getting sail
on the schooner. Every stitch that
the Americas sticks would stand was
soon set and drawing. and the trim
little schooner, deck half submerged,
nGKan 10 SIP LAlOuEH lAr NdNCA 4-nN
Z. thing bewitched. When the Irmgard
rounded the fort Captain Mathieson.
looking through a pair of marine
glasses, discovered the America com
ing 10 an anchorage of Meiggs wharf
Water Front Character Missing
Tom Mullen, one Of the best known
water front characters, is missing and
reward has been offered for news of
his whereabouts. Mullen, who works
occa asionally as a stevedore has been
around Fremont and Main street
wharves for many years 4 relative
left him a small fortune some years
ago. This money was left in the care
of the parish priest and reached Tom
in small weekly installments. He has
been missing for two weeks and his
friends fear that some i'll has over
taken him. Mullen had a habit of
waving his armsf at passersby in a
rather alarming manner Sometimes
he added torrents of abuse. but was
harmless and, as nearly everybody
knew him, there was always somebody
near TO tell the scared stranger: Don't
mind him. It's Tom Mullen. He
wouldn't hurt fly"
Ferry Crews VIII Change Hours
The new law regulating the hours of
railroad employees engaged on lines do
efect today and viii work quite a
change in the hours OF the crews OF the
Southern Pacific ferry steamers run
ming between here and Oakland There
are two crews for each boat and htth-
erto each crew has stood a p hour
watch. As the boats DO not run all
night the interval between washing
down after the last trip and the first
trip has given all hands a chance for
sleep. This arrangement gave officers
and men every other % hours off, The
new law has changed that. The crews
now will divide the "a hours into IL
and 1s hour watches. changing the
watches every two weeks so that the
night work viii be evenly divided.
surrenders Helm 10 Morpheus
After starting the gasoline. engine
and getting bis sloop under way, Giglio
Gualco, an Italian fisherman, settled
down in the cockpit of his boat for
little nap. He was awakened by a jar
and the crashing Of glass Morpheus