The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-06-04
STRIKE HAS NOW ENTERED
UPON THE FINAL STAGE

The following letter appeared ~ the
Hawaii shinpo yesterday morning,
Hawaii shinpoi ! wish 20 appeal 90
the Hawaii Shinpo and resident Japa-
ncae gentlemen about the strikers
position today. our object In higher
wages. We read about higher wages
ia the newspapers. one paper said
that We would gct II right away by
any means Another paper said Il
must he done peaeeably, IL said that
II was an economic question and
should be settled amicably. Then
these two papers began to fight and
We thought that when their contro-
versy was ended the day for higher
wages would approach.
After that the Higher Wage Asso.
citation was formed and the Nippu
jill became its organ. They hoisted
the ensign for higher wages and for
the immediate increase of wages. The
president of the Higher Wage Asso-
citation stood before us and said that
higher wages could be obtained only
by striking We were told that we
would get better wages IL we would
come to Honolulu The words were
spoken with eloquence and we, simple
laborers as we are. believed them.
We do not like small wages; we want
higher wages so we said that II would
be better IL we struck and so we left
the plantation.
Some of us had pigs chickens and
vegetable gardens as side issue, but
we sold them off for practically moth
ing and came to the city. We had
made up our minds to get higher
wages and we left the matter to the
Higher Wage Association and the
Nippu Jill.
Recently we read in the papers that
the planters passed a resolution .hat
they would not give way to the strilI-
ers. To this resolution the jill made
no reply, neither did the gentlemen
of the Higher Wage Association go to
see the planters. They want to keep
us on strike. 1T is like fight be-
tween two tigers. We do not want
to continue in senseless strife because
as soon as the strike started the Japa-
nese consul sent out official instruc-
tions to us.
The Japanese Merchants Association
| notified us to settle the strike in an
| amicable way and do not understand
why the Jill and the Higher Wage
Association try TO oppose such in
structions and advice. We do not
know what they mean, We have de-
termination. but we ask impartia
opinions from the Shinpo, Japanese
| Merchants Association, the Chronicle
and the japanese gentlemen of this
| city.
| vivas Needs the Money.
| ]. M. vivas, Portuguese attorney
| of Maui, is in Honolulu at present. /
| was reported in the afternoon papers
that he had been offered $4,000 to 81
to Portugal and Illustrate the EFFORT
of the Board, of immigration.
| When interviewed yesterday after
| noon by an Advertiser representative
| Mr.. Vivas stated that the Afternoon
Ifapers had not reported him correct
ly. He said II did not come to Homo
lulu on any business connected will
the strike. / came to see to the I'll
ing of the incorporation papers of TIN
i Maui Market and Land Company ant
other law matters.
"Last Monday a Japanese frien'
called in company with an official o
name | cannot mention. He asked m
who first bucked the Hackfeld immigra
ton scheme and | replied that it wa
j. NJ. Vivas, then acting as editor o
the Sentinella, Honolulu Portuguese
paper; .o,,
Gee to go to Portugal and frustrat
the i'm migration movement instlgate
there by the Honolulu board. san
that / would 90 if the fee were larg
enough. He asked me how much an
/ said that / wanted to see $4,000 dc
posted in bank before j left.
al was the first man to demur wit
II. p. Baldwin when he first began t
bring immigrants from Portugal. IN
Hawaiian planters have made a bi
mistake in bringing in wharf rats N
stead of camponezas, or peasants. Ihel
emissaries stayed in the cities an
made big promises that attracted man
mechanics as well as no-goods who bni
along the waterfronts of the seapor
towns.
~ could tell you of instances o
men who were brought here under tn
promise of making S. day at thel
| trade and who were put to work cu
ting cane, work to which they wer
entirely unsuited. If the planters war
| to get the right kind of Portuguese
here they should go after the peasant
! and not the mechanics, who can max
, less here than at home, or the whar
rats who are no good under any cond
5 tons.
Would Go II Money Shows.
While Mr.. Vivas would not comm
himself in words as to his smypathie
ii could be seen that he was quite VII
ing to make the trip should the agiti
: tors come through with the fee aske
for But he seemed to think that thel
was no chance of this happening an
smiled loosely when acquaintance
asked him how he liked the heft
' ten thousand dollars.
More Strikers Back to Work.
+ There was quite return to work
h some of the plantations yesterday NOR
r ing. At Maialna all the Kawail'
2 Japanese returned to work and motif
r was served both there and at EW
. that all the Japanese mus either T
turn to work or get out.
Meanwhile the number or strlk