The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-04-06
Deep Significance
of ate Events
at HiIo.
All Plans Look to the
Exclusion of
Asiatics.
Union Will Be Made Up En-
tireIy of Citizens of
Territory.

HILO. April 2.-Perhaps the mos
significant movement in the line of tn,
real Americanization of these islands
that has occurred lately is contained
in the union labor movement recently
organized at Hilo. The Herald, in its
last issue, prints story that contains
in effect, every step taken so far in
the movement. 1t is as follows:
Believing that the interests of Hilo
will be best served by encouraging
American citizens to be identified with
the progress of this section of the Ter
ritory of Hawaii. the undersigned,
chairmen of committees representing
2s2 mechanics. citizens Of the United
States, engaged in structural contract
ing and the various trades identified
with this proposed organization, do
hereby agree that we will employ only
citizen labor; that we will work only
by the side of citizen labor; that we
will not finish, nor contract to finish,
any work begun by aliens and that in
all cases where aliens are in competi-
ton with American citizens we will
give preference to the latter in all of
on, ,,arSo,a1 daaIinorS
The quotation above is the resolution
offered at the meeting OF mechanics of
Hiio at Fireman's Hall last Saturday
night 1t was adopted and signed by
the chairmen of committees represent
ing eighteen trades and of which there
are two hundred and sixty-two work
ers in HiIo who are injured by being
thrown in competition with aliens,
principally Japanese.
The hall was crowded as at the first
meeting and there was quite as much
interest shown. Following the preamble
printed above came the following reso-
luton:
Resolved, That the Territorial and
Federal Governments enact such legis-
lation as will bring the desired result,
Resolved, That it is the sentiment of
the allied trades that the contractors
and mechanics he licensed and that
such licenses be issued only to COM
petent persons who are citizens of the |
United States 1t is further,
Resolved, That all Government work |
either by contract or sub-contract be /
performed only by citizen labor.
The petition and resolutions were
signed by the following:
H. Kendall for Carpenters.
]. NJ. Cameron for Plumbers.
E. Fuhr for Painters.
A. r. Hancock for Electricians.
r. E. Byrne for Blacksmiths.
]. A. Mcguire for Railroad Men.
Joaquin Carvalho for BARRIERS.
c. Lehman for Tailors.
H. Ludwig for Timers.
P. Hale for Stevedores
w. Todd for Harnessmakers.
A McAuIton for Transfers.
P. C. Beamer for Gun and Lock-
smiths
John Herring for Fishermen.
Fred Naylor for Boilermakers.
There was a motion put that COM
nittee be appointed by the chair to s
iraw a resolution to be presented to
he Legislature. Chairman. Kendall
famed c. L. Clement. J. NJ Cameron,
r. Hancock. w. Todd and E. Very.
The chairmen of the various COM
nittees met Monday night to prepare
lata to be presented at a general meet
ng on Tuesday evening and at the ,
after the resolution was read and ap-
'roved- AT the Tuesday night meeting
he hall was crowded to the walls and
My two interested persons were con- l
picuous by their absence. No changes !
a the original resolution were sug- '
ested. s
An employee of the Hilo Railway Co. $
eported that Superintendent Lambert t
lvored this movement and was willing {
} pay white laborers on the docks $3.50 /
er day. He believed. however, that
IT railway construction white men c
.ould not perform the work. In all I
Their departments citizens would be o
wen preference over aliens. In con- 7