Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-12-08

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The Chinese maintain such a chatter
as to drown the hoarse cries of the
~stevedores, the complaint of the creak-
ing tackle and the rumble of the
winches. They scurry hither and
yon like a distracted army, forever
in the way. shouting. ~clacking, squeal-
ing insenselessF turmoil. They are ttmid
as to the water, and for them a voyage
is at times beset with many alarms. 1t
Is no more possible to restrain them
thanAt to calm a frightened herd Of wild
pigs, nor will they embark at all until
their frenzy has run it's course and
died of it's own exhaustion. To disci-
pline them according to the seamen's
standard is inadvisable, for many of
them are CUTTERS big, evil, saffron
hued fellows, whose trade it is to
butcher and in whose dextrous hands
a knife becomes a ~frightful weapon.
The Japs, ordinarily so noiseless and
submissive, yield to the c~ontagion and
add their share to the uproar. Each
AAAoh q 4C" POaAao vi 0oSeo6O
in bundles or packs or valises, and
these scanty belongings he guards with
shrieking solicitude
While the pandemonium of the
orientals who gathered to board The
Bedford Castle was sufficient in itself
to cause CONSERVATION, it was as moth
ing to that which broke loose when
the fishermen began to assemble. To a
mar they were drunk, b~elligerent ana
declamatory. A few, to be sure, were
still busy with the tag ends Of the
cargo, but the majority had gone to
their lodgings for their packs, and now
r~eappeared in a state of the widest
e~xuberance, for this would be their last
spree of the season, and before them
lay a period of long, sleepless nights,
exposure and ~unceasing labor, wherein
a years work must be crowded into
three months. They, therefore, inau-
gurated the change in BETTING style.
On the whole, no explosive has ever
been invented that is so noisy in its
effect, so furiously expansive In Its
action, as the fumes of cheap whiskey.
The great dock shed 500 began to
reverberate to the widest clamor.
which added to the fury Of the crowd
outside. The strikers, unable to enter
the building. flowed down upon the ad-
joining wharf, or clambered to the
roofs nearby. whence they jeered in
sdltingly. Among them was a news
paper photographer, bent on securing
an unusual picture for his publication,
and, in truth, the scene from this point
of view, was sufficiently novel and
striking.
The decks of the big, low-lying tramp
steamer were piled high with gear of
every description. A trio of stout tow
boats were blocked up amidships, long
piles Of lumber rose higher than a
mans head. and the roofs of the deck
houses were damned with fishing
boats, nestled one inside the other like
pots in a kitchen. Every available
inch was crowded with cases of gaso-
line. of groceries and Of the varied pro-
visions required on an expedition OF
this magnitude. Aft, on rows of hooks,
were suspended the of sheep
and bullocks and hogs; there seemed
be nowhere another foot OF avail
able room. The red water-line of the
ship was already submerged, yet, not
withstanding this fact, her derricks
changed noisily. her booms swung back
and forth, and her gaping matches
momentary loads. Those
fishermen who had come aboard early
had settled like flies. in the rigging,
they tainted their enemies,
back insult for insult.
1t was much like the departure of a
gold steamer during the early famine
of fhe 1~aorfhward stampede-
save that now there were no women,
while the confusion was UNNECESSARILY
greater, and through it all might be
felt a certain strained and angry men
All the long afternoon the Bedford