Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-11-22
PETERS LASHES
COMMISSION in
HEATED SPEECH
Declares Harbor Board Biased
In Questions Involving
William Greger

St1nulnS iii. the ulSetllS ~lOOii4S VI
the harbor board this afternoon, seIrar-
ated from the board members by the,
/ little wooden rail that runs across the
room, T. C.. Peters, attorney for the
LORD. Young Engineering Company.
contractors, dashed the commissioners
in a singing speech for what he
claims is their biased and pr JUDGED
attitude toward W4.4Iam Greger, ter
ritoriaI inspector OF Piers 5. 9 and 10.
Peters voice rose in accord with his
feelings; reaching TO the >uttermost
recesSes OF the capitol building, and
before the talk had gone far employees
| in the various offices had gathered
| III corners OF the hall TO hear his
words =. .'...:-. @..:.>. ..-~... .s~
Numerous requests from Attorney
Arthur G.. Smith that Ives. the work
man said to be most complicated in
the fight that Greger had some weeks
ago on the p,arS. be allowed to state
his part iii the affair were refused
hotly by Peters who maintained that
the incident has been closed by the
police judge, and that he will make
for Ives whatever statements are to
be made. Peters then reviewed the
testimony which he said had been
given in police court. III. IT,
Is this Greger sainted property of
the territory thai he can slap a man
at a dance and get away with it under
the protection of the harbor board?"
asked Peters. IF that is your attitude
you had better take him off if you
want to protect him. You men are SO
biased you won't recognize fair
fight 49,. ~. .--...>> ..:..
Col. c.. j. Mccarthy interposed
here, having swallowed his gorge sew
eral times under the hot lashing.
That's the whole thing" declared
the colonel, you want Greger re-
moved, and iIat's where this situation
has come to. You are trying to get
rid of Greger." ~. !"
Harbor Commissioners are not yet
through with the incident that oc-
CURED on November / when William
Greger, inspector of work at Piers s.,
and 10, received severe eye-black-
ing at the hands of one or more of
the men employed by Lord-Young En-
cheering Company, contractors.
From 7:30 o'clock to 10 O'Clock last
night, these commissioners held SEES
sion at their rooms in the capitol
building to listen to. the ''Greger side
of the case from Greger himself and
other men on the job. =. >......
At the conclusion of the meeting it
was decided that the other side of the
case should also be heard, and this
afternoon was set as time when Ed
Lord, president Of the company, and
others on the job should give their
version of the story now some weeks
old. .=1 H. -: III"
Witnesses called last night gave in
detail the story of the fight, picturing
it SO wildly that the harbor commits
sioners sitting in session often grew
tense of expression as they heard the
combat fought over again round by
round. :.:: >.
Among the witnesses placed on the
stand to give the. tale of the fight were
Greger, the Inspector; Joseph Everett,
w A. Coney and NJ. A. Coney.
Arthur G. Smith, deputy attorney
general, attended the meeting at the
request of the board and asked some
of the questions All the board mem
berS were present. 49, ......
The sense of the two and one-half
hour testimony was that Greger had
been assailed and ASSAULTED on the
site of construction during working
hours, thereby delaying the work and
causing inconvenience to both the ter
ritory and the contractor; that Ed
Lord and the men implicated in the af-
fray should be invited to another
meeting to be held this afternoon to
give the other side of the story
According to federal authorities, the
government they represent does not
hesitate in a case such as had come
to the territory, refusing even to hear
an explanation before taking action
in discharging men who are guilty of
fighting an inspector. These men are
ordered off the job Immediately. it is
said, in order to uphold the hands of |
the governments representative.