The San Francisco call., 1898-08-03
Volunteers Complain of the Fare and Quarters on One of the
 Vessels.
Hawaiian Planters to Import Thousands of
 Cooes to the Islands Before Their Coming Is Checked.

at, 6:30 on Saturday morning, the 23d inst: They were off the island late on Friday: night, but preferred 10 hover around until daybreak. It was 3:30 a: m when the five signal whistles sounded, and o'clock before the yes sells were visible to the naked eye, looming up through the fog-hk cloud banks. .+on the southerly horizon. They had. the, advantage of the mysterious beauty of our weird sunrise, which is so different from that of most countries. There is. no lingering roseate dawn gradually tantalizing one with rare col bring; but In the east under the deep purple pail. covering the sierra with gloom suddenly breaks forth pearlish light which almost promptly takes pos session of the heavens in advance of Apollo. himself The gloomy curtain vanishes., and 1t Is broad daylight. It is done in. such a business-like way that one almost feels ashamed of lott ering under the mosquito bars.
 g The: boys saw that sunrise and a very$feW. others, for the townsfolk were very tardy in turning out, and both ships had to do all the cheering them selves until later on; but, then, we have captured annexation and the re- captions may now be left for "shore duty. 'r r.: The City of Puebla rushed in past the flagship, for which n1isunder- standing she was disciplined. being or dered out again until the Peru had Q rdocked at the Pacific Mail wharf.
 The. troops came down in excellent condition; there being but three or four cases Of sickness, from measles and ty- pbeid, on the City of Puebla.
 Az e. "a @l.- T XI-- and the citizens bombarded the vessel with pineapples and bananas. Ion Sat rrday and Sunday shore leave was permitted the men in squads of sixteen : or twenty from each company for few, hours al a time. The officers land ed and enjoyed themselves at the hos pftable quarters of the Officers Club of !. the: National Guard of Hawaii.
 :&It is unpleasant to publicly record the Q fact that the accommodations and com n1lssary on the Peru have caused great dissatisfaction among the troops, who are loud and open in their denunciation of the food supply. It is stated that upward of 1000 pounds of meat had to be condemned and thrown overheard. An investigation Is being held, and, while the accommodations cannot be much improved, the rations will be- The men last night were permitted to sleep on shore under the sheds on the water front.
 ss It is regrettable to state that our ex- cellent Red Cross Society has some serious cases to attend to during the construction of the marine or military hospital on King street. They are all typhoid fever cases. The names of the patients are PrivateS Albert Hruby and Isaac Strickland and Lieutenant Hunt. Private Ferry of Troop L met with a serious accident on the Peru yesterday :: through falling into the hold, some thirty feet He received spinal injuries, but to-day is in fair way to recovery. An unpleasant story is told of two sick priyates being forced to walk to the street cars and thence carried to the . Red Cross Hospital in the cars, reach ing their destination in a fainting con- dition, when there were filters at hand ,. for their more careful conveyance. A very interesting report as to the condition Of the plantation laborers on the island of Hawaii will be made pub- lie next week It will disclose accounts :of gross cruelty on the part of some of the lunas toward their Chinese la :borers. Strange to say, these cruelties have been perpetrated unknown to the managers, who are highly humane and .rnuch-esteemed men. The days of these :lunas will be numbered if ever white labor succeeds to Asiatic on the plan tations.
 The report will also disclose the fact :: that the assertions of Japanese labor CTS have been much greater than was expected and will probably reach be- tween 400 and 800. It is difficult to trace them all, but most of them have been located in the coffee belt, where with much less work and with much more spare time they can readily earn $15 month in lieu of a net amount of $9 50 or $10 after the usual deductions. As they have to feed themselves, and with rice at high figure, the gain to them is an appreciable one.
 '. The concerted action of the Japanese merchants is expected to have a very serious effect upon commercial circles here. It Is admitted by their most in huential men that they have arranged to import all their goods from the United States instead of directly from Japan, and to cut down their profits to uniform rate, underselling all other merchants, which they can most read fly do owing to their more economical methods and less expensive establish nents.
 It is quietly announced also that there
 
 young Chinese, who, masters of the English, Hawaiian and Portuguese lan- guages, with a smattering of Japanese, have saved up money enough to give them an excellent business start in their own country. They belong prin- cipally to the progressive Young China Sarty and are strongly in favor of the rebellion encouraged by their fellow townsman. Sum Yatsen to the sinews of whose campaign they have contrib uted literally. A number of the more sedate business men and landowners, fearful of their future, are also con- .osidering the wisdom of retiring from. business, as they seriously fear such events as occurred in California during the reign of Kearneyism.
 From the President to the pound keeper the only topic is the probable action of the commission to frame our laws, but interviews with them result only in as vague insubstantialities as shadows f1eeting over mirksome meres. They know nothing and live in dream full hope. The Chief Justice, however, 1.s sya5