Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-10-10
final POINTS
of Difference
SOON MAY VANISH
Matter of STRAW Bosses" Only
Outstanding Difficulty; No
Freight Raise Now

After comforting will officials os
Honolulu Local No. 1925, lnternatfon-
nj Bongshoremen's Association, for an
hour or more this morning, acting in
an intermediatory capacity in an en-
deayor 10 settle The sole remaining
point Of contention between the strik-
ing steyedores au1 Mcca5e, Hamil-
ton q Kenny, which is whether the
union or the stevedaring firms shall
select straw-bosses. the mayor said at
noon he expected an answer from the
union men late this afternoon.
Expects Favorable Reply
81 am quite confident thar the union
men win bury the hatchet at their
meeting this afternoon and inform me
that they have reached a satisfactory
agreement among themselves and will
return to work, said Mayor Lare.
The only remaining point on which
there is any dispute is that of the Sc
lection OF straw-bosses, and I thiak il
can be settled before the day Is over,
as the strikers are satisfied with the
new wage scale put into effect yes.
terday.v
Mayor confers With Men
This mornings peace conference
between the mayor and union leaders
was held in the offices of the Sailors
Union of the Pacific, which still con-
tinues to be union headquarters. al
though the steyedores hired store
room on Alakea street a few weeks
ago for their meeting place Jack Ed
wardson was there.
Union officials were to hold meet
ing this afternoon to talk over the sit
uation and report their decision to the
mayor late today. They are holding
out for the right to select their own
sraw-bosses, while McCabe, Hamilton
& Kenny Insist that they will hire the !
men they want as bosses, regardless |
of whether they are union or non-un- |
ion.
Strikers Return Slowly
The strikers are not reporting for |
work as fast az they should. said an |
official Of tie stevedoring firm this |
morning, but they can come back any |
time they want to. We are willing to |
pnt them to work If they will return,
but II they don't want to work for us
they don't have to. We are not war
rying any
WI q CttCG WIN Drew
With a view to seeing what might |
be done toward further bringing the
shippers and strikers into harmonious
relations. Mayor John C. Lane and /
Robert w. Single this morning had a |
conference with John H. Drew, man.
ager OF the shipping department OF |
Castle E. Cooke but, according to thel
mayer, little If anything was accom-
plished
Drew stated his position, says the
mayor. saying that the shippers had |
announced their definite position with |
regard to the strike situation, and that I
there was no need of further argument 1
on the question Mr.. Drew's manner |
did not appear to be entirely friendly. /
Personally, I want to see this |
whole thing settled peaceably. with
Justice melted out 20 the waterfront
men want to see things definitely /
decided today
Single declined to discuss the con. +
ference with Drew He referred a |
representative OF the Star-Bulletfn to
the mayor.
No Action on FreIahts
Concerning reports that the new
wage scale put into effect yesterday /
BY the stevedoring firm, after it re-
ceived authority from Shipping agen.
cies to pay more money for stevedor-
ing. will mean an increase in freight |
rates from here to the coast and vice
versa, shipping men all said today
that no action has been taken and |
that possible raise is only being ten
tatfvely considered The local agen
cies as individuals are waiting to see
how much the new scale will increase
the cost Of loading and discharging
vessels before making any recon-
mendations TO the head offices in San I
Francisco.
We have hao some discussion 10y
mail and cable with Capt. Matson |
about this phase of the situation, = |
said Secretary T. H. Petrie of Castle
& Cooke, Matson agents, this morn. |
ing, but he still has the matter Of a !