Evening bulletin., 1911-03-29
MEN ARE TAKEN
At THE SHIPS
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of Honolulu or his deputy or any po-
lice officer of the district of Honolulu,
city and county of Honolulu, Il. H., is
hereby authorized and directed to carry
into force and effect the foregoing or
der of commitment"
The intending travellers had been
aboard the steamers for Some hours
when apprehended In several in7
stances they put up a pretty stiff re-
sistance to being removed from the
ship and thus caused to break their
contract to join forces with the Alaska
Gamers and take up employment in the
Far North
Sheriff Jarrett explained the matter
to the interested parties and advised
II peaceable compliance with the order.
Better counsel prevailed, and the
twenty five who left the decks of the
Wilhelmina made no further trouble
charge of a detail of police from the
central station they were marched up
town to the Jail
The removal of the steerage passen
gers made all kinds of extra work for
the Federal quarantine officer, DR.
James, as well as for the shipping
agents, Messrs. Drew and Armstrong.
Passenger manifests had to be amend
ed. while radical changes had to be in
corporated in the health papers to be
The same plikia was the rule at the
Oceanic wharf. Here Purser Tom
Smith had the seventeen much want
ed men lined up on the after deck,
awaiting the action of the Territorial
or county officers. These men left the
vessel under protest, but did not at
tempt to put up anything like fight
for their liberty.
The hand of United States District
Attorney Breckons is behind the order
that drew upon the list of people re-
cruited by the mainland labor agents.
The allegation is made that a number
of the Porto Ricans had intended to
leave behind them a company of wo
men Will WIlblii LllSS lletu DSSl iiNill6'
That these persons would be left a
charge upon the community is the con-
tenton now raised
special session of the Territorial
grand jury has been called today, and |
it is possible that the Porto Ricans
will receive much attention by the in
qusitoral body.
over at the quarantine station and
awaiting transportation to the main |
land by the Pacific Mail steamship Ko-
rea to sail for San Francisco on Fri |
day, are at least three hundred people.
These in the main are Filipinos.
One Porto Rican, who acted as a
sort of spokesman for the party, stat
ed this morning that they had been
offered work with the Alaska fisheries |
and ecanneries on a basis of $50 a
month for at least three months work
They are given their transportation to
San Francisco and thence to the fish
ing grounds in Alaska. They are to
be provided with return transportation
to San Francisco at the close of the
season.
In addition, the men were promised
an outfit upon arrival at San Francisco
or Seattle, including clothes, or better
known in shipping parlance as "slops.'
1t is predicted, however, that the la
borers will find themselves practically |
pennless when their seasons work is
completed in that the "slops" issued the
laborers will be of the poorest quality,
with the idea that the men will there /
fore be compelled to purchase other |
clothing and supplies from the COM |
pany stores In the Far North.
These people will land in San Fran
cisco practically broke" insisted one |
man who professed to know the labor |
game in the North
Breckons Makes Arrests.
OF the arrest made twelve were |
take ninto custody on United States |
warrants, charging violation of the |
Edmunds Act The officers of the AS |
sociated Charities asked United States /
District Attorney Breckons to inves-
tigate the conditions surrounding the |
abandonment of a number of women |
by Porto Ricans who were going to |
accept the promises of employment |
in the Alaskan canneries. The Off |
GERS of the Associated Charities learn
ed that number of women and chill |
dren would become public charges and
made complaint to Breckons with the
result that the arrests followed