The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-12-26
Strike RESULT
OF OVERTIME
SlevedOres at KahuIul Would Not
Load Sugar Without a
Free Supper.
tAIan spssIal 70 TAs AdvsrtI..r.l

(Mais Special to Tho Advertissr.)
wAILUKU, Maui, December &c. -
Wednesday morning tho stovodossr.
trainmen and lumber yard men In the
employ Of tho Kahulul Railroad Com
pany, numbering between forty and
hfty men, all Hawaiians, walked out
on a strike over the summary discharge
Of Maalo and another stovedore, az sent
The Advertiser by wireless. Tho even
ing before Superintendent Williams
wanted the men to work overtime till
seven o'clock in the evening loading
sugar for the Lurline, but the men
claimed that John Makahio, the fore
man, had instructed them to quit ah
six clock. Another grievance was IL
they were expected to work overtime
later than six tho company was to pro-
vido the men with supper. In quitting
work at ak o'clock Tuesday evening
the men left scowload of sugar along
side the Lurline afioat in the harbor
overnight, exposed to the weather, ex-
cept for a tarpaulin covering. Mr.. Will
liams was angered over this and called
the men down for it Wednesday morn
L ing. Maalo, acting as q spokesman for
the stevedores, told Of John Makahio's
orders to quit work at six, which Ma
kahio denied saying his instructions
were for the men to work till seven
o clock 1t was then that Mr.. Williams
discharged Maalo and another man, and
as soon as this action was known all Of
the other stevedores left work and
walked out.
The strike was evidently prearranged
rs the "uniOn'' held a special meeting
before in Wailulu, and had appointed
their president, M. X. KeOhoknlole, a
committee to wait on Superintendent
Williams Of the railway company to
talk over the alleged Misunderstanding
of orders, and also about providing the
men with supper if required to work
overtime later than six in the evening
Mr.. Keohokalole was on his way to COM
iply with the instructions of the meet
ling and met the mon coming away
from their work in Kahului. Asked
whether or not the question of increas.
ed wages for the stevedores was one of
the objects he was to see Mr.. Williams
about, Mr.. Keohokalolo admitted it was
a secondary matter, but disclaimed any
idea Of seeking to get raise of wages
/ through strike methods. it was his in
tention to breach tho subject to Mr..
Williams and to allow q month or two
to pass in making arrangements before
the final answer. The wage scale want
ed was $3.50 per day.
The men made further claim that the
Kahului Railroad Company charge the
shipmasters $3.50 per day per man en-
Iployed by the company to handle
freight for steamers and sailing vessels
while the company only pay the men
wages ranging from $l,25 to S1.80 per
day. This Mr.. Keohokalole admitted
was only hearsay as to the $3.50 per
day paid by shipmastcrs to the COM
lpany.
The strikers have been generally rO-
placed by other men and the work OF
the Kahului Railroad Company in ito
various branches goes on uninterrupted.
There is talk that the company intends
to put on machinery for handling sugar
cargoes which will greatly reduce the
number of men needed to carry on the
work on the waterfront. To this the
strikers say the company will install
the machinery anyway when wharveS
are built to enable the big freighters
to take cargo direct from the wharveB
The union leaders have wirelessed to
David Ewaliko of HilO and he is ex-
pected to arrive by tho Maunakea to-
night,
Believed Woman Lost.
The combinjed efforts of Sheriff
Crowell and the mon under him with
the assistance Of over fifty Japanese
friends of Uchida have not brought to
light further traces of the missing Jap.
anese woman and child. 1t is believed
the woman Is mentally deranged, and
that she and her baby persisted in some
lonely nook of lao Valley.
Suspect the Wine.
At half-past two o'clock this morn
ing Japanese cane planting contractor
by tho name of Kimura died at Camp
| 2, Punnene, five hours after drinking
quantity Of wine. An autopsy was held
and the physician found the organs
were normal, although at FIRST 1t was
believed the man . death was due to
heart failure. Sheriff Crowoll is send
ing down the stomach by tonight's
steamer with a sample of tho wine to
Food Commissioner blanchard to be
Analysed and to ascertain whether or
not tho man had been poisoned, al.
though for the present no one Is sus.
pect0d Of having caused the death Of
KimuTA.