The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-06-04
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Threats Against Women.

-NS "a t@E o6a41IS EIAu IEttOELGu teSEFT-
day. The same story comes from all
over town. In one family of moderate
means, which employs a japanese wo-
man 10 do the house work, the latter
requested that her wages be held back
She IS engaged to be married 20 a
japanese who has good job in the
stable OF private residence and was
told that Maxine would effect the dis
charge Of both of them if 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 a
large number of dissatisfied strikers.
This letter viii appear in the Shinpo
this morning and is as follows:
Editor, Hawaii Shinpo: Greeting; we
were told before that your paper was
obstrueting 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
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 Yamaiehi Hotel told US of
certain funds kept in trust at the con-
sulate which can be asked for the bene-
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 u.s. 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 eountrymen 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 suffer
ings we rad to undergo because Of their
lying.
We wish anybody who may want to
help us to send money either to the
consulate, the Japanese Merchants As
sociation or other respectable men, but
not to the Higher Wage Association.
We all beg for that. We intend to
consult with our friends and then to
see the men of the Nippu Jill. Rev.
Imamura of the Hongwanji church al
so told us to go back to work. We
viii quit striking. Please judge who
is to be blamed. Please write to white
men s 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 Inter-Island Steam
Navigation Company's offices and made
tentative advances for an arrangement
whereby steamers could be chartered
to carry the local strikers to the other
Islands. He was not met with any
great encouragement az ne could not
show Just where the price was coming
from.
Maxine tried to work off som of
the same talk that he has ased on his
dupes but, as he could MOI sao@ wlsre
the money for ehartering eagrsfa
was coming from, nohse - 80
the same, he was
people who char 81 = N Co ID
line are expect q IS
dollars betsa s1e$5 4&K De
- Ispane, Err liant
striss ssssis ~ 80 whs has since
tbgn eFndied the*si lion more care
fullusHd who confesses to having been
preidaiced 10y the Nippu J9i had the
following to say in Z writteS stfement
The agiasorss. organ!R Nippu, is
pressed 10 tie. wall after it's blind
agitation. Editor Sega has approach
ed several merchants So financial
support and was toldr &gE they haa
no more money thaA - expected
to receive some from them
and came TOO la 30 md that none
OF them IS as b1~ as he was But
the blind editor of the Nippu Jill is /
not only badly fixed in financial
way. but he is ignored even by his |
former associates who one by one
turned their back to him when they !
saw how badly the strike inspired by |
him was affecting their own pocket. |
The strikers are also tired OF his |
promises and Of his associates for !
higher wages and they are after
SOFA. Maxine and Negoro.
The leaders of the agitation can now |
see that they are in deep hole and /
there are none who dare to help them (
out. The strikers are after them for .
the fulfllment Of their promises which
were. of course, q mere hot air to stir
them up. The agitators are begging .
their friends 70 step in as arbitrator !
and perfect a compromise with the
planters. Some members of the Yama-
guchi mems association were ap-
preached by Soga and others with
such a proposition, but they told the
- rr=-o-orr that they ca1 NOT do any,