The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-04

suppose lnat the committee was to cali
| upon US for the purpose of talking
| over the matter we ALWAYS make il
point to listen to all complaints or
| anything of the kind, and treat ali such
matters with the consideration which
/ they deserve In this case however
! we We're waiting for the committee to
MAKE US call. After the first COM
/ nlunlcauon we heard nothing more OF
! the matter until the last day of last
month, when we received a notice from
/ the committee to the effect that an
! answer was desired by a certain time
! we gave the committee audience very
shortly after the receipt of the last
communication
! Mate Tut, formerly of our COM
pany, came TO me and demanded that
! the wages of all the mates be raised to
/ the Coast standard. If he had ap-
preached me with proposition in regard
! 10 himself alone il would have been
| an entirely different matter, or if he
! had said that he had been asked by
the rest of the men to present their
| case to the company things might
have turned out little differently In
| stead of that, however, he demanded
| that the wages Of all be raised. AS
FAR as Tut was concerned, / had no
| tlced for some time that ne was doing
| good work, and contemplated acting
! accordingly as far as he was person
| ally concerned. When l saw. however,
| that he wanted to dictate terms I dis
J charged MIN.
We have sent to the Coast for men
and expect them in a very short time
As far as the Harbor Association is
| concerned, / do not see how that will
prevent us from getting men. When
men want work they are not likely TO
go hungry just because an organZa-
| ton orders them not to accept posi-
| ton
What the Strikers Say,
!
J called at the Advertiser office last
evening and requested that the follow
ing communication be given space:
| According to an evening paper.
! President Ena says that the strikers
are showing signs of weakening, and
several have already asked for their
| positions back. This is not true. No
! one has asked for his position back,
| and at a meeting held today il was
again unanimously decided that they
would not return to work unless the
| steamship companies agreed to pay
| Coast wages and to reinstate all the
| men in their original positions. It is
evident that Turk and Lewis, the ship
| ping men, are working in the interests
of the steamship companies. as they
| have approached several of the men,
| trying by every means or persuasion
| known TO induce them to go back not
| hesitating in the way they handled
the truth in their inducements, much
! 10 the amusement OF the. Str1keTS, VINO
! strung them numerically.
! President Ena also states that the
majority of the men out have Hawaii
an licenses. This is also, not true. as
| OF the men out, only three hold Ha-
/ waiian licenses.
which the Inter-Island Company is, 1t
is known that they sent a man to
sea on the Hanalei last night (Wed-
nesday) who has been repeatedly dis
charged for drunkenness, and the
strikers are wondering if the travelling
public in general are aware of the
fact.
AS far as the weakening proposition
goes, the men, when approached, mere
ly laugh and say they have not dis
President Ena's statement about
bringing down men from Frisco, 1t IS
well known to the men and to all who
are familiar with Coast shipping, that
at this time of the year, it is almost
impossible to get men to man the ships
out of Frisco, owing to the heavy de-
mand in the. northern trade"
! Striker Writes TO the Press
The following is the substance Of a
letter written by one of the striking
mates and sent 20 a friend of his who,
according to the striker, is employed
in a responsible position on one of the
San Francisco dailies:
Just a line to let you know how the
world wags. L wish you would put
the following in the paper on which
you are employed, so as to let the
people Of the United States know how
the owners of these boats down here
treat and pay their mates
Wen, the mates addressed a request
for a conference. on the 18th Of March,
to agree on a raise of wages for the
mates of the steamers, and the presi-
dents of the two companies never paid
any attention to their request until
the mates took action and. on the last
day of the month, sent in formal
demand to the presidents of the two
companies to give them a hearing,
, which they very reluctantly did, and
! then Immediately told the men who
waited on them that they could con-
, slider their services at an end. Then
the rest OF the men walked out to
support the reinstatement of the men
discharged, and likewise to make the
. companies accede to their demands for
I an increase of wages. / also include
a list of the scab captains OF the Inter
Island steamers who promised the
company to man the boats in place of
the mates, who were merely asking
for wages which would enable them 10
, live.
The mates asked that they be given
Coast wages; the present rate of wages
= here is less than seaman gets on
= the Coast It is s65 for mates, $40 Tor
second mates, and $40 for tnird mates
per month.
: Just think of it-they have been
: employing men down here for years al
L the above salaries and, since annexa-
:. ton, it sticks in their craw to thins
:, that they have to pay white mems
r wages to Americans. How the mer
;. heretofore Compelled. as they are, tc
n nav for their own maintenance wher
: they are in port. on Sundays or holi-
r DAYS and, the men of all departments
n are compelled TO feed themselves. ever
: now) managed to live. is a puzzle tC
:. me. will be in San Francisco almos
d as soon as you get this. as l will To-
n work for these Chinese wages under
e any consideration.
k Upolu Said to be Wrecked.
y 1t is reported by wireless telegraph
from the Island of Hawaii. Mahukona
that the Island STEAMER Upolu wa,
- wrecked on the reef at Puako on tn,
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