The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-01-17
MIGRANTS
MUST GET
TO WORK
Cane Field or the
Rock Pile in
Sight.
HIGH SHERIFF
PLANS CRUSADE
Porto Ricans Who Try to Live
Without Work to be Cor.
rallied at Once.
n ORTO RICANS who will not
work on the plantations will be

n ORTO RICANS who will not
work on the plantations will be
- made to work on the roads. There
will be from this time a rounding up
Of the vagrants who have been infest-
ing the streets, and it will be simply a
question OF labor, free or confined.
There must be work done by every
man who lives in the city or else he
will be sent to the quarries.
This condition Is the result of a con-
sideration OF the many questions aris-
ing out of the influx OF Porto Ricans
into the city by the trustees of the
Sugar Planters Association at meet
Ing yesterday. and the results were
communicated to Sheriff Brown last
evening. AS a result he issued orders
before the close of the day that there
should be corraled all the vagrant
Porto Ricans and that those already
on hand should be held to await con-
sideration under the new deal which Is
to be given to the many street corner
warmers and beer Joint frequenters.
who will furnish the police with busi-
ness during the next few days.
The High Sheriff was informed that
there are plantations On the islands
which will absorb 200 of the vagrant
Porto Ricans, though it Is known there
will be trouble over the experiment.
The members of the association have
decided that some steps should be ta-
ken to relieve this city of the presence
of the vagrant islanders, and they have
found the means in the matter of a
among a great number of plantations.
While the full list is not known, the
following viii do their share in car
ing for the Porto Ricans: Spreckels-
Vile. Honokaa, Onomea, Olowalu, Un-
aon Mill, Lihue and several others. The
plantations of Maui and Hawaii will
take the majority of the men, who
have been deserters, and so have found
their way into the city. To make this
possible and not conflict with the rule
which debars the plantation hands
from securing work on one plantation
until they have had a discharge card
from the one on which they last work
ed, that feature of the regulations was
laid aside by the trustees in the case
of the men covered by the present ar
rangement.
High Sheriff Brown IS greatly pleased
with the arrangement made and said
last evening after describing Ii that
he hoped to have the men here out o.
the city very soon. The grand round
up OF the unemployed will begin this
morning, and then Will come the put
ting to work OF the plans OF the office
to clear the city of such Objectionable
characters. In the cases Of the men
now in custody, their cases will be
held over when they are called this
morning. and the loafers will be given
a chance 10 make good their alleSa-
tions that they want to work, but can
not find anything to do They VIII be
given the opportunity OF saving them
selves from the reef, and IL they do
not take kindly to the plans which are
being made for them they viii have TO
break rock
1--WE will have an interview with each
OF the men arrested" said the Hish
Sheriff. last evening. when they are
brought in we will ascertain what they
have to say as TO being vagrants- Some
of the men really have a good defense
against a charge OF vagrancy under
our laws They may have been hon
estIy looking for work. and the prov !
ing OF this would allow them to go
free. We shall ask them IL they wart |
to worf,. II they say they do. well and
good We will furnish them with work
on one OF the plantations. any one they
wish. Then they will be taken care OF
until the boat goes away Should they
say that they want work. but when
they are given the chance to go to
plantation they should decline it that
means go up stairs and stand a trial
for vagrancy, and the chance, too, of
having TO go to the stone pile for three !
months. That L believe will bring !.
them to. time.
"Of course there Is another matter. !.
In the event of our sending any men to i
a plantation. IL they viii not work they I
Will be under the surveillance Of the