Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-09-29
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WILL HEAR BOTH SIDES TOMORROW

Sheriff Rose there we're no assaults
BY the strikers, hut he admits that
the situation was serious for the time
Assault Case Postponed
In police court this morning Ella
Lcno. striking stevedore who was
arrested Thursday at Pier 6. was ar.
raigned on a charge of assault and
his case postponed to Saturday. Ac.
cording TO Prosecutor ChillingWorth
the complaining witness was not to
be found but might be discovered
later. .".
Another warrant charging assault
In The affair that took place on Queen
street at the foot Of Nuuanu street
Thursday was sworn out this morning
against Filipino, but up TO noon il
had not been served.
Whether the unusual number of
DRINKS on the police court calender
this morning had anything to do with
the strike is not known, although
some Of the police said IL was a di-
rect result Of idleness upon the part
Of some of the strikers. OF the nine
DRINKS I'm court, five were Hawai-.
ians. one. Fiji Islander and one a
Porto Rican. All were assessed small
fines.
Charles Silva, the strike-breaker
who was sentenced to three months
Imprisonment In police court Thurs
day, later filed an appeal for mitiga.
ton Of sentence.
Extra Men Detailed
Extra police are still doing duty
along the water front and the crowd
of idle men on Queen street, near the
foot Of Nuuanu avenue. seems larger
than ever this morning, but apparent.
ly peaceful. A few stragglers extend
as far Eva as Pier is, where the Sci.
20 Maru IL betns worked and as far
Waikiki as Pier 6. hut the mass of
men are around the Happy Thought
coffee house.
Japanese contribute Money
appreciation was heard from strik-
ers and friendly workers this morning
OF the Honolulu Japanese many of
whom are said to have personally
subscribed to fund to feed the strik.
ers, Il is also said that Japanese
working on plantations will refuse TO
come to Honolulu to act as strike
breakers.
Saw Japanese Are Stopped
Not a Japanese who has been re.
Gently temporarily employed AZ q
steyedore since the inception of the
waterfront strike went to work this
morning They have been stopped by
the efforts OF Fred Maxine. who is
closely connected with Edwardson.
There were between Is and 80 who
worked yesterday, slept aboard steam.
ers or on the pier and did not return
to their homes to be seen by Maxine.
At least such were statements on. the
waterfront today.
Regular Men Stick
T. Mizasuki's gang of men has held
pretty well together under its luna
a few Of them have left to jDins the
strikers, but he still has 100 men utl.
der him and they are working today
still Await Reply
According to one Of the japanese
stevedores who has joined the
strikers, they are still waiting for
assurance that they will be received
into the union with full rights and
privileges, and In the event of such
assurance not being given they may
resume work at any moment.
Call on Maxine
This morning those who quit work
sent three Representatives to Fred
Maxine and asked that they be given
assistance. as they had simply quit
their work to help the members OF
the union win their demands and in
sympathy According to the state
ments of these men there are more
than 100, Of them who quit in order
to get into the union and they want
definite guarantee that they will
be so received. Maxine told them he
would arrange some plan with Ed.
wardson and would himself guarantee
that they win be accepted as mem.
bers. The stevedores' union win meet
tonight and win then definitely reply
to the Japanese.
All the editors Of the local Japanese
papers declare in favor Of inyestiga.
ton. as was suggested at the meet