The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-01-19

whence ,hey were released on Wednes
day morning.
There were six of Wilder's steamer
at HilO. The Kilauea HOu and the Ha
waii being in local service were not in
} convenienced. The others were tn
Helene. Maui. Kaiulani and Kinau
The Kinau did not discharge all of he
freight. as the cOnsignees would no
accept fl. Captain Freeman offered :,
discharge the freight and was nOtifie,
by the cOnsignees not 10 do it, Tn
freight which was refused by the con
, signees consisted chiefly of sugar bags
liquors and a large consignment of oil
After the committee left the Path
finder on Monday afternoon they wen
ashore and passed this resolution;
"'Hilo. Hawaii. H. l., Jan. 18th. 1900
To Hon. II. f. Cooper, Honolulu. II. |
Sir:-I have the honor to inform yoI
that it has been decided by the com
mittee appointed by delegates from thu
several districts of the island of Ha
waii to suspend communication with
the port of Honolulu until further no
tice. l am sir. your Obedient servant
JOHN G. GRACE,
Chairman
Before I left Hawaii, however,
received assurances from nearly all the
delegates of the outer districts that
they did not approve of the action OF
the central committee. and that they
were willing 70 abide by the decisions
of the Board of Health of Honolulu in
all matters pertaining 10 the situation.
Il made no attempt whatever TO land
at Hilo."
Dead Rats at Hllo.
/ The most important news brought
/ by well-known passenger on the XII
nau is that he saw around the Hilo
mercantile lumber yards, adjoining
Chinatown, as he came away, numbers
of dead rats. This gentleman, owing
to the frank statements which follow
about the general condition of things
at HilO, does not wish his name men
toned:
At a special meeting of the Citizens
Committee of Hilo a week ago we
learned that Sheriff Andrews was be-
tween the upper and neither milestone.
Business men and plantation managers
were demanding the landing of freight
from the Kinau, then in port, especial
~ provisions, claiming that unless they
received them within two weeks the
Asiatics would be without food and
riOting would result. On the other
hand, Wilson. of the Volcano stables.
who is a ringleader of the ignorant rab-
bic, claimed that he would prevent the
landing of freight or passengers by
force; that nearly 1000 men had signed
his petition for mo communication
with Honolulu until thirty days after
the last case of plague had disap-
peared."
About a. m. Sheriff Andrews called
Wilson from his bed to the meeting.
stating the case plainly. and succeeded
in averting trouble temporarily by a
compromise. The rice on the Kinau
was landed on Cocoanut Island in quar-
antine, there to be fumigated and only
used to avert famine on the pianta-
tons. 1t is piled up there covered
with tarpaulins.
When news reached Hilo last Sun
day that the Kinau was returning. the
Portuguese, natives and whites who ac-
cent the leadership of Wilson were
wild; hundreds fiocked to the wharf to
prevent a landing. When the Sheriff
returned from visiting the Attorney |
General the crowd met him at the |
wharf, to whom he made conciliatory /.
speech. Threats of personal violence /
were heard on every hand. If Mr..
Cooper attempted to come ashore. All /
mat night every steamer in the harbor 4
was watched by Portuguese from boats
and on shore, ready to give an alarm.
Sheriff Andrews was DESTROYS of ex-
tending the courtesies of the town to
the distinguished visitor, but to their
shame be it said many of Hilo's leading
men were against it. They had no use
Tor him then. In the morning Sheriff |.
Andrews again boarded the Kinau TO
arrange for a meeting between Mr..
Cooper and delegates from every dis
riot on Hawaii. About 8 a. m, as he
vas returning toward the boat land
ng, the mob started from Kinau wharf
rround the shore to prevent his land
ng. Shouts of Stone him," kill Il
him" Throw him in the water," etc. Ii
we're heard from scores of excited, ig- !
lorant men. AS he drew near, several j
ocks were thrown at him; one struck !
n the boat; one, as large as a mans
leadSnear by. He did not land. The {
IOlice appeared powerless to handle
he crowd Officers were armed to some
xtent, but were too few and too little
cared to be of much service. The =
Sheriff finally timed his return when
unger had dispersed most of the mob
he cutter from the Pathfinder setting
i'm ashore. The watchers on the XII
au wharf were running and bowling.
'ying to reach the boat landing i'm time
o stay him, but he was ahead of them. d
ntered carriage, and was driven l
ONE ,
This class of Hiloites made irst-class :
Dols Of themselves. Again that night 7
Monday Wilson and his hencbmen
ecured hundreds of signers to anotb- :
r petition-"NO communication with :
honolulu; not even mails" 1t was pre-
ented to Mr.. Andrews. while hundreds
f the mob we're at the corner of Court
louise grounds and Rainbow street
hat night they paraded Rainbow and {
ront streets to wreak vengeance on 5
he authorities and Kinau crew. the ru- Z
Tor having started that they were v
Inding japanese on Cocoanut Island o
uesday night in the midst of a gale d
wind and rain tho ororr- a.