Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-05-11

camp
80 Repair the road to the camp.
~ To make the departure OF the
train, carrying laburers, more pune
tual.
"5. PLANTATION MANAGER
WILL NOTIFY THE ASSOCIATION
OF HIS INTENTION WHENEVER
HE WANTS TO DISCHARGE ANY
LABORER
The gist of this whole business Is to
make the agitatOrs the labor bureau of
the sugar plantations of Hawaii. When
this Is completed the grip is to be OK.
tended to the servants Of Honolulu
That is the purported agitation plan
Furthermore the agitators state that
the present strike has been brought
about because the Planters AssOCia.
ton did not answer its letters.
Meanwhile the situation on the other
| plantations Is about the same. The
Oahu plantation Japanese are not with
the agtatOrs as is evidenced by the
fact that although II was promised the
plantation would be tied up this morn.
| ing. the field hands went to work and
not few Of the japanese field hands
accepted the offer Of the management
to work In the mill and take the place
OF the strikers.
! No trouble Is reported from Eva.
Waialua. or Kahuku, although 1t is
stated In town that Waialua may be
included In the strike by tomorrow o.
next day and Kahuku by the end of
the week. The enthusiasm for the
strike appears to decrease as the
square OF the distance from Honolulu
This morning there was a general
rustling about town to secure citizen
labor for Honolulu Plantation and be,
fore nightfall there Is no doubt that q
good.sized force OF workmen will be
In the field taking care Of the irriga
ton and thus keeping the cane In con
dition. Half the Honolulu crop Is OF
and the cane can stand In the field for
three months without seriously deter
iorating.
In the opinion Of some plantation
men there should not be much danger
of general strike all over this island
rs most of the Castle & Cooke and
Alexander G Baldwin plantations have
the contract system of raising cane
The laborers do not draw u full
months wage every pay day. only q
proportion of the money being paid
them. the balance retained until the
matured crop Is cut, and ground al
the mill. Then the contractor is paid
according to the sugar contained In
his cane and the price realized for It.
II Is believed that the contract mon
VIII not risk losing the money that Is
coming to them from their cane con
tracts, by taking part In any strike. a,
that would be violation of the con
tract drawn up and signed by them. |
the cane Is not cultivated and watereI
to the satisfaction Of the management
OF the plantation, the contract become
void. Under these circumstances IN,
japanese contractors would be foolisl
to risk the loss of their legitimate prof
Its, besides throwing away their har,
labor for the past two years.
There was a rumor current on tn,
streets this afternoon to the effec
that the Japanese laborers at Kahuk,
plantation had gone on strike. In
quiry at the Offices OF Alexander 4
Baldwin ELECTED the information tina
the report was without foundation AM
that all was quiet on the plantation.
Sheriff Jarrett returned shortly nj
ter 2 o'clock from Aiea and Waipahu
He reports everything perfectly Quie
and orderly. why. you would no
know that there was strike on. unles
someone told you about It," was tn
way that he expressed himself.
Jarrett visited the plantations to Sc
II there was any need for additional pc
lice protection.