The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-07-19
UYENO URGES
MEN To WORK
Continued from Page One.)

present or talked with those who at
tended the meeting, stated yesterday
that they were convinced that the
Consul Generals remarks would bear
fruit. They stated that the great mass
of the strikers were favorably impress
ed and, though it is not believed that
there will be concerted movement to-
ward returning to work today, they say
that there is every reason to believe
that good many individual workmen
win start for Aiea and Waipahu early
this morning.
Strikers Disconnected.
That large number of the strikers
are becoming more and more dissatis,
fed with their present position is be.
coming more and more apparent, and
daily assertions from the ranks of the
Higher Wage Association are reported.
Contributions from the other islands.
which up to two weeks ago amounted
to a tidy sum Of money, have now
ceased almost entirely, and house SER
wants are Directing to working hard
and then turning over their money that
others may live in idleness.
The delegates, sent down from the
other islands to investigate conditions
here, made reports not altogether com
plimentary to the maneuvers of the
Higher Wage Association, with the re-
suit that in many quarters contribu-
tions to the Oahu strike fund were cut
off entirely.
There are many of the strikers, who
either owe money to their friends or
are Indebted to Tanimoshi, who are not
at all anxious to have the strike set
tied. They are living free at the ex-
pense of the strike fund contributors
and. being out of work, are exempted
from paying their debts. These men
readily support the Higher Wage Asso-
citation in all its claims, and are doing
all in their power to prevent settle
ment of the strike.
In most instances these are the in.
competents whose services are not
greatly desired by the planters and
they realize that the continuance of
the strike is the best thing in the
world for them.
Kiyose's Mission.
The exact status of K. Kiyose, the
correspondent of the Nichi-Bei Shinbun
of San Francisco, who arrived here
some time ago to investigate the strike
conditions, is matter that is raising
few questions in the minds of local
japanese business men. The Niehi-Bel
is sensational journal that has been
doing all in its power to prod the
strikers along On the other hand, the
Asahi Shinbun of Toxic, which Kiyose
also claims to represent, is the most
conservative newspaper of Nippon and
has opposed the strike since the very
beginning.
It is charged that Kiyose, who is now
staying at the Motchisuki club, has
devoted all of his attention to the
Higher Wage crowd, and has not made
any effort to get the other side of the
argument. He is charged with having
spent much of his time, since he ar
rived here, in company with Maxine s
men in tea houses and the like. He
has also been consorting considerably
with Sogo, the editor of the Higher
Wage Association organ. Nippu Jill.
The Niehi-Bei ShinIbun, which XII
yose represents, is controlled by Abike,
prominently connected with the ,Japa-
American Trading Company. This
concern makes a speciality of supplying
japanese laborers TO railroads.
There is sentiment growing among
the thinking Japanese that Abiko may
not have been actuated by pure philan
thropy in sending a man over here to
investigate conditions, and they are
asking themselves where he expects to
profit.
The suggestion is made that some
of the plantation employees. now on
strike, would come in very handily in
filing some of Mr.. Abiko's railroad
contracts, and for that reason the sug-
gestion is made that he has more than
a friendly interest in the outcome of
the present difficulties.
That Abiko considered coming over
here himself, should Kiyose's report
make it seem wise, is also limited.
Whether he planned to come in the
role of peacemaker. or whether it was
with the idea of driving Maxine and
Negoro elsewhere in search of jobs as
deliverers of the people, seems to be
doubtful point in the minds of the
thinking japanese.
Copies of the Asahi Shinbun are be-
ing closely watched by local japanese
for contributions from the pen of Cor
respondent Kiyose, but as yet nothing
has been discovered. The editorial
policy of the paper has been uniform
ly opposed to the Higher Wage bunch,
and the Hawaii Shinpo has reprinted
several of the editorials.
That Kivose's visit here was to pro-