The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-07-23
INJUNCTION HAS
BEEN VIOLATED
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That the japanese associated viii
the activities Of the Higher Wage A.
ISOLATION have deliberately violated IN,
injunction that was issued against then
by Circuit Judge Robinson is declared
IN motion for an order 20 show cause
In contempt proceedings that were be
gun yesterday by the firm Of Kinney
Ballou, Prosser and Anderson. the at.
iorneys for the Oahu Sugar Company.
The order to show cause was granted
by Judge Robinson and is made re.
tnrnable Saturday morning, when the
defendants named will have to explain
the actions that led to the institution
OF the contempt proceedings against
them. The order is directed against
/. *. Maxine, NJ. Negoro, NJ. Yama
shire, Hada, Kawakami, Fushino, Kat.
suJama, Seao, Miauchi, Yanagida. Dam.
bara, Matsuh, Full, Tanabe, Toshiro.
Buntaro Tagawa, 5. Nagao y. Takata
and X. Kawamura.
In the motion for the granting of the
order TO show cause il is declared that.
despite the positive and mandatory pro.
hibitory clauses of the injunction, the
defendants have continued the picket
ing of the Oahu Sugar Company. Ltd.
and by intimidation, threats and VIC.
lence have prevented the japanese who
wished to return to work from follow.
ing out their lawful privilege. The
name of Oyama Torasaku is mentioned
as the japanese against whom the
Higher Wage Association adopted the
methods that were in deliberate viola.
ton of the injunction.
Afiidavits Are Many.
Attached to the motion is the af.
hdavit of Oyama, which clearly shows
the methods that the Higher Wage As.
ISOLATION is using to maintain its in.
huence over its followers. In the course
of the affidavit the Japanese says:
The strikers are divided into bands
of twenty each provided with leaders.
Whenever man wishes to absent him.
self he is obliged to 20 to the leader
and explain the reason and get permits.
sion in the form of written pass Men
are checked up every morning and IL
anyone is absent without n pass other
men are sent for him and search for
him and locate him.
'On Saturday, July 10, 1909, de.
termined to return to work and in order
to get back to Waipahu l applied to the
officer of the Waipahu branch of the
Higher Wage Association in Honolulu
who has charge of issuing passes stat.
ing that ! wanted n pass for week
j was informed ] could not get pass
for a week and asked for a pass for
three days and this was also refused,
and / was told by the men who issue
the passes that | could get a pass only
for one day and that / could get to
Waipahu, and If i wanted an extension
of that time L would have to apply to
the office at Waipahn. The officers of
the association require you 10 give a
reason for getting pass and i gave
as reason that / had friend at
Waipahu who was sick. / left Honolulu
in the train leaving at 2;15 and ar
rived at Waipahu. at o clock Saturday
afternoon. i met friend named Sawa.
'da on the train whom / persuaded to
come back to work with me. As we
came up from the station and approach.
ed the Office of the Waipahu Higher
Wage Association, some of the pickets
were on the yeranda adjoining the
street ] showed my pass because
had to in order to get by. While the
pickcts were examining my pass my
friend Sawada disappeared and ! have
not seen him since. After ] saw that
Sawada had gone ! became frightened
and was afraid Of trouble, so / went
into the shop to buy a piece of cotton
goods with the idea that that would
bear out my story that / was going TO
see a sick friend, that being the custom
among japanese when n friend is sick.
! was in the store bargaining and then
Mr. Scovllle came up and l accom-.
panied him to the plantation Office.
Threatened by Pickets.
"Before | left Honolulu that noon
telephOned to Mr. Bull and asked
him If could come back TO work. Mr..
Bull said yes, and / asked him TO have
policeman meet me at the station. /
met Mr.. Scoville at the station and
Mr.. Scoville told me and my friend to
walk up the road ahead Of him and that
he would look after us. When / stop.
ped TO show my pass TO the pckets,
and while / was talking with the pick.
cts, Mr.. Scoville passed me in his auto.
mobile and that was when | made up
my mind to buy the goods. / did not
get my pass back from the pickets.
! do not know where il IT, IL had tha