The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-05-25

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
borers. Men and women brought in
their bangles" of brass received
their time checks, pocketed their
money and walked away.
Nearby at two tables were represen-
tatives Of the MAKING agitator crowd, |
and each man who received his pay
was expected to stop at one of the
tables and pay over s1.50, for which
a receipt was given. This was each
mans enforced contribution to the
strike fund" They were told that by
so contributing they could depend
upon lodging and food in Honolulu.
They were not a cheerful-looking
crowd. There was feeling among
the plantation men that the japanese
did not expect the plantation to carry
out their eviction order, but that at
the eleventh hour they would be told
to return to work. But they were
mistaken If they had such an idea in
their heads. The plantation manage
ment was never so firmly resolved to
carry out an order as then.
Strike Among Strikers.
1nen IL was LEARNED tHdI the COH-
tractors did not want to accept their
pay, but that the strikers in general
demanded that they draw down their
money The contractors, more than
anyone else, knew that this would in
volve considerable loss to them, for
they had broken their contracts, and
when paid off their fields of cane
would yield no profits to them. One
of the contractors, Watanabe, had to
be sent for. He, however, may not
have wished to collect, for various
reasons and one was that he had been
garnisheed during the forenoon for
about $500, the suit being brought by
a Japanese merchant Of Honolulu.
Think They Will Return.
Many OF the head men of this plan
tation apparently expected that they
would be taken back for some of them
asked Portuguese laborers to care for
some potted plants until they came
back" This was considered nerve"
OH their part.
Crocodile Tears.
l. On Friday Manager Bull and all the
white employees received invitations
from the Waipahu Higher Wage AS
ISOLATION, as follows:
"waipahu. Oahu, May 81, 1909.
"Mr. Edward K. Bull Manager.
Dear Sir: All Waipahu japanese
are very glad your attendance at the
meeting which will be held in Japa-
nese school tomorrow before the with
drawal to say goodbye. Yours very
| truly.
''wAIPAHU HIGHER WAGE AssO-
CATION"
Neither Manager Bull nor his as
sistants attended the meeting. Their
connection with the Japanese ended at
| 10 o'clock noon, when the last pay
went over the counter. A visit to the
schoolhouse at 1890 was not inspiring.
A number OF Japanese lay asleep in
| the main room of the temple and in
the school room. A Japanese banged
away on the sonorous copper gong to
call the strikers in, but few answered
the metal summons, and those who
did came slowly. At l o'clock about
eighty were present. They were sui
len-looking lot of men.
Scene of Activity.
/ In and around the mill there was
activity. The strikebreakers We're
bringing fresh-looking yellow cane to
the mill, where 1t was sent up the
! chute into the rollers and reduced to
Juice in the usual way. Attendants
were all along its route. The centrif-
ugals were manned by strikebreakers,
| with expert Chinese workmen in gen.
| eral charge. The saccharine product,
| yellow and glistening, was raked down
| and funneled into sacks by strike
| breakers, placed in rows and sewn by
| Portuguese women. over in the ware
| house the big sacks were neatly piled
| by strikebreakers. There was not a
| break anywhere in the line of cane
| from field to the sack, and Manager
Bull was satisfied. 1t was more ex-
pensive, but the sugar was going into
the sacks, and that was the principal
thing. Today many skilled carpenters
win arrive from Honolulu and take
up quarters in the buildings vacated
by the Japanese. The buildings We're
secured out yesterday.
Where Was Marching Host?
But the much talked-of procession
from waipahu TO town was not much
| in evidence. The Walpahu brass band
composed of Japanese was not con-
spicuous Only one member wearing
the uniform trousers was found. Those
who came to Honolulu came by train.
And so II was all along the line.
Lightfoot Mixes In.
Down at Honolulu plantation, Attor-
ney Llghttoot, accompanied by Ma
klno, Nsgoro and others, held meet
ing. and the contractors were advised
not 20 accept the amount rendered
them by the plantation, Mr.. Llghtfoot
pointing 10 a clause In the contract as
II 10 sustain his contention that the
contractors were not bound 10 accept
the SO offered them In settlement,
This caused a halt IN the proceedings
~ getting the Japanese strikers on
tho plantation Manager floas came