The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-05-28
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the Channel wharf and beyond where
the sampans herd together, there was
a general expression of dissatisfaction
that the Japanese fishermen should be
called on to supply food for the
strikers.
Busily engaged with nets or tackle,
. preparing to 60 out to FISH for their
scanty living, the little brown sea
toilers grunted disapprovingly when
they were asked about the strike. Many
of them refused to say anything but
some of them were not so tongue.tied.
veteran Fisherman Talks.
A veteran fisherman who is in com
mand of one of the larger sampans
fitted with a gasoline engine, man
who probably brings in larger catches
than any of the fleet, and with
better knowledge of English than any
of the fishermen, said, 81 no like give
my fish away all the time. i see
Japanese boy got no money, got no
work, he hungry, I give him fish to
eat. But l no like go catch fish, pay
men, pay gasoline, work hard all the
time and give fish to sugar men. I no
get big price fish. I work hard pay
for engine, pay for sampan, pay ev-
erything. 1 give fish away no can
pay
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sentiment This, of course. is covered
to great extent by loyalty to coun-
try and fellow-countrymen but they
seem to realize that the strike is caus-
ed by outsiders. For Maxine and Ne
goro they apparently have little use.
This was shown when jocular haole
hailed the Japanese who had kindly
consented to act as interpreter, as
"Halloo there, you Charlie Makino.'
There was an appreciative but some
what sardonic laugh by all the little
brown workers who heard it and the
butt of the joke translated a remark,
made by one of the fishermen, as "Ma.
kino, he no come by sampan, water
too wet maybe.
Assault Due to Agitators.
Four Japanese strikers who were i'm
plicated in the assault on Giichi, the
Eva laborer, were brought in to town
yesterday under arrest and placed in
Jail. Their victim is at present in the
Oahu Jail hospital where his broken
bones have been set and his wounds
dressed.
An investigation was held at Eva
and it came out that the assault was
made entirely at the instigatioD, of the
agitators. The four men arrested were
Yoshita, Murakami, Koyama and Iva
ia. At a meeting of the EVA High
Wage Association it was decided, after
conference with the Honolulu head
quarters, to send three men out to Bring
Giichi in and arraign him before the
meeting.
Kurami, Koyama and Iwata were
sent out to fetch him in and they
brought him back with broken arm
and bruises all over his body. His
arms were tied to his sides with a
rope and he was paraded through the
streets, butt for the jibes and curses
of the strikers.
Plantations Are Quiet.
Everything is quiet at the planta-
tions. There is guard of ten special
police at Kahuku as that place is not
connected with Honolulu by telephone
or telegraph wires and means of COM
munication are slow. There are many
blind pigs in that neighborhood and
the planters are taking no chances of
trouble through the strikers drinking
too much and starting a riot or fires
while under the influence of liquor.
The contract laborers at Waimanalo
have returned to work and everything
is quiet there. There are Japanese
at work only at Waianae and Wal
manalo, the two smallest plantations
on the Island. The other five, Aiea,
Waipahu, Eva, Waialua and Kahuku
are all running with the aid of strike
breakers.
Mass Meeting Tonight.
"a mass'meeting has been called by
the Higher Wage Association at the
Ouchi camp on King street tonight.
Maxine and his followers have been
working hard on this proposition and
they expect to have large represen-
tation of local japanese. 1t is doubt
full, however, if they will receive as
unanimous an approval of their prop
uganda as they have been used to
on the plantations, where they, have
only dupes to deal with.
Inside Story of Assault.
Speaking of the recent cOwardly as
sault on Giichi, prominent japanese
who is in position to know all the
facts Of the case, said:
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