The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-10-10
Home Of Union Secretary Bur-
glarized Early On Saturday
Night and Drawers and Desk
Ransacked BY the 'lntruders
|S0ME MONEY TAKEN;
MUCH OVERLOOKED
Suggestion Pier IS Be Dynamit-
cd Was Made 10 Edwardson
and He Connects the Sug-
gestion and Paper Searching

Jack Edwardson, secretary of the
sailors union and prominent in the or
I ga nization OF the longshbremen,s union,
believes that he wRs Makinoed" Sat
lurday evening. His residence at PIG
Vineyard street was entered while he
and Mrs. Edwardson were absent, all
bpapers were ransacked, and Eve dollars
in gold coin and ring stolen, although
other money and ynluables were not
taken. 10 .as EitN
In detailing the affair Mr.. Edward
son laid stress upon the search OF the
papers. A large vaisc, which held
lnocb' correspondence, had been over
hauled and the coptents thrust back
hastily. Pockets of clothing had been
searched he said, and even pillows Of
1.-THE beds turned. Drawers of furniture
had been left open. There were many
leSidcnces Of thorough but hurried ran
Isecking Of the houses,jii9 bt 4a
laonex Overlooked 81 nf;aast ~,
There was no explanation, however,
las to why five dollars and the plain
gold band ring should have been taken,
when twenty-five dollars in gold coin,
la $3.50 diamond ding, n hfty-dollar
watch aud chain, and q thirtyshve-dol.
lar chain, not TO speak Of silyeware,
had been left, although the gold and
other valuables, except the silverware,
were in and on the same dresser ~
Whether any papers had been taken,
Mr.. Edwardson could not states He
said that there was much correspond
epce and other papers relating to union
I activities, and especially 20 the sailors'
4 union, but nothing bearing upon the
newly organized, fongshoremen's union.
Burglary Was Early
That Sthe house had been entered was
discovered by Eric Erickson, who lives
at the Edwardson home, when he re,
turned at ten-thirty o'clock saturday
sysning. The Edwardsons had depart
I'd about eight fifteen. Mr. Edwardson
,elieved that the burglars had kept ad-
,sed as 10 his movements, Heir re-
ported the robbery to the police early
Yesterday morning. a.gasE Z
Dynamite Mentioned et.Nstl
An Hawaiian, seemingly intoxicated,
called upon Nj Edwardson Saturday
,fteTnoon, he said, with proposal that
Pier lobe dynamited, The Hawaiian
expressed his Willingness 20 do II. Mr.,
Jdwardson did not know the mans
,nme, and merely told him TO leave the
oficc, saying that he was not i"iu the
ynamitiBg business. " He said that
70 feared there was some connection
F. @7' "SR' the two occurrences.
Much Expected Today iT sos sfgE
; Today Is expected 10 bring something
definite in the liking Of the wage scale
, Union men continue TO hope that II
will be, sthiTty!fve Sand fifty ceuts,
! which they are ready TO accept, they
admit. d. = E@ t4tF 'F W.S'iA aSf
I n only thirty cents is granted for
la regular day, they say, as Fred Ala
! kino asserted, shats permanent peace
. will not result, but that another strike
, win be brewing when the sugar season
"opens, whereas thirty five cents would
assure peace for A. year or two,at least,
They desire a. stated pay by the hour,
howeyer, instead OF by the day. n is
tbelieved generally that thirty IN hour
!, ffor d 'nine hour dag, nifty cents an hour
for overtime and night work and per
/ fhaps foftysAve cents an hour for Sun
!, days and u Blidays will be the scale.S
1.-THE present scale of McCabe, Hamil.
! iten u Kenny is two dollars Tor. a nine.
| Ihobr day, forty cents an hour overtime
!. tdnd three dollars a day for Sundays
I land holidays @F sNs sal
etts A meeting of union longshorcmen
|, was held at'the rooms Of tue Sailors
!, fgMioh last night esN5 NV fti
lRIeehcns 10 Appear .tg @sgi
treTtert pf6bablv win be call upon
Robert w. iBfcckons today. Mr.. Breck
I ions said that he wis to meet some meu
tiHeoGncetion with the defense Of union
. linen, about to appear in district court
? ibat that be probably would discuss IN,
4 twage scale Ms well Mr.. Bfeekons, II
= wass stated BY union men, will appear
= IN negotiations with the shipping com
J, pahics, II there be any y =. ~
q Union men admitted that they lost
2 in their endeavor to nominate William
q o. Achi for senator, but offset that b,
. their victory in nominating William
NH. Crawford for representative, The,
IL Say shat Jack Lucas and Robert W
70 Single, both running for senatorhl
nominations, received heavy Waterfront
Support, although neither was on, tn
1actusl ''slpte. They said that otbe
linen. who received union support, yer
Z successful Link MeCandiess was