The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-05-15

fields and MILL Just imagine! Did
any of you ever see 300 Hawaiians
working in cane field or mill? If
you find three Hawaiians working in
a cane field, bring them here and we
will put them in a glass case and
send them to the Bishop Museum. We
are not very much afraid of the 800
Hawaiians.
Now the next way they are trying
to scare us is this: They say they are
going to send to Europe for Europeans
to work in the eanefelds. They have
done that before, but where are the
Europeans today? The next way they
try is this: They say this strike has
nothing to do with the 1aborers, but
is the work of the agitators Maxine
and Negoro. Cali them agitators or
leaders it makes no difference as long
as the strike is success and just be-
lieve me they will lead you to victory.
g Now just another word about these
newspapers. In this mornings Adver-
| tiser there is letter from man who
| / am sure has very long ears, who says
that we ought all to be arrested for
| conspiracy. Now that is as stupid as
ridiculous and only fool would talk
that way. But if they want to arrest
us let them bring their policemen and
soldiers to arrest the thousand men
whom I see before me tonight and a
pretty time they will have to do it.
"You are fighting a good fight; you
are fighting for your rights; you are
fighting a fight which is just. Con,
tinue until you win!''
Sheriff at waipahu.
Sheriff Jarrett and interpreter Town
send went to Waipahu late yesterday
afternoon, and on arrival found a big
meeting of Japanese strikers stimat
| ed at about thousand men. The Sher
| if sent word he was coming to the meet
| ing and on arrival there the Grove
| opened up and let the officers in and
then closed around them. The Sheriff
| said he had merely come to the laber
| ers to caution them against threaten
ing the laborers of other nationaiities
and instanced the Chinese laborer:
| who. rumor had said, were being intim
ated He told them that it would bt
| wise to leave the other natienalaie'
alone AT the conclusion of his shor
speech the leaders consulted and ther
notified the Sheriff that they woult
abide by his advice and no intimida
ton would be offered The Sheriff ther
and notified them that they could con
tinue to work without fear of moles
tation.
/ Rice and Vegetables.
A hundred bags of rice arrived a
Waipahu yesterday from Honolulu AMI
two carloads of vegetables came il
from other plantations the day before
all for the strikers.
1t is stated on good authority tina
the japanese storekeepers at Waipahu
when the strike was decided upon
withdrew credit and announced tina
they would do business on cash basi
: only.
}, The strikers have made demands up
on the Japanese house servants work
ing at Waipahu to join the strike an
this request was aceeded to, even tn
two or three clerks in the big planta
r ton store failing to show up for work
Took Away Ford Islanders.
: It is said that at the first meetin
. of the japanese to consider strik
at Aiea the first vote was not in favo
of the strike, but later everything wen
the way the agitators wished. TIL
, Ford Island Japanese refused to joi
their striking brethren. During tn
night some of the strikers procured bi
boats and rowed over to the island
visited the quarters of the hundred me
, working under japanese eontracto
and before morning every one of tn
hundred had been rowed to the main
: land and are still with the strikers.
: Letter to Manager Ross.
: The following letter was sent to Mar