Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-01-23

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Strike may tail It this tinas. -.
:. IN carrying their dEfAanfis FOR fnA
retention of captain Iiaaiund and the
retirement of President Kennedy and
Assistant superintendent Sheedg.
Harbof Number 54 has er1ulosga
leaal advice. As far as could Be learn
et this morning the masters and pilots
had retained Judge a. s, Hhniphfsfs
who It will be, remefn befed Conducted
he negotiations III the strike for fiiigh.
er wages, won By the vessel masters
and mates some months ago. For HIS
service at that time Humphreys is
said to have received two Thousand
dollars from the funds OF Harbor Mum
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1 There are many who are Interested
fs well as affiliated with the shipping
and business interests of the port,
who profess, to believe that. the present
alleged demand charged to the asso.
citation of Pilots and Masters, is I'M
reasonable and not justified, despite
the declaration that the steamship
company may have in contemplation
the discharge OF one or more men
from the service. -
Much will depend upon Engineers.
The cooperation of the local branch
81 the Marine Engineers Association
which in its membership includes ali
employees In the engineering depart
neht of vessels In the Inter-IsIand
crashing fleet, Is declared as neces-
sity. If q strike Is to be carried out to
a Successful conclusion. NJ 's.'
The statement was made this morn
iI.g that the engineers now identified
Rith the InterIsland company would
under no conside Grafton, Join forces
with the local masters and pilots It
Hae pointed out fiat the engineers, but
a few months ago received substantial
increase inppay. without, their having
had to bring theft demands before the
officers of the cofApany.
Unless the engineers take sides with
the shippers and the mates, COM,
plete tie-up Of Inter-Island vessels Is,
declared to be an impossibility. : 4
Haglund q Bone of Contention. L
Captain Haglund, now under fire,
and declared to be the bone of con-
tention between the members of the
local Harbor and the management of
the Inter Island is alleged to have
figured rather conspicuously in the
last strike In which the masters and
mates participated. The attitude of
Captain Haglund in some instances; is
said to have proved offensive to his
employers. The port captain, however,
has been identified with shipping in I
the Hawaiian islands for a period COW
ering many years: He has grown up
In the Inter-Island service and has
been rated as faithful and efficient |
man. AT the time of the last strike It |
was predicted that Haglund as we'll as !
several well-known shippers of the
coasting fleet, would be in line to lose
their positions +
Shippers Who May Feel the Axe,
Captains Tullett,' Piltz, freeman,
Thompson and perhaps several others
have been mentioned for some weeks |
past as in line for retirement. TheI
only reason advanced for the severipgi
Of relations between the company and
the veteran shippers was that they |
took too prominent part in the car
rying forward of the last strike, which !
Ia alleged to have seriously crippled
the Inter-Island service, causing the !
to lose many thousands of
dollars, through failure of the boats to-
depart for their regular ports on
schedule.
Seeking Recruits on the Mainland.
The local vessel masters profess to
be much exercised over the report
hat Captain Nichols, a discharged
master of the American-Ha s.
s. Columbian, was in New York and
rying to conSS2ct with sixteen mates
o go to San FRANCISCO for $110 a
month, transportation paid, and with I
he understanding that they would not
De called on to go to sea at once, but
hat they would be ON call in San
day and night, pending def
mite appointment.
Captain Nichols was engaged in the
work of trying to hire the sixteen men
n New York on January 2, of this
year. The contract was to be of six
months duration. 1t was further stat
I'd that investigation showed that Cap
ain Nichols was working in the inter-
EST of J. A. Kennedy of Honolulu.
Reported Agreement
The following is reported to he the II
orm of agreement under which the II
steamboat men have been brought n
rom the coast: H
This memorandum of agreement Il
nadeE and entered into this. .......
lay. Of. -, 1871. between In
edIsIand Steam Navigation Company, II
ida corporation under the laws of
lie Territory of Hawaii, party o. the
lrst part. hereinafter called the Com
any, and ........... Of ......
n the State , party Of
he second part hereinafter called the
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"Witnesse'hI That the Company is
J gagged in Operating line of steam
essels betw9 en the ports and landings
f the TERRITORY of Hawaii, AMI is de-
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