The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-06-14

TO MURDER AND
RIOT CHARGED
Fifteen of Japanese Strike
Leaders Arrested in Hawaii
Held for Trial.
ENERGETIC ACTION
OF THE AUTHORITIES
EVIDENCE SAID TO DISCLOSE IN
TENTION OF JAPs TO EVENT
UALLY CONTROL AFFAIRS.

Honolulu, June 13.-Fifteen of the
japanese strike leaders, arrested yes
terday upon indictments returned by
the grand jury, were given a prelim-
mary hearing today. District Judge W.
Ia Whitney held tweIve of them for
trial on charges Of consp1ring 10 r1oJ
and three for conspiracy to murder
The energetic action taken by the ter
ritOrial authorities, it is believed. will
make military Interference and TIA de-
claratiOn of martial law in any part of
the Hawaiian islands unnecessary.
When the territorial district court
convened in extraordinary session for
the preliminary examination OF tn
strike leaders. Sheriff Jarrett. with the
approval of Presiding Judge W. J
Robinson, ordered that no crowd would
be allowed to assemble about the cours
house during the hearings Of the Gaze
against the japanese, on the ground
that il was likely to lead to disorder
and disturbance of the peace. This Or
der was rigidiy enforced by a large de-
tail of police.
Order Prohibiting Crowds.
Following the action of the court in
holding the indicted Japanese for trial.
William p. Henry, territorial high
sheriff, united with County Sheriff Jar
rett in the issuance of d proclamation
tOrbidding the assembling of large
crowds anywhere in the territory, while
present conditions in the island obtain.
While thousands of idle Japanese are
excited over the arrest and trial or their
cOUntTymen the authorities deemed Il
wise to prevent the assembly of strlk-
ers in numbers that might lead to dis
order and violence.
The authorities declare that the evi-
denCe adduced before the grand Jury
yesterday. and the papers seized Fri
day, when the offices Of the Jill, Jap
anse newspaper, and those Of the Jap
anese Higher Wage association were
raided. furnished abundant grounds for
the belief that the strikers intended
from the beginning to resort 10 intimi-
dalton and violence in their effort to
control the sugar industry and even
tually the internal affairs of the terri
tory.
Plans Laid Bare.
District Attorney W A Kinney, who
has charge of the prosecution of the al
legged cOnspirators. stated today that
the evidence in the possession OF the
authorities discloses the entire plan Of
the strike leaders from the inception or
the agitation for higher wages.
The plan. he alleged. included the
controlling of the strike by a secret
committee and the carrying on Of a
campaign among the japanese labor
ers. through the columns of the Nippu
and the Jill, two newspapers controlled
by the leaders: the accumulation OF
funds for the hiring of attorneys to de-
fend and furnish bail money for those
placed under arrest as "a result Of their
activity; to unite III the punishment by
strikes or otherwise of such planters as
opposed the program, and to boycott
such of their own COuntrymen as re-
fused their cooperation.
Senichi UyenO. japanese consul gen
eral. has advised his countrymen
against the men who led the strike
movement from the beginning OF the
agitation. He expresses approval of
their arrest and prosecution.