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Peonage Probe in Hawaii Ties Planters to Labor Abuse
Letter from Samuel Gompers to the U S Department of Commerce and Labor accuses Hawaiian sugar planters of peonage and illegal recruitment of Russian and Siberian peasants. It details brutal living conditions, withheld wages, compelled purchases, and arrests of leaders, urging federal investigation and prosecutions. Consequences for territorial officials and calls for protection of American labor are urged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gompers
Bies
Hawaii
United States
Robert Shingle
Waterhome First Company
Senate
W. O. Emmitt
Sugar Plantera” Association
George A. Cubter
Congress
Harbin
Biberia
Hawaiian Territory
Ciy
Marbi
Charlie
alekHonn
Russian Siberia
Howaiian Islands
Hawaiiian
Islas
Submianion
A. Vantiet
Mitom Anil Surupom
Ton
Wen
Aix
Vasillof
Honolulu
Mt Neamn
Act of Congress
Hawaiian
Iounds
Mae
Samuel Gomprer
American Federation of Labor
Charles Nagle
Department of Commerce and Labor
Washington, D.C