Show STAMPEDE FOR FOOD five miners inaugurate the move from dawson ENDURED MANY HARDSHIPS SHIPS tor for seven days they crept forward Forwar ej through terrible wind and snow storms somo tell fell tn in their tracks but were saved by their Str Strong ca companions lons one oile thousand nad persons in dawson will havo have to floo ri from impending starvation many could winter at circle city i seattle seatta wash oct 3 thi the stear nelt humboldt arrived tonight at id etith th five men front dawson city lea leaving ing there september 3rd ard and three men irom from nock anil and olath I 1 points on the yukon they an say no I 1 t out tills fall as this at 1 e lias his taken the most ot at those I 1 who nh han havo come down the yukon the river la Is already frozen hard and the alven boats are laid up tor for the winter this tha I 1 I left st michaels i ath the te five men from dawson are J john 0 t F P willer miller and frank E sims 0 f t ahll I 1 city C A harrison Harr laon of atchison Atch lson ran I 1 william dudell new jersey an and d wll wil lara ham braund ot of black diamond wash they were passengers passeri geis gois on the riven steamer margaret which came down the river to N athin milt 3 I 1 of 0 st michaels when they found the mouth ot of the river blocked with ice they resolved to come overland at all hazards hazo ada rda for seven days they crept forward through terrible wind ana an snowstorms snow storms some of 0 them fell ell in ili their tracks and had to bo be helped by their stronger companions they crossed rivers covered with their coating of ice fee by lying down ano and pushing their packs before them and at night the Ir sought shelter from rom the storm by huddling in an eskimo tent or en unprotected from the biting wind save have hy by ban blankets lets of of t the five or six thousand people irs i dawson anti and vicinity at lea alcait at 1000 win be obliged bl 9 ed to flee if m impending starvation starvation up to september ard rd ni hen the miller party left dawson now new arrivals numbered from rom three to twenty per day and there la Is no doubt that ratio ailt be ba continued all winter three handled bundled men were working it in tile the gulches cliches and in ili the hills wert were several hundred prospectors all of whom knew nothing of 0 tile the shortage and were on oil the company conn peny tot ton brov l hona ions one way of 0 relief Is open to the ibe miners RO MO or 1000 could winter at circle city miles below dawson dagion Da wion and draw their supplies by dos clog train from fort yukon circle city has houses and ts Is said to be the largest log cabla town in the world juhn john F sillier miller says pays there bill not noli necessarily bo be starvation but certainly miners III suiter suffer extreme privation five fhe hundred men intended to como come clown the he river but that Is closed cloned anil and lluy cannot set get out there Is no doubt that the people of dawson dawon have been alive to the situation for or six alx weeks our leaving says sims was tile the beginning gl tit of a stampede lor for grub transportation pom por tation companies at st michaell and fort yukon claim the liquor traffic has hail bad no appreciable effell orr on tho the supply ot at not no mor mori 3 than thirty tons of liquor they say has ha gon crone into the country with the blockade blot kade of the yukon yu con every possibility vanishes of treasur treasure ci 4 by the steamer portland Pott land no gold will come out tills ear there Is any amount of gold at dawson lt it iz ii not unusual to see horses loaded with dust duat but the mines are owned by men ahl know their one sees it on every land hand say the returning miner it seems plentiful but you must remember I 1 it was more plentiful in tho the united states treasury anil and Is just na ai a i hard to get eel people nho ho hock flock to the tha mines expecting to pick ill up gold fild in tho grass roots do not realize what they are up against there is no ile doubt that a lair amount of t tr ensure vill idill come from thel yukon basin next year it the miners can get enough to eal to continues drifting during the winter tile thi gold sent out early this year will nill not be ni ai circumstance to next springs output ad tile the sluice boxes mr sillier says saya nothing of considers con sidera ble value lias has been found this summer theto theio Is not an inch of 0 ground un staked on the klondike tho the follow staked ing ng named creeks have been located sulphur quartz and Monse laide tor for al af distance of twelve miles above the ilia mouths mouth hendelson dominion and vt victoria gulch Moos ehMe creek Is 18 14 ird miles be below I 1 ow pawson henderson enderson II creek 1 la 1 twelve miles above steuart alver and victoria gulch Is twelve miles bid bd I 1 to low steu art I 1 i ivor iver I 1 GOLD FIELDS sinny many good claims staked baill bad weather prevents woi k port townsend wash wan oct 23 tha schooner fischer brothers arrived today after IL a remarkably kably tough rough trip from SL michaels her bee only cassens pas sens being AV D gaylord of buffalo buffa I 1 a N Y gaylord reached st michaels early ln III august and stalled tot for dawson city on thu the steamer which went aground a few miles above tho the mouth of creek ablord ray ay lord and aall several others of the Handi hamiltons tons pit piu mengers returned to t the mouth ot of the tha creek to camp and it waa there that the now flourish ing town called ram rami i part city was started many itil iny claims have been staked off ofle adjacent to rampart city some bome 0 ij velch alch give indications indication ot or large is aalt h hut but the wrather lor for tit hit past tw two months has hag been so stormy as r co a pro pre kludo buce LIP ful prospecting tho rho pop blatto it of 0 city des despite pita ili warnings warn ingi that have gone 0 out lit at 0 tit mini of on oil t to 0 danson ll 11 constantly on the In increase cream every in coining steamer to bay of Q a il 31 1 and rowboats bellig being loaded to full capacity gaylord says the governmental Government Govern menta Vs deter Mi natio I 1 to make n military resel ve 0 ol 01 st michaels and the countr ir within I 1 ii radius ot of miles will bo a matter a 01 great to the better belter cl aloius gaylord started for cor hla his home hom in th II 11 rast ast today but will endeavor to 0 o peael dawson city in III the spring by way a OM Chil chilkott chilkoot koot pass g B |