The sun., 1908-06-10
CHINAMEN In THE CARGO
CAME ABOARD THE NORWICH IN
BONES WITH THE BANANAS,
Hut the Fireman's scheme to Land Them
Here Fails and He and His Charges Are
Now Merrily ShoNclling Coal as the
Fruit steamship Returns SOuthw ard.

Here Fails and He and His Charges Are
Now MerriIy ShoNciling Coal as the
Fruit steamship Returns SOuthw ard.
The British steamship Norwich, chartered
to the United Fruit Company, got in here
Sunday afternoon with a cargo OF bananas
and two boxes OF Cinnamon. The bananas
were taken on at Port Antonio, Jamaica,
Port Limon, Costa Rica, and other places.
The Cinnamon were shipped at Port Limon.
The bananas were unloaded at the United
Fruit Companys pier at the Battery on
Monday, but the Cinnamon had no such
luck Two immigration inspectors made
it point to see that the Cinnamon didn't
20 with the bananas. When the Norwich
headed toward Port Antonio yesterday
morning the long queuei gentlemen were
down in the stokehole helping to make the
smoke that the Norwich was leaving behind
hor.
The shirs arriving here from the four
corners of the earth have brought good
many different kinds Of stowaways, but a
Chinaman who is trying to beat the immi-
grafton laws generally prefers some
other method than crawling into the coal
bunkers of a ship AMI trying to make HIM
self look like half ton of bituminous
In the ports of the West Indies and South
and Central America the Chinaman is
numerous, because there are no restrictions
against him in these countries.
In these ports the cargo is raked over
for Cinnamon before the ship starts, for
if one of the Celestials succeeds in landing
here and the immigration authorities hear
about it the steamer has TO pay fine OF
$500
The Norwich left Port Antonio on June /
for New York, and the next day touched
at Port Limon. While few thousand
into the Norwich's hold two oblong boxes
were showed into one of the rear subsidiary
hatches One of the Norwich's fremen
bossed the job, and when somebody asked
him wtht was in the boxes he said they
contained clothing he was bringing to his
family in New York. He had the boxes
lowered into the coal bunkers, and up to
the time he left port Capt Smith of the
Norwich knew nothing about the tireman's
two boxes of clothing.
The Norwich had been out of Port Limon
less than a day when Capt Smith heard
about them. At the same time word reached
the captain that the fireman seemed to have
something on his mind and was spending
more time with the two boxes than was nec-
essary. The fireman usually ate his lunch
on one of the boxes, the captain learned
Capt. Smith took n hammer and chisel
and went at the boxes. He found that only
half the cover of each was nailed on. The
other half was fastened underneath with
| hooks. There was layer of clothing fast
ened to the sides and bottom of each box
and inside the clothing was live China
man.
What happened to the fireman when the
captain made his discovery didn't figure in
the story told to the boarding officer Of the
customs service when he met the Norwich
at Quarantine Sunday afternoon. 1t is
known, however, that Capt. Smith grabbed
each Chinaman by his queue and guided
him into the stoke hole. He told three Of
his firemen that they could knock of work
for the time being, and ordered the fireman
who had smuggled the boxed up Cinnamon
aboard to see that they did three mems
work the rest of the trip. The boss fireman
was instructed to see that the Cinnamon and
the other fireman didn't lay down on the
lob. These instructions were carried out.
When Capt Smith handed over the ships
manifest Sunday afternoon he promptly de-
clared the Chinese stowaways. The board
ing officer reminded him that two Cinnamon
at $500 apiece would be 81 900 fine against
the ship IL they got ashore. Capt. Smith
said that neither the stowaways nor the fire.
man would have ghost of a chance to land
in New York. Two customs inspectors
were assigned, however, to SEQ that the
Cinnamon didn't elude the guards on the
Norwich. Capt. Smith heaved a sigh of
relief when he saw the Chinese stokers on
the lob as the Norwich headed for the south
yesterday forenoon
The Chinese bureau Of the Department OF
immigration didn't know until after the
Norwich sailed how near the two boxes of
Chinese came to being dumped into this
port. Even then Chief Inspector Ssson said
that he hadn't been notified officially Of the
case, and didn't believe anything OF the kind
haDpened