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board to Hgo to Oswego and work for Itathlmn tfe Co., In opposition to the 'longshoremen. The Bteambarge Resolute went to Oswego with 229,-7U0 feet of pine. The rate for unloading vessels is 40 cents per 1,000 for hard wood and 25 cents for pine, providing vessels carrying the latter had under 300,000. "When vessels have this amount or over on board, the men are entitled to 30 cents. The 'longshoremen thought that the amount of pine on the Resolute was near enough to 300,000 to demand 30 cents per thousand, and the men would not work unless they got q. When Rathbun & Co. found this out they immediately hired sixteen or seventeen Canadians and sent them to Oswego, but they d d not work very long. They returned home the Official notice is just received of the acceptance ;¦; of the resignation of Dr. F. J. O'Connor as Assist- i| HO FOR THE SOUTH. DEPASTURES FEOM CHICAGO. The steam yacht Maud-Lillie arrived in Chi- otherday. The, union is -I 1 intends Pratt, of the firm of Pratt, Parker & Co" "at Chi that it shall have its pgtita.-Kmg8to» $ev>8. ,aff0, was telegraphed for to-day] and i it iis,£- ***~ pected will arrive here to-morrow, when the BUFFALO CHARGES. question of rates will be talked over. Several NEW RATES ANNOUNCED. engagements were made to-day by two outside —. ,Tr . „, f, „ ._ shippers who believe the rate $1.15 per ton will The Western Elevating Company announces the not drop this fall. The following boats were following rates of elevating and winter storage to placed by them for Milwaukee: Hchrs Saveland go into effect on and after Nov. 20: Elevating, Homer; props Ketchum, F. Kelly, Wallace, Thos'. f- ,L. „ , , , , . . , , dawn. Bean Richmond, Rochester at $1 'J5 For includmghve days storage, %c per bushel: stor- Duluth: Props Geo. T. Hope, Siberia, J\.%. Fay age each succeeding ten days or parts thereof, *4C at$1,25. Wind east; fresh. per bushel; the vessel to pay in addition to the j above'ac. On all grain in store on that date or after, the charge for winter storage will be L4C per bushel for each ten days or parts thereof, until such charge (accumulated after Nov. 20, 1883) shall amount to 2c per bushel; then the grain phalli be free of storage until five days after the Opening of canal, navigation in 1884. cago yesterday from St. Joseph. She goes to mr Ei;7ex7eTlen7;a"tisfacti0n Florid* hy Way of *he n,inois and Mi«Wgan Canal ^and the river. She is new, and is a fine craft, with excellent snug cabins. Captain Napier is in command. She carries a placard: ""Ho for Florida." Captain Sam'Moore and his steam yacht, towing the little schooner Morning Star (the ex-gospel ship Glad TidingsJ, left for New Orleans last evening. Captain Moore's numerous friends wish him every success. ant Surgeon of the Marine Hospital Service at Detroit. at his post, but retires to go into private practice. He is succeeded by A. D. Bevan, who comes with most favorable notice from Chicago.—Detroit .Post. COARSE FREIGHTS. special Telegram to The Inter Ocean BUFFALO, N. YM Oct. 22.-Freights unsettled. Several shippers are combining to drop the rate lown to $1^ to Chicago and Milwaukee. Mr. NOTICE TO NAVIG-AT0S3. THAT LIGHT IN LINCOLN PARK. That electric light in Lincoln Park, near North avenue, is just about abreast of the light on the lake waterworks crib. Navigators must be Careful in thick weather and make no rniotake. WARLIKE .TIMES. SITUATION AT OSWEGO—CONTINUED EXCITEMENT The situation at the Rathbun docks Saturday morning presented no change from that of the past few days. The military still occupy the grounds. Thirty-eighth separate company was on duty all day Friday, and remained on till 8 o'clock Saturday morning, when the boys were relieved by Twenty-ninth separate company, numbering thirty-six muskets, under command of Captain Herron. JOINING THE UNION. Between 10 and 11 o'clock Saturday forenoon the steambarge Resolute was sighted outside. When she steamed into the harbor a large number of 'longshoremen employed on the docks in the east cove quit work and lined the east pier, saluting the Canadian laborers with cries of "scabs." The Resolute had on board over fifty men sent by Rath- bun & Co., and as the barge ncared her dock, a number of 'longshoremen in boats were speedily around her endeavoring to persuade the men to refuse to work for Rathbun & Co. "Come ashore, join our union and we will take care of you!"' "Don't take the bread out of our inoutus!" "We will pay your fare back!" "Don't go to work!" etc., etc. in a few minutes the 'longshoremen succeeded in inducing one man to leave the barge and as he dropped into one of the boats a cheer went up from the 'longshoremen on the docks south of the "dead line" and from their companions on the river. A moment or two later two more swung themselves into a boat and were landed among the 'longshoremen on the dock. Atrain cheers went up. After seven men had been thus landed, there was a lull in arrivals for a few moments, but quickly the cheering began with renewed vigor. A 'longshoreman in a boat, who acted as orator on the occasion, had been haranguing the crowd of foreign laborers and with such effect that ten more dropped into the boats and were lauded, making seventeen in all. These men were all captured within three-quarters of an hour after the arrival of the Resolute. MEN AT WORK. The men landed by the Resolute who remained faithful to their contract with the company were at work in the afternoon. This gives the company a working force of about sixty men on their docks and yards. The force will he increased as fast as possible, and the men, it is said, "will be protected whatever the cost may be." FLOTSAM AND JETSAM. Fierce squall at 10 o'clock last night. No fog last night. It seemed more like frost. The harbor war> as dull yesterday as St. Louis. The Canadian propeller Armenia may lie up here. The tug stewards give a ball at Uhlich's Hall Nov. 7. _ THE WAR ON THE WHARF. SITUATION AT OSWEGO—ALL QUIET. No new developments in the wharf war since Saturday last and everything about the premises was as quiet as could be desired. The barge Resolute which arrived here Saturday about noon with lumber was unloaded at a late hour that night and left again for Deseronto. Yesterday morning the Citizens* Corps relieved the Twenty-ninth Company and remained on duty until this morning, when they were relieved by Captain Herron's company. All day yesterday there was a constant flow of people down First street to the wharf, but no one was allowed to approach near to the premises. During the day a number of the Canadians were sent out after water under a 3mall escort. On their way from the wharf some stones were thrown, but no one was seriously hurt. Later in the dav the men were again sent out, this time under a larger escort, but no violence was attempted. Once during the day some stones were thrown by unknown parties; one of them striking a member of the corps named Allen and injuring him quite severely. During the night "not a shot was heard" to break the graveyard stillness of the place. The 'longshoremen held a meeting during the afternoon and took steps to raise money to pay the expenses of the Canadians who refused to take their places. Quite a sum of money was raised by subscription, and it was decided to hold i raise funds for any emergency which may occur in the future. The insurance agents 'to-day notified Sheriff Huntington, that in case he withdrew the militia they would cancel all policies held on the property now under the protection of. the militia. Speaking to a Palladium, reporter to-day, a union man said: "This action on the part of Mr. Huntington is an outrage which the citizens of Oswego County should rebuke. Without the cause this man orders out the militia and keeps them under arms at an expense of $200 or $300 a day to the taxpayers. Rathbun <fc Co. know very well that their property is in no danger whatever, and,their only object in calling on riff to protect them is to keep the 'long-shoreruen from going among the Canucks and inducing 11 work. There is no danger of a riot or of any damage being done to their property, and no one realizes this better than the members of the firm."—Osicego Palladium, Monday. The propeller Annie-Laura, after a week's delay, has finished repairs to her machinery and is In commission again. The Perrett arrived here at 0 o'clock Sunday night, and left again at 2 o'clock yesterday morning, with, f\y] lydir Innrnn '......'¦* "The new steamer Perry, building at the Union Dry-dock, to replace the old side-wheeler of the same name, late in government service, uovrhas ail her plates on. and is waiting for her machinery. This comes from Hartford, Conn., the load being delivered yesterday. Although not allows until next May for finishing her it is hoped that she can be turned out tbia. At Manitowoc: The following vessels are in port for shelter: Steamers Corona, Muskegon; propeller Dcpere; schooners Emma L. Nielsen, Tricolor. Lalla Rookh, Graham Brothers, Glen Cuyler, Four Brothers; scows Rand, H. Williams, S. P. Wilson, Iris, Hercules, Tallahassee, Helen, Mclra. The schooner C. 0. Barnes is at anchor ¦ ay. She is coal-laden for Milwaukee, DA1TOEROTTS FOO. THE NEW FOE TO NAVIGATION. That new foe to navigation—fog—which set in on Saturday night, will, it is feared, be the cause of numberous disasters. There was fog again last night, dense and thick, and objects could not be distinguished ten yards distant. There are a great many vessels outside on the lake, and collisions and strandings will doubtless be learned of. THAT SPECIAL BULLETIN". NO NORTHEAST STORM—A DEAD CALM. The northeast storm signal was still up yesterday, and there was hardly a breath of air on the lakt. A number of vessels which towed out during the day were still becalmed last evening, A good many of the vessel owners and masters who have hitherto held that "the signal service would yet prove of great oenefit" aro "hedging" on the! opinion. STEALING A CARGO. ANXIOUS WATCHING FOR A VESSEL. The scow C. J. Smith left Charlevoix on Thursday last laden with lumber. She cleared for Chi- j eago, but w hether she will come here remains to be seen. She, encountered the prevailing stormy weather and put into Sheboyga;i for skelter. Up to last night tht ,! in Chi- cago. Mr. C. E. Lockwood, of Ingham County, Mich.., arrived here yesterday rooming and is anxiously awaiting the arrival of the Smith. He say&fth&fc£heh»« 2Q>0ttQieet©f stolen, lumber, on board—stolen from him (Lockwoodl by a man named I. W. Foot and shipped on the Smith. Mr. Lockwood does not blame the officer of the vessel, but. says he proposes to make an example of Mr. Foot, who, it seems, is aboard the vessel. Mr. Foot had been employed by Mr. Lockwood for a long time sawing lumber for him. The reporter asked Mr. Lockwood if he owed Mr. Foot anything—if there was any warrant at all for Foot's course in shipping and selling the lumber—and Mr. Lockwood insisted that there was not. He said that, as a matter of fact, Foot was in his de! jr. When the Smith arrives here—if she comes here —the lumber will be seized and Mr. Foot will be placed under arrest. At least Mr. Lockwood says 80. Vessel people who know Foot speak of him in the most respectful terms. The wrecking tug Leviathan, having waited in vain at Escanaba during the month past for a call to duty, was steamed up on Thursday last, and departed for Cheboygan. Captain Allen. Calvin & Sons' wrecker, is going down the river to inspect the barge Frontenac, sunk in the Cornwall Canal. She will be raised and taken to Portsmouth for repairs. Captain William Cribbins, of the Erie life-saving crew, who was drowned Thursday, had i the service about all his life, and is said to have saved over one hundred persons. The repairs on the Anchor Line barge Annie Sherw©jd, which was dismasted on Lake Erie, have V,uen completed at Buffalo, atad she is now on her way to Milwaukee with a cargo of coal in tow of the propeller Alaska. At Buffalo: The propellor St. Louis is laying up i for the season. A quantity of her outfit was com-I lug ashore at Central Wharf yesterday. The faithful old servant will probably get a rebuild < before she tries the main again. I The following additional shortages on Duluth 1 cargoes have come to light: Schooner Queen ! City 117 bushels; B. F. Bruce, 87 bushels; I steamer Oregon, 50 bushels. Owners of some g large shortages refuse to send the Kn Duluth. THRILLING- SHIPWRECK. THE LOSS OF THE MINCH AND MERRILL. The Cleveland Plaindealer contains the fol-owing: "At about 7 o'clock Thursday evening the chooner Sophia Minch. bound for this port, at-empted to get Inside of the breakwater for projection. The castings of the rudder, however, broke, and she came to anchor just off the east pier. She lay there for fully au hour, after which the tug Peter Smith, Captain John Hapsin, went out to her, taking with him a couple of the life-saving crew to handle the lines. Captain Andrew Bates, of the Minch, however, refused to give them a line unless they got another tug to help them. The Peter Smith then run back into port and obtained the assistance of the Fanny Tufr-hill, Captain Dan Henderson. The whole life-saving crew, Captain 0. C. Goodwin, also went with the tugs, and after several attempts boarded the schooners for the purpose of drawing up the anchor. This being done, the Peter Smith got ahold of the bow line of the vessel, and the Fannie Tuthill the rear. Then they attempted to tow the vessel under the protection of the breakwater, but being directly exposed to the heavy waves that rolled in upon them, the line parted. The tugs then gave up the attempt, and started for the harbor. Lawrence Distel, the No. 1 man of the life crew, who had remained on the Peter Smith to handle lines, requested that the rest of the crew be taken off the schooner, so that in case anything happened they could be ready to give assistance. This was impossible, however, in such a sea, and the tugs came in without them. Toward midnight the vessel was clearly seen to be drifting ashore, and Distel, with John Ever-ieigh, who was left on the watch in the life-saving station, began SEARCHING FOR A VOLUNTEER CREW to man the life station apparatus. Lots of men were anxious to help, but wanted $5 or $10 for their work. A crew of volunteers, however, were got together, but it was impossible for a Plaindealer reporter to get the names of any of the brave fellows except Messrs. Pryor and Toval, the former of whom was the first to volunteer. At 12:30 o'clock this morning the beaeh apparatus was brought out of the station and placed on the east pier near the distressed vessel, and a signal light was given by Distel to notify Captain Goodwin of their presence. When this became known they received orders to remain there and to be ready to fire them a line witn the howitzer whenever he ordered it. The , vessel in the meantime continued to drift slowly i but surely ashore, and as she was felt to] be touching ground Captain Bates ordered her j to be bored. As she was already leaking the pumps could do no good, and she would evidently have to go ashore. At about 3 o'clock the order came from Captain Goodwin to those in charge of the life saving apparatus on shore to fire them a line, which was done by Distel, who made a good shot across the schooner, between the fore and main rigging. The life-saving apparatus was then put into use, and part of those on the vessel brought ashore, when it was found necessary to shoot out another line, as the men on the vessel were part fore and part aft, and the sea swept over her so amidships that to attempt to go from the fore of the vessel to the aft would have meant certain immersion into the lake. AU of the vessel's crew, consisting, all told, of nine, were, however, got off in safety, as well as the seven members: of the life-saving crew. Shortly afterward the vessel settled just as she lies now, just between thie east pier and the Cleveland and Pittsburg freiglht pier, and with about a foot of " ier hull visible, •MTvuwurnu ^mnhp uuiiuu udi Upast a large neet Of vessels nave teen lying at the mouth of the harbor waiting for the* wind to go down. A neet of twenty vessels we;nt out this evening for Chicago The sea is still running very high, and some think of putting into Grand Haven if the weather is found too stormy. The vessels in port are: Schrs R. B. King, City of Grand Haven, W. ?f°«n%lluUer' Guide' Iver' Lawson; barges IdaM. Torrent and Cobourn. Special Telegram to The Inter Ocean Ikanefort, Mich., Nov. \.~Tfle northwest gale continues unabated. The propeller S. M. Weston departed for Manistee, and when last TGlf It wus roi]in£ aud Pitching verv hard. The 1. M. Hill, laden with cordwood, ventured out at 4 p m. for Milwaukee. There are a dozen laden, craft in port that will not risk it, and will wait , for fairer weather. HMH KILN CROSSING. Amherstburg, Oct. 31.—The water came well up at u o clock last night and the 'Boston passed down, and immediately afterward the wind increased and the water went away down again, ine following steamers are above the Lime Kilns at 8 oclocd to-night, having been detained since 11 a. m.: D. C. Whitney, Jr.; Northerner, and Busin-ss, at Duff & Gatfield's, and the Philadelphia at Alexander's wharf. The Hopkins and Kershaw, which were both detained at Detroit I last night, passed all right at 8 a. m. The lowest I water bo-day was fourteen feet three inches. The water is coming up slowly. Wiud west, and easing' up. Another disastrous chapter in Mr. Merryman's listory of the sunken Sam Cook, was recorded yesterday when the vessel suddenly canted over ion her side and put a stop to further work for the time being. She now lies with her spars resting on the barge alongside and her broadside clear out of water. Two of the pumps have been sent back to Kingston, as it has been practically demonstrated that one pump will only be're-quired to keep her clear of water. It is thought, however, she will have to again Jfte let down and then raised by means of the jackrecrews.— Brockville Recorder. J ji niThr i0°~ i "nn ' '" ""'"""" 'j"J^11 """»¦ '"ij L»' "¦»" 1 raised on Saturday, and it was supposed that she I -ould be delivered at Ogdensburg some time yes- / terday, but another accident occurred. The chains ,/ were a little too loose, and as the vessel came up f she suddenly turned half way over to the port] side, and is now lying on her beam ends on the! bottom of the river. It is probable that Captain! Merryman will get a larger scow at Ogdensburg/ and then proceed with the work " ONT.T A BTTIflfflj FBOBABT/Y. There was a report along the river front at Detroit yesterday that the Canadian propeller Quebec had been "wrecked on Georgian Bay, but it could not be traced to a reliable sdurce. LUDINGTON. Ludington, Oct. 31.—A heavy southwest to northwest storm has prevailed here for two days. The propellers F. &, P. M. No. 1 and John A. Dix have been here windbound since yesterday morning. The F. & P. M. No. 2 and City of Ludington came in this morning and are here yet. The steam barges M_ F. Butters and Colin Campbell are in port, and also about twenty schooners. It is blowing a rale now from the northwest, and snowing. _ i_ i>wm.mm ¦¦¦'*¦ p»a»l—**^^WSBm hum im mmmmwmtm ^ CONTEST OVER THE SPARTAN f THE 'LONGSHOREMEN. condition of affairs at oswr;ao. The Oswego Times of Thursday has the following: "There has been no change in the situation of affairs at the lumber-yards and docks of Rathbun & Co. since our issue of last evening. Thirty-eighth separate company remained on duty all day yesterday and last night, and were relieved at 8 o'clock this morning by Twenty-ninth separate company. Rathbun «fc Co.'s laborers arc quietly proceeding with their work. Twelve Americans have applied for work and been engaged by the company. The members of j the firm say they have no wish to employ foreign labor. They assert the company is willing to pay American laborers $2 a day and board, but necessity compels them to employ foreign labor so long as the 'longshoremen prohibit resident laborers from entering their employ. The company seriously contemplate the removal of their business from this port, They say Deseronto can be made the distributing point i'or their lumber. They railroad tracks running in every direction havi in their immense yards there. E. W. Rathbun & Co. own the track between Deseronto and the Junction, where the track connects with the Grand Trunk Railway. The company is now building a road from the Grand Trunk track to Gananoque, a distance of only three miles, and on its completion lumber can be shipped by the company by rail direct from Deseronto to Albany, New York, Boston, and other points as cheap as is now done by water, the crossing between Gananoque and Clayton being made by railroad car ferryboats, thus avoiding transhipment, and placing their lumber in Eastern markets far ! more expeditiously. The company regards the ] action of the City Council as an evidence of antagonism on the part of city officials. They con- \ tend that the building referred to in the resolution of the Common Council was erected with the f permission of that body; that tnere is not near '. as much danger at present from fire as there has f been in the past; that the companv has six night watchmen on the premises, aud they, with the seventy men in their employ and the military I performing duty is an effectual guard against ;i conflagration, and the company can regard the action of the Council last evening in no other I light than a vffriual indorsement of the 'longshoremen's position and an effort on the part of k JOHN B. MERRILL. The storm continued with all its violence all day Thursday. At about 4 o'clock in the afternoon the schooner John B. Merrill appeared off this port with an ore cargo fram Escanaba. She was met quite a distance out by the tugs James Amadeus and N. B. Gates. They got lines from the schooner in safety, although the sea was very high at the time, and towed her in as far as the breakwater, but while attemjotinfi to bring her iound under the protection of it the undercurrent bobbed the tugs and vessel so that the Ones parted. The tugs made several attempts, frith the same result as before. The American Eagle and Peter Smith had in the meanwhile run out, but soon turned back, the sea being • too heavy to suit the tastes of their baptains. The Merrill, being left to the mercy of the waves, although she dropped her anchors, drifted rapidly backward, and directly past the Minch, and at about 7 o'clock touched bottom, with her bow pointing about northwestward, between the Lake Shore freight and Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Indianapolis piers, and was scuttled by orders of her captain. The life-saving crew, who had barely had a chance to rest from the perilous dangers of the Minch disaster, got their life-saving apparatus out on the freight pier, and fired out a line to the distressed vessel. The hawser with the breeches-buoy was then placed in position, and Captain Goodwin called for a volunteer to go out to the vessel, and be sure of having the apparatus properly adjusted. Not to have done this, LIKELY MEANT DESTRUCTION to many of those on the stranded vessel, for a person could not remain alive long in such a sea, arid in undertaking the job of going out in the apparatus, which was not known to be properly fastened, was a most perilous deed. Fred Hatch, the cook of the life-saving crew, however, volunteered, and, getting into the breeches buoy, was safely landed on the vessel. There were on the vessel all told Captain Jerry Coleman and wife, First Mate Daniel McKenzie, Second Mate Patrick Coleman, and Patrick McManus, Nicholas Peterson, Manuel Vleira. John Jongeblod, Anton Lorenzen, and Daniel Hanlcy, sailors. The hawser that bore the life-saving apparatus was fastened to the maintop-mast of the vessel a few feet above the cross-trees, and as the rigging was very loose the captain's wife, who was the first to be saved, had to be hoisted from the deck. As soon as she reached shore she was placed in a carriage and driven to the Weddell House, in spite of her protestations that she wanted to stay until her husband was saved. All of the men were, however, -cot off in safety. The life-saving crew indeed merits praise for the manner in which ;he rescuing was done and all showed themselves true heroes in the hour of need. The crew consists of Captain C, C. Goodwin, with No. 1 man, Lawrence Distel and Wm. Goodwin, John Everleigh, J. Lindsay, Charles Leonard, Fred T. Hatch, Goodroe and Haydn. "The Merrill as she lies is not over a hundred yards from the Minch, but is practically safe, as she lies on a sandy bottom and her bow points toward the incoming waves. She is owned by John P. Merrill, of Milwaukee, and worth $25,000 THE LATEST PHASE OF THE TECUBLE, It now seems as if the Detroit Dry-dock Com pany might be forced to take the steamer Spartan as payment for the extensive repairs done to her during the past summer. Yesterday Cash P. Taylor seized her at their instance and to-day she will be placed in the boneyard. Early last spring the Spartan was wrecked on Lake Superior, and was abandoned to the insurance companies by her owners, and an expedition was fitted out and the steamer released and brought here, where she remained all summer undergoing repairs. When shelcame out of the dry-docK the insurance companies refused to pay the duty on her repairs. The Spartan being a Canadian steamer and her repairs having been done in a United States port, there was a duty amounting to about 20 per cent which had to be paid before she could return to her route. The owners claimed that the steamer was insured in Canada and wrecked and abandoned there. She was released and towed past several Canadian ports of safety and repair and taken to a foreign port. They therefore consider that she should be delivered back duty free. Negotiations have been going on for some time back, but as a settlement seemed as far off as ever the dry-dock company have had her seized in order to bring an end to the trouble. It is stated that the Spartan's repairs were so large that she can be turned into an American steamer. The claims against her for repairs amount to $31,000, and since her seizure Captain S. B. Grummond has filed a claim against her amounting to $7,000 for services of the tug Winslow In |L releasing the steamer and towing her to Detroit. \-Detroit Free Press. _^w,t.M,M„l(„ -,*—-«* ' ¦¦ ¦.......¦¦¦ »i»' ¦ n" *¦¦'¦"""•>» .. FREIGHTS. NO CHANGE IN BATES. Grain freights were quiet but firm on the basis of 4c corn to Georgian Bay and 334c corn to Buf-falOt Charters were: A MAN OVEBBOARD. Special Teleeram to The Inter Ocean. PORT Haven, Mich., Nov. 1.—Captain A. Stole and crew, of the schooner George M. Case, did an act equal to that of Captain Langan, on Lake Erie, some years ago. A young man on the tug Quayle fell overboard and was not missed from the tug's deck for some time. Tfte schooner Case came along, and hearing the cries of a man overboard, the crew were ordered to man the boat and make a search until daylight if necessary. It was very dark and blowing hard from the northwest, and after a short time they picked the half exhausted man up, but could not board the vessel on account of the heavy sea They then rowed the yawl to the river, where all were well cared for, and waited the arrival of fr.ho Qnaa STRTBES PORT AltTHUIt. The Buffalo Express Saturday has the fa lowing- statements in regard to the develop ments of Port Arthur, formerly Prince Arthur Landing-. It says: **The past season has brought developments to Port Arthur,, as a receiying point, such as few other lake'ports have ever knowrn. Duluth cannot'show such rapid strides. Last year about 5,000 tons of coal were sent there; this year it will probably reach 100,000. Instead of being afraid of the harbor, some vessels Jiave made three or four trips this season. By means of their contracts with the Canadian Pacific Hallway, Messrs. Bell, Lewis & Yates have practically a monopoly of the coal trade to this single port of entry in Manitoba They found things in very poor shape there at the start, but are now able to report rapid progress. They bought a wharf at a cost of $21,000, and put $8,000 worth of improvements on it, besides adding $10,000 in machinery for unloading. They have a tug, purchased at a cost of '$5,500, and emplov 150 of jtheir men in unloading and other the city officials to s^keVblow at"the Vusiness I °r $30,000, Her cargo consisted of^103 tons of ore shipped from Escanaba to tne Jackson interests of the company. The 'longshoremen f yesterday paid the expenses of the men who fused to go to work for Rathbun & Co. after their arrival here, back to their homes in Canada, and d admission to the city hospital for one umber who was taken sick here. Some of the officers and members of the union held a meeting last evening to arrange for holding a ball to replete the treasury of the union and place it in a condition to meet future demands. Some little disagreement has occurred between Sheriff Huntington and the military regarding the board of the latter. The matter has been referred to headquarters and will doubtless be arranged satisfactorily without delay." , riAmn&nv and hore no insurance. " Special Telegram to The Inter Ocean. Erie, Pa., Nov. 2.—Captain Chatterson, of the propeller Philadelphia, which arrived to-day, states that last night about 11 o'clock he saw a big blaze in the lake about ten miles southwest of Port Stanley. He was not near enough to tell whether it was ai steamer, a schooner, or what it was. Special Telegram to The Inter Ocean. Blenheim, Omt., Nov. ^.—Beports reached here this morning of the burning of a vessel fifteen or twenty miles off the Kondean light, Lake Erie at) '2 o'clock this unorning, and it is supposed was a steamer moving up the lake. There! was a hcawy sea at the time, but the sea haul somewhat subsided and it is thought (probable the crew succeeded in making their escsape to the Ohio shore, if they got once away from ; the burning ship. There was a magnificent di ¦ ;rthern lights at the 1 inif work. The flrst contract of 40,001) tons was filled by Oct 1, and about four weeks ago another contract was taken, of which 30,000 tons are now either shipped or under charter They have also shipped 13.000 tons of hard [coal to that point. The harbor of Port Ar-|thur has about lHig feet of water. Already kthe Canadian Government has made a move toward large harbor improvements. A late taper published there states that a steamer pad arrived with plans for anew breakwater, 15,000 feet lonir. to be built soon. The same fpaper quotes hard coal at $13 to $14 per ton. [Having found that lake shipments are feasible for soft coal, this firm will see next season what can be done in Buffalo toward aiding-the trade. Wharves will be found, if possible, aud derricks erected, so that the cost of transfer will be reduced to the smallest They expect to send 2100.000 tons to Port Arthur next year, and prefer to send their own coal, and send it fronn Buffalo if it can be done, aud by this rnowement will add an ,xtra fifth to Buffalo's lake shipments of