The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-05-23
(From Mondays Advertiser,

ers are on strike at Maui plantations
All the Japanese at Waikiki went out,
one week ago last night and those on
the Pioneer Mill Company's plantation
at Lahaina went out Friday night.
Things have been very quiet at Wal
luku but there was considerable vio-
lence at Lahaina, the riotous strikers
stoning the windows of the big Pioneer
mill and resisting the efforts OF the
mounted police to dispense them. Yes
terday morning small body of troops
arrived from Waikiki and camped in
the streets of Lahaina. Since that
time there has been no trouble, al
though 1t is feared that there may be
an outbreak at any time. The men at
Lahaina are being paid off as rapidly
as possible.
The first news of the strike was re.
ceived In this city in the shape of a
wireless telegram from Plantation
Manager Baldwin to High Sheriff
Henry stating that 400 Japanese were
The High Sheriff at once sent a mes
sage authorizing all the forces neces-
sary to be called out He suggested
that citizens be sworn in as special
deputies IL necessary and said that IL
that were not enough, reinforcements
would be sent from Honolulu. Colonel
Jones of the First Regiment, n. G. H.,
also received a message from Baldwin
and ordered Co. a." Captain VIM. Bal,
commanding, to proceed at once from
Wailuku to Lahaina to protect prop
erty. These messages from Manager
Baldwin were sent at about IL n. m.
and since that time no further news
has been received.
Passengers on the Wilder liner Kinau
which left Lahaina shortly before II
o'clock yesterday morning bring fur
Their details concerning the beginning
of the present trouble. From the
decks of the Kinau, lying out in the
bay, the militiamen could be seen
encamped In the streets of the ancient
capital town. Crowds of Japanese
could be seen but things seemed to be
very quiet. Several of the passengers
who went ashore report that there
were about fifteen militiamen in sight
and the only thing they seemed to be
killing was time. They seemed to take
the expedition in the light OF a joke
and picnic, although If the laps get
rioting again they may take 1t as
something more serious.
George II. Robertson of C. Brewer &
Co., returned on the Kinau from q trip
to Wailuku and gave the following
story of events last night:
"a week ago tonight all the laborers
on Wailuku plantation went out. They
presented n long list of silly and I'M
reasonable demands which Were re-
fused by the company. Among other
things they demanded an increase of
pay far beyond the increase already
promised to them this month. The
manager gave them to understand that
he did not propose to grant any such
unreasonable demands. There has been
no trouble, however. Notwithstanding
the universal walkout at Waikiki the
plantation has been able to run it's
mill in the day time all the past week
1t is uncertain whether they will be
able to do so the coming week or not.
"As to the strike at Lahaina / can
only tell what I heard there. ] under
stand that all the Japs at the Kama
pail camp of the Pioneer Mill Co. went
on a strike last night (Friday). They
| objected to the luna and also presented
long string of unreasonable demands.
The company brought them into La
| haina on cane train and announced
| that they would pay them off. They
began paying them before we left
Last night they stoned the mill, break
| ing all the windows. The mounted
| police charged them, attempting to dis
perse the mob but We're unable to do
| anything. At o'clock this morning
a detachment of fifteen or twenty
militia came over from Waikiki and
were posted around town. All the other
Japanese on the Pioneer plantation are
out on a sympathetic strike. There
was no violence when we left"
Other passengers corroborate Mr.
Robertson's statement Inquiries at
the Office of II. Hackfeld & Co.. Ltd,
the agents for the Pioneer Mill CO..
Ltd, failed to elicit any further in
formation, 1t being stated that nothing
had been heard from the manager. G.
I Brewer & Co., Ltd, are agents for
/ Wailuku. 1t is not known whether
{ further violence occurred after the sail
! ing of the Kinau, causing the man
ager to send his messages to Henry
! and Jones, but it is thought that these
messages were merely precautionary
measures. The local police force is
ready, however, and should a call come
a company win be sent by special
steamer.
THE WAILUKU STRIKE.
Yesterdays Maui News gives the fol-
lowing particulars about the strike on
Wailuku plantation;
Between two and three hundred Jap
anese field laborers from the Wailuku
Camp and the mill hands of the Wal
luku Sugar Co struck last Monday
forenoon.
The trouble came about over the two
dollars raise which was agreed upon
some time ago by the Planters Asso-
citation
1t appears that the main instigators
of the present strike who are truck
and mill men, were given a raise prior
to the general raise, and when the two
dollars per month additional was given,
these few men, less than ten were not