Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-10-04
NEW VIOLENCE MET LATER
WITH BIG GUARD OF MEN;
COUNTY ATTORNEY PROBING
Arrests Made of Alleged Active
Leaders, Whose Counsel
Complains Sheriff viii Not
Allow Him to See Them; lack
dWardson Announces Quit
ding of Committee Because
Strikers Using Force Despite
All Advice

Anticipating q prolonged surveli-
lance Of the strikers along the water
front, Deputy Sheriff Asch this after
noon informed Marcus n. Sanders,
desk clerk In the police station, tci
henceforth act indefIniteIy ss chief In
the jaIl, catering 70 the 1asronomlesl
wants Of approximately g policemen
who VIII take ~ their abodk at the
jaiI during the excIfenent.
This afternoon ne man who threw
the gasoline barrel under the Ioeon,o-
tive wheels this morning causing the
defaIlment was charged with riotlnu,
and the others srr11tcd were put un-
der vanra6cr tk1ro<l Elth ball eet At
$50, which W1s f6rnl shed thFough r.
". Breckoos their tttorpty,
Above the tniI, heaVy bef5.icade8
which the shippers placed about the
entranee Of Pier 1e tthere have been
placed elk strings of barbed wire from
four 70 six Inches apart ss further
protection and preventive Of any ef-
forts on the part Of strikers to scale
the fences.
Agents for shippers are reported TO
be still securing strike-breakers ready
70 work u they have protection to the
piers and when there.
Representatives. Of the shipping
houses said this AFTERNOON that they
had held no meetings or conferences
today and knew Of none planned Cor
this afternoon or tonight. They de-
cilned to discuss the possibility Of an
offer being made 70 the strikers Of
any wage increase whatever.
Loss o. llfe In bad wreck in the
Oahu railway yards was averted by
nance this morning when an engine
tdsrsiled BY o. mob Of striking water
nonters and their sympathizers
bumped along on the ties half hun
dned yards without turning over
or throwing off the cars con
veyino strlkebreakers which were be-
ing pulled behind.
II was no fault Of the strikers that
the accident did not turn out very seri-
ously. They threw the speeding en-
oine from the tracks BY tossing an
empty gasoline drum under the wheels
and II this obstacle had failed, other
groups Of the desperate men were
ready to hurl big timbers across the
rails and finally to roll upon the track
a number Of heavy spare ear-wheeIs
stacked aloneside the rieht-of-way.
The derailment Of the engine early
this morning was the most serious de-
velopment Of an eventful day, and is
regarded by all odds as the most seri-
Gus act OF lawiessness and violence
since the strike started.
Other Developments were these:
l. Massing of so police on water
front to protect strikebreakers from
mobs. The police admit they were
taken at a loss both yesterday and |
today but Sheriff Rose is confident |
that he has plans worked out which /
will give the necessary protection.
2. Arrest OF three men today |
charged with more or less active par
ticipation in the violence.
g.. City Attorney Brown visits |
waterfront and confers with Sheriff |
Rose on measures for protection and
prosecution of offenders Makes in
'xestigation of scene of engine derail- |
ment and watched guarded train final |
" taken 70 docks.
Attorney for two of arrested men, |
Robert w. Breckons, makes formal
complaint to sheriff that he is not al
lowed TO see them while attorneys for
the shippers are so allowed
5. Jack Edwardson, agent of the !
Sailors Union and promoter of the
new longshoremen's union, quits strike |
committee, declaring that he is dis
gusted at acts of violence.
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