The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-06-26
JAPANESE TRY ROUGH
TACTICS ON HAWAI- |
Interesting Budget Of
News From That
Big island.

OLAA PLANTATION. Hawaii, juno -.
while IT may be that they are over
confident, the management OF Olaa f"ol
quite sanguine, II the utterances Of
those IN charge are 10 De taken as the
standard that tue labor crisis has pass
ed as far as they are concerned. and that
the work undertaken will be carried for
ward as heretofore, without let or hin
drance. The Advertiser in Its issue Of
the nth inst. contained the olly account
published Of the policy Of arbitration
adopted by The representatives. Of the
japanese laborers on this Island.
In pursuance Of the plan agreed upon
by the committee Of the Council, con-
'sisting Of President Min gishi and Mes
srs. Sakamaki, Sato and OnOmco, visited
every plantation on Hawaii and had long
conferences with the managers am open
air meetings with the employees At Olaa
the committee were met by Manager Nc
StoCkCr and business At once proceeded.
The committee, in answer 20 their ques-
tion as to the policy he Intended to adopt,
were Informed that he had decided that
the contracts between the plantation ana
the laborers were as binding and effect
ual now. on both parties ms they had
ever been and that he intended TO stand
on them. When made those contracts
were lawful "a the countries where they
We're entered into; were specially recOg-
nized by those Recommendations and
HawaE-aad special laws and rules were
made and passed iy both on the subject
matter. Japan Insisted that the Japan
ese Immigration Society give a bond TO
the Government fog the fulhllmcnt of all
its contracts with h.r subjects before
they could emlraIt, the society oXactcd
bonds from tno planters and also from
the labUTers Themselves before they left
Japan. and IN the sgd plI these acts were
ratified 10y both nations and became a
part Of their statutory laws. MIR Me
Stocler was advised, and was of the
opinion, that the United states had not
abrogated or nullihDd those contracts,
but had simply struck out the penal
clause.
He accepted the situation as far as he
was concerned and was ready, and In
tended. 70 perform his contract If the
laborers iatcndCd TO violate theirs he
could not preycat them, but would have
his remedy against their bondsmen, as
they would have against the suTet!es of
those whom he acted for
The committee, after this declaration
of the managerial principles, asked per-
mission to address me luborers ana OBJ
tanned Il willingly. During the pow-wow
between the powers, the thousand aud
more laborers had gathered IN their plan
tation villages, where the committee VS.
tied them and the decision of Mr.. Me-
Stocker was laid before them and eX-
planned. At the conclusion of the meet
ings the committee had another confer
ence with the manager ana stated they
would answer HIM In a few days. they
said that the men had lntimated their
intention Of continuing IN employment,
but thought they s..ould be allowed hall
an hour more time every day. Mr.. Me
Stocker answered that ten hours n day
was the agreed working time and he saw
no reason fer the reduction asked and
could not grant it with Justice to those
for whom he acted. In reference to the
taking of tine for consideration, the
18th and nth of June were holidays, but
on the 18th he would expect every man
at his post and would consider the ab-
sentees as having abandoned their con-
tracts This was communicated TO the
laborers and there was nothing left but
TO await the coming of the fateful 18th.
on that day the big Plantation" moved
along as usual and that's the situation
at olaa now, with every prospect of con-
tnunnce. DAN u. PENN.