The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-07-20
UYENO URGES
MEN TO co
TO WORK
tFrom Mondays Advertiser,

General Uyeno appeared before an as.
semblage at the Honolulu theater and
urged the men to go back to work.
The Consul General did not mince his
words and did not leave any room for
doubt as to his meaning.
That the official Is words made a deep
impression on the more intelligent of
his hearers was very evident, and after
the meeting several of them announced
their intention of going back to work.
Leaders of the Higher Wage Associa-
ton were much in evidence Hfter the
meeting and several of them tried TO
undo the work which the Consul Gen.
erals advice had accomplished, but
! they seemed worried.
During Uyeno's talk the majority of
the listeners sat with rapt atten-
tion. Occasionally there wo6ld be a
little whispering among some of the
men, but they seemed TO be discussing
the advice of the official rather than
criticizing it.
was some desultory discussion among
those present, but nothing was accom-
| plished and the meeting adjourned
without any definite decision having
| been reached.
| Consul General Uyeno was accom-
panied by Eleve Consul Ida.
At Headquarters.
After the close of the meeting at
the theater, Uyeno went to the head
quarters of the Higher Wage Association
at Kakaako. Secretary Ito accompa.
MED him on this tour and remained
with him throughout the meeting.
Taking warning from the result of
the meeting at the Honolulu theater,
some of Makino's henchmen got busy,
and when the Consul General arrived
at headquarters, he found a crowd of
Higher Wage men on hand to receive
| him
Though these men made no attempt
| to interfere with the official, they mixed
with the crowd and interrupted him
| from time to time in the course of his
address. The advice delivered by the
| Consul General was the same as that
which he gave in his earlier address
at the Honolulu theater. He urged the
strikers to return to work on the plan
tations, and leave it with their en-
ployers to settle the wage question.
The trouble.makers in the audience
broke in upon his talk every few min
utes with shouts of Cheat him, stone
him." Uyeno paid no attention to the
covert threats and continued with his
talk This meeting closed without any
tangible results being accomplished.
Shortly after the meeting, the Nippu
| Jill, the organ of the Higher Wage
Association, posted big bulletin in its
Office window announcing that Uyeno 8
meetings had been complete failures.
| A short time later an extra edition of
the paper was published, making the
same claim.
Prominent Japanese who either were
present or talked with those who at
tended the meeting, stated yesterday
that they were convinced that the
Consul General s remarks would bear
fruit. They stated that the great mass
of the strikers were favorably impress
ed and, though it is not believed that
there will be a concerted movement to-
ward returning to work today, they say
that there is every reason to believe
that good many individual workmen
will start for Aiea and Waipahu early
this morning.
Strikers Disseminated.
That large number of the strikers
are becoming more and more dissatis-
fed with their present position is be-
coming more and more apparent, and
daily assertions from the ranks of the
Higher Wage Association are reported.
Contributions from the other islands,
which up to two weeks ago amounted
to tidy sum of money, have now
ceased almost entirely, and house ser.
wants are Directing to working hard
and then turning over their money that
| others may live in idleness.
, The delegates, sent down from the