The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-03-30
STRIKES And TIE people.

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Away from the turmoil and strife O
strikes and Iockouts. the people of Ha-
waii are fortunate in their relations
with the common carriers and the semi
public corporations with which they
must come in contact, for they are
spared some of the4strenuosity which
comes into the lives of the jewellers in
older communities.
Bridgeport, Conn, is one of the cities
where the people have had to take the
law unto themselves. even tho women
joining the protective league and fur
nishing the means to fight the battle of
the employer against ex-empIoyees,
who use force to prevent other men
from working in places which they left
The police have failed there to protect
the patrons of the street cars from at
tacks by union men who went on strike
and who resist the efforts of the nom
union men to run the cars. The citi-
zens after siding with the strikers for
some weeks, walking and boycotting
stores to aid the strikers. took a hand
to secure the ending of the tie-up., The
workers refused-to accept the mediation
or the terms, and the citizens at length
decided that they were the real suffer-
ers and had stood il long enough, so
they organized a vigilance committee.
procured arms, hired men and person
ally stood watch until they have now
shown the strikers that they must have
the use of the public conveniences, and
that they are not to be daunted in their
The commission which has finished
after five months an investigation of
the strike in the anthracite coal fields,
lays stress upon the fact that no body |
Of workers have the right to combine |
and dictate or attempt to dictate, to |
the employer or the other employees of |
any establishment. No more important |
cost of the strike to the three factors
n the struggle, the operators, the min
4rs and the transportation companies
rhe figures given by the commission
ire: Owners. s46. 1O0.O 900: Employees.
rs. OOO, 900; transportation Companies.
rs. OOO, 900; total, 500, 100000. And the
'eopie, the dear people, must pay for +
t all, whether they viii or no. The
rice of coal has been extremely high,
nd the profits win be divided, for the
hare of the miners, on the basis of the
ward. will be SO, OoO,o 600 added wages,
yer what they have drawn since Des
ember last, at the regular rates.
The move inaugurated in Hilo aimed
t the coming together of the workmen
nd the employers, with the intention
f driving Orientals out of the city
here they ply the skilled trades and
ack to the plantations, may be effec-
We. if only there is absolute faith on {
9TH sides. and the contractors do not =
gh over the higher wages they must q
~ citizens. One contractor is alleged
have complained that the rates of :
ages for American workmen are too
gh, so he employed Oriental carpen-
rs. The result was that very soon the
en- he trained were able TO take con-
acts out of his hands. one time on
e narrow margin of $72. =
There can never be the complete con-
Of of the labor situation by the work ~
en- here that exists on the mainland
lie relations between the employers !"
d the workmen must be friendly and G
ere must be no onesided support Civ
to such plans as those outlined at p
10. for if the carpenter is protected -
e barber and the tailor are just as D,
IL entitled TO support. =
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