The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-11-02
Believed to Have Been Started
by Fugitive Ri0lsr.
THE CHINESE AT wAlAnAI
Troueie Over q Luna Of Their Own
Race A CoIiision-6uar5s Ae-
tive ans Alert.

The trouble Nith the Chinese lalsss-
crS az waiansc plantation which bad
been brewing since Monday last. cni-
minated las; evening sJ abpu; ssts In
an attcmp; to FIRE the cane fields q is
believed by some of the men on the
scene that this was undertaken hy =
fugitive Chiaaman-un~ ~ IN. nVc
rinEl-ad.rs rf Tuesdays drmpnssra-
ton. and Whu Is S;Sll ai large. oWinE
"a th. absence of any Wind and "a.
wltchluincSs of the plantation guards.
th" fir. MAS discovered before ID had
obtained n good hc1dway and the full
strength uf the plantation people IN
Guiding manager. bppk-kecpcr. nud
policemen hastcI.d tu the sccnr and
after q hard ftgE; sXJinEuishesl the
blaze before any serious damage Wss
done. \ Watrhfui Eye Mas being kept
on tn. fields for any further truubic
but up to midnight everything Wss
quiet. although the men ~xhibis a sur
u manner and the end of trouble does
not ~. seem tD have been sighted.
Guards are pasted about the maaaser's
house and also mill and also around
the lsl,orcrs' camps and any sian Of
further truubl. will Dee met wi;h rrsmp.
action.
Tn. whole trouble has aTis-n frum
an assault upon n Chinese luna. she
Chinsman who committed the assault;
was an-t the sum of SEA and Vas yes
tcrday brought Co Honolulu tn Vieu
of the avowrd ins~ntirn uf hts COM
radrs to brinE about his rcl.1a. by
force. ON Monday night q committee
us Eve Cinnamon waited upon the msn-
ss-r and sought to have nim order
:hc luna 90 pay the amount of th. fiE.,e
imposed upon his assaiIant by IN.
court. or failing this to pay il himself
Both proposals were refused and ta-
men retired in surly silence. ON Tues
day morning they went In q body oi
about a hundred. yelling like ssvszcs
and armed with sticks. Stones. hoes and
cane knives to th. isil. with the evil
dent intention of intimidaSinE tn. on
Ger in charge. but a fore. Of plantation
men and others To- -. number ot s5ou;
dozen. was quickly gotten together
and officer Kahol after cntcsvur5nE in
peaceful way to Undue. them to Re-
turn To- their camp but without success.
gave the word to disPcrsc them. This
was eventually accomplished WitnDsi
injury tp any on his side. but the
rioters did not com. out 20 yell az no
less than seventeen received iniurs~s
uf n more or less serious Kind which
n.r.ssitatsd IN. attention of IA. plan
tation surgeon. when the men had
tim. 10 cool of little IN. officer and
his assistants proceeded 20 th-sr camp
and persuaded them 20 return To- the
fields. which n majors,y did. but after
about an hour ot Il. returned again 20
an. camp. and BEGAN talking OF n fur
th.r movement. To eheckmat. this
warrants for the arrest of Eve Uf the
labor-Es whp. in th. trouble at th. sail.
had appeared to b. the rtnEl.sdcrs
we're issued. and four of tho fiy. men
were taken into custody and w.Ts on
Tuesday found guilty. sentenced TO
eighteen months on IA. reef and wcTc
yesterday morning brought hy train 10
Honolulu. The fifth man got sway.
and. a. before stated. is stsIi a. large.
although sfrunE efforts W5II D. msd~
Co secure him as suoa as dayiisat
ans .s O. search in thr rsn-a.lds psa-