The record-union., 1899-09-23

HONOLULU, Sept. 15.-The British
OF emigrants for this port has been the
subject of a good deal of international
diplomatic discussion, arrived here on
the 18th. Instead of nearly 600 Portu-
guese and Spanish emigrants who had
signed to take passage on her, she
brings only 343 Through the action Of
the American Consul at Madeira the
company which shipped the men and
women is out the advances made Tor
200 of them who refused to ship when
Consul Jones told them their labor con-
tracts were useless.
Before the Victoria left Madeira Con-
sui Jones took occasion to notify the
men and women who had signed to
leave their native land for the sugar
plantations of Hawaii that the islands
had been annexed to the United States
and that the labor contracts they had
made would not hold. The prospective
emigrants were informed that they
would be landed at Honolulu and
would have to take their chances of
getting work after they arrived. Two
hundred of the men and women who
had shipped deserted the vessel. The
Victoria left port with the remainder,
after lodging a vigorous protest
against the action of the Consul.
On the vessel We're 205 men, 56 wo-
men and 81 children. During the trip
three births and one death occurred
and fourteen stowaways were found.
The emigrants are in charge of
Thomas E. Ivens, representative of the
firm of Nathan & Co.. London, by
whom the contracts with the laborers
were made. Through the British Gov
ernment Nathan & Co. protested to the
Government at Washington against
the loss they had sustained by reason
of the American Consurs action. The
result was an investigation which re-
suited in a decision that Consul Jones
was wrong in his course.
When seen Mr.. Ivens said that he did
not know what action his company is
taking in the matter. Tt is understood
that claim for damages is being
made. Consul Jones was certainly
wrong in the proceedings he took, "
said Mr.. Ivens. "and it cost US a con-
siderable sum. An advance had been
made to each of the 200 men who de-
serted our vessel and we lost that.
Besides we are out money spent for
provisions for them on the journey and
we use our steamer for load far be-
low her capacity"
The bark Coalinga, Captain ]. S.
Evans, went aground near the harbor
channel on the night of the 18th and
remained fast for thirteen hours. The
combined efforts of the United States
steamship Iroquois and the tug Eleu
hauled the vessel into the deep water
and now she is riding at anchor in the
bay but little worse for he stranding.
The vessel went aground at $40.
She was reported off Diamond Head
early in the evening. Her Captain, J.
S. Evans, thought he could make the
harbor without pilot. He had made
a very successful run and concluded
TO end it by using favorable winds to
steer his own way through the channel
He was making frequent soundings
when the stop came. Suddenly the
water grew shallow and before the
vessels course could be altered she was
tossing and groaning on the ocean
bed. Her bow. pivoted high in the air
showed how far her keel had been
pushed into the coral. The bursting OF
a rocket and blue lights flashed from
her sides gave news to the shore Oh
the vessels distress.
The tug Eleu at once put out to aid
the stranded bark. She found the
Coalinga rolling very heavily on the