Daily Honolulu press. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1886, 1885-12-05
Foreign News.

Tco thousand Workmen Thro,cn Om Of
Employment.
New YORK, November I4th--A. M.
The Sua says: About 1000 work
men will be thrown out Of employment
tonight by the stoppage Of work in the
cigar factories of Straiton & Storms
The firm has had no trouble with its
employees for more than year, and its
shop was recently organized in due
form as Union shop, but boycott
put on its cigars nearly year and
half ago has not been taken of. "Our
men must find out why they are being
punished by their own friends" John
Straiton said last night.
yhy Var Vessels are Sent to Colombia.
New YORK, November 10Th. The
Sun has an editorial on the Isthmus
trouble, in which it says: 1t is pro-
bable the Tennessee and Galeha have
gone to Asplnwall, not for the sake of
unwarrantably interfering in the affairs
of Colombia, but as the Gaiena did last
winter, in order to be ready to discharge
treaty obligations and protect American
citizens should the occasion arise. The
political condition of the republic is
still unsettled. The excitement created
by the recent decree imposing heavy
duties on merchandise imported at AS
pinwall and Panama has aroused special
fears of another outbreak against the
Government on the Isthmus.
Americnn Napai officers IN australia,
WASHINGTON, November nth
Commander Albert L. Barker, COM
manding the United States steamer
Enterprise, in an official report to the
Secretary of the Navy, writes very en-
Enthusiastically of the treatment accorded
to himself and his officers by the
authorities and people at Melbourne.
"The enterprising people of this mag
nificent city" he says, "vie with each
other in extending their hospitality to
US, and the chief danger now is that we
may be killed with kindness; invitations
for excursions, parties, dinners, theater
entertainments, and the like are
showered upon us because we are
Americans. Free passes
yer all the railroads in this country
have been given each officer, and when
it is remembered that there are nearly
1000 miles of railway, that all are
under control of the Government, and
that our passes are good for every mile
of completed road and for every day of
our sojourn hero, the value of this
mark of attention can be family
appreciated"
The California Refinery Forced 10 Reduce
Prices
The California Sugar Refinery an
nounced reduction in the price Of
sugar of one and half cents pound
from the rate which has nominally pre-
vailed since September 18TH This
marked reduction caused great deal
of surprise on the street, and there
were many theories ahoat as to the
cause. The actual reason may have
been guessed, but as there was no
means Of positively confirming any Of
those advanced, the theory which
FINALLY gained most general credence
did so from its reasonableness. The
belief which generally became accepted
was that the California Refinery, had
accumulated such stock of sugar,
said to be about 10000 barrels, since
It's attempted advance Of September,
as to be obliged to make yesterdays
reduction in order to dispose of its
stock. When the September increase
was made several speculators had large
stocks on hand, which entered as an