The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-02-26
PORTO RICANS ARRIVE
MANY LABOREBS FOR THE
PLANTATIONS.
Are to Go to Kauai and Maui Places
Some to Remain on Oahu-Four
Deaths.

After nearly nine days of bad wealth
er the Zealandia was sighted yesterday
morning from Port Los Angeles with
the big installment of plantation lab
orers from Porto Rico. There were
three cabin and 100 Porto Ricans in the
steerage. This was the first special
| trip which the Zealandia has made for
the transportation of laborers to the
Hawaiian Islands but it is reported
that the vessel will continue for three
or four months more in this service.
Practically all of the crowd are Porto
Ricans. They were brought overland
to Los Angeles via the Southern Paci-
nc and from there sent through to
Port Los Angeles which is twenty miles
away where the Southern Pacific has
one of the largest wharves in the world.
The crowd was twelve hours late in
arriving but once there they were soon
loaded aboard the ship. The vessel
left Port Los Angeles at 1855 a m.
February 18th. For the succeeding
four days she experienced light to
strong variable winds and from then
until the 23rd, there were high seas
and fresh gales. The crowd stood the
weather very well. There were four
deaths woman, a boy and an infant
who died en- route of anaemia and a
second woman who died the morning
after land was sighted. The first three
were buried at sea and the last was in
TERED at Pearl City cemetery.
The crowd are said by the ships peo-
pie to be in a healthy condition and
10 nave the heartiest of appetites The
Porto Ricans are not as a general rule
o prepossessing looking set although
there are some very striking exceptions
among the Younger women Some of
them are very pretty indeed. The men
are below the averape in height and
many appear to be of white extraction.
Few seem to have a very definite idea
.of where they are to work or the man
ner of labor they are to perform. They
say that they don't even know how
much money they are to receive Others
do not seem to understand anything
about the plantations and say that
they came to work at their various
trades. Few understand English
While there was naturally some COM
planning about the quarters, the crowd
was as rule, a very good natured
lot and amused themselves singing
and playing musical Instruments. Few
OF them gave any trouble One was
rather obstreperous but as he was soon
placed in the ships brig the trouble
was soon brought to an end.
AS soon as the vessel was passed by
the quarantine officer she was taken
alongside the quarantine dock where
she is to lie until all of the, passengers
Will have been transferred to the ISL
ana DOatS, TO be taken to their deStina-
ton. There are 372 laboring men in
the crowd, the rest being women and
children. With the exception of 80
families all are intended for service on
Kauai and Maui plantations, the fol-
lowing division having been ordered to
Makaweli, via steamer Waialeale 40
Iamll1es to Lihue via steamer Hama
lel 10 families; to Koloa, Oahu 80 fam
mes, to kilauea via steamer James
Makee, 20 families; to Hawaiian Com
mercial and Sugar Co., 60 families: to
Paia, 20 families; to Waikiki, so fam
lies; Hamoa, 20 families; all via the
steamer Claudine; to Olowalu. via.
steamer Lehua, 10 men; and to Kihei
VIA steamer Kauai, 81 families Some
OF the crowd was taken away yester-
Gay AFTERNOON and the rest We're trans
terred today. All Of the crowd were
paid an advance of $500 yesterday be-
iiore they We're transferred to the other
boats
EVERY effort was made to prevent
communication between the Porto Ri
cans and people ashore. The gates of
the quarantine wharf were kept closed
ana entrance was permitted through
only one of them a big native being
on guard to prevent the public from
gaining access to the dock alongside
the snip. AS soon as the crowd was
transferred the vessel moved over TO
the oceanic dock and there discharged
SUI tons of freight. 1t is understood
that more shipments of Porto Ricans
are TO follow and that the Zealandia
VIII De used to transport fully 5000