Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-05-21
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Heavy Losses of japanese.

Feb. 3.
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Heavy Losses of japanese.
The most perfect good nature APP
pears to prevail among the knots OF
japanese workmen along the road
the the vicinity of the plantations
They are following orders and obey
ing the law thus far.
Al Waipahu there is not such n
general exodus today on account of
such large number of men having
field contracts that are not yet COM
pleted These men stand not only
to go out on the street with no
work in sight on any other planta-
| tion as IL Is safe to assume dat
TO plantations win employ strikers
! but the whole of their work for
| the season Is jeopardi2ed. by leav-
ing the fields before the cane is har-
vested. they violate the contract and
lose all the profit, the advances be-
ing just about enough to keep them
during the period of cultivation.
warning ana working.
Conditions at Eva and Waialua
remain the same as reported from
day to day. The men are disposed
to stay by the plantation and finish
their work, believing that the mat
ter of wages will be best settled in
this way. They are undoubtedly
the men through which a readjust-
ment will be brought about, but
practically nothing can be done
while the other plantations are tied
up, as what Is determined In con
nection with Eva must assumedly
be the basis on which all the plan.
tations will do II the plantation
managers intend to maintain any
degree of unity.
Handling Strike Breakers.
The situation among the strike
breakers is improving. There is no
doubt about the number of men in
the city ready to work at $3.50 per
day. Some of the men to be sure of
getting employment came into town
on the last car last night and slept
on the grass In the plot adjoining
the railroad station In order to be
first at the gates. Orders were Civ
en- for the men to be let in as they
arrived, and by the time those in
charge of the trains arrived this
morning nearly seven hundred men
had been put aboard. It shows that
$50 looks good to these men.
Good Workmen.
About eleven hundred were taken
down TO the plantations this morn
ing. These men have been ut work
long enough to prove what they are
worth, and the gangs are being
made up so that man shall con-
tinue his job of the day before as
FAR as possible. In other words the
strike-breaking business Is getting
systematiZed
Running Right Along.
AT Waipahu there Is enough cane
cut TO run the mill for two days,
and the only difference from the
regular conditions Is that the cost
OF manufacture per ton Is very much
increased. The harvesting and
planting is going right along.
Fool Yarns.
A wild story was afloat this
morning of Il pump blown up at
Waipahu, No one at Waipahu
knows anything of It. In fact, a
notable feature of the whole strike
situation is the freedom from any
overt acts Of violence. Vicious
threats are being made by japanese
against Japanese, and attempts are
being made to brighten Chinese at
kahuku, but there has been no de-
struction of property, although q
very complete patrol is maintained
In order that no one shall be tempt
ed to go wrong.
Paying of the strike breakers has
finally been reduced to science.
Last evening the police stretched
fire lines" across the railway Mat
form and headed off the rush. The
result was that eleven hundred men
were paid over fifteen hundred dol
lars in about fifteen minutes.
Merchants Pilikia.
japanese merchants In Honolulu are
In very unpleasant position as re-.
suit OF the strike. If the Japanese O,
oahu plantation for instance, leave
the premises, 1t means that several o:
the merchants Of that village must 20
out of business. These men are
backed up by Honolulu Wholesalers
who are In turn very generally de-
pendent on the sugar plantation inter
ests for patronage and support. Thus
the Japanese merchant Is mol happy
aud has no reason to be. He cannot
AFFORD to 20 with Ele strikers and 1t
Immediately faces him with the poss..
b'llty of bankruptcy On the other
hand the Thugs among the Agisators
, and strikers thrnatan hin, will, To-, ~