Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-05-31

| fering particular damage and II Is i'm
possible for the strike fund To REIN
burse them.
Quiet at kahuku.
At Knhulu everything Is quiet. Tho
fifty men have been discharged ami
the general work of the plantation Is
going forward in the hands Of laboreIs
other than japanese.
Cooks Assessed.
when the japanese cook at the IT,
sane Asylum was paid OF ON Saturday
he was asked how much he intended
| to contribute 10 The strike fund. TIA
iresnOnsc he he'd up three fingers, IN.
dicating that his share was three dol.
lars. This gives some indication uf
the assessments that are being levied
where possible on the japanese s"rv.
ants Of the city. This man was paid
by the month aud IL the only Japancsc
man employed at the Asylum. The
agents Of the hpi,itors are going ahpA
collecting what they can from the Jap.
anese servants. Some report that tirry
are getting very little. and others say
they got very fair amount ON the
FIRST round but can get no moro.
$23.i9 Per Month.
| Exposure of the false statements un
WHICH the High Wage hgiIators have
based their campaign continues. ~ Il.
ID. Tenney puncured the Agitators'
balloon with an array of facts. anl now
Manager Bull of Oahu plantation has
given out a statmont In which he shows
I that the average wages paid the Jap
anese of his plantation during the
twelve months of 1893 was S23 10 n
mcnth in addition to free fuel. free
houses and free medical attendance.
! This puts another nail IN the coffin OF
the CCn.dOllar,a.munth cry. Oahu
| plantation alone paid uut In wages dur
ing the period, over i've hundred thou.
sand dollars
| Strikers Tired.
Some Of the strikers are finding out
the expense of living In Honolulu.
They say they cannot loaf around con.
tinuously. They believe In wnr'.iUg
and go they are thinking Oi upnnia.r
small shops IN the Oriental sociiuu
Some Of them plan TO open sudnwntcr
Stands. barber shops. Gnll.l restaurants
and other business shops. where they
can make their living. though they
viii compete with those already CStab.
iishcd.
I Merchants Quiet.
! Members Of the Japano2c Merchants
Association are very careful In giving
out their views ON The strike. They
are nOn.cummuncativc and II the
strike continues. they will soon become
able diplomats. They know that II
they say anything against the iabnrcra
thicr business will be bOycOttcd. II
they side with the planters. they will
he roasted and business checked. So
they are taking Il middle ground and
apparently looking on. They are du.
ing what they can to settle The strike
amicably.
What Negoro Says.
Mr.. Negoro Of the High Wage Agso.
citation Is enthusiastic over tho pros.
poet of the strikers. He believes that
the strike can be kept up for some
time. lie believes that Il certain num-
Der of plantation men on Hawaii will!
strike, when ordered Ia do so from the
headquarters In Honolulu. lie believes
that the necessary money can be oh
tanned from the strikc.sympathizers
whenever IL Is necessary. lie sgys
that the planters will sooner or later.
realize the danger of delay In RAISING
wages of the labOrCrs. He believes
that the planters. despite their i'm
monsc wealth, will sooner or later feel
the burden of paying high priced lab
orers TO work in the plantations. in
place Of japanese. Negoro says the
japanese laborers will not go 10 work.
unless advised by the association Of
which he Is a member.
Merchants Worried.
The feeling among the japanese mcr.
chants today Is n hearty wish that the
strike was ended. The retail store.
Keepers are especially opposed to the
continuation Of the strike. They SAY
that IL II IL not checked soon they
may be forced to the wall
Strike Breakers.
The strikcbreaklng campaign goes
on IN very satisfactory style. The plan
tations down the road are calling for
larger number Of men each dnv M
the FIRST gangs become accustomed IN
their work and are able 10 carry il for.
ward as well az the Jap'mose who were
on the job before. From fourteen to
hfteen hundred workers are going TO
'he plantations each day and receiving
'h'ir SLED each at the gate at night
when they return.