The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-06-04

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D. The planters will make a de- 81
cidod move IN the strike situa- b.
y tion in a day or two and IL Is b
u quite likely that all Japanese d
who have struck on the planta- b.
u tons and are still retaining their BE-
u living quarters ON the various H
II estates will be ordered OF b.
b. Information in tho possession b.
n of plantation men is briefly, that a
a the strike is weakening and that BE-
the "Strike-fund' is nos nearly a
u as large as the leaders Of the u
~ movement claim. pc
n a a b a a@ sEsRa ERE
The leaders among the Japanese
strikers are no longer able to even show |
a united front among themselves. There
is opposition to Maxine and Negoro
developing among their closest heuten-
ants and within the very circle of the
Higher Wage officials is an inclination
to acknowledge the mistake made, ad
wise the men to return to work and
endeavor in some more sensible way to
bring about the wage increase desired.
There was a lively time at a meeting
of the strike leaders last night, al
though few of the particulars of the
row could be learned. The only def
mite fact to be obtained was that Ma
kino angrily faced hostile number of
delegates from the ranks Of the strikers
and abused them for their insistence to
be shown some good reason why they
should not throw up the sponge and get
back to cane hoeing. The questions of
the striker delegates were repeated by
some of the ones of the inner council,
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 to further 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 a position of opposition to
the laborers.
Little Money Coming In.
The Higher Wage officials published
a 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
a 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
solutely that the laborers have not suf.
fcient faith in these self-appointed
leaders to trust them with money.
Divided at waialua.
'There 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
+. ID. Tenney of Waialua plantation
yesterday afternoon. whether when
it comes to a showdown, any of them
. will return to work, is question. Other
than that | 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
r 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 trikebreakers-an aver
age of over $4,000 per day, making G
r total loss to them of $500 per day
Q This is a conservative estimate.
1 On Sunday next the Aiea men will
: have been out of employment just 1
t month The Waipahu men have beer
c out about three weeks.
, Waialua has employed an average o!
100 men in the past four months anC
Q their wages averaged monthly about
2 $4,000. Eva averaged 1850 men TO
0 four months, and their average month
:, ly wages amounted to about $37 800
+ Therefore Waialua, employing on al
: average of $500 men month, paid Il
e the Japanese about $73,500 per month
o Oahu, Honolulu and Kahuku have abou
i $500 men all told and their pay woul'
amount to about the same as the othe
J. two combined, making grand total o
s about 100000 per month. The strike
breakers are receiving about $4,000
udy now, dllnOuBH LOT Il NHiit tHe aver
age was about $500. With $1,000 {
day as an average the strikebreaker
would receive in month about $5l ,OOC
All this good money is what the Japa
2 nese are losing.
II Hiroshima Men Change.
A meeting of the Hiroshima and va
. maguchi Associations business men
= was held on Tuesday evening at whicl
the opinion was expressed that bot
. associations should withdraw from thei
|, present position as hackers of tn
= Higher Wage agitation. This chang
!, of attitude is significant of an earl
!. collapse of the strikers cause, as tn
: Hiroshima and Yamaguchi men CON
q prise a large part of the membershi
a" of the Higher Wage Association.
h Helping strikebreakers.
IT The strikebreakers are being helpe
r in every way by the plantations en-
d ploying them, and the latest aid is a
II Fowl trolley car" service to conve
d them to the depot at an early hou
+hak kba,, not haua IN ann