The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-05-02
ALL FRISCO
GOES AF00T
Rapid Transit Cars
Are Tied
Up.

great strike Of street car operators
which had been fomentlng Tor some
days, resulted In complete ue-up ol
all the lines In the city except Two on
the morning Of April 30. The strlhr
WAS effected without laWlessncss ana
everything has continued quiet Today
$500 men are out. and another thousand
are expected to sign the strike agree
ment tomorrow.
Although both sides dld much work
during the day. the strike stood last
nieh, Just as II did In the beginning.
President Holland, Of the company
said with emphasis that he would not
recede from the position he had taken
when he first supported General Man
nger Winnings refusal To deal win the
union I'm any way He would not dis-
cuss the purposes Of the company, but
he said he hoped 10 have some cars
running today. He was to have met
Mayor Schmtz last night, with counsel
representing all the interests involved,
and talk over the situation, but he
sent word that he was too III to attend
a meeting. and asked that it go over
until today. This means that no cars
will be running this morning.
During the day there was not n sin
gle case of violence. The public was
disposed to look with good humor on
the situation. and either walked or pat
ronzed the nondescript vehicles which
bid for their patronage. The strikers
gathered in force at their headguar-
ters, IL Turk street, and swarmed all
over the neighborhood from dawn UNI
til long after dark. But they were adj
vsed by the executive committee OF
the union not to commit any overt act,
and they followed this advice. Chief
whitman assumed personal command
of a small army OF policemen. whose
special duty II was to watch the strik-
ers, but the policemen had about as
much work to do as the men they were
ordered to watch.
Fifteen hundred strikers appeared be-
fore the city hall Sunday afternoon
and called for a speech from Mayor
Schmitz. The Mayor said:
THE MAYOR SPEAKS.
Il beg to acknowledge receipt OF your
very kind invitation to appear before
you and to address you this afternoon.
Being actually engaged in important
public conferences, l shall not be able
to come before you. ] congratulate you
on the evidences of public respect and
esteem which your observance OF the
law and your resort to only peaceful
measures have obtained for you.
Whatever may follow, l advise you
earnestly to maintain your present
peaceful aud manly attitude, and to &C
complish whatever ends you have IN
view without infraCtion of law OF
breach of the peace. l beseech you
also, one and all. to refrain from tn,
use OF any intoxicating liquor whatso'
ever during the existence of the pres
ent conditions. 1t may not be neces'
sary to suggest it, and | don't wish e
interfere with any mans personal lib
critics. but in times of leisure, enforced
or voluntary. indulgence in strong
drink is frequently the greatest cause
Of ensuing trouble and often leads tC
failure"
At the request of the United Rail.
ways, Mayor Schmitz addressed tbs
following letter to Chief Of Police witt.
man
Sir: Should occasion arise. assign
every necessary and available police
man for the protection of all propert!
involved in the strike and for the main
tenance OF peace at all hazards. 1t i
not the city's province, how aver, to DE
tail her peace officers for special serviC
10 move cars.
My investigation Of the situation thi
afternoon discloses absolutely peaceful
conditions and very manly and peace
able sentiments among the striking ca
employees Should trouble occur at an,
point from outside intervention, !
should be suppressed at once. Unde
no circumstances will violence be a.
lowed anywhere. Yours truly,
T.. +. SCHMITZ, Mayor
THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
SAN FRANCISCO. April 23.-Th
strike of street car men. which ha
kept the lines of the United Railroad
tied up for four days, may come to
close today. The strike was So quietl,
planned that the corporation officer
did not realize the seriousness OF thei
predicament until they were in tn
clutches of an invincible combination
Even after car after car had failed t
move for want of conductors and mo
tormen and after line after line ha
been rendered useless for the sam
reason. the officers did not comprehen
the magnitude of the strike and thei
inability to overcome it.
sunday, Monday and yesterday re
peated efforts We're made to get I'll
cars out, but all failed. A most deter
mined erort yesterday morning +,
suited in failure. In the meantiu
there has been no disorder, the strik
ers following the advice OF NAV,
Schmitz in the interest of perfect peac
Public opinion seems to be largely q
the side of the strikers Those ,
Mayor Schmtz are openly so and We.
terday the grand jury adopted resol
tons commencing the cause and cour.
OF the strikers and condemning the Ia,
tics of the United Railroads. The in.
biliy OF the corporation 10 resume OF
erations has had the effect of makir
II more amiable and a conference b
tween its officers and the officers
the Garments Union has been partial
arranged for this morning.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 23-Noon.
committee OF six from the Carmen