The Hawaiian gazette., 1904-05-03
JAPANESE ON
A SERIOUS
STRIKE
Sixteen Hundred
on Waipahu
Estate.
of sfam

An angry, turbulent crowd of nearly
1900 japanese laborers surged through
the roads in the residence portion of
waipahu plantation yesterday, threat
ening Manager Ahrens and his lunas.
inflicting bodily damage on those of
their countrymen who would not join
them, and only the presence of sixteen
armed foot and mounted police officers
sent from Honolulu prevented a more
serious outbreak. The representative of
the Japanese Consulate, sent by Consul
Saito, was unable to convince his coun-
trymen that peaceabe measures only
PEELED to quit the strike rendezvous of
the Japanese and find place of safety
at the railroad station.
Last night the strikers and manage
ment were no nearer settlement of
difficulties than when the strike began,
out the presence of armed officers
through the night quelled any DISPOSE
ton there might have been to continue
physical demonstrations against the
management, and it is possible that a
conference may be held this morning at
which time the laborers will probably
make a formal presentation of their
demands.
WANT LUNA DISCHARGED.
The laborers' chief grievances are di-
rected against Head Luna Patterson.
whom they wish discharged from the
service of the plantation. The men in
timated last night that If this demand
was acceded to, they would immediate
~ return to work.
The Japanese side of the difficulty, as
told by an interpreter to an Advertiser
reporter who went to the plantation
last night was to the effect that al
though the plantation has tabooed lot
teries and gambling, luna Patterson has
conducted lotteries of various kinds for
his personal benefit, and in the event
that japanese laborers did not partici-
pate in them they We're discharged on
various pretexts. Another complaint is
that outsiders are not permitted to come
upon the plantation to sell merchandise,
thereby compelling the laborers to pur-
chase from what is offered directly by
the plantation. Ten complaints in all
are totalled up as the sum of their |
grievances
RESORT TO VIOLENCE.
The strike began practically about / |
o'clock yesterday morning when dele !
cation of would-be strikers made the /
rounds of the outside camps and pre-
scented their plea to have the laborers
join in a general strike. Opposition was
met in some of the camps to the project
and in such cases the strikers resorted
to violence Three men in as many diff
ferent camps who refused to join the
strikers We're attacked with knives ana
sabots and each of the three received
stab wounds. one was wounded in the
neck quite badly, but later in the day
even these three Joined the strikers,
possibly to prevent being dealt with
more harshly.
NET A TROJAN.
Shortly after daylight the strikers
came upon a gang of men who We're
under contract to build ditch, under
the direction of a Japanese named Ka-
wakami. The latter urged his men to
persuasively to them, that they refused
to be won over Kawakami was then !
singled out as one upon whom the
strikers would visit punishment. Ka-
wakami successfully held out untn
shortly after noon, He then rode into
the mill section and went among the
hundreds OF striking Japanese congre-
gated before the stores, lie was at
tackled dragged into store and taken
into back room, where he was beaten
over the head with the wooden shoes OF
his oaplors, lie WAS held down and
detained forolhly for about three hours
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