The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-01-28
Bzcks the Lookout.

John Cook, carpenter, who has re-
sided in these. Islands for the past fifty
six years and who lived in little grass
hut on land within stones throw OF
where the office of the Advertiser now
stands, drinking his water from well
where is now the establishment of
Plumber Mott in the same block, has
something to say in defense of the man
who has now charge of the lookout sta
ton at Diamond Head
Cook dined with Lookout Rosehill on
the day that the Doric was sighted
coming from the Orient, last Friday
afternoon. He wishes to contradict an
article which appeared in an evening
paper to the effect that the steamer was
sighted from the wharf long before the
lookout announced her approach. Cook
says that the Doric was reported to the
pilot house, the custom house and to
the agents of the vessel when nothing
but a little of her smoke could be seen
| on the horizon, to the westward,
through the glasses.
| AS a matter of fact the approach OF
the steamer was reported to the Adver-
tiser office by central long before she
was sighted from the wharf.
The Trip of the Re Au Hou.
] The full story of the trip of the
steamer Ke Au Hou from this port te
| Hawaii, with a large number of Port
| Ricans aboard for the plantations or
! that Island, was learned on the arriva
of the steamer Claudine from Hilo AND
way ports on Saturday last.
| 1t will be remembered that Just De-
| ~ laf HnnnllIll
her last trip, one of the immigrants
dissatisfied as to the matter of food
or the way it was served captured
! the steamer and refused to allow 1t tt
/ leave port until the demands of the
laborers were granted. The police were
/ summoned and three members of the
! force were sent to Hawaii with the
/ steamer to see that nothing of
serious nature occurred on the voy-
age.
Tise vessel started first for the ISLAND
of Maui. Soon after the Molokai chan
! mel was entered the ringleader of the
immigrants, Forunio, the man who hat
/ drawn knife on the captain of the
steamer began to kick, and started II
to raise another rumpuS. First Of al
he made an attack on one OF the po
lice and said some very harsh things
in relation to the department and thu
| government. The officer knew how t
handle his man, however. and managed
to restrain the warlike ambition o
the immigrant. In fact, the ofnce
made such an exhibition of force tina
it acted as an excellent example fo
the rest of the laborers aboard, ant
one that they ve.- wisely profited by
The Ke Au Hou dropped her ancho
off Olowalu plantation about o'clocl
in the morning of Thursday, the 18th
After the immigrants had had thei
breakfast the work of taking thoS
ashore who were to be landed at tina
place commenced. The weather wa
exceedingly rough at the time, an;
only nine or ten of the number coul'
be persuaded to venture into the boats
They were taken ashore without an,
trouble. There were over thirty VIII
were supposed to land at Olowalu
however, but, as all the Porto Rican
aboard had torn off the tags whicl
they had worn, indicating the planta
lions for which they were destined, AM
as all the rest on the vessel, after tn
nine had been taken ashore, declares
that they were for Hawaii, fearing t
enter the boats, a very difficult situa
ton presented itself. Those for Olo
walu and those for Honokaa could no
be told apart Fortunio was orderet
Maui plantation. He did so to tn
extent of indicating few of thos
who had been intended for Olowalu.
No sooner had he done this however
than another riot was threatened
Those who were pointed out by tn
ringleader refused to go in the boats
Force had to be used, and big jim
Kupihea and Captain Harry Flint sue
ceeded in getting those men VINO ha,
been pointed out into the boats an,
taken ashore.
Then some of the others were will
ing to go and, just before the boat