The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-05-14
SUBSTITUTE LABOR IS BEING COLLECTED
AND SENT DOWN THE LINE
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as a refusal to entertain or consider
any reply you may still make to my
letter of yesterday.
Yours truly,
GEORGE ROSS,
Manager Honolulu Plantation.
Manager Bull Replies.
Manager Bull, of the Oahu planta-
ton, yesterday sent his reply to the de-
mands of the strikers, in which he
draws attention to the fact that he had
already offered concessions to the mill
men which the latter refused to accept.
The following is his letter:
Waipahu, Oahu, May ID, 1909.
To Watanabe, Shigeta, Hamada, Miya-
uehi, SEQ, Tayeyama, ct al, Repre-
senting certain japanese Laborers
on Oahu Plantation.
/ beg to acknowledge receipt of your
letter of the 18th inst. making certain
complaints and preferring certain de-
mands upon me, as manager of the
Oahu plantation, these demands COM
laborers and employees of the planta-
ton.
So far as the demands of the mill
men are concerned, l have already
made the concessions to them which,
upon consideration, I believed they
were entitled to, but they saw fit to
refuse to accept them; and now as to
the renewed and increased demands of
the mill men, and as to the other de-
mands contained in your letter, in JUS
tice to myself and to the owners OF
the plantation, l decline to accede to
the same.
Yours truly,
Z. X. BULL,
Manager Oahu Sugar Co.
Lightfoot on Eviction.
When seen yesterday afternoon Mr.
Lightfoot, attorney for the Highe
Wage Association, stated that Their
was nothing new in the strike situation
SO far as he was aware. He repeated
his statement of the day before tina
the japanese strikers could not legal.
be evicted from their houses, which ar
the property of the plantations.
With reference to this statement
prominent lawyer in town differs wit
Mr.. Lightfoot and states that the JAP
anese can be turned out legally. Will
the laborers occupy the houses they pa
rent for them. That rent may be pal
for in labor but, as soon as any of tn
tenants leave the employ of the con
pany, no matter whether on the actiO
of their employers or themselves, til
owners, no longer receiving rent, ma
evict the tenants.
There is no talk of eviction by tn
management of either plantation S
far. This point was brought up entir'
ly by the Higher Wage Association. NJ
Lightfoot also stated that he did M
look for any trouble from the striker
but he also said that his one fear VIZ
that, should any of the strikers |
evicted, the japanese, being hot-heade
might take grave offense and sta
trouble.
higher wage Ialk.
The Higher Wage leaders have
very plausible talk which thew a
handing out to the strikers and to an
body in town whom they wish to i
fluence. They say that with all t
other mills on the island running al
the laborers on those plantations
ceiying wages, the latter will easily
able to provide for the strikers. viii
they will do as long as the strike mi
last. Meanwhile the owners of the t,
mills that are shut down will be Iosi
money very rapidly and that thew W
be forced to give in when they see til
the strikers are independent of the
This may sound very reasonable
anybody not acquainted with the sitt
tion, but if Messrs Maxine. Negc
and Others think of making a fnanc
struggle with the mill owners, thew {
liable to find out that there are one
two chances for them to get the wo
of it.
Owing to typographical error in t
reproduction of Mr.. Ross letter Y
terday, in which he replied to the str