The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-03-17
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Religious, Social and Personal
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HILo. March 15.-Ookala plantation
is the first on tbs island to experience
trouble with the Porto Ricans- For
weeks past the lunas have complained
that il was impossible for them to get
the men 10 work during wet weather,
and the women declined to go into the
fields. claiming they were cigar and
cigarette makers rather than garden
ers
In spite of the willingness of the
manager to make the work as easy as
possible for the Porto Ricans, sixteen
adults struck work on Saturday and
came into Hilo.
They state that they had been work
ing at Ookala for three months and
had not received good treatment from
the lunas. They say. also. that they
have never received any pay and do
not know what they are to get a
month. Some of the men bear marks
which they say were made with
whip.
j. G.. Serrao has taken them IN
charge and will give them employment
on his place at Piihonua.
Florentin Souza was called upon by
Sheriff Andrews the other evening to
act as interpreter for Porto Rican
who had hoofed it all the way from
Ookaia seeking policemen and finding
none until he arrived at what Josiah
Flint would call the Front Office. =
He evidently did not know that police
men in Hawaii are not allowed out
at night: and had probably never read
about the difficulty of finding a needle
in a haystack When Mr.. Souza ar
rived the unfortunate Rican, who had
only escaped the suzerainty Of Spain
to pass under the yoke of Ookala, pour
ed forth his tale.
The substance of his complaint was
that. while his felIow-islanders and
himself were keeping dry indoors on
damp day, a luna entered their cabin
and routed them out with kicks and
cuffs.
A day or two afterward Mr.. Souza
came across number of other Porto
Ricans in Hilo who said they had been
whipped and otherwise maltreated,
and had left the plantation for good.
It is understood that they had been
employed by ]. G. Serrao.
Railway Enterprise.
The Hilo Railway Company has pur-
chased the building formerly used as
Olaa No. store and will transform it
into a station at nine miles. The plan
tation will build store on the makal
side of the track.
Engineers of the Hilo Railway Com
pany have been engaged during the
week running line along the beach
from Waiakea to Waianuenue street.
Information as to the object is not
at the railway office. but
the public has solved the mystery and
already laid the foundation for a big
railway depot at the tooth OF Wal
anuenue street. Manager Lambert
smiles at the suggestion.
The Hilo Railroad not only showed a
most charitable nature Tuesday in Civ
ing an excursion to the school child
rem. but also showed most progress
i've spirit. Superintendent Lambert
has demonstrated that the railroad is
an institution that is here for the pub
lie use.
Puma is a district that is filled with
everything that is distinctly Hawaii
an; the hot caves and the warm
springs, which recall the fact that 1t
is only a shell that bears the life OF
Hawaii. Here are burial caves with
their hidden entrances. The natural
beauties of Puma are legion
Among those that took advantage of
TUESDAYS excursion were Mr. Sever
ance. H. L. Shaw and wife, w H.
Beers, Ernest Lyman, Mrs. Fairer.
Mrs. Pratt. Mrs. Reid, Mrs. Wilder.
Mrs. Mason. Mrs. Lyman, Miss Wo!-
fenden. Miss Hilton. Miss Sumner.
Miss Washburn.- Mrs Kelsey, Miss
Potter, Mrs Westervelt-
Several capitalists and planters ac-
the excursion to inspect
the work on the plantation. Among
these were: ]. A. Scott, L. A. Thurs
ton. A. NJ. Wilson. VIM. G. Irwin, Geo
Ross and Capt Matson.
Prisoner Breaks Bonds.
Two Japanese, who had been er.-
trusted with large sum OF money
with which to pay on men engaged
in road contract in kau. have gone
wrong. That is. one of them has gone
wrong according to the ideas OF the
police officer who had them IN charge
1t seems that there was due twenty
four men working on the contract
s6aS. so. and this money was given the
two Japanese to take to the camp
Instead of doing so they came over TO
fiilo and secured apartments at Okla
mura's motel and proceeded to paint
the town roSeate hue.
The police were notified and Yotaro
was put on the case. 500 being offer
ed BY the contractors for the arrest
of the men He found them at he
hotel and took them to the station
house where. on being searched, they
yielded up Si42-2i and two cases of in
digestion A policeman was sent over
from Kau TO take the men back and
he left Hilo with his charge, hand
cuffed together, some time Tuesday
At twelve miles he stopped to feed lis
horse leaving the prisoners on the
of house occupied by some
native friends After attending TO the
wants of the horse he returned to the
house only to find that one of the
prisoners ha1 slipped bis handouts
from his wrists and made his escape.
The other one had not attempted to
ger away
Oficer Kelley was notified and made
q thorough search without satisfactory
results. Yesterday morning he got