The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-06-08

such new skilled labor will be retained
when the strike is over and labor diff.
ficulties are adjusted, is not now known.
Says Strike will Continue.
Maxine, who returned early yester.
day morning from Waialua and Eva
plantations, where he had gone to at
tend meetings and to urge the strikers
to remain out, stated that as far as he
knew the strikers on all the planta-
tions, and these he enumerated as Aiea,
Waipahu, Eva. Waialua and Kahuku,
would remain on strike until the plan.
tiers came to their terms.
On Tuesday the striking laborers of
Eva and Waialua are to leave the
plantations. Maxine states that al.
though nearly six thousand strikers will
be thrown on their hands, including the
Aiea and Waipahu men, the Higher
Wage Association will take care of
them all, house and feed them. AS to
whether all will come to Honolulu he
did not make clear, but those who re.
NAMED down in the country would be
looked after.
He states also that, while on his tour
of the plantations on Friday evening,
| he did not go near Kahuku. Sheriff
Jarrett warned him not to go near the
estate, but he says he sent an agent
there.
After sleeping a short time yesterday
morning Maxine came to town in hot
haste to meet "agents" from the other
islands. During the afternoon Maxine
said that he did not believe any strike
was probable on Maui or Hawaii but
was not sure. In fact, Maxine is never
sure about anything. He talks just as
he finds the wind blowing.
He is greatly concerned over the fact
that the Planters Association has
never in any way recognized himself or
Negoro or the so-called Higher Wage
Association as connected with the af.
fairs of the japanese plantation labor
ers, This failure of the planters to
take notice of him is wearing on his
nerves, and every statement he gives
out to the newspapermen is burdened
with thrusts at w. o. Smith because the
latter will have nothing to do with him.
He reiterates that the Higher Wage
Association can maintain it's attitude
for the next six months and can keep
the Japanese from returning to work
Scores the Consul.
Maxine is now very bitter at the
japanese Consul General and uses ex-
pressions of "No good" "has no in.
fiuence, ga butter-in,'' and uses sew
eral nasty phrases when speaking of
the representative of the japanese EN-.
peror. Maxine is yet sore over the
Consul S official statement to the Japa.
nese laborers. The strike leaders are
twisting this statement to suit them.
selves. He lays particular stress on
what he states is the fact that the
Consul when he first went to Aiea plan.
tation told the Japanese to stay on the
plantation until they were forced Off
by the plantation. This is the way Ma.
kino and other leaders tell the Japa-
nese on other plantations of what the
Consul did on that occasion. AS a
matter of fact the Consul made no such
statement.
Afraid of Sheba.
Maxine is also taking umbrage at
the planters for getting opinions of the
strikers and the leaders through Sheba
and the Hawaii Shinpo. When it was
suggested to Maxine that the planta-
ton men in Honolulu and around Oahu
had ample opportunity to personally
judge of the qualifications of Maxine,
Negoro, Yamashiro and others by di-
rect observation, Maxine replied that
they can only learn about them through
Sheba. 1t has touched Maxine to the
quick to be called irresponsible" He
is exceedingly anxious to be interview.
ed by the planters.
Meetings at Waialua.
On Friday evening there were rival
meetings at Waialua at one of which
Maxine urged the strikers to remain
out. AT the other meeting a large
number of strikers expressed desire
to return to their work. Sheriff Jar.
rett was at Waialua on Friday and
remained there yesterday and may not
return to town until today. The burden
of Makino's talk was for the strikers
to hold out until they got their So pei
month increase.
While many strikers at Waialua have
expressed a desire to go back ITO work
they are restrained by the fear of per
sonal injury from the others. About
800 men are in the list of those who
would work if possible. If they east
the die and decide to work again, il
is quite likely that police protection
will be given them.
Planters Play Waiting Game.
The planters have found the way Ia
meet the difficulties imposed upon them
by the strikers and have so rearranged
their labor schedule that they can now
lay back and await developments. Few
of the planters are willing to state that
the end of the strike is near They
prefer TO look at it the other way
that it will be heightened out.
Hiloites Opposed to Maxine.
The following notice appeared in the
Hilo Tribune, sent in by japanese
contributor:
cit must be understood that the Ha
wall High Wages Union is an independ
ent organization, which has nothing
whatever 20 do with the High Wages
Association or with Maxine or the other