The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-05-27

the men to purchase their clothes and
other necessaries in the most favor
able market, a system which has been
in operation on foreign vessels for
many years; fifth, the question of
shipping federation and tickets; sixth,
medical examinations, and seventh,
the constitution of a board to settle
claims for compensation under the
workmen's compensation act, similar
to the board now existing between
the mine owners and miners, so as to
avoid costly and unnecessary litiga-
ton.
The federation replied that it was
unable to entertain the proposals,
and since then nothing has been done
to settle the mems grievances.
An official of the union has an
nounced that if nothing favorable
was heard from the ship owners the
whole subject would be discussed and
finally settled at the international
conference to be held in London m
May. At that conference represen-
tatives will be present from the sea
mems union of Europe, and the Off
cial added that there was every prob
ability of the conference deciding
upon a strike as the only way out Of
the difficulty. He continued:
'If it is decided to proceed to ex-
IRENE measures, the movement will
not be confined to England alone.
The men belonging to the various
unions all over the world have their
grievances like the Englishmen and
are ready to support the Englishmen
and so make the strike worldwide.
"The result will be that nearly the
whole of the transport trade of the
world will come to a standstill, as
the lockers and stevedores have
agreed to join the seamen."
GRAFT IN JERUSALEM.
LONDON, May ia letter re-
ceived from Jerusalem states that
the Moslem sheik, the guardian of
the Mosque of Omar, was given $685.
900 to permit the explorers of the
Anglo-Amdrican syndicate to eXca-
vate beneath the sacred rock upon
which the Mosque stands.
The Turkish Governor. the writer
says, received a far greater sum.
The Moslems were so incensed that
they threatened to kill the sheik.
The excavators are supposed to have
obtained sacred relics hidden by the
Jews before Jerusalem was sacked
by the Romans.
Plus TX. NEPHEW IN POVERTY.
ROME, May ia remarkable
story has been disclosed following
the arrest of a man in Naples a few
weeks ago, on the supposition that
he was the notorious "Peter, the
Painter" who is wanted in London
as a desperate anarchist.
The suspect was fortunately able TO
prove that his name was Assemble
and that, instead of being an anarch-
list, he was an ex-curassier in the
bodyguard of the King. Research
showed that he was a nephew Of
Pope Plus TX and son Of Antonio
Mastai Ferret, who hurried to rec
ognize and legitimitize him.
Count Antonio is now about sixty
years old and his career is the best
proof how conditions have changed
from what they we're in the middle
ages, when Pontiffs were accused OF
nepotism, while now the relations of
a Pope are poorer after his death
than before.
Count Antonio, when Plus TX was
alive, was educated at Caprinta Col
lege, Rome, and later was sent by
the Pope to complete his studies in
Paris. He was accompanied there
by a gentleman of the Pontifical
court. He was twenty-one years old
when Plus TX died, leaving 100000