Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-04-01
SAUNDERS IS Y
MASTER OF SHIP

Captain j. w. Saunders Of the Pa
cihc Mail liner Korea gave plain and
unwistakahlc notice to all concerned
that ne Is master Of the ship whose
bridge h" proudly trcads
Despite the Importantly from CO.
tcric Of Hawaiian Sugar Planters As
aooiltiuu representatives. anxious for
q delay In the sailing Of the vessel
last evening. and the declaration COM
Ing from delegation of city and cOun-
~ police officers that they were not
given sufficient time to serve some six
~ warrants upon "A crowd of several
hundred Fiiipiuos, Captain Saunders
remained obduratc aud told one and all
that the Pucilc Mail liner Korea was
advertised to sail for san Francisco at
/ O'Clock that afternoon, ana sail she
would at the hour named.
"IIavc those men and their baggage
placed on board at once" Numbered
the Korea skipper from the rail of the
promenade deck. addressing his officers
who remained near the NO.'4 hold, in
which portion of the E'iiipinos re-
Cruitcd by Labor Agent Craig had
been assembled and were being eX-
amincd by Sheriff Jarrett. chief of
Detectives McDuffie and squad of po-
lice officers and interpreters. dssistcd
IN their work 10y the representatives of
the Planters Association
We want to keep that crowd out
until we can serve warrants ON those
now In the stecrage," Insisted Il repre-
sentative of the planters.
sfFI haG. t,4It,1, an tho largo "a A.
scngcrs for this ship. and order them
aboard Mt once" snapped Captain
Saunders, pulling his watch at the is
suancc Of the order.
The fun then commenced. Nearly
three hundred Filipinos, Porto Ricans,
Portuguese and other natiunalitics
swarmed through side port and II
was next to impossible to scgrcgatc
them or gain their names In order that
subpOCnas might re served ut the re-
quest of the planters, who desired some
sixty of the Eorca's Storage passcn-
gers as witnesses in case against
De Gussmun, charged with illegal re-
cruitlng of labor.
Tho hands on the ships clock APP
preached dangerously near the hour of
I. Bcrgcr's band had commenced on
the final strains of musical leave taxi
ing
Sheriff Jarrett and other officers had
succeeded in serving but few over n
doacpl Of the warrants owing to II
faulty listing Of the names
This ship will sail at 4 o'clock" de
clarcd Captain Saunders An persons
on board after that hour are good for
a trip To san Francisco"
wv" have Honolulu officers on board
who are trying To serve warrants" in
sisted u planters representative.
This ship can he held up by no Of
ficoI Of the law save one who Is repre-
soutiuE the United States Govern
mcnt," replied Saunders Get your
men off this ship, as she will pull away
from this wharf on time"
A. the huHrsc calI Of the electric
light sirou boomcd forth the hour Of T.
the Euncwuy leading from the Alakca
wharf 10 the Korea was hauled in But
few minutes before that time, Sheriff
Jarrett, his opiccrs and delegation Of
people who were looking after the
planters interests hastGned ashore.
Labor Agent Craig shipped two hun
dred and nlty FilminOg by the Korea,
The police secured sixteen men after
their labors covering nearly one hour
Had we succeeded In holding back
ting Korea Tor an hour or two, we could
have served all warrants in hand" said
one who had been compelled to beat a
hasty retreat from the ship
Captain Saunders only smiled His
officers winkCd knowingly, that the old
mans" reputation for promptness had
not been shattered.
The FilipnOs removed from the Ko-
rca were escorted uptown, while Sher-
If Jarrett looked relieved to think that
hc failed to draw a larger number Ia
crowd his mcagcr quartcrs at the city
AMI county bastile.-