The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-06-03

the row that developed bidding fair to
bring about a speedy ending of the
trouble of the past few weeks.
A majority of the strikers are now
anxious to return to work and may do
so very soon without waiting for the
leaders 20 furt her advise them.
From every hand comes the assur-
ance that the cause of Maxine ct al. is
weakening, their support falling away
from them and they themselves being
forced into position of opposition to
the laborers.
Little Money Coming In.
The Higher Wage officials published
partial statement of the association
finances in yesterdays issue of the
Nippu Jill. This statement showed that
! from all sources they had up to May
81 been able to secure only $4122.35 as
strike fund. How much of this had
been spent and how, the officials are
discreetly silent about.
The fact that the collections have
been so little, in the face of the boast
ings of Maxine and Negoro, shows alb
1 solutely that the laborers have not SUI
fcient faith in these self-appointed
leaders to trust them with money.
Divided at Waialua.
'tThere appears to be difference of
! opinion on Waialua plantation about
| the japanese returning TO work, the
| Kawailoa men, as far as we can as
certain, desiring to go back, and the
| Waialua men opposing, said President
E. D. Tenney of Waialua plantation
yesterday afternoon Whether. when
it comes to a showdown, any Of them
| will return to work, is a question. Other
than that l do not believe they are
| ready to express a desire to go back
| just now. As far as l know this also
applies to all the plantations on this
island. -
The cost of the strike is appalling.
judging by what the Japanese are los
| ing. A rough estimate gives $1,000
as the average daily wages they have
given up to go on a strike. To this
| amount might be added the wages re-
ceived by the strikebreakers-an aver
age Of over $4,000. per day, making a
total loss to them of $500 per day.
This is a conservative estimate.
On Sunday next the Aiea men will
have been out of employment just a
month. : The Waipahu men have been
out about three weeks
Waialua has employed an average of
100 men in the past four months and
their wages averaged monthly about
$4,000. Eva averaged 1850 men for
four months, and their average month
ly wages amounted to about $37 800.
| Therefore Waialua, employing on an
average of $500 men a month, paid TO
the japanese about S73.500 per month.
Oahu, Honolulu and Kahuku have about
$500 men all told and their pay would
amount to about the same as the other
two combined, making a grand total of
about $4,000 per month. The strike
breakers are receiving about $4,000 a
day now, although for while the aver
age was about $500. With $500 a
day as an average the strikebreakers
would receive in month about $51 900.
All this good money is what the Japa-
nese are losing.
Hiroshima Men Change.
A meeting Of the Hiroshima and va
maguchi Associations business men)
was held on Tuesday evening at which
the opinion was expressed that both
associations should withdraw from their
present position as hackers Of the
Higher Wage agitation. This change
Of attitude is significant of an early
collapse of the strikers cause, as the
Hiroshima and Yamaguchi men com
prise a large part of the membership
of the Higher Wage Association.
Helping Strikebreakers
The strikebreakers are being helped
IN every way by the plantations EN-
ploying them, and the latest aid is an
owl trolley carr service to convey
them to the depot at an early hour
SO that they will not have to camp
out ali night in the depot grounds. The
strikebreakers are taken to and from
the plantations daily, thus permi tting
| them to live in town with their fam
lilies. As the trains depart for the plan
| tations before o clock. the majority
of the men have to camp out at the
| depot Four large street cars Will be
| furnished by the Planters Association,
two to leave the Kalihi terminus and
two to leave the Waikiki terminus at
4:30 a. N. daily.
! Two special trains comprising thirty
| cars in all were sent down the line
| of the Oahu railway yesterday morning,
| bearing about 1860 strikebreakers. THIS
number is to be increased and the Plan
| ters' Association is posting notices III
all parts of the island calling for labor
/ of all nationalities, at $3.50 per day
Yesterday 500 men went to Aiea, 400
to Waipahu and 700 to Eva. 4 large
number Of Chinese have taken up quar-
/ tiers in the buildings vacated by the
japanese plantation hands.
Hot Air. Maxine.
Maxine now is quoted as saying that
! if the plantations do not yield, that
about 1900 japanese viii leave on
| steamers for Japan in the near future
| just where the advantage is 10 the
striker by following this plan is not
made clear by Maxine or any one else.
! The question arises whether it is cheap
| er to feed strikers here or to send
/ them back to Japan. As Maxine is
! Boosting that i only costs about $500
per day to feed all the strikers now
in town. the financial saving would
seem to be in favor of feeding the men
rather than to send them on an ocean
voyage for their health.
Nippu Shows Discourag cement.
| Yesterdays issue Of the strikers
organ gave evidence in ifs columns that