Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-08-06

may now exist will soon be adjusted,
was the concluding remark made to
a Star-Bulletin representative in re.
Spouse to a query as to what action
the steamship company proposed to
take in the matter.
The masters and mates in individ.
ual groups about the shipping district
declared today that they propose to
stand firm in the contention for bet.
ter pay.
During the morning hours a series
of important conferences, was held, in
which the executive committee of Ho-
nolulu Harbor No. 81, to which all
Inter-Island shippers and mates be-
long, and the management and direc-
tors of the Inter-Island participated.
Five Vessels Now Tied Up.
Five steamers are at present tied
up, and judging. from the determine
ton of both the steamship company
and the officers, they may not depart
on their regular runs to the island
ports.
The steamer Wailele was to have
sailed for Ionokaa,, Kikuihaele, Paa-
uhau and Kaanapali at ten o'clock
this morning with a large freight and
some later mail. The vessel was
loaded with cargo yesterday and made
ready for a prompt dispatch. Cap
tain Carlson with his two mates
obeying the mandate issued f.om
headquarters, refused to take the yes.
sci out and she still lays at her wharf
with steam up and crews aboard.
Freight for Kawaihae, Mahukona,
Kipahulu and Makalau was going in
to the steamer Iwalani this morning,
but Captain Pitt and his mates were
not ron hand, but we're, enrolled with
leastrikers. The. Iwalani was SEIZED
ruled To. depart, at noon.
United States mails are under con-
tract with the Inter-Island dispatched
for Kauai ports each week in the
steamer Kinau, that is on the boards
TO get away for the Garden Island at
5 o'clock this evening. The Kinau is
being supplied with a large general
cargo, and at the booking office fifty
or more cabin passengers are to leave
for. the neighboring island in the
Kauai liner.
The steamer Mikahala, plying be-
tween Honolulu and Maui, MOlokai
and Lanai ports is also on the list to
sail at five this evening with general
cargo, United States mails and pas
sengers. This vessel is commanded
by Captain Tullett, one of the oldest
masters in the, service. Captain TuI.
lett, like his brother officers, was con-
SDicuouS by his absence at the
wharveS today.
Strike was Sure and Sudden.
The flagship Mauna Kea from Hilo
via way ports steamed into the har
bor at daylight this morning, and
Captain Dad" Freeman with his
three mates left the vessel very quiet
ly and went their way downward.
The Kona and Kau liner Kilauea
from windward Hawaii ports was
also an early arrival and no sooner
had this vessel moored at the wharf
than Captain Thompson sad his
three under officers left their posts of
duty and Joined their brethren. Fol
lowing the arrival of the steamers
Mauna Kea and the Kilauea, the Ship
ping fraternity and business men of
Honolulu were brought face to face
with the realization that a strike of
no mean proportion was on, which ap-
peared destined to prevent the move
ment of mails, passengers and cargo
and supplies between Honolulu and
all island ports.
Only Masters and Mates Involved.
Only masters and mates in the In
ter-Island service are involved in the
present strike, but that is generally
conceded to be of such Importance
that the movement of all vessels will
be delayed pending settlement of
the differences between the officers
and the company.
The engineering staff has an agree
ment which has been in existence for
some time regarding the payment of
overtime.
Inquiry at all the wharves and on
board the several coasters now at the
port this morning disclosed the fact
that the seamen and members of the