The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-05-23
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Think They Will Return.


Think They Will Return.
Many OF the head men of this plan
tation apparently expected that they
would be taken back, for some of them
asked Portuguese laborers to care for
some ported plants until they came
back" This was considered nerve"
on their part.
Crocodile Tears.
On Friday Manager Bull and all the
white employees received invitations
from the Waipahu Higher Wage AS
sociation, as follows:
"Waipahu Oahu, May q, 1909.
"Mr Edward X. Bull, Manager
Dear Sir: All Waipahu Japanese
are very glad your attendance at the
meeting which will be held in Japa-
nese school tomorrow before the with
irawal to say goodbye. Yours very
truly,
"wAIPAHU HIGHER WAGE ASSO-
CATION"
Neither Manager Bull nor his as
sistants attended the meeting. Their
connection with the Japanese ended at
IL O'Clock noon, when the last pay
schoolhouse at 1890 was not inspiring.
A number Of Japanese lay asleep in
the main room of the temple and in
the school room. A Japanese banged
away on the sonorous copper gong to
call the strikers in, but few answered
the metal summons, and those who
did came slowly. Ats1 o'clock about
eighty were present. They were sui
len-looking lot of men,
Scene of Activity.
In and around the mill there was
activity. The strikebreakers were
bringing fresh-looking yellow cane to
the mill, where it was sent up the
chute into the rollers and reduced to
juice in the usual way. Attendants
were all along it's route. The centrif-
ugals were manned by strikebreakers,
with expert Chinese workmen in gen.
erai charge. The saccharine product,
yellow and glistening. was raked down
and funneled into sacks by strike
breakers. placed in rows and sewn by
Portuguese women. Over in the ware
house the big sacks were neatly piled
by strikebreakers. There was not 6
break anywhere in the line of cane
from field to the sack, and Manager
Bull was satisfied. 1t was more ex-
pensive, but the sugar was going into
the sacks, and that was the principal
thing Today many skilled carpenters
will arrive from Honolulu and take
up quarters in the buildings vacated
by the Japanese. The buildings were
secured out yesterday.
xxyharn Wac Narcl,fno rInutp
But the much talked-of procession
: from Waipahu to town was not much
in evidence. The Waipahu brass band
composed of japanese was not con-
spicuous. Only one member wearing
the uniform trousers was found. Those
who came to Honolulu came by train
And so il was all along the line.
Lightfoot Mixes In.
Down at Honolulu plantation. Attor.
ney Lightfoot, accompanied by Ma.
lSino, Negoro and others, held meet.
ing. and the contractors were advised
not to accept the amount rendered
them by the plantation, Mr.. Lightfoo
pointing to a clause in the contract a.
if tn sustain his contention that tn
contractors were not bound to accep
the SIS offered them in settlement
This caused a halt in the proceeding
OF getting the Japanese strikers of
the plantation. Manager Ross cam
TO town and had a conference witt
the agents and others, and then re
turned to the scene of action.
Strike Headquarters.
There are two sets of strike head
quarters in town, one in the Yama
shire Hotel, the proprietor being on
of the principal agitators. and tn
other on Aala street. where sacks @
rice are piled high and labeled as ric
Tor strikers. 1t was to the latter plac
that delegation of strikers fror
Area went on the arrival of the Is
p. m. train yesterday. They came I
town with their light luggage At tn
Aala street headquarters thew we,
hnea up excited headquarters clerk
went over lists and finally the bnnn
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