The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-18

tering their places or 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 fright
ening his customers.
It appears that the Japanese restau-
rant keepers of San Francisco have a
union of their own, of which S. Imura
is president. They made application,
so they say, to the Cooks and Watt
ers' union of San Francisco for ad-
mission to membership in that union,
but their application was denied. Aft
er the boycott had been maintained
for a few days the Japanese restau-
rant keepers held a meeting for the
purpose of discussing the boycott and
Of devising some way Of stopping it.
They discussed first the obtaining Of
an injunction and appointed a COM
mittee. This committed visited the
Japanese American association To-
Gated in San Francisco and asked the
association to consult a lawyer. They
were informed that a test case would
cost $500, and that if the test case
failed it would cost each restaurant
keeper 5000 for each case tried.
A second meeting of the Japanese
restaurant keepers was then held, at
which the matter was again discussed.
The impression seemed to prevail that
even if ali Injunction was obtained it
would take too long, cost too much
money and be ineffective. They then
determined to pay money to the boy
cotters and appointed a committee for
that purpose. The committee con-
sisted of S. Imura, G. Sugihara, Y.
Kobayashi and Mr.. Nakashima. The
sum of $3.50 was collected by this
committee from the restaurant keep
ers, in amounts ranging from $3.50 to
$25. An arrangement was entered
into with the leader of the boycotters,
whose name was only known to S. I'm
ura, for the payment of the sum of
$3.50 for the purpose of declaring the
boycott off. Imura declined to give
the name of the man to whom the
money was paid, claiming that he
had promised not to do so, but if nee
essary he would furnish the name to
the Japanese consul.
Before leaving San Francisco the
consul informed me that w. S. Stew
enson was the man to whom the mon
ey was paid. One hundred dollars
was paid by check at the Japanese
American bank on Suffer street in San
Francisco, the check being made pay
able to the order of w. S. Stevenson.
There were present at the time this
check was paid S. Imura, G. Suginara
and some members, so Imura said, OF
the bank, probably clerks. The bal
ance of $3.50 agreed upon was to have
been paid on Monday Oct. 20, but the
man Stevenson did not call for the
money, and 1 was informed that it had
not been paid up to the time of my
departure from San Francisco. The
boycott stopped with the payment OF
the money.
All of the restaurant keepers united
in stating that their business had
fallen off at least two-thirds during
the period of the boycott. The CORE
spondence between the japanese con-
sui and the chief of police is hereto
attached and marked Exhibit D.
(p. 81.
There have been a number Of boy
colts of white restaurants in Sar
Francisco, Oakland, and other cities II
California in the past five or six years
growing out of labor disputes. These
boycotts nave been maintained fol
weeks at a time, and during theil
maintenance threats have been made
and acts of violence have been COM
mitted. Pickets have been stationed
in front of the restaurants and the
names even Of customers entering the
restaurants have been taken down and
reported.
1 saw the chief of police as also H
H. Colby, captain of police in charge
of the district in which most of the
japanese restaurants are located, and
was informed by both of these officers
that as soon as their attention was
called to the disturbances on Third
street. officers were detailed at each
of the Japanese restaurants at each
meal hour, and that the officers We're
instructed to arrest if any violation
of the law was committed, and that
after the officers were so stationed
there were no disturbances Or viola
lions of the law.
The chief of police assured me that
every effort would be made by him to