Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-09-25
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MEET TOFFEROF
STRIKERS ISSET
Men Win Return to Work at
Reduced Scale if Shippers
|. Accept BY tuesday A. N.
LOCAL CLAIMS IT NOW
HAS NEARLY 1900 MEN
Shippers Have Made No Reply
to Mayors Arbitration
Offer; Men Hopeful

IL shipping and stevedoring firms
here will meet helf way Honolulu lo-
cal of the International Longshore-
mems AOssociation before tomorrow
morning the steyedores' strike VIII
come to an end.
officials of the local said today that
they are willing to call off the strike
ard go back to work for 40 CENTS en-
hour for 9-hour day and 55 cents al
hour overtime, instead of so cents
and rs cents their original demands,
provided shipping and stevedoring
firms accept their offer Of compromise
before tomorrow morning. II the Of
fer is not accepted by tomorrow, ac-
cording to Secretary oMses K. Kahue,
the men win keep to their original
demands. @..~ .- .ss
Decision to make an offer of COM
promise was reached Friday, and the
Star Bulletin was misinformed Satur-
day by union men when they said no
official action to reduce their de-
mands had been taken.
Provisions Given Out
Active steps to provide food for fam
lilies of the striking longshcremen
were taken Saturday night and today
by the union. Poi to the amount OF
ESQ pounds was dirtbiuted this morn
ing, in addition to 500 pounds given
ont SATURDAY. night.
Mf5kzld deat pistributed
Today there were 700 pounds of
iaeat issued to strikers families need
ing food, and Saturday night union
officials claim they gave out 2620
pounds of meat of al kinds, beef, NUT
ton and pork.
This afternoon a large quantity OF
fish was bought and given out. Union
men say local Chinese and Japanese
merchants are making them the low
est possible prices, as they realize
that the steyedores form a large per-
centage of their permanent custom
ers and that they too will benefit II
the men win out.
No Reply Received
Union men said at noon today that
no letters had been received from
shipping or stevedoring firms asking
for q conference. Jack Edwardson, a
member of the unions arbitration com.
mittee, called on Mayor John G. Lane
this morning to ask him whether he
had received any word from shipping
firms offering to send representatives
to conference between them and the
strikers The mayor replied he had
heard nothing.
May Be Acute Tomorrow
With three steamers in port tomor.
row, two of which will have to be
loaded and one discharged, the con-
gestion is likely to become more acute
than at any time since the strike be-
gan September IS, week ago to.
dag. The wiIhelmina docks in the
morning with 1854 tons for Honolulu,
and-the Sierra has 1910 tons to take
on at Pier 10 tomorrow.
The Lurline is due to steam at noon
tomorrow for San Francisco. Work on
her was progressing at Pier 19 as
usual today, according to McCabe,
Hamilton & Kenny, who asserted they
had IT'S men at work, seven gangs.
She will be worked all night tonight.
All her coast freight is not yet dis
charged, however This morning a
shipment OF sewing machines was seen
in the forward hold, having been
brought from San Francisco. Officers
OF the steamer said it would take only
a short time to get them discharged.
1900 Membership Claimed
Unicn officials today claimed 90
more members were enrolled this
morning, making the total member,
ship of the local close to 1900 OF all
nationalities. They asserted Sunday
that $50 Filipinos came in voluntarily
that day and late Saturday. Last
night they met on the street outside
the Office of the Sailors Union and
were addressed by Jack Edwardson
who said the unions demands had
been reduced to a reasonable figure
and that the strikers are bound to