The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-12-17
RANK FAKE" SAYS
PLANTATION MAN
HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH SEA
CURING HINDOOS AND SAYS
HAS NEVER SEEN ONE.

II. G. Boswell, chief engineer of the
Eva Plantation mill. arrived this
morning from the Coast on the Korea.
He Immediately set about denying
statements published in the Vancouver
and other coast city papers, some Of
which hive been reprinted here, to the
effect that his business i'm Vancouver
was to arrange for the securing Of a !
lot of the surplus Hindoo laborers OF
Western Canada for use in the islands.
preventative
M Boswell stated to The Star en-
phatcally that he had not so much as
thought of such a thing during his
whole stay in Vancouver, where he
was visiting relatives and spending
months vacation He states that
he was not interviewed, not so far
as he knows ever talked to reporter
while he was away. The story he
says must have been made up out of
whole cloth, and his name secured
from the hotel register in Vancouver
where he stopped for a day or two.
He was styled assistants manager"
by the papers, whereas he says that
he registered simply his name and
address at the hotel and discussed
his occupation with nobody.
81 was dumbfounded almost" said
Mr.. Boswell, when | read a long piece
in a San Francisco paper about the
matter after | had heard of it, and
had no opportunity Of correcting it
then. l was away on a vacation and
for no other purpose. | scarcely know
what Hindoo looks like, and the
idea of using them in Hawaii never
entered my head"
THIS is THE FAKE"
SAN FRANCISCO, edo. S.-Realiz- !
ing at last that they have proved fail
ures as substitutes for other varieties
of labor in the Northwest, the swarm
of Hindus who tried to settle in Van
couver Oregon and California are
preparing to emigrate again to some
more congenial and sympathetic land. !
Under the leadership of Feliah Din, !
who is the nabob here, the 300 who !
form the San Francisco colony will |
leave soon for Hawaii, and the island |
of Oahu, where they hope to land, !
probably will at once acquire a race
problem Of it's own. The plantation
hands there are now almost exclusive |
ly japanese and these will fight to
prevent the invaders driving them
from their work.
II. G. Boswell, manager of a sugar
plantation which occupies the greater
portion of the plain of Eva, on the
western half of the island, is respon-
sible for the prospective hegira of the
turbaned wanderers, who nave stirred
wrath and determined opposition ev-
erywhere on the western continent. He
arrived in Vancouver several weeks
ago. and after gathering all the unem-
ployed he could find there came to San
Francisco yesterday and at once com
municated with Fellah Din, who lives
at 1923 Eddy street, the largest center
of the colony here.
Boswell may have to charter a
steamer to take his Indian laborers tol
their new home Vancouver is crowd !
ed with Hindus, who are being turned
out of the railroad camps in hundreds.
At this work they proved utterly in
capable The frosty weather in the
north completely paTalyzed their ener-
gies.
Work in the construction camps be-
gan at 10 o'clock in the morning and
often at noon. because the gaunt, quiet
men born and reared in the sultry
Indian chime refused to rise before the
sun had warmed the atmosphere.
In consequence they have been dis
placed, and the hordes facing starva-
ton in British Columbia gladly ac-
cepted Boswe.rs offer to take them to
his plantation.
In San Francisco the Hindus aban-
doned hard labor to become pedders.
They have been hawkers of rugs and
cheap jewelry in the suburban and
country districts But in this also
they seemed to have failed and Fellah
Din, when he called upon Boswell at
the St. Francis yesterday afternoon,
promised the plantation manager that
the whole colony would go to Hawaii
if the members we're wanted. It is
warmer there, more like the climate
of India. the Hindu chief said, and his
brethren can work better