The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-07-27
STRIKERS FACE
CONTEMPT
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of the respondents by leaving a Ger.
tilted copy with the agents Of the de.
PENDANTS or at their last place of resi-
dence. He stated that the papers for
'everal of the respondents had been
left at the office of the Honolulu
branch of the Waipahu Higher Wage
Association, which he did not think
could be called anybody's last place
of residence. Judge Robinson, how.
ever, denied the motion to quash, as
Lightfoot expected. He stated that he
made the motion to save his rights, if
he had any, in case of a possible ap.
peal.
Tie charge, in so far as it concern.
ed X. Kawamura, was dismissed by
consent.
A Verbal Fight.
Lightfoot called Negoro to the stand.
but before the latter had a chance to
say anything in response to the first
question, Lightfoot and Kinney be-
came involved in n legal controversy
That lasted half an hour. Lightfoot
started it by saying, ~ take it that
there will be no cross-examination of
the witnesses. =" Kinney promptly OBJ,
jected to that OF course the wit.
nesses would be cross. examined. The
plaintiff had made out a prima facie
case of contempt and it was up to the
| respondents to purge themselves of it,
if they could.
81 had no idea that this was to be
trial, " replied Lightfoot. Kinney
insisted that the burden of proof had
been east upon the defendants. eff
cross examination is not to be al
lowed" he said, ''we shall have to
let the defendants tell their own stories
as they see fit and with their own
elasticity of conscience
GAN we have to do.n said Light.
foot, 'is to make a sworn return, and
! submit that it doesn' t make any diff
ference whether it's written return
or an examination under oath. ~
Bailou stated that this was the first
intimation the plaintiffs had had that
the defendants were not subject to the
usual cross interrogatories.
Judge Robinson suggested that the
attorneys for the plaintiffs had the
right to call the defendants to the
stand later on to prove the facts in the
case.
eff this is going to be urged,' re.
monstrated LightfoOt, az think we
would better withdraw the stipulation
and make a written return, too, but
/ must have time to do it and shall
have to ask for a continuance in order
to get it prepared"
Rather than have any delay said
Kinney, eve will take our chances I'M
der what the Court rules
This matter being settled, the exam.
ination of Negoro was begun.
Negoro's Ignorance.
For a man who is secretary of the
Higher Wage Association and who as
such officer is supposed to know what
is being done by the strikers, Negoro
showed woeful ignorance of all strike
matters. He had one set form of
answer which he repeated parrot-like
and monotonously to every question that
was put to him by Lightfoot. ~ have
no knowledge or information in regard
to the matter except that contained in
the affidavit. / neither affirm nor
deny Time and time again he got
this off solemnly, and apparently
whether he understood the question or
not.
Lightfoot began by asking him
whether or not he knew the other de-
PENDANTS. OF course, he knew Hig-
ginbotham and a few of the Others,
but most of them, he said, he had only
met for the first time in Lightfoot IS
office on Sunday. He stated that he
was not an officer of the Waipahu
Higher Wage Association and had no
authority over it or anything to do
with it officially. 1t is, he said, not
subject to the orders or direction of
the general Higher Wage Association,
being entirely a separate organization,
but devoted, to the same purposes as
the other association, that of raising
wages.
As for the rest, Negoro didn't know.
He didn't know that the strikers were
organized in bands of twenty. each
band with luna over it-except that
he had heard that there was some
such organization for the purpose of
having the meal tickets served out
Systematically.
Lightfoot read from the affidavit of
0yama Torosaki, who affirmed that each
striker who wishes TO leave town has
to get a pass from the Higher Wage
Association. Regarding the alleged
passes for leave of absence said Ne
goro, "the only information ] have is
that contained in the affidavit of Oyama
Torosaki. | neither affirm nor deny
"Did you order the passesP' asked
Lightfoot.
81 did not. l knew nothing about
them"
Asked concerning the picket system,
Negoro said that the first he knew there
was any picket system was when the
bill for an injunction was filed. He
didn't know anything about the meth
DDS of pieketing. He had never advis-
ed picketing and had even discouraged |
it where it appeared TO be in violation
of the injunction.
II was the same with all the other al |
legations made in the various affidavits |
with which the petition for an order to
show cause was supported. Negoro did |
not know anything. He professed per
feet and sublime ignorance concerning |
matters which il would seem the see
rotary of the Higher Wage Association |
surely ought to know IL he were pre-.
tending 10 earn his salary. II appeared |
from one of his statements that all of |
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