The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-12-24

ly refused to go aboard. saying tina.
they feared Chinese slavery
| Captain Leale kept alongside tie Rio
with the Caroline as long as possible
while the timid Porto Ricans were
argued with and when ne found that
/ talk was useless he brought them TO San
Francisco and landed the thirty at 'he
Jackson street wharf There they
stood, shivering and half clad. until
some kindly disposed person took them
to the Wharfinger's office at the foot
lof Main street. The police were noti-
| fed of the plight Of the wretches, but
lsaid they could do nothing for them
They finally fell into charitable han1s
and were provided with food and lodg
ling for the night.
| Jose Morales. youth of Is years eli
lof them appeared to be boys. some te-
ling less than Il years of age-waS the
principal spokesman of the party ard
talked as glibly as his chattering teeth
would permit. When asked why they
had left the main party he said:
"a man came to US and told US that
I've were going to be taken to Honolulu
land sold as slaves to Chinese He said
There were neither Americans nor Span
lish on the Islands at Honolulu and that
we would be kept with the Chinese and
would only get % cents a day and
would have to live on that. H sad
1.-The Islands were full of fever and that
1.-The work was very hard. He said that
california was a fine place for MS -
, live and told us that the people OF San
, Francisco would take care of US and we
, could get plenty of work and make =
or SO a day.
| Soid that when got tie
lship where we could not get away we
would be treated like slaves and would
lget very little to eat. We do not want
, to work with Chinese. We do not like
lChipese and we want to stay IN Cali
!, fornia where the people will take care
: of u.s."
why did you leave your honest"
: was asked.
Because we did not have intelligence
y enough to remain contented there.
, Things are very bad there and we were
told that we could get plenty OF work
In the sugar plantations at Honolulu
and make plenty of money # we would
go there. We made no contracts tc
work there, but agreed to GO and wor7
=. for man and pay him back out OF cal
wages what It cost to take US there
we have been we'll treated on the way
! and have been given plenty to eat"
Have you had any trouble with I'M
70 ipeople who brought you here?
10 mo trouble at all. Some man came
ii Ito US when we were travelling, o Weef
G. ago. and told US that we were goirs
= to have trouble. but we did not oeIlsv'
- him. He wanted US to leave the cars
y hut we would not do IT, He came u
oe lus many times ard at last he told III
THAT we were going to be sold as slaves
= lind would have TO work for the Chi
nese. Then we began to have fear ans
~ we liked California and wanted to sta1
Ne here"
of How are you going 70 live II ycl
q lstay here? Have you any money!" wa
L Iasked.
pr we have no money at all. but TIL
I'd Imam told us that the people here woui'
II take care of us; that We would get foo'
70 land clothing in San Francisco and tina
es there was plenty Of work for us on tn
~ plantations in California. I think y
L Twill stay here. We do not want to g
rs where we viii be slaves and We llk
p california"