Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1898-09-19
BUSINESS MEN OF HILO
They Organize Chamber Of Commerce
and Memorabilia.
Coffee Planters Also Organize - Prospects Of
japanese Strlke-Trial On Con-
tract Labor Law.

has organized with the following
officers: j. W. Mason, president;
l.. Turner, first vice president;
DIR. p. Rice, second vice-president;
J. 7. Stacker, secretary; N. G.
Willfong, treasurer; II. 9. Austin,
auditor; g. A. Galbrai,h, +. Souza
and L. &. Hitchcock, directors.
The first business of this body
was the consideration of memo.
rial to the Commission. Quite a
discussion arose over the fran
chise proposition. The plea final
~ adopted was for a property and
educational qualification.
Trouble is already brewing
among the plantation lsborers and
it seems only question of the
amount of influence the japanese
consul has whether a strike will be
ordered. A plantation manager in
this district received a letter by the
Mauua Loa that a strike had beer
ordered but the japanese consul
called it off for the present. Eva
plantation has had to increase the
pay of the laborers to Sl5 per
month, and it is probable other
places will have to follow suit.
AT a meeting of the Coffee
Planters of Olaa held at the re-
sidepce of DR.. Russell last Sun
day, the following officers were
elected: President, DR.. N. Rue
sell; Vice-Presldent, f. Souza;
Secretary, A. Supe; Treasurer,
Chas. Eagan. The members dis
cussed the advisability of having
a committee appraise the lands
and it is probable this will be
done.
The trustees of the Hilo First
Foreign church rendered recep-
ion to Reverend and Mrs. j. A.
Crnzan in the church parlors last
Friday night.
Mrs. Loeoenstein has rented a
house in Alameda and will 90 to
housekeeping. j. r. Wilson and
family are keeping house in tn
same locality as Mrs. Loebenstein.
Messrs. Fulcher and Campbell
who did much toward inducing
the owners of the City of Colum
bia to make Hilo porto call have
been made agents 70! the Puget
Sound and Hawaii Stes mship
Company and have established
themselves as manufactures brok-
ers in the Sprsckel's Block.
On Tuesday there was heard in
The District Court a case which i
sure to attract attention through.
out these Islands and the United
States. The Honomu Sugar Go.
fled a complaint against one of it,
Polish contract laborers, alleging
that the man was guilty of the
crime of breaking his contract.
When the case was called At
torney Carl s. Smith arose
and Informed the Court that h.
appeared for the prisoner and that
he wished to move that the cas-,
be dismissed because the law un-
der which it was brought was con.
trsry to the Constitution of the
United States. The motion was
rverruled and the prisoner was
found guilty as charged and or
dered back to work. Upon hit
refusal to comply with the order,
Judge Hapai ordered the man to
jail, there to remain till he should
consent to fulfill his contract. Mr..
Smith filed notice of appeal to the
Supreme Court and he will 60 to
Honolulu and represent the pri
+oner in that forum next Friday
With the advent of the Puget
Sound and Hawaiian Steamship
line the banana industry has been
given fresh impetus aud it seems
probable that within the next
sixty days hundreds of acres OF
heretofore idle land will be plant
I'd in bananas and pineapples.
The fact that the line was to b.
started was communicated to the
people of San Francisco through
the Seattle aud Tacoma news
papers, and dealers in fruit in
California have revived their in
crest in the Hawaiian product