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Show J A W.VKMNCi TO OTHUIH. j Mow American Workmen Are Trrul.il In I Irntral Amcrlm. j Nkw (1i;i.ea, July !.y The steam-j steam-j ship ri-.-'"M!r MorsearrKed here today Iwiih SC4 passenger aboard. The I MofM-, w hich is from Central Americn. , reached the itiaramiue sfatiuu tin !,-.vs I ai;o w ith lti of her 2t!2 paei;rei sick. . A death had occurred at L'lilla'on board i tho stesmship Oleri, from which the pasemcrs w ere taken, which was sv-Karded sv-Karded as suspicious. ai.d four more at iinraillue. A counnittee of experts visited the tel today to determine whether the disea.se from which the paspeniers were mifl'orttij; was contagious conta-gious or not. The doctors found 10:1 of the passeuirers sick frtMumalan.il am) billions fevers and dysentery, and that the live deaths had all orciirred from the same diseitse. There lifting no contagious con-tagious disease a mom: thnui. tho passengers pas-sengers were accordingly allowed to disembark. They are AnWu-kiis from all parts of the country w ho Went ilosvu to Central America in April to work on banana plantations at l. icetc. in Honduras. Hon-duras. Most of them were uiiuc!i-inated uiiuc!i-inated and suffered severely from the diseases of the country. They say further that they were very harshly and badly" treated; thai their food was' wretched and insuliicicut; that tho quarter were w - it limit Jlooritig or roof, and no beds were provided lor the men, and thai after working three mouths many of them found themselves in debt to their j employers. Ten of the party died from debility. Many of the men taken from the vessel today were in a very bad condition, so wasted and weak that thev had to be earned ashore. They were very indignant at the owner of the fruit plantation on w hich they worked and tho employment ollic'o w hich sent them to Central America. |