The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-03-07

]. p. Ball the attorney who left Ho-
nolulu a couple of weeks ago for Vic
toria on business, is 1.-The African In
the woodpile" who is endeavoring to
pull the labor props from under the
planters of Hawaii. Ball Is at present
on the coast negotiating for steamers
to come to Hilo and Honolulu to take
away Japanese laborers. His scheme
is to get them to the coast or send them
to South America. In either case it is
a blow at the planters.
For the past year and a half Ball
has been sending japanese away in
Canadian-bound steamers. On each
steamer he sends away from thirty to
fifty Japanese, and by system en-
ployed by him, he makes from IS to
$40 a head by purchasing tickets for
them at the steamship offices. The
Japanese seem to have the belief that
they can only get tickets for steamer
passage by applying to Ball.
The Tacoma Ledger contains the fol-
lowing dispatches concerning Balls
movements on the coast, and his
scheme to send the steamers Centen-
NAL and Olympia to Honolulu to Sc
cure japanese laborers:
WANTS VESSEL TO CARRY JAPS.
SEATTLE, Feb. Isl. p. Ball, a
resident of Honolulu, Is now in the city
looking for steamers to carry a large
number of Japanese from the Hawai-
ian islands to San Francisco. 1t is said
that the Orientals have been engaged
to do railroad work in Mexico and Pam
anna. An effort is also being made to
charter the steamer Centennial for a
similar purpose.
Mr.. Ball called at the office of the
Northwestern Steamship Company to-
day relative to the charter of the
steamships Olympia and Victoria. He
was referred to General Manager
Trowbridge. Mr.. Ball has not as yet
fully outlined his plans, but it is said
that he has a proposition to carry
more than 500 Japanese from Honolu-
lu to San FranciscoT
SEATTLE. Feb. Ito carry more
than 500 Japanese from Honolulu 10
South America, the Kruse line steam
er Centennial, on the Puget Sound-San
Francisco run, may soon be chartered
by San Francisco parties. Shortly aft
er the vessel arrived on the Sound it
was reported that she might be with
drawn from the run for an indefinite
period upon her arrival in California.
Just before the Centennial sailed
from San Francisco this voyage a
number of representative Japanese
were on board while she lay at her
dock. At that time they informed the
officers of the ship that arrangements
looking to a charter were in progress.
Before she sailed, however, it was
learned from a reliable source that she
would sail for Honolulu ON her next
voyage.
Several weeks ago the officers of a
local steamship company received a
communication from Honolulu in which
the writer said that he was looking for
vessel to carry Japanese. 1t is be-
lieved that the same parties have Sc
cured the Centennial.
While it is the general belief that
the Centennial, If chartered. will take
the Japanese to Mexico or Panama, 1t
is also reported that the little brown
men may sail for Japan to enter the
army. The opinion of persons who
learned of the charter In San Fran
cisco is that the Japanese have been
hired for railroad work.
JAPANESE PAPER COMMENTS.
The Weekly Hawaii Shinpo publish
ed yesterday contains the following
reference to the matter:
Honolulu and Hilo are soon to re-
ceive calls from some steamers from
the coast coming after Japanese pas