The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-08-07
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Before the Higher Wage Association
officially called the strike off, some 400
men had returned to Waipahu planta-
ton, most of them arriving singly or
in small groups With the 500 that left
here yesterday, and with those who al
ready were eneamped outside the plan
tation limits. it is believed that nearly
the entire old force viii be on hand
Monday morning.
There was also a general exodus to-
ward Aiea yesterday, though nothing
like the concerted movement of the
Waipahu men. A large number of the
men started to make the trip on foot,
so that there is no way of keeping tab
of the exact number that left here.
Maxine Higginbotham is said to be
advising the Aiea men to go to the is
land of Hawaii instead of returning to
Honolulu plantation. As day before
yesterday he was understood to be in
favor of having the men go back to
Aiea, the change of front has caused
some surprise among the strikers.
Yesterday Higginbotham told the All
ca men that there would be no more
free food for them at the Higher Wage
Association kitchens, and he urged them
to get busy just as soon as possible.
Strikers who went to the island of
Hawaii some time ago in search of
work, are now focking back. Their
friends have written them, urging their
return, and they are losing no time,
evidently fearing that delay may result
in the filing of their old jobs with new
workmen.
Though some few Japanese are
thought to have secured work on the
Hawaii plantations, the greater NUMBER
who went there are still jobless. The
plantations steadily refused to employ
any japanese whom the management
had any reason to believe might be
strikers, and those men who were work.
ing did not show any great desire to
dig down into their pockets for the
support of those who were not.
The soup kitchen of the Higher Wage
Association continued open yesterday,
though eon very small scale. Just
few of the strikers were fed there,
but there were nothing like the scenes
that have transpired in the past The
supplies are running very low, as local
japanese merchants have fatty declined
to make any more contributions. A few
small contributions have been received
from the other islands, but not nearly
enough to keep the soup kitchen going
on its old scale.
There are still few of the strikers
who are preaching against returning to
work, but they are not collecting any
great followings. Most of these men
owe debts on the plantations which they
left, and are not at all anxious to 60
back and Equidate. They therefore are
trying to induce the others to stay away
in order to swell their following.
As far as is known, none of the High
er Wage officials are preaching against
returning to work. They all seem to
realize that the sooner the men get
busy the better
Maxine seemed very much agitated
when he appeared before the strikers
yesterday morning, and his advice to
the Aiea men to go to the other islands
seemed to be given under the stress
of considerable excitment.
Associate Editor Haga of the Hawaii
Shinpo, who in the absence of Editor
Sheba is in charge Of the paper, was
called into conference with Consul Gen
eral Uyeno yesterday morning, but
what the resnit of the conference was,
has not been made public.
City Editor Mikami of the Shinpo is
handling the strike situation for the
Shinpo, and yesterday seemed thorough
" satisfied with the present status of
affairs.