The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 8, 1897, Page 1

\ VOLUME l:;\'X,\II.fl—\' 10UsE | d to him a letter designed to facts that have resched telegravh and through Francisco papers, before the Cabi- Talso had a furtber talk g the plan for relief of derstand these vessels San Francisco are to he effect are off Point rrow and that three or four others are 1y miles to the eastward.”’ fast, inable to make any headwa they met to shore to get these pro. ? And, on the other baund, 1f they cannot zet outof the ice how is it- pre-i And, of course you understand, while a | be, so they sold the provisions to private . how | 0. | posed for other vessels to get where they asked the Secretary. St y is this: That fa vessel be equipped and provisioned be able to reach it will ) i season—th. Norton Sound s, b>fore the ice is too | It is then proposed to transport the supplies on dog sleds to Port Clarence, which is only a short dis- tance over!and from Norton Sound. At Port Clarence the Government hasa | herd of reindeer, and the provisions couid hauled on sleds by the reindeer or packed on tueir backs along the coast to Potnt Barrow. When this point is reaciied 1 apprehead it would not be a difficult { matter to zet the suppiies to the vessels, | for they have endeavored to remain as | closely to.ether as possible for mutuoal protection. None of them is a great d tance from the coast at Point Barro ick f.r navigation. FRANCIS CO, MONDA 'MORNING, N OVEMBER 8, 1897. PRICE FIVE CENTS. arge whaling vessel might not be able to ‘ pproach the shore oa account of the ice floes, smaller boats could make headway anda reach the vessels. Ido not know that they intend to use smaller boats to reach the whalers, but, in any event, there seems to be no doubt in the minds of the captains of whaling vessels thau if | the provisions were once at Point Barrow they would reach the imprisoned ves- sels. “You sav that thereare no provisions at Point Barrow?" | “That is my understanding. Trr CaLy | wired me the other day to ask Chief Shoe- maker of the revenue service why the pro- visions which had been stored at the Point Barrow relief station had been scld to private parties, and be told me that the rel efstation Lad been abandoned because it had never been of any use, and that at that time they did not think it would ever hn D. Long, Secrelary thing Prov is a necessity. ’s Cabinet ter at Tuesday . John D. Long, Secretary ar Point Barrow. 1e Government to provide a vess lly ask that you present the matter and urge immediate relief, as it is a case of urgent necessity. S. G. HILBORN, Congressman Third District, California. { SAN FRANCISCO, November 7. k’ Hon. J. D. Long, Secy v of the Navy, Washington, D. C.: In view of the imminent danger of | tarvation to 300 American sailors who are icebound at Point Barrow, Alaska, and the offer of the pro-}v prictor of the San Francisco CALL to provision any ship that may be sent to their relief, 1 urge that you| take such immediate action To the President, Washin, Arctic Ocean. I join t unt of the icebound wh rs to provision such expedition if the Government will provide the ship. done CONGRESSMEN FROM CALIFORNIA DEMAND RELIEF FOR WHALERS C » of the », Washingt at once to save the crews of sev ns need cause no uneasiness, as they are already promised. Would respectfully urge that you use your endeavors to secure favorable action in GEORGE C. PERK meeti OAKLAND, Cal., November 7. Navy, Wash y of liie Latest advices are to the effect thatthe crews | ton: ican whaleships are in danger of starving to death in the Arctic, owing to being caught in| Pienty of provisions are available, b el to carry them north. s possible to provide transportation for the provisions offered. SAN FRANCISCO, November 7. ‘D. C.: It would seem that human prompt action toward sending succor to the crews of the whaling vessels now fast in the ice of the | he other members of the delegation in urging that immediate steps be taken in this | n Senator White saw THE CALL of Saturday, which arrived to-day, he became much interested ! He said some such plan of relief as suggested by Lieutenant The Senator will send a strong telegram to Secretary alers. he Government. S Secretary of the Navy, Washinglon, D. C.: in the Arctic warrants every possible effort in their behalf. ur best to accelerate the dispatch of a vessel to their rescue. The San Francisco CALL generously in their behalf. Member of Con MERCED, CAL., November 7. | To Hon. John D. Long, Secretary of the Navy, Washington, D.C.: S hould be carried out by t t Long to-morrow urging action. To Hon. John D. Long, 1 whalers S and humanity appeal to you speedy tainly all perish with cold and hung To the Secretary of the Nawy, zens are in imminent danger in ice of the Government for their rescue. 7 relief tothe crews of the whaling fleet now imprisoned in the ice off Point Barrow they will cer- Can you send a Government vessel at once ? ger. C. H. CASTLE, Member of Congress Washington, D. C.: It is reported -bound whalers in the Arctic Ocean. Information from the north seems to make it | At Tuesday’s Cabinet meeting would respect- SANTA ROSA, CAL., November 7. J. A, BARHAM, Member of Congress, DAKLAND, Cal., November 7. eral American whaling vessels now A Government | | IN , Senator from California, | | ut it would seem to be the duty of | JAMES G. MAGUIRE, M. C. ity demands that the Government | EZE.LouD, M. €. | LOS ANGELE , November 7. TOCKTON, CAL., November 7. The condition of the ice-impris- I earnestly request you to do Public sentiment MARION DE VRIES, gress, Second California District, in this Unless the Government sends | , Seventh California District. that the lives of 300 American citi- I urge immediate action on behalf E E E g : I E E E g parties, but with the understanding that the purchasing parties would kecp the provisions there and establish a kind of trading post. But my information from San Francisco is to the effect that they have all been removed from Point Bar- row.” ¢ But are not your San Francisco friends aware of the fact that even if we had a vessel available for the purpose we have no money to prov.sion the vessel. You know that Congress always has to appro- priate money for such relief. as they did in the case of the Mississippt floed suffer- ers and in many other instances.” “Yes, sir, theyare aware of that. I wired that to them in my dispatch last night and quoted you to that effect. But I am authorized to say, on behalf of the San Francisco CaLr, that if at the Cabinet meeting on Tuesday it is decided to send the expedition the paper wili guar- antee that the provisions are furnished if the Government decides that it cannot use any of the public funds for the pur- pose. T is announcement was miade in this morning's paper. I have alsy re- ceived word that Captain Healy of the revenue cutier marine, Whose experience and knowledze of Arctic travel is not sur- passed by any living man, says thst the expedition is entirely practical, and that the journey from Cape Prince of Wales to Point Barrow can ve accom- | plis bed with reindeer in from thirty to | fifty days. Capiain Healy says that what is needed above &ll 1s promptness, and | Within toeir own doors the opinion that sbout there beinz a vessel available, or doubt about the practicability of the plan | suzgested by Lieutenant - Stoney, you might be willing to wire direcuons to | Mare Island to-night detailing a naval officer to report to you 10-morrow, so that you wou!d have the Information before you on Tuesday morning."’ “You say that these whalers are with- oat food 2" “I do not know that thev are utterly destitute of food, but I believe from the report that I have read that thev are in a miserable and wretched condition, and their scanty food supply was nearly ex- hausted when they were leit by the ves- | sels that bave since reached the port of San Francisco, aud it is believed that they | are by this time destitute, and they are | certainly in imminent danger of starva- tion,”” “Well, I wilt grant your request for an investigation and report by one of our naval officers.’” The Secretary thereupon took a pen and wrote the following telegram: Commandant Navy-yard, Mare Island, Cal.: Investigate and report to-morrow on the feasibility of Lieutenant Stoney’s plan for reiief of Arciic whaling vessels, Loxa, Secretary. The Secretary then went to his room to peruse the copies of Tue CALL giving an account of the pitiable condition of the whalers. Itis evident that his sympa- thies have been enlisted. The only ques- | tion now is, “What will be the revort of | the Mare Island commanaant?”’ If it is favorable the expedition may be under- | taken. Ifit is unfavorable it will beaban- | doned, as far as the Government is con- cerned. C. C. CABLTON, WOULD SAVE THE SAILORS Prominent Men of This City Favor Immediate Relief for Ice- Bound Whalers. “Save the sailors!” was the demand | made by all classes of citizens yesterday down along the water front, where wost of the unfortunate fellows who are ice- | bound off Point Barrow were well known. In the up-town resorts, among | roers and those who choose to remain church- properly provision their ships for just such an emergency. “Every three or four years,’ said Mr. Loud, “‘one or more of the whaling flect | gets caught in the ice pack, and then 1t comes to light that the ships are insuffi- | ciently provisioned. Any man who sends a ship into far northern waters pro- visioned for less than three years ought to be criminally prosecuted. “It1s an outrage to let a ship’s crew g out on such a voyage with only a few months’ stores on board their vessel. Every ship that enters the Arctic is liable to be | caught in the ic> and held for many months longer than it was calculated to have her gone. The ready response of the Government in the past togo to the aid of | imperiled citizens when called upon has | made ship-owners in general and whalers | in particular exceedin:ly careless as to the proper provisioniug of their ships.” Congressman James G. Maguire was | equally severe in his commentson the practice of sending ships out improperly | cquipped for all emergencies. “I have not looked into the feasibility of such a relief expedition as is proposed,” | continued Judge Maguire, *but with 300 | men in im.nioent danger of starving something should be done at oncs to aid them if 1t is possible to reach them.”” To-day the Chamber of Commerce and probably other commercial bodies will | forward requests to the administration to dispatch a relief expedition to Alaska, so that at the Cabinet meeting Tuesday the President and bis advisers will be in pos- | session of all the facts bzaring on the sub- ject. R. M. Lindsay, manager for James Mc- Kenna, was seen last night and expressed the b:lief that a relief expedition would be successful if undertaken at once. “THE CiLL deserves a great deal of credit for the course it has taken in regard to the whalers who are frozen up in the North,” said Mr. Lindsay. “The Government should fit out a vessel at ouce, forit isa duty which it owes to its citizens. ‘I think that Captain Heaiy would be the best man that could be found to com- mand a relief expedition. He is thoroughly acquainted with the northern waters and the conditions prevailing there, and if | th re is a chance to reach those men heis the man to take that chance. “The Bear 18 the best boat for the trip, but the steam whaler Thrasher would can get within a few hundred miles of the men it seems there ought to be some chance to save them, and it might be worth the trial. Efforts tosave our fellow- men in peril are always worth being made.” Captain George S. Garvin, formerly of the Orca, now mate of the Karluk, says: “No man can say what is possible or im- possible in a trip of th1s kind, but it migh be worth trying. I do not think there is the slightest hope for the men unless some such thing as this is done. It is almost certain death to many of them. They will fare better the longer they can stay on the shiys. They have no fuel and have made very poor provision for winters ing anywhere in that country. The trouble is that the trip overland isthrough a rough, mountainous, untraveled and practically impassable country. It seems | to me the only people who can live thers are natives, and they are slower than any people you ever saw. Their plan would be to travel an hour, then stop and smoke three.’” Captain Thomas Scullion said: *I have not been in that country since 1872, and I Was & young man then, but it seems io me it will be a most perilous trip, though it ought to be under- taken if such a man as Captain Healy says it can be done. He certainly knows that region like a book, and what he says ought to be heeded. It isa thing that no one has ever undertaken before, and I think Tue CALL deserves the thanks of all seafaring men for the interest it has taken in their cause. It is the cause of all navigators, and it makes us feel good when we see such evicence that those on the shore are doing a!l in their power to make our voyages less dangerous. The only way we can solve these problems is to make a# good trial. It might be that the trip would be made all right, and it is certainly worth an honest trial.”” Captain William Lewis, of Lewis, An- derson & Co., owners of the Belevedere, one of the ice-bound whalers, the Ilost Nevarch and the William Bayless, thinks that the beleaguered ships at Point Bar- row will. probably go to eternal smash when the ice breaks up in the spring, but he takes a conservative view of the danger 10 the crews. He thinks there is a good chance of their surviving with the provi- sions they have and what they can pro- cure. THE ABANDONED GOVERNMENT ST o v Freeman and Rosario Fast ATION AT FOII\TV BRARRCW, With the Whalers Orca, Belvedere, Jess in the Ice Near the Shore. that there should be no delay. The sug- | gestion has been made that if the revenue vessel Bear is vot available then any ot the steam whalers tow in port will answer | the pu:pos admirably.” After thinking for a moment or two the Secrotary said: “Well, I will talk with the President about it to-morrow.’” *“We are afraid that will be too late, for the Cabinet meeting is on Tuesday, and we thought that if you had any doubt NEWS OF THE DAY. Weather forecast for San Fran- cisco: Fair Monday; fresh west- erly wind. FIRS1 PAGE. Relief for Ice-vound Whalers, SECOND PAGE. Cubans Starve by Thcusands. Fatal Siorm on Lake Irie. Firebugs De-troy Fiori:a Hotel. THIRD PAGE. Hawaiian Annexation Opposed. Thieving Constsb’e Decamps. Attempi to Murder Seamen. Big Haul Made by Train-robbers FOURTH PAGE. E litorial. 1HE CaLL Guarantees Supplies. Snor.ace in the Apple Crop. The McKinley Policy. An Autocratic Mayor. Distress of the Yellow Kid. FIFTH PAGE. In Memcry of Henry George. Ingleside Coursing. Police After Poolrooms. Daniel Lamont Arrives. SIXTH PAG A Medal for the Boys’ Band. Fighting Baseball Men. A Row on Irish Hill. A Telegraph Line to Dawson. Shooters at Schuetzen. SEVENTH PAGE, News Over the Bay. EIGHTH PAGE. The Naval Militiamen, NINTH PAGE. Births, Marriages and Deaths. TENTH PAGE. Gold Craze on a Whaler. Recreation Park Baseball. { immediate steps should be taken to send relief to the prisoners of the ice king was unanimous. Of all who gave expression to their sym- | pathies none were more sincere than the members of the California Congressional | delegation, and their expressions were most practical—an appeal tv the Wash- ington authorities to dispatch a relief expedition at once. Through the me- | dium of TuE CALL, the critical condition | of the 300 and more American seamen has become known to the people throughout the State, and yesterday, from San Fran- | cisco, Oakland, Santa Rosa, Stockton, Visalia and other points where the mem- vers of the delegation reside flew mes- sages to Secretary of the Navy Long, urg- ing him to use his utmost endeavors 1o vrovide a ship for the expedition. Most of these di patcnes called atten- | tion to THE CaAnv's offer to provision the | ship and 0 allayed the Secretury’s objec- | tion that no funds were available for that purpose and would not be until Congress met and made suitable provision. And Secreiaty Long bas acted with | gratifying promptness. Late yesterday | atiernoon he wired Rear-Admiral Kirk- land, the commandant of the Mare | Island Navy yard, instructing him to in- | vestigate the practicability of sending re- | lief to the sailors, and to telegraph his re- | port to the department to-day. | The Secretary will aiso formally place | the matter before tic President and Cabinet at Tuesday’s meetiug, and if the | report of Admiral Kirkland, or the sub- | ordinate he may detail to make the in- vestigation, is favorable it is probabie that & ship will be provided at once. | The r-venue cutter Bear has arrived at | Seattie, and if sha is in condition will likely be selected to make the trip, 1f it is deemed feasible. Ifitis found that she is unable to undertake it without first un- aergoing repairs one of the steam whalers will be chartered for the purpose. The suggestion was made yesterday that if the Bear is seiected for the under- | taking she be transferred to the Navy | Department mporarily, as it was | thought the latter was better prepared to handle such an expedition. A dispatch from Seattle to THE CaLn last night quoted Captain Tuttle of the Bear as say- ing that his ship was in every way ftted for the voyage and could be mude ready ior a winter’s buffeting with the ice in four or five days’ time. Congressman Eugene F. Loud, in dis- cussing the matier yesterday, spoke in strong terms of the responsibility of the owners of whaling vessels in Iailing to make the trip very weil. She isa stanch | vessel and a seaworthy one and I believe would make the trip all right. If she could be got to a point within 300 or 400 miles of Point Barrow it seems to me that it would be prs:ible toreach the whalers who are at Point Barrow. “The Rosalia, Orca, Jessie H. Freeman and the Belvedere are at Point Barrow. The others are between Point Barrow and Herschel Island, and for all that is known to the contrary, they may b2 within a couple of hundred miles of the point. If | the expedition showld reach the point it would not be a very difficult matter to go a few hundred miies further and bring re- lief to the men, who will no doubt stay with their vessels a. long as they can. “THE CaLL deserves lots of credit for the part it 1s taking on behalt of those men. “The Thrasher is preparing to go north to bring down the salmon pack and the men from Cooks Inlet. The Jeanie was 10 do this, but she is irozen in, and the Thrasher will go in ber stead.” Leon Blum stated last night that it was the dnty of the Government to send relief to those men who will have to pass the winter in the Arctic without any pro- visions. “The Chamber of Commerce has asked the President to do something for the re- lief of the whalers. It is the duty of the Government to send arevenue cutter there to bring needed relief,” he added. “All/ the whalers are nearly out of provisions, and there is nothing to be had at Point Barrow, for two years ago the Government | sold out its stores there to the Pacific| Wheling Company. The natives around | Point Barrow will suffer this winter, as | the game is scarce, and it is no more than | right that Congress should do something | to reiieve them. 1t would be a hard jour- | ney to undertake to reach those men, but it could be ‘lone. At least an effort should be made to bring relief to them. “The schooner KRosalia has traded off nearly all her supplies for whalebone and skius, thinking that she was going to zet out, and there will be great suffering among her crew unless something is done 10 aid tne men. “THE CALL and any one else who is seek- ing to awid those ice-bouna whalers de- serves a great deal of cred:t.”” Captain J. W, Wingz discussed the mat- | ter in a general way, not pretending to any expert knowledge of the subject, as t'e has never been in the northern seas. He said: “It seems to me a doubtful scheme; yet it is certainly worthy of con- sideraiion. If the shio with provisions “Tre CALL's enterprise 1s admirable and the arrival of a relief expedition would, of course, be more than welcome there, but I can’t see any possipility in the world of getting any supplies to Point Barrow this winter. “But I am not greatly impressed with the danger of the crews’ starving. Ido notknow what supplies the other vessels NEW TO-DATY! The harmony of a woman’s life depends upon the perfect ac- cordance of her meatal with her physical being. All the emotions of love and marriage and motherhood have corresponding } physical attributes in the delicate special organism @aof her sex. If these intricate functions are dis- turbed by weak- ness and disease her whole nature is out of tune. 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