Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1901-02-26
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WARDS OF THE EXAMINER
SKEEP TRIP To HAWAII
Don't Like Conditions in California
They Want to be With Their
Own People = Way from
Los Angeles.

San Francisco, Feb. 1O.-Wfthin tn
past week five Porto Ricans, whom tn,
philanthropic Examiner sidetracket
while journeying to the plantations o.
Hawaii, have drifted back to San Fran.
cisco and. begged to be sent on to tn,
sugar fields and the balmy skies OF the
Pacific.
Buncoed and broken-hearted they are
coming back by twos and threes from
the ranches of the San joaquin. the
orchards of Los Angeles and the bee,
sugar fields of jacksonville. whittier
they were sent like chattels by the hi.
name yellow journal to labor for bard
and lodging.
Disguised and disappointed. thes,
sons Of Porto Rico. ever since they
were Kept from profitable employment
lured by false representations and Sc
ductive promises by the Examiners
hurrah policy makers. have been try
Ing to steal back to San Francisco that
they might seek a climate suitable TO
their conditions and work to which
they have been used.
Pitiful are the tales that some of
these plantation hands tell particularly
the narrative of one man whom the
Examiners" bunco bureau induced to
go to ranch near Tracy With bla-
zon Of self praise the paper told II
the home 1t had provided for him. with
n wheat raiser of the West Side. but
the other day the Porto Rican in ques-
tion walked into the agency of the
Planters Association with card
from the rancher. II asked that the
man be sent on the City OF Picking
with the Others that went through San
Francisco on Jan. . to the plantations.
He wanted to raise sugar. not wheat
He wanted to be with his people. not
with strangers. He wanted to labor
under tropical sun and not under the
shadow OF Mt Diablo. The man
was heart-sick and he said so. He
was sent to Honolulu to Join his peo-
pie and to earn good wages
Another man came all the way from
Los Angeles to see II he could get
transportation to the cane-brake fens"
OF Hawaii. He was one Of the three
who went yesterday to Honolulu on the
s. d. Alexander The trio are Gragos
Hwera. Juan Harlsados and Rodrick
Sanlas. They are part Of the original
expedition which yellow journalism
fantastic tales Of slavery seduced into
leaving good thing for nothing. Two
were matured men and one was youth
OF 20. One OF the trio told Edward S.
Swan Of Alexander & Baldwin, agents
for the Planters Association. that he
had been foreman OF sugar plantation
in Porto Rico for eight years, and that
he knew no other work. Acting as
spokesman for the others, he said that
the climate here was not what he had
been used to and pleaded to be sent
to the Islands.
The board bin ofsthe men at the Chi
cago Hotel. to which the Examiner"
herded its csnvstss'fssm the first party
of B9fo Bitans,swas paid and the men
taken to fheAllMs vessel. Right will
ling were they 10 go. but when they
reached the dock fedr seized them.
Filled with false ideas by the agents
* yellow journalism, they imagined
they would have to serve as sailors
on the vessel and work their passage
over. All three said they would be
willing to work about the decks. but
did not want to go aloft. That is what
they had been told they would be called
upon to do. and that was one Of the ar
guments used In inducing the first lot
Of laborers from Porto Rico to desert
When convinced that they would mere
ly have to be passengers and not have
to work until they reached the plan
tations, they were overjoyed, and told
OF three others who would probably
reach San Francisco today or tomorrow
seeking passage to Hawaii.
These men will receive from 500 to
$25 month on the plantations. accord
ing to the statement today to a repre-
sentative OF the daily press by the
agency of the Honolulu planters.
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