Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-09-23
.SHlPPINGFIRMS
IGNORINGOFFER
OF MAYORLANE
Strike No Nearer Settlement
and Union Denies Yielding;
Needy Families Aided

With shipping firms practically ig-
noring Mayer John c. Lanes invita-
ton TO meet with him at their con-
yenienee to talk over the steyedores
strike and see IL II can be settled ami
cably. and the longshoremen's union
denying that it. has in any way taken
action toward decreasing its demands
for higher wages and recognition OF
the closed shop, indications this aft
ernoon are that the strike is no nearer
settlement than on Friday, and that
both sides are deadlocked. -
Representatives Of four shipping
firms, the principal employers of long
shoremen and steyedores In Honolulu.
said at noon today they had not yet
agreed to confer with Mayor Lane.
They did not hesitate to say that so
far as they were concerned they saw
no need for such a conference, as they
have all the steRedores they want and
If the union men do not choose 10 work
for them at the old wages scale, they
do not have to. McCabe, Hamilton &
Kenny reported work going as usual
on the Hyades. China and at Pier 10,
with plenty of men. ......-....- +
No official action has been taken
by the officers or members Of Homo
lulu local, International, Longshore.
mems Association. toward lessening
our demands or abandoning the closed
shop principle" said Secretary Moses
K. Kahue Of the union at O'clock this
afternoon, and no action one way or
another will be taken until shipping
firms consent to meet us and the may
or and arbitrate the strike"
Members Of the union denied en-
members and a reproduction Of the
weekly Ad Club luncheon at Honolulu.
During the course of the last-named
feature visiting delegates from Maui,
Kauai, Hawaii and Oahu we're called
to the platform for the delivery Of
brief speeches. Governor Pinkham at
tended the show with military party
including Cmdr. Victor s. Houston of
the cruiser st. Louis. .s...s
Called to the platform by the Ad
Club, the governor spoke In a serious
vein He said that, by next July, the
territory will be financially in posi-
ton to undertake large improvements
for the benefit of all the islands OF
the group. r.. ~.
Cruiser ST. Louis Arrives
The cruiser st. Louis arrived at Hilo
late Friday afternoon and locked at
Kuhio wharf. Charles r, Forbes, sup
of publit works, declares
that the docking of the cruiser is
vindication of the territorial govern
ment's position that the wharf is safe.
phatically the statement credited by
a morning paper to Jack Edwardson,
OF the longshoremen,s local,
that the members would be willing to
accept 40 cents an hour for nine
hour day, and IS cents an hour over
time. They said their original de-
mands, SO cents an hour and Is cents
overtime, still hold.
At or 5 o'clock this afternoon mon
ey will be given those strikers whose
families are in need of food as a re-
suit of the strike The money will be
taken from the unions $1,000 relief
fund. H. T..
Tomorrow. afternoon or night there
will be another regular meeting of the
union, at which it Is expected the un-
ion will decide what policy will be fol-
lowed next week, the second week Of
The strike. Union longshoremen this
afternoon said they would not give
up, and that they were in position
TO hold out at least month more.