The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-11-16
TROUBLE
At F:UNCHAL.
Why Some Emigrants
Dropped Off the
SuVeriC.

The sailing of the S. s. Suveric from
Funchal with the Portuguese emf
grants for this Territory was accom-
panied by trouble between the passen-
gers and captain, stirred up by local
la Dor agents who attempted to prevent
the emigrants from sailing.
F. r. Tranquada, of the local Z. NJ.
c. A, received a letter from his brother
III Funchal the following extract from
which gives an account of the pilikia:
AN unprecedented state of affairs
has taken place in regard to the Su-
veric. The day after her arrival there
was a great trouble which needed the
presence of the police on board to quiet
it down. Immediately after the trouble
the pilot and other shore authorities
went aboard to enquire about the
trouble. The people had complaints
against the captain for not giving them
food since the day before, when they
had gone aboard. and when they COM
planned the captain abused and threat
ened them. Then the Board of Health
investigated the provisions on board, the
members deciding that the provisions
were good and sufficient for ninety
days. The conduct of the captain,
rough, was noted by the authorities.
who threatened to arrest him unless he
moved away and ceased using abusive
language toward them.
After the investigation the dinner
was served, consisting of rice and
prunes. and then another new trouble
began on account of the food not being
well prepared and not enough to go
round.
Finally the pilot and authorities
went aboard again and told the people
if they did not want to go to come
ashore. About forty families decided
to go ashore. Many of these lost their |
baggage on account of the boat sail
ing at 1:30 a. m. when the captain had
agreed to wait until 10 o'clock. The |
opinion of the authorities is that the |
vessel has good accommodations for
her passengers, but they criticise the
captain for his roughness.
Those who did not sail are staying /
around the agents office here demand |
ing payment for the lost baggage and |
the office of the agent is being guarded |
by police to keep il safe. Many |
threaten the agents, whom they regard |
as responsible for the loss of their bag I
gage. These people have asked the
authorities to take up the
case. which has been done There has
been a meeting of the agents, the i'm
migration representatives { MeSsrs.
Stackable and FraseD and the au-
thorities. The authorities have made
a demand from the immigration repre-
forcing them to return the
baggage from the first port of call
Also the captain signed a bond that
he would treat the passengers we'll.
There is a rumor that all this trou-
Bile was caused by rival labor agents
here to stop the people going to Ha-
yaii and get them to go elsewhere,
all emigration to the islands ~
\ copy of the Heraldo da Madeira,
recently received, refers to the emf
grafton to Hawaii, expressing regret
hat the Portuguese Government had
lot seen fit TO send an official on the
Suveric to see that proper treatment
vas given the passengers. II also
-akes exception to the fact that the
ships doctor was an Englishman, un-
amiliar with the Portuguese language,
making it extremely difficult for him TO
properly treat any who may be sick