The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-12-06

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ity for the statement that Fred Ma
kino is mixed up in the affair. lie
has claimed TO his employer aud to :
). PaSon. the local manager for the
company, that Maxine had asked him
70 join in plan for establishing local
unions among tine Japanese laborers.
Maxine denies that he has any hand
IN the business at all, urging on the
other hand that the japanese can not
agree among themselves long enough to
unite for anything, even if they had
any grievances, which they have not.
He stated, however, that he had been
informed that Charley ChnIingworth
was working to unionize the japanese.
having been offered by someone a bonus
Of fifteen cents a head for all japanese
who would come into union Maxine
expressed doubt as to ChiIlingworth S
ability to make a success of any such
a scheme.
Chillingworth admits that it has
been proposed to him TO unionize the
plantation laborers and that he has
been considering the matter.
George Yamaaa acknowledged to the
Advertiser that he had been approach
ed by a stranger, claiming to be a.
Federation of Labor man. He denies
this admission to others, but that does
not count. He has taken too many
into his confidence, however, to make
any denial of his interview with the
Advertiser effective. 1t is known posi-
lively that this man called ON him re-
peatedly, urging his scheme, but was
turned down.
X. Odo, japanese interpreter, who
is employed off and on by Judge Hum
phreys, is also said to know consider
able about the matter, but no state
ment could be secured from him.
Both Maxine and Chillingworth de
ny the existence of any Federation
agent or any man representing himself
to be such in the Territory. Maxine
says that the whole story is fake.
Chillingworth says that if there is such
imam here at all he is only trying
to work private graft.
1t is interesting to know that the
sewing machine agent Yamamoto, who
says that Maxine tried to enlist his
services as union organizer, also
claims that Maxine wanted him to
go to work on the plantations some time
ago drumming up recruits for the emf
grafton to Vancouver. At that time
Maxine repeatedly stated that he
would take only those japanese who
came to him voluntarily and that he
was making no attempt to induce la
borers to leave the plantations to sail
in the steamer chartered by him.
Maxine was interviewed by the Adj
vertiser on Wednesday afternoon. Chill
lingworth was interviewed yesterday
afternoon. In the meanwhile Maxine
had been to see Chillingworth and
talk the situation over, while there had
also been consultations in the matter
between Chillingworth and Yamada.
WHAT CHILLI&GWoRTH SAID.
81 have nothing to say in the matter
at ALL is the way Chillingworth at
first answered an inquiry put to him
yesterday as to his share in the pro-
posal to unionize the plantation Ia
borers. "I refuse to talk If the
Planters Association saw fit to send
an agent to Vancouver to fix me, |
know what I can do. -
Chillingworth was then told of the
information concerning him secured
from Maxine, particularly concerning
the fifteen cents a head he was sup
posed to receive
Well, it has been proposed to me
that I go to work and form unions
among the Japanese, he said in an
swer, but not for any fifteen cents
head. / have been considering the
matter, but / have not definitely made
up my mind one way or the other. In
the first place, if l formed the unions,
| would be their attorney, and there
would be money IN it. On the other
hand I can not see my way clear to