Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-10-04
DERAILINGOF engine EEAIUHM
EVENTFUL DAY IN HARBOR STRIKE

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wen take that train through just
as soon IS this track Is cleared, de,
elaEed Fred B. Smith. general passen;
ger agent and George p Denison
| general manager. who were present
during the trouble, and there was a
elesHa instheiT eyes asaif they meant
business. s.s. 40
Alleged AaItator Arrested ST
Sam Halstead, said to be one. OF
the strike agitators was arrested
shortly after the wreck by Policeman
Hose Peter. who went into, the strik,
ers' ranks and brought out his man
when Captain Baker ordered him TO
II overheard tHalstead encourage
the strikers to arm themselves with
rocks and, to stone the policemen II
we started 10 interfere with them,
Peter says,
In respect to rock-throwing both
Baker and Rose told, their men this
morning not to use either clubs. or re-
yoiyers unless Absolutely necessary.
and to show firearms only as last
resort Rose says in this. matter the
men must use their own discretion;
Baker told them, to fire II they were
stoned. 81 s -, fsxta
A third striker arrested during the
riot was D. Kekoowai, who was taken
in custody By. Policeman J. g. Brasco.
who says Kekoowai picked up scant-
ling and brandished II in ? threaten
ing manner,
Kekoowai said at the police station
that he was enraged By the sight of a
bic pistol In the hands OF one of the
railway men, The latter was an ell
DERBY night Waterman OF the Oahu
Railway and was. one Of the braYest
men in the crowd. But he was taking
no chances. After the wreck he walk
ed about with his six-shooter in his
hand. His name Is Tom McGriffin
Several large clubs and rocks were
seen in the strikers hands by specta-
tors and Captain Baker says several
Of the policemen exhibited pistols
during the excitement. although re.
porter saw none. Rose says all the
officers are armed, however.
Fifty PoIice On Scene
Att this mornings riot there we're
over so police, including Sheriff Rose.
Deputy Asch. Captain Baker. eight
traffic officers. eight mounted off
GERS, / 2 policemen in the extra squad
which has been organized since the
strike started, besides a number Of
special officers under Jack BeIser and
all of the Merchants Patrol in charge
of Harry Evans.
The strikers were estimated at
about 500 The sheriff says it was not
as large crowd as the one which
gathered in the same place yesterday,
but he admits that it was equally as
effective.
Il am putting a few m0re men on
all the time and holding them in read
mess for any disturbance said Rose
late today, and although do not
expect any more trouble am sure we
can handle the strikers now and do
not intend to appeal to the governor
fer aid. = 80
Sheriff Rose and Captain Baker
have had little rest in the last few.
days and they spent most of last night
at the station, going out several times
TO investigate rumors Of trouble along
the waterfront.
> II has been said that several. Filipi-.
no strike-breakers working at Pier Is,
expected trouble just before midnight
when they knocked off for the night,
and that they. had been defensively
armed The sheriff and the captain
were there. but few strikers were
about and the Filipinos were unmo-
Tested.
AT Pier l6 several Filipinos quit for
the night and walked unhindered
through throng of strikers who
stayed all night in front, of the pier.
There were no arrests last night.
Sheriff Turns Down Attorney
When Attorney R. Wv. Breckons,
who has been retained to represent
two arrested men, asked to see the
men who. were arrested this morning
he was refused.
Railway attorneys deny. a report
that there was mail on the train which
was watched by the strike,breaker's
committee and later derailed. but be-
lieve that the stopping constitutes a
federal offense with a severe penalty.
Fred c. Smith of the railway said
this afternoon that he does not know
whether any more trains would 90
through or not, but asserted that it
was the duty Of his company to fur
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