Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-05-13
Punished
FOrDanlage
Done Cable

NEW YORK, May l3.-The Unit
ed States Grand Jury for the South.
ern District of New York has just
found an indictment against Robert
McMullen Master of the dredse
0noneaga, belonging to the Newark
Meadows Improvement Company for
breaking on January % two cables
belonging TO the New England Tel
egraph Company, a part Of the Com
mercial Cable Postal Telegraph syS-
TEN. these cables RAINING under the
North river from Ne wYork City to
jersey City.
The indictment is for violation Of
the United States Statutes which
were enacted for the protection OF
cables. 1t seems that the dredge was
at work in the North river in con-
nection with the McAdoo tunnel,
which runs from jersey iCty TO
Cortland street, New York. 1t is
stated that tie cable contained fifty
five wires and that it required two
days to repair them, and i'll the
meantime the telegraph business
over the wires was entirely inter-
rupted. In case Of conviction the
penalty nav be two years inprison-
ment and $4,000 fine.
This is the first indictment ever
found against master or owner Of
a vessel for damaging telegraph
cable. It is Of great importance to
masters and owners as well as tele-
granh and ablecomnanies.
eraph and cable companies.
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in town at night by train ANA out to
work again in the morning.
This Is the strike-breukng program.
On Oaha plantation the management
has not yet framed its letter In rcpl%
to the complaint Of the workmen,
There Is not the slightest prospect,
however, that the management will &c.
ccdc to the demands or deal with the
men in any way until they 90 to work
When the harvesting Is going forward
and work proceeds the questions At Is
sue will be discussed.
Chinese At Work.
, Manager Ross Of Honolulu Plan,l,
tiOn reported at the noon hour that
many of the Chinese wOrkmen Of thu
plantation had gone to work today and
they would all be at work tomorrow
Up to that time he had heard nothing
from the committee of labOrers ii
whom his letter of last evening was
some members Of the committee went
this morning to Waipahu to confer
with the strikers there.
Boycott BY Aeitators.
The commercial situation among The
japanese merchants Is getting serious
since the japanese laborers ut Aica
and Waipahu went on strike.
Tie strikers, II Is authenticity re-
ported. intend to boycott the japanese
merchants who will decline to con
tribute toward the strike fund" II
this connection, they hold that since
they have been patrOnizing the mcr
chanti, they were entitled at least t.
some consideration. The leaders Oi
the strikers thrnu.h their committee
are receiving subscriptions from the
sympathi2ers, whose names are kept
In a book.
Japanese Merchants Assoc iation.
II Is generally reported that the Jap
anesc Merchants Association will hole
, n meeting today to discuss the strik,
, situation. ID. YOnekura, the president
when seen this morning was non-cpm
municativo. lie said that he was moi
fully aware of the situation of IN,
strike and intimatcd that the strik,
was not good thing for everybody.
Christian Ministers Lead.
According to one authority, til
strike at Alien, was prompted by on,
Of the Ministers of the Gospel II,
did this according to the infogmalt
IN order to win the confidence Of tn,
Japanese laburcrs, so that when III,
proper time comes. he could Undue,
them to become members of HI
church. The japanese Buddhist min
listers are highly respected by the Jap