Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-10-02
MAYOR SUGGESTS
ARBITRATION To
SHIPPING HOUSES
Lane Takes Up Matter of Strike
Settlement With Employers;
Strikers Agree $751;.
FIRM STAND FOR NEW
WAGE SCALE MAINTAINED
Waterfront Situation Practical
Iy Unchanged Since Meet
ing of Last Saturday

understanding between the Strtkers
and shippers, Mayor Lane 10 this after
noon planning 70 present to the latter
plans for arbitration. The situation is
now at Ioggerheads and the mayor pro-
poses 20 have both sides choose three
men and the six pick seventh,
these to form q committee Of arbitrS-
ton. The strikers have already signI-
fled their readiness TO leave the mat
ter 20 arbitration. He talked with J.
sheedy Of the lnter-lsland this
afternoon.
That the question of an "open" or
closed shop has been Withdrawn
from their demands, but that their
request for 40 cents an hour and 90
cents for overtime must be granted
before they return to work, was the
announcement made to Mayor John
G. Lane this morning by five delegates
OF the longshoremen's union.
The men called on the mayor this
morning TO inquire whether he had re-
ceived any word from the employers
IA 10 further plans for a settlement
OF the strike. Mayor Lane told them
he had not. He said he was absolute
ly neutral in the matter but would
be glad at any time to advise and help
them 30 far as he could.
Once Had waiter Up
sThe men told me" said the mayor,
aflaat before the death OF Charles Bon,
head of the stevedoring company, they
had taken up the matter OF increase
az nav with him and he had promised
them 4 raise but after he died nothing
was done about It. This time they In
tend to stay ont until their demands
are granted.
the mzyor said that the. raise IN
nay is the only demand being made by
he strikers. they have withdrawn
the demand for q closed port and, hay-
Ing also lowered their first figures,
believe il is now up to the shippers,
~Give us the increased pay and we
win return to work and ask no ques-
tions.. Is the stand they ate taking, ac-
cording to the mayor.
Waldron Would Give Raise
Fred Waldron when seen this morn
ing said that he believed the 40 cents
an hour demanded will be the cheap
est in the long run. Cheap labor is
a1ways expensive he said. land II
had the power | would give the ~
cents and demand 40 cents worth OF
work. When the Great Northern
comes. II steyedores cannot be op-
tanned by the usual means, | shan go
out and get the men myself and pay
nv own scale of wages.
Men Issue No Statement
when asked today whether they
had. as q result OF Saturdays arpi-
srafion conference at which they re-
iected the invitation Of the commit
Tee "a return to work and then pre-
sent their demands for higher wages.
requested the San Francisco union to
declare "unfaire cargoes loaded here
by ndn-union labor, officials OF the
local union refused to give out any
statement
s. =. Not Counted on
1--WE don't count much on that end
fsan Franeisco)," said a union ofl-
cial because we don't need to. We
have things well under control here
and our relief fund is still large
enough to feed ell cur members ior
weeks to come" He added that the
union has not yet called on him iot
the $3.50 he was able TO secure as
donation from the engineers union.
Edwardson Reported Sick
lack Edwardson, who has acted as
spokesman for the stevedores union
since IL was organized, and is mem.
her or its standing tSmmittee, was
not at the office this morning. as he
was reported not to be feeling well.
He had not shown up at union head
quarters down TO noon today. Ed
wardson said Friday that on the re-
suits of Saturdays arbitration con-
ference would depend whether San
Francisco union men would be asked
20 declare unfair the cargoes OF steam
ers loaded here by strikebreakers.
No Trouble with Sonoma
No trouble was reported on the
waterfront this morning. The oce-
yanic steamer Sonoma docked at S:35
at Pier 10, and Superintendent ]. w.
Robertson OF the shipping department
Of c. Brewer & Compar(, Oceanic
agents. at once put % Hawaiians, his
own men, to work 81 had no trou-
BILE getting all the men needed" he
said. NOR was there any attempt by
union men to keep them from going
TO work" The Sonoma had only %
tons to unload here and 81 to take
on. so 25 men were ample to work
the steamer.
22s Men Working WiIhelmina
At noon today McCabe, Hamilton &
Kenny officials said they had 225 men
working the Matson steamer Wilhel-
nina at Pier l9. "aIl We can possibly
use" They said so of that number
are Hawaiians. and the remainder
Chinese, Japanese and Filipinos.