The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-05-25
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huku on the 9:15 train, and about
noon sent word to the police station for
japanese interpreter to go there on
the afternoon train. Detective Michi
was sent.
Makino's Promise.
The news that there was trouble at
| Kahuku was something of surprise.
Maxine had given out the word when
the strike was first started a couple of
weeks ago that the Higher Wage Asso-
citation would countenance no rioting
or violence, and any striker found VIC
| lating this would be prosecuted by the
Higher Wage Association.
There were calls from down country
for autos to go down to various planta-
tions for the use OF subleaders of the
agitators, SO that they could get about
| more quickly.
All but Waimanalo.
With Eva and Waialua in the strike
list all the Oahu plantations on Oahu
save Waimanalo are now involved 1t
is said that about 1900 Japanese are
out, and that almost half of these are
now in town. Strikebreakers are being
utilized with about the same average
leaving town every morning. AS Eva
and Waialua have changed the situa-
ton somewhat, it is likely that nearly
1000 strikebreakers may be required
The Chinese who felt they had griev-
ance against the planters, the police or
somebody for preventing them from
getting tickets for work, are said to
have been pacifed and can be depend
ed upon to join the strikebreakers -
army.
South America Talk.
There was talk yesterday that Ma
kino plans to start some of the strikers
off on the next T. K. K. steamship to
South America. This begins to look
as if the strike was called by the agi-
tators merely to get supply of emf
grants for South America, thus dupli-
eating the famous Vancouver emigrant
scheme of a couple of years ago, when
the men engaged in the matter hoped
| to make a wad of money. Just why
| the strikers would have to be sent
away from here when the agitators
| claim that they have the situation just
| where they want it to get an increase
| of wages. is not explained. Getting the
| laborers to strike for higher wages, and
| then planning to send them to South
| America at so much per head, looks
| peculiar.
| Where to House Them.
| The agitators say they have room
| for a couple of thousand more strikers
in the hotels and homes which they
| allege have promised to house the idle
| men. If there are not enough accom-
modations they hope that the house
servants will see that they are lodged
This means probably an invasion of the
| householders back yards and the re
quest from servants to let then
"uncle' or ''brother' or "father'
visit them for a few days.
| The management of hostelry owned
by white men s capital is said to have
notified its Japanese help that it viii
not tolerate strikers being lodged in tht
quarters assigned to the employees.
Sending Money to Japan.
In spite of the statement of the agi
tatOrs that the japanese are paid sucl
small wages that they can barely live
on them, scores of strikers after con
tributing to the F'strike fund, have
sent money orders to Japan and deposit
ed reserve cash in the Yokohama Speci'
Bank.
Waianae Men Resume Work.
AS foretold on Sunday by Manage
Meyer of Waianae plantation, tn
strikers on that estate returned to worl
yesterday morning.
Japanese Doctors.
Among the japanese physicians VIII
have given their services to aid tn
sick among the strikers while they ar
! in town are Drs. Haida, Katsuki, Ue
mura and Mitamura.
Makino's Statement.
Maxine, the chief agitator of tn
/ present strike situation. said yesterda
afternoon that the Higher Wage AssC
\ | citation was collecting a fund larg
I enough to maintain the laborers of Wa
\ pahu and Aiea plantations in ease fo
year. He said that the labOrers woul
. be expected to contribute a certai
amount to the fund from time to time
| and that the commissary being bough
in wholesale lots could be provided S
] reasonably that the laborers could
, supplied with food for fully twelv
i months. He added, however, that
i the Eva strikers came to town in
! bunch that it would seriously interior
> with the plans for maintaining the Ale
and Waipahu men. As to Manager Rel
ton of Eva, Maxine said, that he r.
4 garded Mr.. Renton as the best manage
: of all on this island, because she treat
a the Japanese right He added TIL
4 when a japanese had laborered fl
\ years he was advanced by merit an
U given better wages. Maxine also int
. mated that his association could re
upon funds coming from the other
- lands.
What j. P. Cooke Says.
= "Many of the plantations have adop
4 ed the method of burning over the
Y fields before cutting them,0 said J.
\ Cooke yesterday. This does away vii
I all the trash and makes it so easy +
men to go in and cut the cane that v
I can get along at saving of forty P
\ cent in the cost of handling. Few
( men do the work. The fire does n
\ hurt the cane 1t really improves
4 by increasing its glucose propertit
\ Then, again. advanced plantations
4 longer strip the cane, thus saving abo
n q