The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-06-02
STRIKES.

is almost impossible write clearly strikes In these islands
we have beene fortunate from the fact that we have not had deal
with the but where touches the whole body polite does
in the United States England France in Germany and Ho
land the serious of problems that be put before
administrators public affairs The who put strike
OF the heroes of mankind The military hero overhrows, the
hero who the Of the worker builds and does
estimabe good to his state.
The subject strikes forcby telegram
the mainland says ninety thousand textile
Philadelphia yesterday
affairs than the floods Kansas These people under any
depression and YET they deliberately they will not work 1t the
privilege truly of refuse work If he prefers
theoretically the allows him But unfortunately
refuse to work and also refuse starve which be og
cal but which really fact The state comes in and if jas
the nonworkng heo Then the produces the tramp who
the of the United States.
The history might interesting but the result Of strikes
interesting still Take them large the earliest
date OF nkesomewhere the early trtesand there has
been which has not adantaged again the hand struck against
The beginning of strikes be actuaed by noble purposes but
each there always ignoble ideas and purposes
The month OF May closed with the ndusia disturbed
don of the labor market both the East and the West
which has displayed itself for The strength display
shows that the line OF be taken stronger than
words There assured action going obe taken by who
idle in their thousands
week May 100000 struck against $4,000
the last week Of April and Bradrees shows that all forty cent
of the strikers reported January first the first fortnight Of
May OF weather conditions have something do with this
There are not so many strikes in winter as there are in summer
The leading of this unsetemen Of labor has from the
desire OF increased is serious take and sometimes
disastrous Calculated dollars and prob
1emaca whether ke with the object of increasing wages has
paid In New Zealand where the bong has practically
political power his hands question of strikes has considered
and regular arbitration has been by law established To
strike New Zealand would be punishable offence But wages
constantly being adjusted readjued community
Besides striking for higher wages which may regarded us
fable though be paying much for ones candle there have
been purely strikes which utterly unushabe Thus
instance there strike of unions of carpenters against
the other the OF the strike being the determination
the other union The OF suffering enaled in such struggle
both unuhab On the other hand there
unusable lockout building material who locked
ont the teanter the employers giving the effort of the
combined their toe building industry
Looking the mainland and considering labor conditions
inevitably brought the consideration the strikes There
ample work be obtained but from another
of remain idle Idle empty cupboads More
the habit OF deness other habits the
deness Thus strikes leave ndebe
which takes long eradicate. There
should be better method of settling industrial disputes
strike is costly the worker, and unsatisfactory
results