The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-06-04

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ease ~ the same kind reported yoster.
day The same story comes from all
over town. Ia one family Of moderate
means. which employs a japanese wo.
man to do the house work, the latter
requested that her wages be held back.
She Is engaged 20 be married so
japanese who has good job in the
stable Of private residence aud was
told that Maxine would effect the dis
charge Of both of them II they did
not contribute TO the strike fund. Luck
lily they both had sense enough to
know that this was nothing but hollow
bluff and were able TO rid themselves
of the importunate CRATER by asking
to have their wages held back.
Strikers Voice Dissatisfaction.
The letter referred TO above was writ
ten by committee appointed by n
large number of dissatisfied strikers.
This letter will appear in the Shinpo
this morning and is as follows:
Editor, Hawaii Shinpo: Greeting; we
were told before that your paper was
obstructing our course of higher wages
and that was why we could not get
the increase in our wages We were
told that if we all go out ON strike the
planters would raise our wages within
a week at longest Mr.. Tasaka told us
that the Higher Wage Association of
Honolulu had 100000 to help us and
that we can be at ease. Mr.. Maxine
also told us that he would help us up
to $4,000. We thought it was good
thing to speculate and all consented to
strike.
When we came to Honolulu, Mr.. Mat
suda of Yamaichi Hotel told us of
certain funds kept in trust at the con-
sulate which can be asked for the beno-
fit of the general Japanese pubic. So
we thought it all right. But we have
not been assured yet of the increase
that was promised us. We may have
to wait for years before their promises
be fulfilled.
Our august consul, merchants, Hawaii
Shinpo and the Chronicle all think the
same way and tell us to go back. We
were surprised. We are now told again
to put up some more money That the
Nippu Jill and the Higher Wage Asso-
citation were fooling us for their selfish
gain is Just as clear to our minds now
as we can see the sun or the moon.
| We hear our countrymen are send
ing money from the other islands to
help us. We have also put up some
money. We think that we are entitled
to Misc soup, fish and some meat occa-
| sionally, but we are treated as beg
CARS. We would not forget them If
we cannot get higher wages. We will
return to them for the loss and suner'
ings we had to undergo because of Their
lying.
We wish anybody who may want ia
help us to send money either to the
consulate, the Japanese Merchants AS
ISOLATION or other respectable men, but
not to the Higher Wage Association.
We all beg for that. We intend u
consult with our friends and then II
see the men of the Nippu Jiji. Rev
Imamura of the Hongwanji church al
SO told us to go back to work. We
will quit striking. Please judge who
is to be blamed. Please write to white
men IS paper that we are not in the
wrong. Yours truly, Committee Of
Japanese strikers.
Maxine Wants Steamer.
Yesterday afternoon Agitator Ma
kino went to the lnter-Island Steam
Navigation Company's offices and mad'
tentative advances for an arrangement
whereby steamers could be chartered
to carry the local strikers to the othe
Islands. He was not met with an!
great encouragement as he could no
show Just where the price was comlnt
from.
Maxine tried to work off some o
the same talk that he has used on HI
dupes but, as he could not show wher
the money for ehartering the steamer
was coming from, nor could he produc
the same. he was quietly told that al
people who charter steamers on tina
line are expected to make noise Ink
dollars before any business can b
talked.
. Merchant Objects to Strike.
A prominent local japanese merchan
who was at first in sympathy with tn
strike movement but who has sine
then studied the situation more care
3 fully and who confesses to having bee
, preiudiced by the Nippu Jill had tn
t following to say in written statemeh
yesterday:
'.The agitators' organ, Nippu,
pressed to the wall after its bin
agitation. Editor Sega has approach
t ed several merchants for financia
, support and was told that they ha
no more money than he, He expecte
to receive some support from theI
and came too late to find that non
l of them is as blind as he was. Bu
e the blind editor of the Nippu jill
y not only badly fixed in a financif
/. way, but he Is ignored even by HI
former associates who one by on
turned their back to him when the
k saw how badly the strike inspired b
i him was affecting their own poke
The strikers are also tired OF n
Z promises and of his associates fc
d higher wages. and they are aftt
v Sega, Maxine and Negoro.
i 1.-The leaders of the agitation can no
Q see that they are in a deep hole an
c there are none who dare TO help thel
out. The strikers are after them II
o the fulfillment of their promises whie
r we're, of course, mere hot air to st
II them up. The agitators are beggir
s. their friends to step in as arbitratt
/ and perfect a compromise with Il
d planters. Some members of the Yami