Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-12-18

the offenders photographed in order to
submit copies of the photographs to the
central councils and through them to their
affiliated unions. In this way the league
hopes to accomplish a double purpose-to
deter union men from patronizing Asiatics.
or establish the fact that the Offenders
are not union men. and thus refute what
is said to be persistent SANDER against
union men.
The attention of councils and unions is
also to be directed to the fact that many
berries sold in San Francisco are grown
and shipped to market by Japanese and
chinese, and wage-earners are to be eau
TONED against the danger of their health
and that of their families in eating berries
picked and packed by unclean and I'M
healthy Asiatics
The plans for holding a series of mass
meetings in coast and interior towns in
California were discussed at length, but
final arrangements were deferred until the
project shall be approved by the league.
which Will hold its next convention on Sun
day, July 1.
AS matter of fact, a most effective boy
colt was maintained against nearly all of
the Japanese restaurants located in San
Francisco for period of at least three
weeks. Pickets were stationed in front OF
these restaurants and every effort was
made to prevent people from patronizing
them. At times stones were thrown and
windows broken, and in one or two in
stances the proprietors of the restaurants
We're struck by these stones.
Japanese Restaurant Keepers.
I personally interviewed the restaurant
keepers and took Town their statements.
George sugihara, restaurant keeper at III
Sd street, stated that the boycott COM
menced on October 3 and continued until
October "a; that on the first day the boy
cotters distributed match boxes on which
was written white men and women, pat
ron1ze your own race that at about noon
of the second day large number OF men
came to his place of business and asked the
people who were about to enter his res
taurant not to patronize the japanese res
taurants; that customers attempting to en-
ter his place of business were sometimes
restrained by force, and that blows were
also struck; that on or about the 10th or
18th of the month the boycotters came three
times a day-morning, noon and evening;
that sometimes they threw bricks and
stones into his place; that one of the wait
ers asked them the reason why they did
these things and they replied, Ask the po-
liceman;' that it was very seldom that a
policeman was seen on the scene; that he
complained to the policeman on the beat !;
that sometimes the policeman spoke to the
boycotterS and appeared to be friendly with
them; that whenever a policeman appeared
who was unfriendly to the boycotters the
boycotters left; that on one occasion when
he asked the boycotters how long they In
tended to keep up the boycott they replied
Until the end-until the japanese give up
their business, pack up their goods and re-
turn to the place whence they came
Mr.. Sugihara also said that there was an
agreement to pay the boycotters for the
purpose of declaring the boycott off; that
all the facts We're known to Mr.. S. 1mura,
president of the japanese union, and that
the proposition to pay cash to the cooks
and walters union was made by Mr.. lmura,
representing the japanese union, and that
the amount to be paid was $3.50; that, he
Sughara, did not know the name of the
person to whom the money was to be PAID;
that he was present on OCTOBER 20 or 20,
when 500 of the $3.50 was paid; that he saw
the money paid; that it was paid by Imura,
as president of the Japanese union: that
he did not know the name of the man 10
whom the money was PAID, but would
recognize him If he saw him again
The windows of the Golden Gate restau-
rant IT. Sugiyama, proprietor, 256 Sd street,
were broken on October IT or Is. MI
Sugiyama stated that whenever any GUS
toners left his place the boycotters threw
stones at them, and struck them as we'll;
that his customers were all white people;
that it was impossible for him to stand at
the cash register near his window, as they
broke his windows: that one of the stones
struck him on the side; that on the first
day of the boycott he went to the Japanese
consul and applied for assistance, and that
the consul said he would write letter to
the chief of police; that on the second day
he went to police headquarters, at the cor
not remember the name of the officer whom
he saw, but that he was directed by that
officer to go to the southern station; tnat
three or four days after his visit 10 the po-
lice station a special policeman and the
regular policeman on the beat came to MS
Mace at the noon hour and remained from
IL to / and watched the place; that there
was no violence after the poncemen came
but that the men with tne match poAes
were always there; that when the police
men came there were five or six of the boy
cotters present at the noon hour.
S. Imura, proprietor of the White star
restaurant, j96 Sd street corroborated the
statements made by George Sugihara and
II. Sugiyama as to the breaking OF WIN
dows and assaulting of customers. Y ko-
bayashi, restaurant Keeper at ~ Ellls
street stated that his restaurant was BOY
cotted for three days only. l. kaWal, res
taurant keeper at 1913 Folsom street, stated
that his restaurant was boycotted Tor
twenty-one days. N. Shigegawa, or o36 30
street, stated that his restaurant was boy
cotted for three weeks. Y. Noda of 1905
Geary street stated that his restaurant
was boycotted for about month. e. Nlshi
of 1923 O'Farrell street stated that his res
taurant was boycotted for four days. X.
Tamura of T05 Larkin street stated that his
restaurant was boycotted for two days, and
O. Matsumodo of 1869 Ellis street stated
that his restaurant was boycotted for two
days
These restaurant keepers were all ex-
amined by me at the Japanese consulate In
San Francisco. They all said that they
were not assaulted by the boycotters, but
that the efforts of the boycotters were
mainly directed toward preventing custom
ers from entering their places Of business.
The restaurant keeper who was struck with
the stone said that he did not think the
stone was thrown at him, but that it was
thrown for the purpose of smashing the
windows and frightening his customers.
1t appears that the Japanese restaurant
keepers of San Francisco have union OF
their own, of which S. Imura is president
They made application, so they say, to the
Cooks and Walters Union of San Francisco
for admission to membership in that union,
but their application was denied. After
the boycott had been maintained for Few
days the japanese restaurant keepers held
a meeting for the purpose of discussing the
boycott and of devising some way of stop
ping it. They discussed first the obtaining
of an injunction and appointed commit
tee This committee visited the Japanese
American Association located in San Fran
cisco and asked the association to consult
a lawyer They were informed that test
case would cost $500 and that II the test
case failed 1t would cost each restaurant
keeper $500 for each case tried.
Second Meeting Held.
A second meeting of the Japanese res
taurant keepers was then held, at which
the matter was again discussed. The i'm
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