The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-06-09

I last evening because some of the men
wanted to return to work. One Japa-
nese with his bundle, started for the
plantation headquarters and was jump
ed by several of his striking country
men. officer Wills promptly went to
his rescue and arrested a Japanese who
had beaten the other, who had pulled
his shirt off and torn his blankets.
The willing worker had been badly
beaten bowling mob surrounded
Wills who stuck to his prisoner ard
started to rush him to shelter He
drew his gun and fired in the air to
signal help and at the same time awe
1.-The crowd. Then he put his revolver
back. only to see that the mob was
surging on him. He drew his weapon
again, ready to shoot to kill Head
Pump Engineer Scoville assisted i'll
getting the prisoner to a small house
on the village street. Which turned out
to be the headquarters Of the strikers.
The prisoner, manacled as ne was,
tried. to escape The mob surrounded
the house and threatened violence
Manager Bull, armed, arrived as a
substantial reinforcement and High
Henry came to the scene in an auto
with four extra men
telephone message TO Honolulu
for help took Chief Of Detectives Leal
down with eleven men all armed with
carbines. and with those who had
gone down with three hundred Japa-
nese wanting TO return to WORK, in
the afternoon train, there were about
30 armed guards on naipahu.
But for the police and High Sheriff
Henry and his men there would have
been bloodshed on Waipahu last even
ing about 7 O'Clock Officer Wills and
Officer Haumea had gone TO Wapahu
on the 3:l5 train to give protection to
strikers returning from town to go TO
work The officers were far apart
when the Japanese attempted TO res
cue the prisoner taken by Wills. After
the excitement had somewhat subsided.
over the arrest of wins prisoner, the
guards were told off to watch various
sections of the plantation.
ARmED WITH KNIVES.
Several score of the trouble-makers
armed themselves with murderous cane
knives and marched for the camp OF
the Chinese and Koreans who were
still working on the plantation.
he occupants of the camp, seeing
the enemy approach, fell back on their
quarters and armed themselves with
knives and whatever else came handy
1t was then that patrol, nearing the
camp, took in the situation and hailed
other guards, whereupon the attacking
party thought better of their crazy
plan and retreated in confusion. Tnir-
teen ringleaders were placed under ar
rest and are now lodged in Oahu pri-
SON
AFRAID TO WORK.
Several hundred men started to walk
to Aiea last evening from town, where
they have been loafing month, to re-
turn to work on Aiea plantation But,
hearing that those returning to work
were likely to be sci upon by deter
mined strikers, they grew afraid and
returned to their free rice and fixings
in the Maxine camp in Palama.
KAHUKU MEN LEAVE
Five hundred strikers of Kahuku
plantation were ordered to get off the
premises by noon of Yesterday They
refused to accept the alternative OF
returning 10 work on Monday morn
ing. There seems, however, to have
been some misunderstanding as to the
hour when they should vacate the pre-
misses and they stayed over on the
plantation last night, informing Man
ager Andrew Adams that they would
get out this morning During the
night they were busy packing their ef-
fects and this morning most of them
were aboard the early train and en-
route to Honolulu where they are now
in camp with the majority of the Aiea
and Waipahu strikers
COUNTRY STRIKEBREAKERS.
Kahuku plantation. according to the
agents, Alexander g. BALDWIN, is get
ting along without any trouble. al
though the strikers have refused TO
return to work and have left the
grounds, Several hundred strikebreak-