Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-01-23
INTEREST
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Kennedy, with engaging frankness.
do you not wish to make some
statement which win put the com
pany's attitude before the public" wa;
asked. "a. ~
No, said Mr. Kennedy, with per
/ feet sincerity.
affow about the report that the mas
tiers and mates will demand your res
ignatlon % fa5i
It know nothing of that answered
the general manager with genuine
friendIiness.
Then the eofnpany's policy Is to be
absolute silence on all matters con
nected with the talked-of strike" ask
ed the reporter with a rising inflec
ton.
Good Afternoon, !" said Mr.. Kennedy
flashing the best smile of the inter
view y -
sThe directors OF the company were
it a session at the Inter-1sland offices
this morning that lasted from nine
O'Clock until afternoon. After the SEES
sion was over, President Kennedy ana
others declined to mike any statement
for publication. Requests for informal
ton were firmly refused on all sides.
That the demand for Kennedy's res
ignation, ade or by implication asked
for by the men, was Iubject under
consideration is a report that could
not be confirmed, but which persisted
nevertheless.
The demand also said to have been
made upon the Inter-Island manage
ment some days ago, that Joseph =.
Shcedy, in general charge of outside
from the employment of the company,
is believed to have been taken under
advisement. S.
That plans for meeting q general
strike OF navigation officers in the
Inter-Island service have been Under
consideration for some weeks past is
now conceded by shipping men at the
port. - -y5.=
The arrival of Captain Roger All
man, former master OF the Pacific
Mail liner China, in company with
President Kennedy OF the Inter-Island,
as passengers in the Matson Nayiga-
ton steamer Wilhelmina on last Tues
day morning, set afloat a series of
startling rumors. =
That Captain John F. Haglund,
port captain, is slated for discharge
from the 1nter-IslaId has been freely
predicted for some time past. That
Captain Altman, the ex-Pacific Mail
skipper, was brought down from the
coast to take his place has been more
or less positively stated, though the
Inter-Island officials when approach
ed refused to deny or confirm this
statement E.
! Questioned by Star Bulletin re-
porter this morning. w. O. Smith,
spokesman for the directors OF the In.
ter-Island company, said:
: There is nothing for publication. )"
But, Mr.. Smith," said the reporter,
"the public is, vitality concerned in
this matter. Are you sure that there
is nothing that your corporation
wishes to saw" 49,.
There is nothing to say for publ
cation" he repeated.
men are going to demand the resigna-
ton of Mr.. Kennedy and Mr.. Sheedy?"
81 have said there is nothing to say
for publication"
Officers In Reserve
The arrival Of four Pacific coast
vessel masters and mates as cabin
In the Matson Navigation
liner Wilheln1ina, In addition to Cap
tain Altman. evidently proved the last
straw to add its weight to the real
or fancied troubles of the local skip
pers and officers identified with Har-
Dor No. 81. 49,.
These men, including w. J. Smith,
John Robertson, A. Hedline and H.
Perry are now said to have been en-
gagged by President Kennedy while
that official was on the coast. "A
The story was current this morning
that the Inter-1sland management had
secured sixteen to twenty additional
who were assembling on the
coast, at immediate call from the
local steamship company.
Holding first mates certificates,
MeSsrs Claude and Melvin are also
arrivals at the port of Honolulu. The
delegation of seafaring men from the
east and west coast Of the United
States, now idle to all intents and pur-
poses awaiting the outcome of a ser
les of conferences, has set the local
on the Qui vive Of excite
nent -I4LI.s