The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-23
SHAMM|NG
JAP PANESE
Riot Narrowly Averted
at Heeia.
R|NGLEAOER DISCHARGED
A laborer Who is Chided by PIanta-
tation Luna, Declares That
He is Killed.

Laziness and too great a fondness for
cigarettes created considerable excite
ment on the other side of the island last
Friday. For a while all kinds of things
were threatened, murder, riot and
bloodshed were anticipated, but happily
nothing so dreadful came about.
The rumor fiend was at work on Sat
urday and Sunday spreading all man
ner of reports In regard to a disturb
ance and an uprising of Japanese on
Heeia sugar plantation.
Last night Mr.. c. Bolte was seen by
an Advertiser reporter in regard to the
facts OF the case and the following ac-
count of the whole trouble was fur
nished by that gentleman:
1T Is the rule" said Mr.. Bolte, ION
Heeia plantation, that none of the Ia
borers may smoke while they are en-
gagged In work in the cane fields; sew
eral fires have occurred on various
plantations through carelessness in this
regard and the management exercise
great precaution in the matter.
Luna Jacobson was In charge OF his
gang OF laborers as usual on Friday.
He had one Japanese in his crowd who
was not at all noted for his hustling
qualities and who declared that he had
to have a smoke at least once every
hour or bust Luna Jacobson was in
the HaDit of allowing such fellows to
go out to the road for tive minutes in
every hour to have their necessary
smoke, but this particular Jap on Fri
day morning, after having gone out to
lne road for his five minutes drink OF
tobacco. returned to the cane fed with
a freshly lighted cigarette between his
lips. The luna expostulated, the Jap
continued smoking and then the trou-
BILE commenced.
Jacobson seized the fellows cigar
ette with one hand and took hold of
his neck with the other, and dropped
both man and weed together in heap
at his feet; whereupon the prostrate
Japanese grabbed mold of one of the
luna's feet and attempted to pull him
down, the luna meanwhile using his
free foot to administer q kick on the
Jap's anatomy. Here the laborer jump
ed to his feet just In time to receive a
second kick In the same place from the
oyerseer.
The Japanese cried out that he had
been kicked in the head and ribs and
then lay down on the ground fiat say
ing that he was killed. The other la
borers paid no more attention to the
matter after this and the luna went
about his business. The man still lay
stretched upon the ground.
"At 3 o'clock in the afternoon the
Japanese was still lying in the field
and Jacobson notified Manager Bull,
who, together with Head Luna Man.
ming, proceeded to look into the mat
ter Manning went out to the field.
lifted the Japanese on his horse and
started to lead the horse and it's rider
home. Noticing after little while,
however that the japanese was ap-
parently enjoying the situation I'm
mensely, Manning made the fellow
walk while he rode. The japanese was
taken to his quarters and put to bed.
About clock Friday evening,
while Manager Bull was busy in his
Office, he was startled by roar like
the pounding of the surf upon the sea-
shore. He rushed to the door to be
confronted by ten japanese bearing a
litter whereon lay the much-bandaged
form OF the Japanese. About two hun
dred and fifty other japanese laborers,