The Hawaiian gazette., 1902-01-17
MIGRANTS
MUST GET
TO WORK
Cane Field or the
Rock Pile in
Sight.
y oRTo RICANs who will n

N ORTO RlCANS VINO VIII not
work on the plantations will be
4 made to work on the roads. There
will be from this time rounding up
Of the Migrants who have been infest-
ing the streets, and it will be simply
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 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 a meet
Ing yesterday, and the results were
communicated to Sheriff Brown last
evening. AS result he issued orders
I 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 oOn-
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 bust
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 ia
ken to relieve this city of the presence
Of the vagrant islanders. and they have
found the means in the matter of n
distribution OF the supposed men
among great number of plantations.
While the full list is not known the
ing for the Porto Rlcans: Spreckels-
vile, Honokaa. Onomea, Olowalu. I'm
ion 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. To5make 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 1t that
he hoped to have the men here out %
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
. chance to make good their allega-
tons that they want to work. but can
not find anything to do. They will be
given the opportunity Of saving them
selves from the reef, and If they do
not take kindly to the plans which are
being made for them they will have to
break rock.
I'VE will have an interview with each
Of the men arrested" said the High
Sheriff, last evening. "When they are
brought in we will ascertain what they
have to say as to being Migrants. Some
of the men really have a good defense
against a charge of vagrancy under
our laws. They may have been hon.
estly looking for work. and the prov
ting Of this would allow them to go
free. We shall ask them IL they want
to work. 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 a
plantation they should decline 1t that
means go up stairs and stand trial
for vagrancy. and the chance. too. OF
having to go to the stone pile for three
months. That believe will bring
them to time.
"Of course there Is another matter
In the event Of our sending any men to
plantation. IL they will not work they
will be under the surveillance of the
police. and they will find themselves
very soon up against charge of va
grancy there, and there will be little
Fchance for them to prove that they are
willing to work, when they have been
sent away from the city. and then
should refuse to take advantage Of the
places we find for Them
Members OF the Planters Association
said last evening that they believe
there would be no further difficulty
with the laborers, as the arrangement
would be such as to enable the Sheriff
to send out OF the city men who really
wish to work. and to the reef for long
terms those who came here for the pur-
pose OF living without doing anything