The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1893-08-22

for the boss and that il would 20 hard
with him II they found him; many
others thought the sane: have worked
~ the Chinese theatre; was on Maui;
attempted 10 run roulette game
there: was arrested bur not fined; had
= similar game in Guatemala, two na-
tive policemen arrested me; did not
have enough money 70 offer the kSna-
kzS; nobody asked me 70 write the
letter 70 the ADyEHTISEH.
To JUICE ROBERTSON: l made two
trips 70 San Jose in PSlmaS and Co
Inns
\. J. ANDERSON, sworn: Have
been in Guatemala; been there ~ diff
fsrent times; Sm acquainted with the
country; was in RsSthuSllO and Gus
tem2lS in last March; am mSchiniSt;
know the country; there are low snd
high lands; there is plenty of swSmpy
land; travelled through Swamps for
thirty-two leagues; took me sixteen
days the guide said the road would
get better, but il got worse; much
fever there; have hSd il; was thank
ful 70 get out alive; have visited plan
tatIolS, some houses are but four
posts with straw roofs; some are
Sdobs; some Sre corrugated iron; some
are so feet long; one building had
80 men sleeping on floor; there
were no hunks nor partitions; CORFU
gated iron Is used all over the country.
some have wooden hunks; some parts
OF the country are all right; other
parts are not two feet over the sea
level. have seen the food; bare
corn cakes and dried meat; have
eaten the beans and dried beef, and
was glad to get them; they have
nothing else 10 eat in that country;
the rule is for lun2s and Others in su-
thority 10 carry revOlvers in that
country they carry also belts OF
ammunition; have seen revolvers used
IN disturbances have seen lunSs
shoot Isborers in the legs to stop s
row; they generally carry revolver
and s long knife all carry knives TO
protect themselves; POGO tempo dol
lars are worth from 10 to - cents
other coins are used. Snd paper also;
have seen gold; the customary coin Is
silver and paper.
Cruss-examined DO not know the
altitude Of Santa AIMS plantation,
but can give the latitude; think it
i 300 feet high; left there in last
March; was there two months was
there before in 1885; do not know if
all the lSborers are contracted (; there
are Chinese labOrers st Guatemala.
Ben MASON sworn: Have been in
Guateuals have been there twice
was there seven months ago last; the
first time l had sh2ggers fever; l
worked on s railway; have been in
Honolulu of and on thirteen years,
and eight different times; was in
Guatemala from MSy to October last
time: have travelled there; was there
when the MOnserratt arrived at
San Jose; coffee grows from about
30 10 80 feet elevation there
Nonserratt: l fitted out the engine
that took them away; last October l
fitted out 3 coffee mill at an elevation
Of less than 1900 feet; the laborers
are mostly Indians; the plantations
are owned mostly by foreigners; the
luuas are : numerous seOundrelly
lot; have read the statements of Clogs
some OF the labOrers sre hired by the
day aud some are shipped; their "a
tions are corn and beef; the houses are
Of corrugated iron and adobe and iron,
lumber and iron, and adobe with grass
roofs: the sleepy set was where the
luna pretended 10 be asleep; some
times he would drop his face in his
hands and watch the laborers through
his fingers; If they tried TO escape the
luua would raise his gun and fire upon
them; the nation Of the country was q
bloodthirsty race; he described the
savage hOwliugs Of the people at g
bull light; the more the blood spUrted
the more they hoEIed; swamps are
mostly on the Atlantic side
discrimination: The last time
[ was there l worked four and one
half months; l fitted up engine No. ) |
TO carry the MOuseFTatt blackbirds in |
land; it was supposed they were 10 go |
to work st Livingstone, on the rail- |
way being constructed by the govern |
meut; | saw them; have seen the con- |
tract Iaborers after they had been shot |
By the lunas, and have seen the dead |
bodies when still warm have seen
five that were killed within seven |
mouths; I saw them st ReathuallO, |
miles inland; saw three Of /
them that were killed in one day; |
-uE<E ulEl were kLlEu 81 ul1EICuk /
near Reathuallo in last 1
September; Henry Hart is the mana
ger Of 3 plantation, and was one OF the /
men who employs contract labOrers; / \
put up q mill st ReathualIO; the plan 1
.ations surround the town; 1t was said \
he blaekbirds were to 90 to work at 1
Livingstone I don't know that they 1
we're employed ut all; contract Ia
Jorers are such as are hired from the 4
government, others we're Indians; t
hey are generally contracted for three
u four months; there are thirty or
more plantations within five miles Of
ReathualIO: I know where the Union
;aIOOn IS I have been there; Ito Mr..
SeumalnJ you have been there; We
nave al been there; 1 know Mr..
Robert French was there on August
.5th; did not tell French that it was
natter Of dollars and cents with me TO
lush me up on this matter
Re = direct examination: Did not
Know / was to be q witness; was
poken to by q German; his name was
EOu something, do not remember 1t
low; met him on the street; saw Mr..
tombstone afterwards; he asked ne to
e interviewed for the ADVERTISER
II. CLAEKsOS CLOUD, sworn for the
prosecution in rebuttsl; was at Guate-
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