The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-06-22

ager), and are coming back to the
Higher Wage Association and by kneel.
ing down on the ground and bowling are
asking pardon.
Planters dog and pig who have given
such painful taste to these fifty men,
do they still try to entrap 10000 of
our brethren into death positions for
the benefit of planters9
Bulls Afidavit.
Another affidavit attached to the mo-
ton is by Manager Bull of Oahu, as
follows:
That he knows the contents of the
affidavits made herein this day by Shi-
mizu and Uyemore, employees Fof the
Oahu Sugar Company; that after the
strike had been declared at Waipahu
i by the Higher Wage Association lead
ers and their following, affiant found
these two men, Shimizu and Uyemore,
very much overcome with fear, so much
so that they refused to remain at their
several duties or to continue to work,
alleging that if they did they were like
ly to be murdered; that afiiant believ
ing that these fears were well ground
ed and that their lives were in danger,
but for no other reason than that they
had been faithful servants of the plan
tation aforesaid and their services had
been recognized and rewarded, and for
no other reason than that these two re-
fused to have anything to do with the
Higher Wage Association, affiant be-
lieving that they were likely to meet
with violence if they remained on the
plantation, told both of these men to
leave the plantation and to hide in Ho-
nolulu, where they were at liberty to
remain, upon pay, until such time as
the plantation could afford them proper
projections; that that time having come
through the aid of the police the two
men returned and have been at work
since, but it is apparent to afiant that
the small band of japanese that have
returned are working under constrainit
and fear, even now and that they take
alarm at every little thing; for instance,
when Shimizu went to Honolulu some
days ago and left the said laborers in
their quarters, they became very much
alarmed and refused to go to sleep, and
were found by the plantation authori-
ties in state of great excitement and
trepidation, which continued until Shi-
mizu returned;
That these conditions among the
Japanese that are at work on the plan
tation still continues and, in affiant :;
Judgment, will remain unchanged as
long as the agents and leaders of the
, Higher Wage Association can with i'm
punity threaten and intimidate thosC
who, if left to themselves, would prefer
to be at work rather than on strike.
That among the persons awaiting tria
herein for the Waipahu riot are officers
and members of the branch association
of the Higher Wage Association located
at Waipahu, including Mitsunaga, re
, ferred to by the said Shimizu in his af
r fidavit as having given him notice t
, leave the plantation.
Afiiant further states that the defend
, ants herein, charged with riot. are thu
!, men who are charged with participatin,
/, in the riot which occurred at Waipahl
on the evening of June Sth, when a maj
! was attacked upon the streets by mem
/ bers of the Higher Wage Association
/. and strikers for returning to work OF
, the plantation, the riot taking place il
an attempt by the mob to rescue tn
q man who committed the assault upol
: the returning laborer who was arreste,
and in the hands of the officers of tn
/. law. In this riot Higher Wage leader
. at Waipahu took a prominent part.
: Jiji's Vicious Articles.
5 In an editorial, ON February 6, tn
Nippu said:
0 "There are in the plantations a kim
1 of yipers called the sycophants. The
4 always act to the detriment of tn
. peaceful relations between the planta
b tion managers and the laborers. II
y well known that they are the cause o
g many complaints and are also the sourc
}. Of troubles in the plantations.
p ''If We should try to bring abOu
I peace in the plantations, and try I
I advance the interests Of the laboferi
!, we must, first, get rid of these syeC
y plants who are the yipers and the para
n sites We have partly succeeded /
o ehastising the two great newspaper
,. which are the tko great sycophants o
o Honolulu, Therefore, We say 10 on
I friends Ia the plantations, 20 stand u
and get nd Of the syeophants Of IN
plantations They are those base 10
. lows who receive q little higher wagf
5 and behave themselves ina0lently an
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