Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-08-07

masters and mates, was not willing to
wait for Mr.. Kennedy's return, and
under the decision of the harbor all
of the masters and mates of the steam
ers in port rendered their resignar
tons, and there being no other men
available. who are qualified to take
their places, the steamers are tempo
rarily tied mp: g.. +'.-...~. >.sf ...
The striking vessel masters and
mates participated in, series of con-
ferences at Odd Fellows Hall this
morning. At the close of a gathering
held at the time of the schedule set
for the departure of the liner Mauna
Kea, the shippers declared themselves
as. determined to stand by their guns
in the matter Of carrying forward the
strike to the bitter end. =, -.
"It is a matter of principle with us,
not so much the sum of money in,
Eolved in the controversy that we
have had with the management of the
lrter-Island," insisted one local nav.
igator who had been present. &
1t is generally admitted that the
claims for back, pay come from but
three or four men in the Inter-1siand
service. The rank and file of captains
and mates are said to have no real
or fancied grievance with the com.
pany,. as it is stated that the matter
of overtime payments to shippers and
officers for a number of months past
/ as been adjusted.
Additions to the Strikers.
Several shippers and their mates
joined the strikers at an early hour
this morning with the arrival of the
steamer Claudine from Hawaii by the
way of Maui ports, and the Kauai
packet W. G. Hall with general cargo
and passengers from the Garden Isle
Captain M. Onass was informed OF
the strike and together with his I'M
der officers left the Hall soon after
the vessel came alongside the new
Inter-Island wharf
These men joined forces with the
strikers, and were participants at the
several gatherings being conducted al
of Harbor No. 81, to which all strik
ers belong.
Company May Seek Assistance.
1t is understood that the directorate
Of the Inter-Island has already taken
steps to secure such available men to
man their vessels as might be found
at the port. While the Inter-Island Of
ficials remain non-committal regard
ing the matter of securing substitute
captains or mates, it is stated today
that several officers belonging to
deep-sea craft now at the port have
been approached with view to secur-
ing their services as masters or mates
on the idle coasting steamers.
One phase of the question. however,
is the fact that most of the mariners
here or belonging to visiting ships
also are members of one or the other
| Pacific Coast ''harbors" and therefore
linked with their striking brethren
through bonds of a secret and pro-
tective organization which has a
branch at practically every port of
Importance on both coasts of the Unit
ed States.
The claim is made more or less
freely that the Inter-Island would be
unable to secure assistance from the
Coast within two or three weeks, ow-
ing to the scarcity OF men suitable for
the work
Places Difficult to Fill.
The strikers, while maintaining a
firm stand in the matter also, feel con-
tident that to fill their places in the
Inter-Tsland steamers will be a decid-
eddy difficult matter.
1t is pointed out that, in the first
hn tn
first-class masters and mates IL
censes. To place steamers represent
ing several hundreds of thousands of
dollars in the hands of men who are
totally unfamiliar with the coasts Of
the several islands, it is rpredicted,
would be a suicidal policy and one
that more than one director in the
steamship COMPANY would consider