The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-09-08
SAN FRANCISCO LETTER
News Advices to August 31st, per
0. s. 5. Australia.
(From Our Ogn Correspondent.)
Sugar.

Sugar.
New YORK, Aug. 81. - Cuban
centrifugal, SO degrees, 81 cents;
granulated, 5 cents.
Claus Spreckels has sent repre-
sentatives to Bakersfield, Kern
County, Cal, to examine the soil
in that vicinity in order to ascer-
tain whether it is adapted to sugar
beet culture. Should such soil be
found a 100000 refinery will be
erected, which will give employ
ment to over 100 men.
A dispatch from Chino, Cal,
states that the sugar season is on
at that place, and that about four
thousand acres of beets are to be
gathered. The run, so far, has
been very satisfactory.
Griffths' DeIusion.
James Griffiths, the ex-whaler,
who made a confession in Homo
lulu that he was engaged in the
Ceres, Cal, train robbery, has
turned up at Berkeley with the
same confession. He was detained
long enough to disprove his state
ment. Grifiths is undoubtedly
insane and this is one of his de-
lusions.
For the CoaIine Stations.
When the United States war-ship
Kearsarge was about to sail from
New York recently, the people were
given to understand the old vessel
was bound for Honduras. Instead
of going there, however, she went
to Port-au-Prince. A Washington
dispatch now says the vessel has
been ordered instead to proceed
from Port-au-Prince to San Do
mingo, and thence to Laguayra,
Venezuela. So far as the Navy
Department is advised she is tc
make this trip for the purpose Of
conveying Minister Durham on his
usual semi-occasional visits of in
speetion to San Domingo. 1t is
rumored, however, that the present
movement of Minister Durham to
San Domingo is to close negotia-
tions, for the purchase of SANTANA
Bay as a coaling station. The
President, it will be remembered
has at his disposal $25, 1000 for pro.
curing coaling stations, and it is
thought not unlikely that a part o.
this may be expended on Samans
Bay and the remainder on Pear
Harbor.
The trouble between the miner
I of East Tennessee and the Stat,
authorities over the employment
by contractors of convicts, ended
on the 18th of August in a pitched
battle between the State troops ir
charge of the stockade holding the
convicts at Coal Creek. There
were $50 militia in the place who
were attacked by 1000 miners
The fight resulted in the killing o
several men on both sides. Majo,
Anderson in charge, was captured
by the miners while under a fla,
of truce, and some of the captor
wanted to lynch him. The mex
day there were 1000 militia on tn
ground and after several ambus
cades and skirmishes, the troop
defeated the miners and mad
them surrender Major Anderson
Hundreds of the miners were car
tured and will be tried for thei
lives. The State was in great eS
element for several days and
looked like old war times, Blu
things are all quiet now.
The strike of the switchmen a
Buffalo, has ended suddenly an
disastrously for the men who wen
out and rioted. A meeting of tn
leaders of the various classes {
railroad workers was called for tn
purpose of involving them all i
the strike, but the others woul
not support the switchme
and the strike was declare
off. 1t was one of the worst fai
ures the union men have made "
and is defeat that will injure the
strength greatly. Their violenc
in destroying property by the tore
and their derailing of trains los
them the sympathy of the publ,
Things remain quiet at HON,
stead, with the exception of til
shutting down of another mill Q
account of 200 employees strikin
out of sympathy for the locke
out men.
Aiding MaIietoa.
A despatch from London, date
the 25th, says: A special to tt
Times from Sydney, New Sout
Wales, says that news has bee
received from Samoa that Englan,
America and Germany have not
fed Malietoa that their memo
war will be placed at his dispos;
to enforce the payment of taxation
and thus bring the rebel chiefs 1
submission.
On the following day Hon. job