The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1913-01-31
COMING
TOMORROW Or
MONDAY
Men viii Not Walk Out Today,
Says Judge Humphreys, as
His Sole Statement.
BOTH SIDES ARE CONFIDENT
Laws Quoted by Each to Show
That other Has Not a Leg
to Stand On.

Following partial disclosure yester-
dav of the cards most relied upon by
the Honolulu Harbor of the Masters,
Mates and Pilots Association in the
game for power being played by it
with the Inter-Island Steam Navigation
Company, the officers of the latter body
declared yesterday that they held the
upper hand and tnat quite possibly
there would be no strike.
The disaffected masters and mates of
the company who compose the largest
part of the membership of this harbor,
on the other hand declare that they
have already got the company beaten
and that they are prepared to back
their demands by immediate resignation
from the company s service if they are
not complied with.
Yesterday was spent by both sides
in maneuvering for position in the
struggle for partial control of company
affairs that has been precipitated by
the attitude of the employees. The
statements from both sides concerned
little more than the confidence of each
that they were on sure ground, and
had nothing to do with developments.
Tomorrow or Monday.
1t is believed to be the firm inten-
lions of the masters and mates to walk
off the vessels either tomorrow morn
ing or Monday if the steamship com
pany does not yield point before then,
or if for other reasons the disagree
ment between employer and employe
appears to be permanent.
''The men will not walk out today
was the only statement A. 5. Hum
phreys, counsel for the harbor, would
make yesterday, following conference
with Captain Tullett in his office. 1t
was also reported that one of the Of
ficers said to have been brought down
| by the InterI Island company as a pos
sible strikebreaker was closeted with
Judge Humphreys all morning yester'
day.
Have Men Beaten.
erThere will be no strike,' said one
official of the Inter-lsland yesterday
afternoon. "The company has the har
Dor beaten to a fragile.
This confident statement was echoed
/ in an informal statement by one of the
directors later in the afternoon after
several conferences had been held II
the office of President and Genera
Manager James A. Kennedy, between
the executive officers of the company
and its legal counsel.
'"The men are very badly advised
legally" said this director, "if the!
are really depending on the regulation
that they have been quoted as relying
upon to maintain their fight against us
If this is so, they are already beaten
for they have not got leg to stan'
upon.'
This regulation is as follows: An.
applicant for an original license to ac
as master of any steam pilot boat, or
steamers in the Alaskan seas, or o
steamers engaged in the business
whale fishing, or of steamers engage
in the Atlantic or Pacific or Gulf Coas
fisheries, or of steamers or sail vessel
navigating between ports of the Ha
waiian Islands or between ports on tn
Island of Porto Rico, must have had
least three years experience in. til
deck department of such steamer!
which fact must be verified by docr
mentary evidence, and such applican
shall only be subject to such examine
ton as shall satisfy the inspectors tina
the applicant is capable of navigatin
such vessel, etc. F"
Judge Humphreys is the accreditc
authority for the statement that tn
law is the one most relied upon by h
clients.
"'This regulation does not cover IL
situation" continued the director a
ready quoted. "When it comes dow
to a legal basis concerning the so-cal
ed legal advantage the men say the
have by their probably exclusive know
edge of the harbors and landings
the islands the matter is simply this
"That tho only ports where pilo
are required are those of Honolulu, K
hului and Hilo where there are alreai
government pilots stationed to do tn
work for us. No master has to have
pilot s license to bring his vessel IN
any other harbor or port except thes
If we put men unused to Hawaiian "
tiers in command of our vessel In q
event of their presents masters goii
out on strike they will be fully col
petent under the law to perform the
duty"
Not Parallel Gases.
The point raised by the letter Ia
sent 10 the company by the harbor, tn
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