The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-06-15

bonds, were released by consent on
their own recogniZance.
The complaint upon which Maxine
and others were rearrested yesterday
summarizes the whole basis of the
charges against the strike leaders. The
text of the document is as follows:
William Hery, being first duly sworn,
| on oath desposes and says:
That he is the duly appointed, quail
| fed and acting High Sheriff of the Ter
ritory of Hawaii. That Y. Sega, Y.
| Tasaka, X Kawamura, M. Negoro and
+, f. X. Maxine, all of Honolulu, in the
| City and County of Honolulu, in the
First Circuit, at Honolulu, in the City
| and County of Honolulu, and in the
Circuit aforesaid and within the juris-
diction of this Honorable Court, on the
18th day of January, in the Year Of
Our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred
and Nine, unlawfully, maliciously and
| frauduently combined and mutually
undertook and concerted together, and
with other persons whose names are to
| this aflant unknown, to do what plainly
and directly tended to excite and occa-
| sion offense, and to do what was OBJ
viously and directly injurious to an
other, in that, to wit, at lin. time afore-
said and at the place aforesaid they and
each of them did unlawfully, maliciously
and faudulently combine with each
| other, and with other persons whose
names are to this aflant unknown, and
| mutually undertook and concerted to-
gether to prevent Honolulu Sugar Com
pany, n corporation; Oahu Sugar Com
pany, Limited, corporations; Eva
| Plantation Company, Il corporation;
Waialua Agricultural Company, Limit
ed, corporation, and Kahuku Planta-
ton Company, corporation, then and
there being corporations owning sugar
plantations within the City and County
of Honolulu, Territory aforesaid, and
the managers thereof, from exercising
and carrying on the business Of said
corporations and from operating their
respective sugar plantations, such pre-
vention so alleged, as aforesaid, to be
accomplished by the defendants above
named, and by their coconspirators,
aforesaid, by certain indirect, sinister
and unlawful methods and means, to
wit, by intimidating and threatening
violence against, and by instigating and
| melting others to intimidate and
threaten violence against, and melting
and instigating assaults and batteries
upon all Japanese in the City and Coun-
ty of Honolulu, aforesaid, then and
there being who opposed or should OPP
pose an immediate demand being made
by the Japanese laborers employed
upon said sugar plantations, for an in
crease of wages, and who should OPP
pose a strike being started by such of
said lastna Japanese laborers as
were refused such demand, and upon
all In, 10 a ~
Honolulu, aforesaid, who should at
tempt to persuade any of said Japanese
laborcrs who should be refused such de-
mand for an increase of wages from
leaving the employment of the mana
gers or corporations aforesaid, who
were or might be employing them, and
from refusing to continue or renew
such employment and by intimidating
and threatening violence against, and
by instigating and melting others to
intimidate and threaten violence
against and melting and iDstigating as
saults and batteries upon all Japanese
laborers employed upon said sugar
plantations by said managers and cor
poratiOns who should continue to work
for the corporations and managers
aforesaid after being notified by the
defendants and their said cocOnspira-
tors to cease working for, and to refuse
employment from the corporations
aforesaid and the managers thereof;
and by intimidating aud threatening
violence against and by instigating and
melting others TO intimidate and
threaten violence against and in
citing and instigating others tn
assault and untedly aud in combina,
ton, and subject and according to the
orders of defendants, and said other
persons To aiiiant unknown, ms afore,
said, TO boycott financially and 10 os-
tracize socially all Japanese who should
fail or refuse TO join in with the de-
PENDANTS and assist them in carrying
out said unlawful, malicious aud fraud
ulent combination and plan, aud an
japanese who should fail or refuse to
use or assist In using or promoting the
use by Others of tho indirect, sinister
aud unlawful methods and means
aforesaid for Carrying Out such unlaw
ful, malicious aud fraudulent combine
ton and plan nf0resaidi thereby BY
Indirect, unlawful aud sinister means
aud IN the manner aforesaid, al the
Tine aforesaid aud al tho place afore.
SAID unlawfullYi mAliei0asly aud fraud
ulenily 10 prpYont tho corporations
aforesaid and the managers thereof
from rArrrFlnR ihelf trade or huslnpti,
aud them 10 lmp0Yrrisll, contrary 40
ihr form Of fhp hiHiHto iu such cAae
made ppd provided,