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nitowoe, f om general appearances, seems n pretty bad shape, while the Jones Wilso: ‘not appear to have suffered 80 ba ly. Captain Lane, owner of the fleet, is on boa dy and speaks very highly of the king tug Leviathan, and also of her master, Captain Thorp, who he seeme to think is the right man in the right place. In fact, vessel men unite in saying that the ‘Leviathan has done remarkably good work this season. Her motto now-a-days is quick work, and her captain sees that she does it, and as that As what vessel men want, she will certainly Manage to get her share of'| the work. — The steambarge Josephine is in drydock at the Milwaukee Shipyard Company’s yard for some minor repairs. At Wolf & Davidson’s yard the steamer Ballentine is in dock to have har butts calked and slight repairs to her stern bear- ings. Captain Tinney is in his usual jovial condition, The scow Green Bay was docked Wednesday for feeling of fishermen’s shoals. Scow Supply for panes sustained in the recent gale. Wolf & Davidson’s new barge is being pushed rapidly along, and is the admiration of vessel men generally. Butler is as happy asa boy with a pair of red-topped boots, and makes things hum. W. H. Wolf is re- covering from his injury, and shows up at the shipyard every day. Mr. Thomas David- son has been slightly under the weather for the last few days, but is improving now. Captain Dennis Sullivan adorns the pilot house of Starke’s new barge, the Veronica, like a statue of Ajax defying the lightning, and says she is the best boat afloat. Her owners aré patting themselves on the back (all but Fred Starke; he is so fat thut he ¢an’t; Meyer does it for him), and consider ber a No, 1 investment. Milwaukee has almost regained her old- time prestige as a grain shipping port this season. _ Caprain Kipp. BAY CITY. Special to the Marine Record. The differences existing between the long- shoremen’s assembly 4049 and the Saginaw Valley longshoremen’s union, which caused s0 much trouble recently among vessel men, loading along the river, were not settled by arbitration at a meeting called for that pur- pose. The Valley union conceded every point in dispute except one which was that every member wear a monthly tag of the union, so that the members could distinguish each other when working. There was no question of wages in dispute, no opposition from vessel men particularly, and the mem- bers of 4029 were receiving union wages, but were not wiiling to support the union which established them. It is not to be wondered at that bitter feelings existed among the men when no settlement could be made. It was decided to fight it out by not working with them or loading any tow that employed them. This action of the Valley union caused the wiser heads to call a meeting on Wednesday last, and after some discussion it was resolved that the members of 4029 apply in a body for admission to the Valley union upon any terms said union would be willing to grant, having decided that further opposition was useless, as they had fought the contract system one year and accomplished nothing. The tug Tom Dowling with the barge Matilda, which was sunk in the harbor at Sand Beach, has arrived and will be repaired at orce at the Bay City drydock. The Dow- ling did a remarkably fine and quick job though not fitted out for such purposes, The wrecking company asked $1,000 for their services, but in this case they did not get “the earth.”’ The tug Record and tow brought up stone this trip, and loaded lumber at YTawas for Ohio ports. ; The barge R. Martin is to receive her re- build at Black River this winter, Charlio Smith, a well-known lumber in- spector, of this city, choked to death Sunday night with quinsy. He was thirty years of age, and had many friends among vessel men, It is expected new passenger next week. She will be towed to that Captain Armstrong’s steamer will be launched Saginaw . . Pa | where her compound engine will be put in| by A. F. Bartlett & Company. At Wheeler's shipyard, West Bay City, there bas been Jaid the keel for a large steam craft for theGratwick, Smith & Fryer Company, of Tonawanda. She will be 265 feet long, 40 feet beam, and 22 feet depth of fi to procure coal for ate mpui pon the Manitowoc. The engines of the following dimensions of eyl- inder, 20x80 and 32x46. of working pressure. craft will be laid next week of the exact di- mensions of the one described above for David Whitney, Jr., of Detroit. The cost of both boats when completed will be $150,- 000 each, both vessels to be completed by the opening of navigation in the spring. They will be used in the grain and iron ore trade. SHaw. DETROIT. Captain Grummond, while in Chicago, bought the schooner A. G. Morey from the Union Insurance Company on_ private terms, The A. @. Morey registers 802 tons and was built at Chicago by Miller iu 1861. The Morey was wrecked at Bailey’s Harbor in 1882, She was then valued at $8,000. Grummond was employed by the underwriters to release the vessel, and she was taken to Chicago in bad condition. The wrecking bills amounted to about $8,000, and the undei writers expended about $6,000 in repairs, She was then tendered to the original owner, who 1efused to accept the vessel, claiming that her damage amounted toa constructive total loss. The under- writers contested the claim, but the courts decided against them. Since then the vessel has been lying idle in Chicago harbor. She cost the insurance company not less than $20,000. Grummond declines to state how much he paid for her, but Grummond is not noted for paying more than a vessel is worth. She will leave for Escanaba to load ore. Captain Wilson is her master. A dispatch from Port Huron says the schooner M. A. Muir was towed back from Lake Huron in a leaking condition and will _be docked there for repairs. “The Lake Superior Transit Company’s steamer James Fisk, Jr., struck a log near Trenton. She will go into the Detroit dry- dock to stop a leak. - The steambarge William Rudolph, with a tow of two barges, the D, H. Keyes and H. S. Walbridge, all loaded with Norway bill stuff consigned to Wood, Jenks, & Com- pany, Cleveland, reached Lake St. Clair about 4 o’clock Sunday morning. When abreast of Grosse Point the wheelsman of the Rudolph discovered flames issuing from the hold near the smokestack. He at once awoke Captain Geo. Ryan, and the latter, with the crew, commenced the task of fizht- ing the fire. It spread so rapidly, however, as to prevent the use of the steam pumps, and finally the engineer and fireman were com- pelled to abandon their posts to save their lives. Realizing that he would not be able to extinguish the fire Captain Ryan signaled the steambarge Cleveland, which came alongside the burning vessel. The captain of the Cleveland considered that the only way to save the Rudolph was to sink her, and he adopted a novel way to accomplish the desired end. The Cleveland steamed away from the burning craft and then came up behind her at fnll speed. She struck the Rudolph a heavy blow and stove a large hole in her below the water line. ‘he Rudolph filled in a short time and gradually her stern sunk until it struck bottom. The crew were perched on the bows of the half submerged craft, the for- ward part of which stuck out of the water to the hight of an ordinary lighthouse. The fire, which it was supposed had been ex- tinguished, broke out anew and extended to the forward deck load, and the captain and crew were compelled to take to the barges for safety. About 8 o’clock the Mills line tug Hercules came up and from that time until nearly 11 o’clock Captain Maurice Barrett and the crewof the tug worked hard to get the fire under control and finally succeeded. ‘Tne Hercules then brought the crew of the Rudolph and the two barges to this city, and Captain Ryan notified the owners of the Rudolph of the accident that had befallen her. The upper works of the Rudolph are entirely distroyed, besides which her hull is badly damaged by fire and the blow from the Cleveland. However, as she is about half out of water it is thought that she can be raised without much jtrouble. Her cargo, consisting of 175,000 eetet of Norway bill stuff, valued at about | $17,500 and consigned to Wood, Jenks & | Company, Cleveland, was uninsured. The | Rudolph was owned by W.G. Van Auken, of Saginaw, in 1880 by Hall & Kent. The craft was lengthened in 1882, rated A2, and measured 268 tons. She was valued at $20,000, and in- sured in the hull pool for $15,000. It is quite probable that an effort will be made at once to raise her. At the regular meeting of the Detroit Steam will be "| supplied from two steel boilers 10 feet shel} | by 11 feet long; thickness of shell 15 16ths of an inch, capable of carrying 150 pounds The keel of another +e x | She was built at Mt. Clemens se i ST le illite: -plevined by Christian Stein, of Huron, O., | Tilden. ‘Whe Marine Reddit hold. She will carry four spars and triple Yacht Club held Monday night the follow- ing officers were elected for the ensuing year: Commodore, George Newberry; Vice- Commodore, E. F, Bates; Rear-Commodore, Rollin J. Daly; Secretary, Thos. H. Lynch; Measurer, Chas. N. Jones; Executive and Regatta Committee, Chairman, Andrew ©. Kramer, R, Z. Rousseau, Will Beckett, Ed. J. Metzen, Thos. Reeves, The Detroit Fire & Marine Insurance Company pays up promptly... The schooner George M. Case sunk a week ago last Thur- day, and just one week afterwards the com- pany paid a policy of $3,500 on the vessel. The schooner D, Provost has been re- and tied upat Alpena pending her sale. E. W. Donovan, of this city, is her owner, SAULT STE. MARIE, : The barge Eureka broke loose trom her tow and foundered in Lake Superior on the | 20th inst., ten miles White Fish Point and five miles from shore in seven fathoms of water, abreast of life saving station No. 9. From present information all hands are lost. Had any of the crew been rescued information would without doubt have been received at this place. Several steamers have passed the wreck and would have brought the survivers down either from the wreck or White Fish Point had there been any. ‘The vessel’s foremast and main mast are above water, She was ore laden from Marguette and in tow of steambarge Prentice. The Eureka is 137.5 feet keel, 25.9 feet beam, 11.5 feet depth. and registered 313.54 net tons. She was built at Trenton in 1873 and owned in Detroit. The News says the small steam yacht Elizabeth, owned by the Lime Island Com- pany foundered in 54 feet of water in Mud Lake on the 20th inst. during a heavy gale from the north west, Her crew and two passengers reached shore in a small boat. Mrs. Banks and little son, of Stevenson, the pasengers, were saved by Hidward White the engineer, White hanging on to the cabin with one hand and holding Mrs, Banks and her son above water with the other. They remained in that position, until they were rescued by two men named Louis Linney and Everette S. Todd, who went to the rescue with a small boat from the shore. | Diver Goodreau has gone to raise the wreck. Schooner KE, C. Hutchinson, in tow of the tug Samson, bound down on thel9th inst., while entering the canal collided with the north pier, carrying away all her head gear jibboom, bowsprit, bob stays and dolphin striker. The wreckage had to be cleared away before the vessel could leave the lock chamber. PORT HURON, The schooner M. W. Page ran into the barge Saginaw, in tow of the propeller Missouri, on Lake Huron, at 7a. m. the morning of 20th. The Saginaw’s port bow is badly stove in. She arrived here last night water logged. The schooners J. R. Pelton and Nett Woodward collided on Lake Huron, The bowsprit and foretopmast are gone from the Pelton. The mainsail of the Woodward is carried away. The schooner M. A. Muir was towed back from Lake Huron ina leaking condition, She will be docked here for repairs. The damage to the barge Saginaw will amount to $2,500. The schooner 8S. J. Tilden was sunk Thursday night just below this city by the propeller Arabia, The Tilden was at anchor near the American side, abreast of the Beard residence, and the J. S. Fay towing the Rhodes was picking the ‘Tilden up. The Fay blew two blasts to the Arabia, who answered with two and passed the Fay and Rhodes, striking the Tilden at the forward beam of the center board box. She went to the bottom in seven minutes. There are three large holes in the Arabia’s iron hull on the starboard bow, and one on the port bow. Her forward com- partments are full of water. She has a full load of flour and bran, which was unloaded here. The Tilden has 1045 tons of ore in her. She lies one mile below Port Huron and in a ¥ery dangerous position. There will be two bright lights placed on the ‘Tilden’s fore mizzen rigging at present. Her crew had barely time to escape. They are here and all right. All tows are cautioned to keep west and to the Canadian side from the | ASHTABULA HARBOR, The fireman of the propeller Outhwaite disappeared three days ago, and hag not We have, for the past two years, t | have the same interest in the news of been heard from since. He gave some} money toa watchman for safe keeping, went ashore, was gone but a short time, | came back, and was last seen reading in the engine room. As his clothing, and money | are still on board, and he being a man of | steady habits, there is considerable anxiety as to his whereabouts, | sail cashes | the National Furnace Company. scinllctitoamiincacsatnh SSN e en etre 8 seicaatinal saben sm tne CLAYTON. Special to the Marine Record. The loss of the schooner Belle Mitehell on Lake Erie, with the entire crew, cast an- other gloom over our village. Many days after the gale we had hope that she might be under shelter where they could not commu- nicate with anyone, but as the days flew by and no tidings of the ‘missing vessel were received, we lost hope. ‘The loss of the whole crew, and the captain and his sister and two brothers-in-law makes many vacant chairs in one family. Mr. Xevier Colon, of this port, lost a son. The rest of the crew was unknown here. We remember full well, four years ago, we were looking for the schooner Folger when the sad nes renched us that she had foundered with her crew. We did not look for another such case 80 soon. The causes of the last storm proving so disastrous to many vessels were poor canvas, overloading, and going to sea with the storm signals flying, and the result should teach captains and vessel owners more caution in the future. It would be well for vessel owners to provide their vessels with oil, to use in running before a gale of wind, with which, if the vessel did succumb to the waves, the crew might, by the use of oil, reach some port of safety. Mr. William Rusho, brother to Captain Ruzho, has gone to Dunkirk to search the beach from there to Erie, in hope of finding the remains of his brother, sister, and brothers-in-law. Upto date we have been unable to learn of any success. The steamer John Thorne will be hauled out, and get a general overhauling this winter, The steamer Maynard has mane into phe quarters. ‘To the readers of the MetrINE Kncorp we — are sorry to say that with this issue we sever our connection as correspondent, as — we leave Clayton after the 1st of Novembet and make our future home in give the readers of this valuable p latest marine news from this port ay was transpiring on the St. Lawrer Lat the good work go on, and whe the RecorD on the Pacific co lakes, And to the editor of the REcoRD, we say, go on with the good we you have commenced and may you prosper. Your new correspondent will perform his duty, and give you the latest news. I step down and out with best wishes to you all. I bid you good bye. J. T. Bensamin. DULUTH. Mr. Armstrong has sold the fire tug to Captain Inman, who will hereafter have charge of the boat. Steambarge Siberia collided with the draw of the Northern Pacific bridge across the St. Louis river Sunday, knocking a big hole in her starboard bow. The Anchor line steamer Winslow, with passengers and freight, was picked up about ten miles from here, drifting at the mercy of the wind and waves beforea strong north- wester. The local agent will give but little information. She was brought in here and will be surveyed. The Ward line propeller Osceola, Captain Campau, took fire last Thursday while un- loading brick in slip No. 1. The flames spread rapidly, and soon ran fore and aft, Captain Inman’s fire tug, the Duluth fire company, and seven other tugs and ferry boats were instantly upon the scene of the fire, and over a dozen streams were turned in upon her. The thick smoke from the slackened lime was a great hindrance. She has been scuttled and now lies on the bot- tom of the slip, listed to port. Itis thought that her cargo will be a constructive total loss. All decks and upper works are totally destroyed, and rigging much burned. The amount of the damage will be probably $10,000. She will doubtless be taken to De- troit to be repaired. The Osceola was built at Bay City in 1882 and registered 980 tons She was owned by the Ward Lake Superior Transportation Company, was valued at $60,000, and had been ranning between this port and Buffalo since she was built. GREEN BAY. The propeller W. L. Brown, with a eargo of ore from Escanaba to Depere, Wis., sprung ‘aleak and was sunk in seventy-six feet of water off Peshtigo. Captain F. W. Spafford and the crew hurriedly escaped by means of the small bouts. She had formerly sailed under the naine of Neptune. The | W. L. Brown was built in 1880 by Johnson, of Green Bay, where she is also owned by She is 140 feet kee], 28 feet beam and 18 teet depth of hold, registered 336 tons, and valued at $22,- 000. Chicago underwriters have $18,000 in- surance on hull and $2,500 on cargo. ES a Se a RC Sa