The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-05-19
Aiea Strikers Ordered to
Leave Quarters--More
Eva Men Return
Maxine Crowd
Schemes

Should the planters gather UP ali
the available labor about Honolulu to
keep Waipahu and Adea plantations
going, with apparently little opportu-
nifty to hire more, Agitator Maxine
threatens then to pull off strikes at
Kahuku and walalua plantations, hop
ing thereby to tie the sugar estates
up.
Should the planters decide to really
order the striking japanese laborers
off the Waipahu and Aiea plantations
next Saturday, Agitator Maxine
threatens to carry the matter into the
courts, and to refuse to permit the
strikers to bulge from their quarters
unless a court order directs them to
leave
Should the planters feel that they
can maintain their defense against the
strikers, Agitator Maxine claims that
the strikers can hold out half a year
If necessary. He also claims that not
only are the Japanese storekeepers
and house servants contributing to the
also helping out. Just who has his
hands on the purse strings of this fund
has not been made public.
The Planters Side.
R. D. Mead, assistant secretary of
the Planters Association, yesterday
had the following notice to Honolulu
laborers who have been employed as
strikebreakeTs:
''Only one thousand men wanted for
the plantations tomorrow (Wednes-
day.
Yesterday morning at least two car
loads of town laborers were left be-
hind, not being needed at the Wal
pahu or Aiea plantation. 1t Is esti-
mated that about 1000 men massed in
the vicinity of the Oahu railroad
depot, each man eager to obtain ems
ployment as strikebreaker. There
was a train of eighteen cars made up
for the run early yesterday morning.
When finally the great crowd was on
the train, the engines pulled out with
only sixteen cars, leaving two loaded
cars behind. There was walking and
gnashing of teeth, and big delega-
ton called at the Planters Associa-
ton to enter protest. They were
Informed that they would be taken
out this morning. Nearly five hundred
men were left behind yesterday. The
train did not even stop to pick up the
Kalhi gang as usual The Waipahu
train will start half an hour earlier
than the Aiea train this morning.
Hereafter tickets will be handed to
strikebreakers before they board the
trains After a certain number of
tickets are given out, those without
them will have to take chances of re-
ceiving employment.
Ordered to Leave.
1t was reported yesterday that the
strikers on both the Honolulu and Oahu
plantations would be ordered to leave
their quarters on Saturday. So far the
strikers have not been molested and in
addition have been receiving firewood
and water free. The firewood allow
ance has been stopped. On Saturday
the strikers will be without quarters,
and firewood and whatever supplies are
needed for their maintenance must be
purchased by themselves for cash or
provided by the strike agitators.
Toward the end of the month, if the
strike continues that long, there will be
many little matters which the Japanese
must face. There is the Tanamoshi
dues which they must pay, and the
Tanamoshi system goes throughout the
plantations. There may be notes and
payments of various sorts to settle up.
The strikers have already lost, on Aiea
plantation, eleven days pay. Waipahu
has lost about nine days pay. The
Japanese are already losers to the ex-
tent of about $4,000 or more in pay
alone.
Fred Maxine laughs when the Tana-
moshi matter is mentioned and says
that the japanese understand each
other and will stand by each other.
e. D. Tenney's Report.
The report of President E. D. Ten
ney of Eva plantation yesterday was as
follows:
On May IL the number of japanese
who returned to work at Eva planta-
ton, was 500, and on May Is 1873
] turned out, an increase of 4s1 men over
the previous day. The average number
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