The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-11-19
JAPANESE START
RIOT IN ASAHI
THEATER
Missiles Thrown and Two Men
Are Severely Cut About
the Head.
VICTIM ESCAPES IN A HACK
Meeting Passes a Resolution
Opposing Any Connection
With !. w. w.
VICTIM ESCAPES IN A HACK
From Saturday Advertiser.

Blood followed riot in the Asahi
Theater last night at eleven clock,
when hundreds of angry japanese at,
tempted to mob Matsuda, small mer-
chant, following the passage of reso-
hutton condemning the 1. w. VS. for
inflaming the japanese laborers with
their doctrines. Two men were badly
cut ON the head and face by empty
soda water bottles, and but for the ac.
tivity of Fred Maxine and Chester A.
Doyle, Matsuda would have been badly
handled and probably seriously injured,
had not these two quelled the rioting.
Later, when the theater had been
emptieG and at least a thousand Japa.
nese were massed in the street waiting
for Matsuda to appear again, Mr.. Doyle
established Gordon of police and spe-
Gals outside the entrance, and hurriedly
placing Matsuda in hack, rode away
with him and concealed him for the
night
The Asahi Theater was filed and
massed to The doors with japanese, who
listened to straightforward the shoulder
speeches from number of leading
japanese against permitting the l. w.
VS. to interfere with their labor organ
izations, the final speech being made
by Mr.. Maxine, who spoke for nearly
an hour Mr. Maxine was listened to
with earnest attention, his remarks be-
ing frequently applauded.
He said that the japanese were per
fectly able to take care of their. own
labor affairs and needed no assistance
from such an organization as the l. w.
w. At the conclusion of his speech he
read a resolution against the L. w. Ws
which he asked the audience to vote
upon.
Those who favored its passage were
requested to clap their hands, and this
request was met with salvo of hand
clapping He asked those who did not
favor the passage of the resolution to
also clap their hands. There was no
response, and the meeting was dis
persed
Trouble Begins.
AT this juncture Matsuda, who was
sitting in the side gallery, arose and
shouted to those assembled upon the
stage He questioned the voting and
made some remark which was inter
preted by the japanese then fling out
of the building to mean that he did
not like the resolution. Standing near
him were A. K. Ozawa and many promi
nent japanese.
Immediately the crowd which had
reached the door and just outside rushed
back into the building and angrily faced
the speaker in the gallery.
In the noise which resulted from the
movement of so many wooden-shod feet
the calls of those on the stage for the
audience to keep quiet We're unheard
From the crowd downstairs a missile
hurtled through the air and shot a few
inches above Matsuda s head, striking
the wall behind him. This was the
signal for fusilade of missiles, most
of which were soda water bottles.
Strong arms were behind each bottle
and for the space of quarter of min
ute the crash of breaking glass, angry
shouts and the calls of those who wished
to preserve peace made bedlam. Ma,
hno sprang from the stage and rushed
to the stairs leading to the gallery and
came to the front, narrowly escaping
injury from a bottle which flew past
his shoulder. One bottle meanwhile had
struck Matsuda on his right jaw, caus
ing the blood to flow freely.
Maxine shouted to the crowd to pre-,
serve their tempers, and at the same
time Mr.. Doyle came to the front of
bhc sldEt, bHdhluR his cdne at IHt
crowd yelled to them to quit and dis.
perse Doyle was ready to spring down
into the mass of japanese, and the
front rank melted away.
There was movement toward the
door, when Matsuda, holding hand
kerchief to his cheek, made the mis-
take of shouting to the crowd. Imme-
diately two soda bottles were thrown
in his direction, following which Ma
kino and 0zawa covered Matsuda with
their bodies.
Doyle shouted again and again and
finally attracted the attention of the
crowd to himself He ordered all to
disperse, and as he walked across the
stage the Japanese obeyed and left the
hall,
Crowd Lies in Wait.
Outside the building the crowd wait.
ed to wTeak their vengeance OH Mat
suda when he appeared at the door. An
other japanese was noticed at this time
wiping blood from his face. Uno, an
innocent spectator, had been struck
with a piece Of flying glass, cutting a
deep cash in the corner of his left eye,
narrowly missing the eyeball. This
angered the crowd once more against
Matsuda, who was rushed behind the
scenes,
Finally, when IL was seen that Mat,
sudn would receive bodily harm.
Doyle called for hack, and with two
policemen guarding II, AZ well ~ hav
ing number OF haoles and japanese
special officers on baud, he took Mat.
hnda, aud when both we're IN tbs hack
= Nas driven away, no one molesting
them, Doyle Nas given vote of
thanks hy the aasemhase Tor the man,
nef IN which Do quielea down the taf
mutt
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