The Hawaiian gazette., 1909-06-08
MOB GATHERED
TO RESCUE
CAPTIVE
CFrom Saturdays Advcrtiser.)

Striking Japanese laborers are being
told by the strike leaders organ, the
Jiji, ana by word of mouth, that Ma.
kino and other leaders have secured
n compromise promise of $3.50 per
month for the laborers, but that they,
Maxine ct al, are holding off to force
the planters to $26 per month, which
is the $s increase per month, fiat, that
the agitators got the field hands to
strike for. The Jiji is now telling the
Japanese of the final negotiation"
that will soon be under way, intimating
that other negotiations have progressed
to a certain extent, but that the final
negotiations will accrue to the benefit
of the strikers. The phrase final nego.
tiations has been used considerably
during the period of the strike but its
especial references were not known until
yesterday. As n matter of fact Ma
kino and the rest have had absolutely
no negotiations with the planters, the
latter positively refusing to "know"
Maxine in the labor difficulties.
According to the agitators two High.
er Wage agents left for Kauai on
Thursday, and two more left for Maui
and Hawaii last evening to stir up
tro uble on both islands. This is in
accordance with the general plans
which Maxine has been advocating for
a couple of weeks, and following up
his threat to involve the other islands
in the strike if he failed to bring the
planters to his terms in a short time.
Maxine denies positively the story of
the $4,000 deposited in the Yokohama
Specie Bank for the benefit of the Aiea
strikers, in Maxine IS name. He states
he knows nothing whatever of this, but
ii is reasserted that the story is true.
The planters are viewing the whole
situation calmly and while some have
stated that they do not believe the
strikers will return TO work Just yet,
Others state positively that the back
of the strike is broken, aad that by
Tuesday the laborers will have decided
to resume their old places ON the pay
roll.
Want Moses.
A well.informed Japanese stated yes.
terday that individually a large number
of strikers are saying that they would
like to go back to work. But col.ec
lively, when they are asked if they
want to return, not one has the courage
to step forward or raise his hand to
indicate acquiescence. What is want
ed is a man or group of men to decide
that it is time to cut loose from the
agitators. 1t is believed that should n
group of such men step out of the
ranks of the strikers, the remainder
would follow.
Wadman as Arbitrator.
The Jiji is now advocating Rev. John
Wadman of the Methodist church as a
prospective arbitrator. The Higher
Wage leaders say they have not con
sidered for a moment any thought of
arbitration or compromise. 1t is an
advance of $S per month or nothing.
Noah is. Convicted.
David Noah, the Hawaiian who af-
ter accepting a strikebreaker ticket
rode on the train to Aiea plan
tation where he loafed and gambled
all day, and then punched his ticket
with knife, thus committing gross
cheat, was tried in police court yester-
day and fined $50 and costs. Prosecu-
tor Brown gives Chief of Detectives
Leal credit for bringing about the con
viction, for when the man was arrested
Leal Immediately secured confession
from him of his guilt. The confession
was the best direct evidence the pros
ecution had to offer.
ibeling the Consul.
The Nippu Jill, the agitator's organ,
came out last night with a highly libel
Gus, though well concealed, attack on
Consul General Uyeno. 1t said that
"The Consul went to Aiea at the last
moment and told the laborer S to
refrain from deserting their homes
whereupon the manager of the planta-
tion stopped the pay of the strikers.
Many people began to suspect the Con
sui IS attitude. Now, when the Consul
goes to Eva the plantation orders the
strikers to vacate their houses. The
public is disturbed with wild rumors. -
1t is plain that the Jill would con-
vey the impression that the Consul is
playing double game and much indig-
nation followed the issuance of the
paper yesterday afternoon, particularly
among the better class of japanese resi-
dents The Shinpo will come out this
morning with a scathing criticism of
the Jiji's article, describing it as
wanton piece of libel, and one of the
most rabid ever published against
representative of their home govern
ment and the protector of japanese in.
terests.
Negoro's Wonderful Head.
Negoro, Maxine s right hand ieuten-
ant, has a wonderful head for figures
In criticizing the statement of Presi.
dent L. d. Tenney, of the Eva planta-
tion, regarding the wages paid Japa-
nese laborers on that estate, he SAYS
that in order to find the average wages
paid the total amount of money paid
the laborers should be divided by the
number of men living in the plauta.
tion at the time, not by the number
of men worked. According to his
method Mr.. Tenney is dead wrong TO
divide the total amount of wages paid
by the number of days put in. He
makes out the average wage received
per month per man as $3.50 instead OF
$23.l9. Negoco covered two pages OF
the Jill yesterday with arguments along
this line.
Mob Was Too Late.
After the hearing of Uehiyama be
fore the United States Commissioner
yesterday morning on n charga of sand