The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-07-22
INJUNCTION HAS
BEEN VIOLATED
Contempt Proceedings are Be-
gun Against the
Agitators.

That the japanese associated with
the activities Of the Higher Wage. AS
ISOLATION have deliberately violated the
injunction that was issued against them
by Circuit Judge Robinson is declared
in motion for an order to show cause
in contempt proceedings that were he
gun yesterday by the firm of Kinney,
Ballou, Prosser and Anderson, the at
torneys for the Oahu Sugar Company.
The order to show cause was granted
by Judge Robinson and is made re-
turnable 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
F. K. Maxine, NJ. Negoro, NJ. Yama-
shire, Hada, Kawakami, Fushino, Kat
sujama, Seao, Miauchi, Yanagida, Dam
bara, Matsuki, Full, Tanabe, Toshiro,
Buntaro Tagawa, S. Nagao, S. Takata
and K. KaWamura.
In the motion for the granting of the
order to show cause it 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 vio
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.
Afidavits Are Many.
Attached to the motion is the af-
fdavit of Oyama, which clearly shows
the methods that the Higher Wage AS
ISOLATION is using to maintain it's in
fiuence over its followers. In the course
Of the affidavit the Japanese says:
1.-The. strikers are divided into bands
of twenty each provided with leaders.
Whenever a man wishes to absent him
self he is obliged to go to the leader
and explain the reason and get permis-
sion in the form of a written pass. Men
are checked up every morning and If
anyone is absent without a pass other
men are sent for him and search for
him and locate him.
son Saturday, July 10, 1909, I de-
termined to return to work and in order
to get back to Waipahu / 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 a pass for week.
| was informed I could not get a pass
for week and asked for pass for
| three days and this was also refused,
and | was told by the men who issue
/ the passes that could get pass only
| for one day and that I could get to
Waipahu, and if / wanted an extension
| Of that time / would have to apply to
the office at Waipahu. The officers OF
! the association require you to give a
reason for getting pass and I gave
as reason that / had d friend at
Waipahu who was sick. | left Honolulu
| in the train leaving at 2:15 and ar
rived at Waipaha at 3 clock Saturday
| afternoon. I met friend named Sawa-
| da on the train whom I persuaded to
come back TO work with me. AS we
| came no from the station and approach.
| ed the office Of the WaipahU Higher
| Wage Association, some of the pIcKers
were on the veranda adjoining the
street / showed my pass bfssause ]
had to in order to get by. While the
piclxets were examining my pass MY
! friend Sawada disappeared and { have
not seen him since After T saw that
Sawada had gone became frightened
| and was afraid of trouble, so went
| into the shop to buy q piece ole cotton
goods with the idea that that would
| bear out my story that ] was going to
| see sick friend, that being the custom
among japanese when n friend i sick.
I was In the store bargaining and then
/ Mr.. Seoville came up. and accom-
panied him to the plantation Office.
Threatened by Pickets.
ssBefore ] left Honolulu that noon
I { telephoned to Mr.. Bull and asked
/ L,n, s II aa,.ld aannn haaIr m work Mr.