The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-12-21
.CLOLON|STS ARE
TROUBLESOME
Portuguese All Want to Go to
Eva and Russians Sigh
for Skating.

Pleading upon their knees, with tears
streaming down their cheeks, deaf to
all statements but the one word call
right" as translated into the Portu-
guese language, number of Portuguese
women immigrants who arrived on the
British steamship Swanley have made
life miserable for R. d. Mead of the
planters association, VIII Savidge of
the board of immigration and Consul.
General Canavarro. When the Portu-
guese finally decided to ask the plan
ters agents for work, they mapped out
the plantations to which they wished
to go, and naturally they chose estates
on this island so as to be near that
dear Punchbowl. Eva was the planta-
ton to which most of them wished to
go, and to Eva most Of them have
gone. Many went without seeking the
good offices of the planters and as a
result a number of them are camped
out in the Eva plantation park wait
ing to be put on the salary roll.
Many Tragic Queens.
The women who wanted to go to Eva
were very persistent. First their hus-
bands asked to go to Eva. They were
| turned down. They pleaded again, and
then finding the planters obdurate,
| brought the women folks forward. They
pleaded, fell upon their knees, cried,
walled, wept, grew hysterical and re-
| fused to bulge from their position until
the word was given that to Eva they
could go.
| Mr.. Meads states that it is the most
difficult crowd he ever attempted to
handle and he does not want to see its
duplicate.
Fifteen of the Portuguese are still
held at the immigration station by R.
C. Brown, nspeetor-in-ch charge, and these
may be returned to the Portuguese is
lands as being undesirable. Some are
said to be mentally deficient, Others
have diseases which bar them from en-
trance to the United States.
A number of the immigrants left for
Maui last evening on the Claudine and
some left for Kauai on the Hall. The
crowd is rapidly dwindling away, but
only about half who came have been
sent out by the planters association.
Heard From "Jack.'
Secretary Savidge of the board OF
immigration heard from Jack Atkin
son by the last steamer from Yoko
hama, the letter being dated from Yo
kohama. Mr.. Atkinson states that he
has hopes of raising very large con
tingent of Russians for transportation
to Honolulu.
From all reports that have reachef
Secretary Savidge, the Russians ar,
doing well on the plantations to whicl
they were assigned. Some have com
planned a little about the heat, bu
these complaints have been few il
number and not uttered with any ides
of criticizing their class of work.
Want TO Skate.
!. Some of the Russians are said t.
have been a little disappointed be
cause they found there would be NJ
,, skating in Hawaii at any time of thu
, year. 1t seems they asked Mr.. At
kinson, when being recruited near Har
bin, if there was any skating don'
here. Mr.. Atkinson said jokingly tina
lot of people here INDUCED in skate
occasionally. When that joke is finall,
interpreted into Russian it may b.
laughed at, but some of the Russian
profess not to like that sort of banter
It is said that many of the Portu
, guese immigrants did not wish to sigl
, up for any Hawaii plantations be
cause of Grain and earthquakes.
y Coming from section of the worl
. in which a volcano has recently brokel
out and destroyed homes, they were
; little charv of going to an island whic
{ has a real, live volcano.