The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-01-05

NIlIhI@L OulllcSG nave SSCdpeu
the United States army transport
Il kintuck, which arrived from Sc
attic last week and sailed for
Manila last evening.
All the crew of the transport are
Chinese and when the vessel came into
this port it became the duty of the Gus
toms department. to watch the boat and
see that no Chinese were allowed
ashore.
4 This watch was established as soon
4 as the transport locked and has been
4 faithfully kept up by the customs in
spectors on guard ever since.
The three missing Chinese got away
from the Kintuck a couple of days ago
4 and the police have been looking for
them. 1t is certain that the Orientals
y must have left the vessel during the
i night and from the far-off side of the
boat. 1t would have been impossible
for them to leave the vessel from the
shore side, where two inspectors of, the
4 customs department We're on watch
day and night, and absolutely no
4 blame is attached to the men whose
duty it was not to allow the Chinese
ashore. 1t is difficult thing to say
who is to blame The incident goes to
! show more than anything else that the
present. force of the custom house is
a great deal too small.
There were not enough men to detail
man to keep watch on the off-shore
side of the transport and If the Chi
nese chose to escape from that side of
the vessel and the people aboard the
81 vessel were not looking out for them
y there was nothing 10 prevent them do
q ing so.
Il Captain George W. Long of the kim
s. tuck was closeted with Collector Stack
81 able and Immigration Agent ]. K.
Brown yesterday morning for some
Il time, talking over the matter.
The law provides for a fine of $500
81 for each Chinese allowed ashore and
Il even the Imprisonment of the captain.
The names of the three Chinese who
s. escaped are Chow 81. Lam Tuck and
Chang, Tsze. The two former were
81 fremen, while the latter was a messen-
s. ger boy and helper generally.
81 Captain Long explained that he had
81 posted guards on board the KintucB
81 to see that no Chinese went ashore
q and that he had given strict orders that
81 on no account were the Chinese to be
81 permitted to land. He said that there
81 was no intention on his part to let the
81 Chinese ashore and he did not see why
81 he should be fined when he had done
"a everything in his power II keep them
III on board.
n The result of the matter was that
ISL the Kintuck was allowed to depart fol
W Manila without any fine being imposed
III 1t is understood that, after explana-
Ii lions had been made, it was seen that
sSthere was no intention on the part OF
she captain of the vessel to disobey the
FL law and that consequently he was not
81 fined.
One thing is certain, the men who
were on guard for the customs depart
ment when the Chinese escaped were
"A not in any way to blame 1t has lons
been observed that the Honolulu wa
81 terfront is entirely too big to be han.
died by the present small force of men
al The law in the matter of the landing
of Chinese is set forth in an amend
81 ment to the Chinese exclusion act o.
1884, as follows:
That the master of any vessel who
shall knowingly bring within the Unit
Cd States on such vessel and land o.
attempt to land or permit to be landed
any Chinese laborers from any foreign
port or place shall be deemed guilty o
misdemeanor and upon conviction
thereof shall be punished by fine no
more than $500 for each and every sucl
Chinese laborer so brought and ma.
also be imprisoned fora term not ex
ceeding one year"
Where it is clearly shown that Their
was no attempt upon the part of thu
master of the vessel in having aided o.
aoetted the escape of the Chinese thu
collector of Port may accord him thu
iulI benefit of his discretionary powers
under extenuating circumstances.
Collector Stackable will acquain
washington with the facts of the mat
Ter and the department there win taxi
final action.
island Steamers to be Inspected.
1t shall not be lawful to take OF
oara OF any steamer a greater mum
per OF passengers than is stated in the
>ertlneate of inspection" So declare.
sectioA 44S5 of the laws governing tn,
inspection of vessels
This may be the cause of several i'm
portant changes in the passenger bust
ness between these Hawaiian Islands.
b Two United States inspectors of hull
and boilers are expected to arrive her,
on Tuesday next from San Francisco
They are Captain Whitney and Mr.
Lehners.
Their duty viii be to examine ever,
steamer used in the inter-Island trad,