The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-12-14

u steamers and the arrival
Of a labor agitator were
the principle topics Of in
tvxuzxu. terest on the wharfs yes
si'li'lll'''p terday Shortly after
noon the japanese liner
Nippon Maru left for the Orient She
took a good many Orientals from here
and several cabin passengers The
coal passers who had worked al! night
putting the necessary fuel aboard the
steamer TO carry her 10 Japan had
slowed away a considerable quantity
OF gin IN their skins and many Of
them were ln 2 co1oltion OF semi-un-
oonsriousnsss when the vessel left
tho cock. The freight handlers are
great people 90 Jolly themselves along
with louor while they are working
hard They earn their money by the
sweat of their brovs and Ike To
spcnd it a. thcv please and good
deal OF il goes for gin.
Promptly AZ . O'Clock the big trans
port Meade pulled away from the
NAVY wharf on her way TO Manila by
wav ~ Guam and Taku. IL was quite
a lob getting the vessel Strengthened
out and started for the mouth OF the
harbor as she is so long and the space
that there was for her 10 turn in was
noue too large The tug Fearless and
the Meade had a tIg-ofwar for about
three quarters Of an hour before the
transport was finally headed for the
mouth uf the channel In having his
head pulled around the captain Of the
transport let 60 his stern line long be-
fore there was need of il and so all
the hard work of pulling the vessel
around developed upon the tug. Had
the stern line been kept out the vessel
would have got away much easier.
After the lire was lee go Captain Will
son began 90 work the Meade with
her engines and so he decided that in
stead of hauling his stern line aboard.
to cut il and leave il here and get
IL when he returns. This was done
and the big manila line was hauled
ashore and taken up-,own to a safe
place TO await the return of the trans
port The cutting Of the line was Je-
cause the captain was afraid that it
might become entangled with the pro-
peller and DELAY the vessel. There
was q good-sized crowd at the wharf
TO see the Meade OFF and as some Il
the passengers who arrived in her
renamed mere they were also at the
wharf 10 see their friends off on their
long journey across the water.
There was a good deal of discussion
among the laborers on the Oceanic
wharf yesterday afternoon regarding
the merits o. a speech which sas de-
livered on the wharf al noon time by
Il. ,F 2 h. l,h
Of the Coast Soon as the noon whis-
les blew the man made his appear
ance with an interpreter and mount
ing a pile of freight, gathered the la
borers about him and began his dis
course on the trials of the laboring
man in these islands He abused the
missionaries and the sugar barons.
He spoke Tor free labor with a short
days work and plenty OF paw He told
his listeners that they were working
too long and getting too little pay and
advised them to all Join in labor
union which would take in the workers
OF all kinds and protect them in their
wages, BY so doing they would be
able to earn more money and not work
over eight hours a day unless they re-
ceived extra pay at overtime rates.
His clincher was the tale of how the
sailors union had raised the price nf
seamen's wages from thirty to forty
nve dollars month The sailors were
only able TO accomplish this end by
al lstanding together and holding out
for more mon~v refusing to work for
les sthan the had asked for The
dock lahorers ere advised TO do this
same thing
Before the N had finished he was
asked 20 plea leave the wharf The
way in which the invitation to get out
was extended 10 him brooked no re-
iusal and he went. His words to the
laborers. however, caused them to talk
n good deal among themselves and il
rs thought that week or two at most
NJ see something in the way of q
union among the men who earn their
daily bread on the wharfs.