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

following are said 10 have. returned
to town without even letting the Chi.
nese get out OF the carr
FiIipinos Carried Away .. if.
Last night about $50 some cars in
which Filipinos were working unload.
ing canned pines at Pier II were NOV
ed by switch-engine to get them on
another track. Strikers were waiting
on the road at the head Of the pier.
When the switch engine and car came
10 stop al ne road before switching
back, the strikers jumped into the car,
each one Selling a little brown man
and took them off bodily. The car
went back empty OF strike-breakers,
nor we're the FiIipinos able to get back
to work
Police Form lane ...
The situation among the strikers
along the waterfront took ON a Sc
ricus aspect this morning when steve
dores employed by McCabe, Hamilton
& Kenny were escorted to the barge
near Pier Ia to their work through a.
double line of policemen who had
been called TO hold back close
Icrowding mass Of strikers.
Most OF the traffic officers who
had not yet gone to work on the
street corners we're in the squad that
formed the alley through the strikers
to the waters edge. According TO
Sheriff Rose there were no assaults
by the strikers, but he admits that
the situation was serious for the time.
Assault Case Postponed
In police court this morning Ella
Lcno, a 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 1t
had not been served.
AZ Whether the unusual number of
drurks 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 d.
rect result of idleness upon the part
of some Of the strikers. OF the nine
DRINKS in court, five were Hawai-.
ians, one, Fiji Islander and one a
Porto4Rican. 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 morpingA but apparent |
" peaceful, A few stragglers extend |
as far Eva as Pier Is, where the Sci. |
70 Maru Is being worked and as far |
Waikiki as Pier 6, but 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 a fund to feed the strik.
ers. 1t 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 as
stevedore 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 25 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
+. MizasukFs gang of men has held |
pretty well together under its luna.
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