The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-10-06
Boy Wanted to Come

The Cablenews. Manila, of August
IS, says: Mr.. E. y Happier applied
for writ of habeas corpus Tuesday
afternoon to disembark Macario Mas
carlnas, who it was declared had been
placed against his viii aboard a ship
about to sail for Honolulu with labor
ers secured by the Hawaiian Sugar
Planters Association. 1t was claimed
the young man signed a contract
against his Will or on misapprehension
and the accusation of kidnapping was
entered 1t was also said that FIVE
other Filipinos had been placed on
board the ship against their wishes.
According to the story of Mr.. Kap-
pier Narcarias was put aboard the ship
and begged to be brought ashore. The
writ. however. failed to arrive before
the Tanning sailed and without any of
the Filipinos being released. II was
also said that kilograms had been sent
to the American consul and the steam
boat agents at Hongkong asking for an
investigation.
''There is no truth whatever in the
charge of kidnapping the nineteen
yearold hoy Macario Mascarinas or
any other Filipino,'' said Mr.. S. W.
Taylor, the Manila agent in charge
Of securing laborers for the Hawaiian
Sugar Planters Association, yesterday
to a Cabenews-American represent
ative. ''Mr. Kappler,' he said,
"never inquired for the boy but asked
for a Filipino by the name of Vicente
Pastor claiming that the Filipino boy
with him was a brother of Vicente s
and was being held on the boat to be
sent to Honolulu. Both Happier and
the boy were insolent and | refused to
give him any information and had them
elected from the office, when they inn
mediately made a complaint to the
prosecuting attorney. About noon Mr..
Southworth called me up stating that
Macario Mascarinas' friends had called
ana claimed | was kidnapping the boy.
| told Mr.. Southworth that # the boy
did not want to 90 | would bring him
ashore with me at five o clock. An
agent of the secret service went out
to the ship with me and questioned this
bow. He told the secret service man
he wanted to 90 to Honolulu, the ship
sailed at five clock for Honolulu and
the employees were told before starting
that any who wanted to could get off.
They all remained on except one boy by
the name of CoIoma who changed his
mind.
cup to the present time continued
Mr.. Taylor, ''34S0 employees have been
sent to Honolulu from the Philippines.
They each receive a wage of from SIS
gold up per month. They have every
thing free except clothing and food
We are sending over the families of
the workmen when they desire to go
and are anxious to have the women 60
with the men. The latter work better
when their families are with them and
we can always find work for the women
who are paid 80 gold per month. The
women are good workers. The Fill
pinos in Honolulu are more than salts
fed with their work and what they
are getting and in case OF continued
sickness the association sends them
back to Manila. The only trouble We
have had with FiIjpinos ia Honolulu
was when I shipped over a number Of
studentes who thought they would
get a free trip out of it. They work
ed a short time and then quit. We
are not sending any more students,
only the barefoot boy Variety