The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-09-11
Three Are Struggling For Suprenl-
acy In Samoan Islands.
DOUBT AS TO The ENDING
IN THE MEANTIME PROGRESS rs
GREATLY RETARDED.
Effort to Induce Emigration From
Italy to Hawaii, In Order to Sc
cure Laborers For Plantations
Big Sugar Deal On the Honolulu
Stock Exchange.

Honolulu, Sept. (via San Francisco
Sept 1O).-The Rev. Alfred Willis, An
glican bishop of Honolulu, returned on
the Warrimoo from a visit to Samoa
and the Fiji islands, where he went as
the representative of the bishop of
London to hold confirmation services in
several churches. The Samoan and Fiji
islands are at present in no diocese of
/ the Anglican church. This, according
+ to the established custom. places them
in the care of the bishop of London, as
are all missions and churches in Eng
liSh colonies or settlements that are not
parts of some diocese
/ Bishop Willis first stopping place was
! at Apia, Where he found the commits
I sioners of the powers who are trying to
arrange a government just completing
| their labors.
1T is impossible to express an opin-
ion as to what is likely to happen next
in Samoa,'' said the bishop. THE tri-
partite arrangement was still in force
when | left, but it is, of course, not
satisfactory. AS long as there are
three powers trying to get ahead of one
another the islands cannot go ahead,
but no one can say how any of the
powers are to be induced to withdraw.
The British warstips Torch and Tau
ranga We're at Apia when arrived,
and one German ship. The Tauranga
was relieved by the Pylades. There was
no American war vessel in the harbor.' -
Contract Laborers Released.
The thirty-six Galician laborers who
have been imprisoned in Oahu jail since
November, 1898, for deserving contract
service with the Oahu plantation, were
released today upon orders from At
torney General Cooper, Hackfeld &
Co., who We're the contract employers
of the men, having sent to the cabinet
formal consent to their release.
These Galicians were lot of over 200
brought here more than year ago I'M
der three years contracts. The striking
laborers complained of alleged i'll
treatment by an overseer, and refused
to work. After trial before a magis-
trate they were sentenced to be held in
jail until they consented to return to
the plantation. They have been in
dlirance ever since.
Minister of Finance s. NJ Damon
leaves by the Rio on a mission which,
in the estimation of planters and other
large employers of labor, is one of the
most important in its relation to island
property and one of the most important
upon which any island representative
ever left Honolulu. Mr.. Damon goes
directly from San Francisco to Boston,
and thence to Italy, to carry out, if
possible. his cherished plan of securing
an emigration to Hawaii from northern
Italy. He goes with the complete con-
violence and cooperation of the plant
erS. 1t is believed he will be able to
overcome the Objections lately raised by
the Italian government and to offer in
ducements, that will attract the peas
antry of northern Italy
Big Sugar Deal.
The 1000 share deal in Hawaiian SUI
gar company stocks> which was an
nounced recently on the Honolulu stock
exchange, brings to the islands $3.50, 900
of foreign capital, and in the opinion Of
men of affairs, ought to go far toward
relieving the situation here. AT the
same time it does not change the con-
troll of the plantation nor in any wise
affect the management of a property
which has always been conducted with
the view of developing the sugar indus
try and in the interest of stockholders.
A committee from the Honolulu iron
works, which has in hand the matter
of arranging an appropriate iobserva-
ance of Labor day, called at the eXecu-
tive building and requested that the
government use its influence with en-
ployerS in the interest of holiday for
all mechanics and laboring men on the
4th. 1t was voted to instruct all the
heads of departments and bureaus to
relieve as many mechanics and laboring
men as practicable on that day. All
government offices will be open as
usual.
A chance capture of 112 half-pound
tins of opium was made yesterday by
two customs guards. The opium had
been sunk in the ocean with a block of
wood attached to a rope and string.
The opium was left behind by parties
on the China, who had confederates
here.