The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-06-11

Waipahu railroad station by nine
others, including two women, who had
| all been kept concealed in the house
of rice planter. They boarded the
train quickly, not desiring to be seen
by the Japanese strikers lettering
about the station. On arrival at Wal
! pahu mill the delegation was met by
Manager Bull and his head men, who
had been informed that many of the
strikers were returning. They were
somewhat disappointed in the size of
the crowd, but Mr.. Bull had them con-
veyed to a house in which they for
merly lived, and not only the planta-
tion police officers, but two uniform
ed police officers from town who ac-
companied the Japanese on the train,
were posted as guards to prevent their
being troubled overnight.
Manager Bull and his men were more
than surprised, wien the former strik-
ers arrived, to recognize in the first
man to step off the train, one of the
leaders of the strike, Watanabe, a con
tractor who has thousands of dollars
invested in his various enterprises.
| Watanabe removed his hat and bowed
low to Manager Bull and the others.
On being questioned, all the men stated
that they desired to go to work this
morning, and meanwhile they asked
for police protection.
They also stated that at least one
hundred of the men who formerly
worked for Watanabe and other con-
tractors would be waiting at the out
skirts of the plantation after dark to
be brought in and placed under police
protection. Manager Bull gave orders
to have a plantation train run down to
the place designated by the former
leader and bring them into camp.
"Well, these are the first Japanese
we have seen in the grounds since they
were paid off and ordered out, - said
Manager Bull.
| Just before the regular train left foI
Aiea thirty-fve Japanese bought round
trip tickets to Aiea. 1t was under
stood that they were 20 call meeting
at Aiea and discuss the matter finally
and decide what they should do. They
were to return to town and notify
those in town of the action of the
meeting.
/ Maxine got wind of this movement
and at O'Clock let town IN an auto
accompanied by Negoro and Yama
shire. A reporter saw the party as il
left. He picked up a match and brok,
it, letting the pieces fall to the grount
and looked at Maxine to observe tn,
effect. Maxine understood that it re
ferred to tha collapse of the strike ant
looked cross. When asked where h
was going and what he intended to d,
on his trip, he replied, lamely:
"I'm going to make e last effort +
hold them.'! All the Oldtine bravad
and "hot-air'' were gone. He wen
to Aiea, where he add essed eetin,
under the large tiee back of tn
theater. The audience was compose
J mainly of contractors and their meI
i Nearly every man and woman VIII
r formerly worked on Eva plantatio
| was at work yesterday morning, thu
. closing the strike incident on that es
4 tate With the return OF ali striker
to Waialua this morning another chaI
ter in the strike will be closed, and a
the strike on Waipahu and Aiea
, now broken, the end IS not far distan
o 1900 strikebreakers Today.
Despite the return of the strikers |
work the planters are continuing
luTHisn stfihtDItdheTs, anu dDOut III
J. will go to Aiea and Waipahu toda
u There is much heavy work to do {
e the plantations just now, many of IL
o fields are requiring additional irrig
u tion, and the steam plows are hard
y work blowing up fields in preparatit
for planting.
a Hghtfoot and Thugs.
1t With reference to the statement
id the Bulletin that the Higher Wa
ID Association was unable TO put up 4
Is attorney Is fee to defend the assailan
o. of Giichi, the EVA japanese who wal
he ed to go back TO work some time az
1t Attorney Lightfoot, who was select
I'd as legal adviser by the Higher Wa
in Association at the commencement
re the strike, said yesterday that the m
he who assaulted Giichi asked him to
e. fend them in court, and he Tefus,
e. He stated that they had gone outsi
w the plan of the Higher Wage Assoc
IT. tion, and that il was Makino's wi
,ir and of the association as well, II
they be not defended by the assoc
'e' tion. 1t was not case Of the Iligl
on Wage Association, or the strike lei
ers lacking in funds, but simply Il
nd he (Mr, Lightfoot would defend