The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1900-10-17
K|NYOUN QUEER|NG FRISCO
CAPTAIN RINDER OF COPTIC
DENOUNCES HIM.
All Cabin Passengers of His Vessel
Treated like Common Coolies by
Kinyoun's Subordinates He Says.

The experience which the passengers
on the GoptiC underwent in San Fran
cisco upon the arrival there on Septem-
Der 18th is declared by the officers of
the steamship to have been most out
raSeous. In fact such was the
manner in which the passengers includ-
ing the women We're treated py. the
minions of DR.. Kinyoun the Federal
quarantine officer at that port, that
steps have already been taken to cause
the removal of that official. In addition
to this the Indignation Of the passen-
gers is so great that it is likely the port
of San Francisco will receive black
eye which will take it many months to
live down.
Nearly every body on the vessel de-
clared that they would not visit that
place again so long as such quarantine
regulations were in force nor would
they permit their friends to run the
risk of being subjected to such indignity
as the quarantine officers practiced.
The only parallel case is that which
a minister from this port received on
the Coptic some time ago from this
same Kinyoun.
Captain j. H. Rinder the commander
of the Coptic was most indignant in
his expression against the manner in
which he and his passengers were
treated.
| y have been on the sea for 25 years.
he said but l have never before been
subjected to such an insult as that
which was offered me on the last trip
to San Francisco by the quarantine Of
ficials. They required every cabin pas
senger, women as Well as men. and all
the officers of the ship. including, my
self to submit to a medical examination.
! The men were lined up in one room
while the women were placed in the Ii
| brary. Every body was required to
remove their clothing in the presence of
! N N those V-h
made their inspection. They examined
| the people in an outrageous and dis
| gusting manner.
There was absolutely no reason for
| such treatment. The vessel had a clean
| bill of health. DR.. Carmichael the fed
eral officer passed the cabin passengers
ashore while we stayed here but this
| seemed to make no difference with the
men in San Francisco. Ordinarily the
| captain of a vessel is excused from ex-
animation but l was required to submit
TO the examination with the rest. l do
| not regret this however inasmuch as
! the others were required to be examined
! TOO. Such treatment was given the
passengers on this vessel once before but
| those passengers examined were from
Honolulu. On this last trip every body
was included in the order.
"Suoh a system will have a bad In
fluence. / would certainly refuse to al
low my wife to pass through that port
and run the risk of being subjected to
such treatment. This was exactly the
way that the passengers on the vessel
felt and they declared positively that
| they would never again come through
San Francisco and they would write
and warn their friends not to go by
there. l was informed that Dr. Kin
youn was not in San Francisco at the
time of the examination and he knew
nothing of the affair but in view of his
former treatment 1 do not credit this.
We complained of the treatment to the
Merchants Exchange and the Chamber
of Commerce and those bodies have
taken up the affair. l understand that
| the whole occurrence will be sent to the
authorities at Washington for investi-
| CATION