The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-06-01

Fear the United States.
There was an interesting incident at
Eva plantation yesterday morning
when High Sheriff Henry, photo
grapher employed by the attorneys in.
terested in the prosecution of the as.
sailants of Giichi, two prison lunas and
representative of the Planters Asso.
citation, entered hall on the plantation
i to secure evidence for the trial of thugs
already under arrest.
A number of Japanese were in the
hall discussing the strike situation, but
5hey ceased talking when the party en-
tered. When the photographer pointed
his camera at a placard on the wall
which bore in Japanese hieroglyphics
the names of the members of the
Higher Wage Association, one Japanese
came from group and shouted to his
fellows to call in all the Japanese from
outside, to smash the camera and to
rush the haoles.
There was immediate compliance
with the first part of the order. Mes
Nsengers ran out and in a short time q
big crowd was on its way toward the
Building. Interpreter Doyle was present
with the haole party and quickly inter.
4preted the shouts and the party realized
It was in danger. But the photographer
Snapped his camera and photographed
the tell-tale placard.
81 a hasty conference was held result
ing in the High Sheriff going to the
|veranda where he. shouted to the Japa-
nese to halt. They were making a
5. great deal of noise and he ordered them
20 disperse. His orders were interpre'
ted by Doyle and the crowd subsidized
,omewhat. Then attorney w. A. Kin
hey stepped forward and spoke to the
s men advising them not to commit any
acts which might be interpreted as a
State prison offense. He told them to
remember that that they were aliens in
foreign land and must respects its
avs and not do anything which would
INVOLVE them In conflict with the
bower of the United States. AS he
) continued speaking the hOtheads among
he crowd subsidized and in short time
Everything was still.
Mr.. Kinney advised them that the
United States government had laws
bearing on the subject of mob rule.
Finally one man came forward and said
that if it was the United States they
were up against they would subside.
He said he thought it was a plantation
matter.
High Sheriff Henry has brought all
he prisoners to town, and they number
about a score. He made trip to the
plantation late yesterday afternoon in
ull uniform, accompanied by two
prison lunas and Interpreter Doyle.
Proved a Boomerang.
M. Kawahara, japanese wholesale
merchant on King street, who is q
hareholder Of the Nippu Jill and who
vas very prominent in the Higher
Wage Association agitation last year
ias already felt the result of the finan
.ial depression in his own business
Dne Hashimoto, who had store at
Waialua, skipped out on the Korea
eaying debts behind amounting to
couple of thousand dollars, and Kawa
nara is one of the heaviest losers. II
limited among Japanese that he urged
he Nippu to follow it's present ineen
iiary course. Hashimoto is said to
nave become involved owing to lack
# receipts since the strike began. In
E act, many of the merchants are begin
ling to regard the future with appre
tension.
100 strikebreakers.
Strikebreakers from the Koolau side
II the island are TO be enlisted IN the
breaking of the strikes on the planta
ions Of this island X. d. Mead, as
istant secretary of the Hawaiian Plan
ers Association, returned yesterday