The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-09-09
Sheriff William Would Not Allow
Hall Passengers to Land
PRoyIsIo>s AIRS GROWING SHORT.
Hilo People Will Use Armed Force to
Prevent Passengers from Being
Landed-steamer Hawaii Chartered
to Bring Rice to the Plantations.

In private letter, dated September
5th, from a well-known resident of
Kau, Hawaii, the following accurate
information regarding the attempt of
the captain of the steamer w. @. Hall
to land passengers and freight at Ha-
waii ports, is contained:
"The Hall arrived at Punaluu this
morning with freight and passengers,
but Deputy Sheriff Williams tele-
phoned over from Hilo not to allow
any passengers or freight to be landed.
By the time his message arrived at
Punaluu, all the passengers had been
landed on the wharf. They were,
however, refused permission to leave
it.
"When the Deputy Sheriff heard
passengers bad been landed he or
dered William Yates, his deputy in
Kau, to have them sent on board the
Hall again, and in case of resistance
being offered, to use force.
"The Deputy Sheriff sent the fol-
lowing note to Captain Simerson:
PUNALUU, Sept. 5, 1895.
CAPTAIN SIMERsON, on board steamer
w. @. Hall.
DEAR SIR:-According to strict
orders of @. II. Williams, Deputy
Sheriff of Hawaii, hereby notify you
that it is his orders that you will not
land any passengers or freight on the
island of Hawaii.
Respectfully yours,
w. J. YATES,
Deputy Sheriff for Kau.
'It seems that a mass meeting of
citizens had been held at HiIo Court
House September 4th. a committee
had been appointed to confer with the
agent of the Board of Health in regard
to the landing of passengers and
freight on the island of Hawaii. They
concluded TO allow nothing but the
mail to land.
"The same committee met this
morning with the agent of the Board
of Health in the Sheriff7s Office in HiIo
allowing the Hall to land anything
but the mail was fully endorsed.
"The passengers made a most ter
rife kick, but concluded to go aboard
again, as there was no other alterna-
tive.
NEARLY everybody, except the
planters, back Williams in the stand
he has taken. The report from Hilo
is that if the planters try to land any
freight or passengers from Honolulu
the citizens will meet them halfway
with rifles. If the planters do attempt
anything it will have to be with
force.
'Had the passengers from the Hall
landed and gone to the volcano, there
would have been a guard put on the
road from HilO to the volcano and no.
body from this side would have been
allowed to go to HilO. We would in
that case have been in quarantine.
"The citizens are red hot against
the Board of Health for sending up the
Cinnamon from the quarantine sta
ton. / understand from good author
ity that the kilauea Hou landed the
Cinnamon before the physician re-
ceived his instructions from the
Board of Health. The people say, had
they known they were TO be landed
along the Hamakua coast, they would
have stopped them, and that on very
short notice too.
ga guard is to be put on at Kahuku
ranch to stop all communication be
tween this and the Kona district, as
the Hall landed freight all along the |
coast on her way up. a passenger or |
two were landed also
"The Hilo planters have chartered |
the steamer Hawaii. She will leave !
tomorrow morning for Kauai and the !
windWard side of Oahu in search of !
rice, etc. She expects to get supplies |
from either Kauai or KOolau, Oahu. !
The plantations have enough provis- |
ions to last them from two to three |
weeks.
"Planters on the other side are !
writing by this mail to their agents |
and will have them charter a steamer |
in San Francisco. She can come di- |
rect to Hilo with load of supplies.
FThe new telephone line from here |
KOna is now within two |
miles of Hookena, and LakalO, the |
telephOned this morn |
ing that they were to hold a mass |
of the people from all the |
districts and send q petition to the |
asking them not TO allow |
any more passengers or freight to be /
landed in KOna The Sheriff's orders |
are not to allow the Hall to land any |
freight on her way down"
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
KAU lHawaiD, Sept. 6 The Hall !
arrived at Punaluu at 6 80 o'clock |
this morning with tourist passengers |