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Show various poi ts further up the coast, the I New York Times states. These men are mostly Chileans and 1 a tougher-looking company than these ' seagoing longshoremen could not be found, even among the, bandits of ' southern Europe and Asia or the old-time old-time pirates of the West Indies. Swarthy, undersized, dirty anc clothed In rags, they seem to touch thft iaittom notch In the scale of humnn What they lack In Intelligence Is apparently made up In animal cunning and ferocity. Even a crew of Kanakas refuse to berth or mess with them. Every one carries a knife, which he can throw with the speed anil accuracy of a bullet. They are commanded by an overseer over-seer who Is addressed as captain and who exerts a certain degree of authority author-ity over them. They do their own cooking aboard ship, each man serv-Ing serv-Ing as cook for a week, nt the end of which lime be resigns In favor of tho next In line. 'Of course the captain never descends to menial labor, nol even to work the cargo. Semi-Savage Chileans Serve as Stevedorei Coronel Is the principal coaling port on the west coast of South, Amerlei -nd (here It Is customary fox freight .lers to ship 20 or 30 stevedores In ad " dltlua to the regular crew to breal eut the cargo when It Is consigned t |