The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-08-10
FIVE HUNDRED
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WA|PAHU
From SATURDAYS Advertiser.l

CTrom SATURDAYS Advertiser1
Five hundred japanese laborers, who
deserted Waipahu plantation when the
strike was declared, left at 2 O'Clock
yesterday afternoon for the plantation,
with the announcement that they were
going back to work. This is the largest
individual concerted movement that has
followed the calling of of the strike
All day Thursday, and again yester-
day morning. the Waipahu laborers as
sembled in small coteries and discussed
the advisability of returning to work.
Some few of the more radical hotheads
tried to induce the Others to hold out,
while some of those VINO were doubtful
about finding their places open for them
insisted that the cause was not lost.
But the majority seemed to be very
anxious to get back to the caneields.
Wednesday and Thursday, few men
drifted down to Waipahu, though few
presented themselves at the plantation
office. They mixed with the men in
the fields, however, and left the I'M
preston that they would soon be on
hand themselves. 1t is believed that
the men now in camp at Waipahu, and
those who went down yesterday after
noon, will report Monday morning for
work.
Before the Higher Wage Association
officially called the strike off, some 400
men had returned to Waipahu planta-
tion. .liLst of them arriving singly or
in smrll groups, With the 800 that left
here Yesterday, and with those who al
ready were encamped outside the plan
tation limits, it is believed that nearly
the entire old force will be on hand
Monday morning.
There was also general exodus to-
ward Aiea yesterday, though nothing
like the concerted movement of the
Waipahu men. A large number of the
auen started to make the trip on foot,
so that there is no way of keeping tab
of the exact number that left here.
Maxine Higginbotham is said to be
advising the Aiea men to 60 to the is
land of Hawaii instead of returning TO
Honolulu plantation. As day before
Yesterday he was understood to be in
favor of having the men 60 back TO
Aiea, the change of front has caused
some surprise among the strikers.
Yesterday Higginbotham told the Al
ca men that there would be no more
free food for them at the Higher wage
Association kitchens, and he urged then
to get busy just as soon as possible.
Strikers who went to the island OF
Hawaii some time ago in search OF
work. are now hocking back. Theil
friends have written them, urging Their
return. and they are losing no time
evidently fearing that delay may resul
in the filing of their old jobs with neV
workmen.
Though some few Japanese ar
Thought to have secured work on tn
Hawaii plantations, the greater numpe
who went there are still jobless. Th
plantations steadily refused to emplo.
any Japanese whom the management
had any reason to believe might b
strikers, and those men who were work
ing did not show any great desire t
dig down into their pockets for tn
support of those who were not.
The soup kitchen of the Higher Wag
Association continued open yesterday
though on very small scale. Jus
a few of the strikers were fed there
but there were nothing like the scene
that have transpired in the past. Th
supplies are running very low, as loci
Japanese merchants have fatty decline
10 make any more contributions. A fe
small contributions have been receive
from the other islands, but not nearl
enough to keep the soup kitchen goin
on its old scale.
There are still few of the striker
who are preaching against returning t
work, but they are not collecting an
great followings, Most of these me
owe debts on the plantations which the
left, and are not at all anxious to G
back and liquidate. They therefore al
trying to induce the others to stay ava
in order TO swell their following.
AS far as is known, none of the Higl
er Wage officials are preaching agaln'
returning TO work. They all seem
realize that the sooner the men g
busy the better.
Maxine seemed very much agitate
when he appeared before the strike
yesterday morning, and his advice
the Aiea men to go to the other islan'
seemed to be given under the sire
of considerable excitment.
Associate Editor Haga of the Hawf
Shinpo, who in the absence of Edit
Sheba is in charge Of the paper. W
called into conference with Consul Ge
eral Uyeno yesterday morning, b
what the result of the conference Wi
has not been made public.
City Editor Mkami of the Shinpo
handling the strike situation for I
Shinpo, and yesterday seemed thoroug
~ satisfied with the present status
affairs.