The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-05-21

must face. There is the Tanamoshi
dues which they must pay, and the
Tanamoshi system goes throughout the
plantations. There may be notes and
payments of various sorts to settle up.
The strikers have already lost, on Aiea
plantation, eleven days pay. Waipahu
has lost about nine days pay. The
Japanese are already losers to the ex-
tent of about $4,000 or more in pay
alone.
Fred Maxine laughs when the Tana-
moshi matter is mentioned and says
that the japanese understand each
other and will stand by each other.
E. d. Tenney's Report.
The report of President E. d. Ten
ney of Eva plantation yesterday was as
follows:
"On May II the number of Japanese
who returned to work at Eva planta-
tion, was S92, and on May 1S 1873
/ turned out, an increase of 4Sl men over
the previous day. The average number
of japanese working daily on the Eva
! plantation is about 1855 men; therefore,
/ the attendance at work today is but
2s2 below the regular force. These men
who are short consist principally of cut
| ters and lOaders-and of these, working
under contract, a total of Al worked
! yesterday, and today the number work
| ing is III, an increase of l30.
"It is quiet at the plantation and
it is the expectation that larger force
will be at work tomorrow
Half of Remainder Join.
On Monday half of the Eva strikers
returned to work and half of the re-
mainder is reported to have returned
to their duties yesterday.
Maxine, when asked about his Sun
! day trip to Eva, and being warned
away by the japanese, says that that
was not true. "There was man
named Tanaka whom we wanted to see
and we heard he was at Eva, so we
went down there. But when we got
there we found he was at Honouliuli.
and so we waited at the station and
took the next train back to Honouli-
uli." That's all, quite simple.
AS to Maxine and Negoro, it is re-
ported that each time they 90 down
to plantation to "advise" they re-
ceive $50 each, or at least that is what
they are said to charge for their expert
services in re the strike,
Nippu ulJI ndIlpauJ.
The Nippu Jiji, organ of the Higher
Wage Association, the agitators and
strikers, says that Kahuku will be the
|, next plantation to be tied up. The
, Nippu says that the laborers have ask
cd that higher wage leaders be sent
down there to help them. The Nippu
is also authority for the statement that
men with torches and oil tins went
through the Kahuku camps and with
the lights and banging on the tins
aroused all the japanese and big
meeting was held and that the men
We're favorable to strike.
1t is said that the japanese opposing
the Higher Wage propaganda are "get
ting the worst of it, at Kahuku, and
that they have fallen out so much with
their co.laborers that the strike sym
pathizers have offered them travelling
expenses to leave. The Nippu claims
that the Kahuku men will claim or de
mand more than 800 day.
Those opposed to the strike there ar,
Ireported to be the skilled labor
The Nippu claims that the WaianaC
plantation has asked that severa
"leaders' be sent there to stir uT
strike agitation. The Nippu is making
threats.
Other japanese papers state that il
what is in the Nippu about coercion
on Kahuku plantation is true, the plan
tations should afford protection fo,
those who have decided to remain Will
the sugar people.
Association Meetings Held.
Meetings of the Hiroshima and va
maguchi associations, composed of Ia
borers from the two provinces so namet
are reported to have been held las
night to discuss ways and means t
back up the strikers. These associa
tions We're formed by the High Wag
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