The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-05-14

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eays with the headers IN the rfesfut /
agitation or hiFher wanes fa canra I
ths cause advocated ly them mnsl I
iaudabIs and just one
onoilnr the vords ~ Patrick nenr, |
he satd now Is The slime Cot the labef
ers ~ stand un and nght Cor their
cause with determination. unity find
under proper guidance % the high-
wage leaders.
Hc said he met a planter on street
ear who said that the strike viii he
broken ~ before next Monday ! said
then that viii bet one thousand
boxes Of best Havana cigars that u
wouldn't be.
The Advertiser Bulletin. star. Shin
po and Chronicle are all organs Of the
planters and try to claim that the
cause of higher wages IL dead. II Is
alive, he said, as II shows its life to-
night.
Mr.. Lghtfoot laughed at Colonel
Jones. who started TO drill the Ma
0ional Guard boys at this late hour.
But, he said, the strikers are fghting
for their cause peacefully and there
shall never be a time they are called
for action.
Referring to a rumor of the planters
action to drive the laborers from home,
he said that the action shows the
baseness of their character, their
cruelty. their vileness He denounced
the planters and cried out, "wherc can
you find their benevolent heart to
raise the wages OF their Employer"
| If, he said, the planters try to force
the laborers out of their home the la
borers must fight. even resorting to
violence to protect their families. Jap.
anese must manifest the same spirit
of unity and determination In the
present struggle as their fellow coun-
trymen have shown in their war with
Russia,
God provided the Israelites with
mama when they were destitute, AMI
they continued in their fight. Provide
the strikers with rice and soy until
they--win victory. Your war is q
righteous war; even the planters real
lie that. Be united and fight with de-
termination, under proper direction
and the victory shall be yours"
Present Demands on Bull.
AS soon as the laborers on the Oahu
plantation decided to strike, they pre-.
sented their demands. in writing, tC
Manager Bull These demands were
almost Identical to those presented tC
Manager Ross of Honolulu plantation
the day before. Manager Bull 1T onct
came to town and held a conference
with Hackfeld G. Co., agents of the
Z plantation. The committee is reported
to have dealt with Manager Bull il
, rather high-handed manner, de
, handing that he "come here" to heal
) what they had to say.
Mr.. Hackfeld's Statement.
]. F. Hackfeld of the firm of Hack
field g. Co., Ltd, made the following
statement yesterday morning with ref
erence to the situation at Waipahu:
This morning the Japanese laborer'
, quit work on the Oahu plantation
> after Irese nting Manager Bull witt
dema nds which are similar to thos
which were presented yesterday t,
Manager Ross at Aiea. The Chimes
are still at work, and a number O
. the Japanese on the outlying portion
. of the plantation did not quit. TIL
!. mill is shut down.
Yesterday the mill was running
under a reduced force, ard I can no
!. tell you what cane we have on hand
but 1t is not very much, as we hav
been cutting slowly for the past few
days. Everything has been very quiet
with no trouble"
. Can Stay Out Six Months.
= Maxine is authority for the state
e ment that the Aiea strikers, at least
: have determined to stand by and ca
/ remain out six months If necessary
u 1t is known that the strike commit
tees, and particularly the Highe
Wage Association, are making an ef
fort to get contributions. They hav
an added expense now for attorney
services, and this, with the mainte
nance to be provided for the striker!
!. will amount to considerable.
4 Attorney Lightfoot's Statement.
: Mr.. Lightfoot, when his attentio
J. was called TO the statement in tn
Bulletin of his purported remarks @
the japanese meeting on Tuesda
9 night, said he did not make many {
n the statements accredited to him,
n the way in which they were put.
# What I did say to the Bulletin an
o what I did say at the meeting" sal
e Mr.. Lightfoot. was this: / was ask
! ed by certain people who are Gale
i agitators to address a meeting to /
= held last night in support of I'll
higher-wage movement. The hall wa
crowded with Japanese, Representative
l. business men. / stated TO them ths
" the press did not offer any Sc iou
a argument against an increase of wagS
a to the Japanese, but they did say tbs
n the time was not ripe for an increat
=. Of wages just now. The same ide
"a was expressed by Mr.. Kinney in IL
case of the Territory VS.. Y. Sega,
which he states these words:
10 1T may be that the laborers al
le entitled to more wages, but who ca
tell that the earnings of the planti
,e tons will be as great for the next t.
v years as they have been for the pa
u few years?'
lie THE newspapers were also opposin
l. / told them. the movement for high
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