The Hawaiian gazette., 1913-02-11
MORE OFFICERS IN
SERVICE RESIGN|NG
(From Monday Advertiser }

Developments of the day, yesterday, |
proved to be the most important in the
even of the strike of masters and
mates so lar passed. A meeting OF
Harbor No. 81 was held in the morning
at which the reports turned in greatly
encouraged the members and resulted
in their announcement later that the
- harbor would win"
Captain Lane of the steamer Helene
which arrived from Hawaii Saturday,
wrote out his resignation from the com
pany's service yesterday and it is now
in the possession of Mr.. Ashford toI
present to the company today. The
second mate of the same steamer also
resigned.
Mr.. Ashford last night gave out the
first interview reviewing all that has
been done. Most of the inside negotia-
lions were made public in this and the
summary the speaker gave of the pres
emit condition of the company, sending
out "wounded and senile men on its
vessels is a startling one, to say the
least. He said:
Mr.. Ashford's Statement.
"The present disagreement between
the company and the harbor had its
roots in the defeat of the company by
the harbor last August. That defeat
ranked in the minds of the corporate
managers, who determined to get even
! with the harbor, and the method they
chose was the dismissal from the en-
ployment of the company of all those
masters and mates who had participat-
ed at all prominently in that affair.
| ''The present dispute became acute
when the company, few weeks after
signing an agreement with the harbor
! to restore its, members to its employ
ment at an increased rate of wages Ito
continue for three years and thereafter
until six months notice to the contrary
by either partly, attempted to discharge
Captain Thompson without giving hin
any reason for his dismissal. Captain
Thompson complained to the harbol
which took up his case with the com
pany and insisted that Thompson should
not be arbitrarily discharged in the
absence of some good reason for suct
act, and inviting its statement of 1T
reason for which this discharge wal
sought.
"There were two grounds for thu
position taken by the harbor at tina
time. The first of these consisted o,
set of resolutions which had beer
adopted by the harbor and approved b,
the national harbor, months before thu
dispute of July-August, 1912, became
acute. Those resolutions were in effec
declaration that the harbor woult
stand behind any of it's members VIII
should be discharged or sought to b
discharged without sufficient cause.
| ElThn paanlntiana IN, nuaatinn UNI
adopted as an immediate consequence
of the arbitrary dismissal by the com
pany of two of its mates who, in tn
exercise of their God-given rights, ha,
dared to express upon the floor of tn
harbor some complaints concerning tn
attitude of the company towards 1t
mates relating to excessive hours o
! labor, without extra pay. The compan
then, as always, had its spies upon tn
floor of the harbor. Those spies re
ported Immediately to the compan
what the mates had said in their lodg'
and they were 'incontinently fred
Hence the resolutions referred to.
, Their Second Reason.
II 1.-THE second of those two grounds
of course, was the apprehension fel
by the members of the harbor genera
, ly that II they should stand idly b
and permit the sweeping out process
to be inaugurated by the effective dil
charge Of Captain Thompson, none O
, them could have any assurance this
he would not be the next TO lose hi
head, and equally without cause. Cor
sequently the harbor, having unayai
ingly requested reasons 10 be given n
, the attempted discharge of CAPITAL
, Thompson, informed the company /
effect That it, members would not sa
/ With any substitute for Captain ThomI
/, son whom the company might seek I
i plaee Ia command Of his shin.
The company was obliged 10 yieli
. for the time, but this new attitude o
ihe part 81 the harbor only served |
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