Show WHITE SLAVES IN I OYSTER INDUSTRY I Men Starved Man Handled and Forced to Work Beyond Endurance t- t WAS NAS SYSTEM OF PEONAGE I Owner wlmer of el es Arrested for Inhuman Treatment of Both Buth and Black Norfolk Va Nov O 1 12 Protesting Protesting that thc they were abused m mercilessly r a. a assaulted half starved and forced to work almost beyond human endurance endur endur- ance eight men two whites and six blacks were ero brought hero today by United States Marshals West Vest and Miller Mil Mil- ler who had r rescued them from he the two-masted two bay oyster schooner J J. J S. S Whiting A warrant has been heen Issued Issue for the tho arrest of the owner of the time vessel on a charge of peonage The Time stor story told of or Robert Hobert Taylor and Elijah Murphy the thc white while men is a repetition of oC all that thal is shameful in inthe tIme the oyster Industry According to I tho men the captain of the Whiting l' l forced his men to work like hike slaves fe fed them only the cheapest food and small quantities oven of that beat boat them when he felt like it and kept them prisoners aboard the schooner Only by smuggling a letter ashore telling of or their plight were the time men able to communicate with their friends and obtain relief According to their story the captain opened or destroyed destroy destroy- ed Ci their mail mall and refused to permit them to post pmt letters When hen they complained complained com corn of this the he captain is reported report report- ed cd to have said Mid To lo hell with report report-I Uncle Sams Sam's mail malt It Is expected that when arrested I he will also be hI charged with an offense offense of of- Of In this connection |