The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-06-23
STRIKE ON COAST
WILL be Fought
OTHEB|TTEREND
Second PiIikia Between Steve
dores and Employers Seems
To Be Real Thing

That the new longshOremen strike
on the Coast will be fought to a finish
Is the substance of letter received by
a Honolulu business house from its San
FrS--cisco agents. The letter, which
came An the MatsOnia, said that all
signs were that there would be an
other strike, following the iht, which
was ended by a temporary settlement,
but added that q split among the
leaders of the union might hold back
the strike for some time.
The strike now is on. Dispatches
to The Advertiser yesterday have been
supplemented and confined by advices
to Castle & Cooke, Honolulu agents of
the Matson company.
Gable From Matson
A cablegram received yesterday said:
"Strike is on. We are endeavoring
to load ships by non-union men at San
Francisco and expect to despatch
steamers out on schedule, with the ex-
ception of the Hyades, which vessel
on account of the strike in Seattle,
will load in San Francisco for Island
ports, emitting the Sound entirely"
The Hyades will come to Honolulu
directly from San Francisco. Advices
as to her sailing from San Francisco
are expected soon.
This change in schedule of the HilO
MAN may have been referred to in a
cablegram, published in The Adver-
tiser Wednesday, which said that Mat.
son vessels might omit Sound sailings
Lurline Day Late
The MatsOn steamer Iurline sailed
from San Francisco Wednesday at
four forty-fve O'elOck in the afternoon
with 5675 tons of cargo for Honolulu
and l470 for Kahului a total of 7l45
tons. 1t is presumed that the Lurline
was delayed in discharging, as she got
away before the second strike had
been declared by the stevedores. She
is due here next Wednesday morning,
a day late. 1t is expected that she
will depart for San Francisco on time
at twelve o'clock noon July I.
The Matsonia will sail for San Fran
cisco at ten O'Clock next Wednesday
morning, on time.
The Mutson steamer HilOnian sail
ed from Seattle yesterday with 24OO
tons of cargo for Honolulu, 225 for
Port Allen, 500 for Kahului 275 for
Hilo and twenty-five for Kaanapali.
She was five days late. She is due
here July |.
AS To The Islands
1t is useless to dilate upon the i'm
lportance to the Islands of moving sugar
promptly. If the shipowners believe
they can despatch vessels on time by
working them with non.union labor, it
is possible that they may be able to
| III az ha rOa than nromptlu
THIS new strike was not unexpected
by San Francisco. The closed -and open,
shop question had a great deal to do
with it. Although the employers grant
ed the closed shop as to longshOremen,
the strike evidently has broken out
again over this point. Newspapers of
the Coast, in sympathy with the en-
ployers, declare that there is an at
tempt to force the closed shop upon the
companies, which will be fought to the
end.
The ship owners issued the follow
ing statement:
+ Eliminating the various paragraphs
that were inserted in the list of strik.
ers' demands simply for the purpose of
enlisting public sympathy-such as the
first, demand for SIS a month increase
in wages-the whole situation is moth
ing more nor less than an attempt tC
enforce tbs closed shop on all vessels
operating from Pacific Coast ports
THE strikers demands were published
in The Advertiser Sunday.
Cannot Grant It
"This the employers cannot grant
Since the days of the Hanseatic League
certain laws ave governed in the pro
. lection of life and property at sea
These laws are as impreseriptible today
. as they ever have been, and cannot bC
changed by the within of a walking dele
gate or any other human being.
eff it were possible to grant the
. demand for the closed shop, the public
would be placing their lives and prop
erty in the hands of the business agent
rather than the responsible owners OF
$ the vessels, whose reputation and bust
ness existence are at stake in the sue
cessful operation of their vessels.
!, "No matter what increases of wages
the employers might be willing to con
cede, they are absolutely unable t.
grant the demand for closed shop
And Lumber Interests
Lumber interests along the entire
Pacific Coast have agreed upon tn,
y, ~ same policy. Thirty-six lumber yard
i are already said to have closed dowI
a because of the refusal of strikers t.
= permit other than union members t.
=, work.
) The 'warehousemen and allied an
terests also have decided against tn,
u closed shop.
~ Many of the steam schOOners tina
= operate on the Pacific Coast tax,
4 cargoes Of lumber into San Francisc,
r. from mills that are operated by tn
o companies that own the schoOners
!" The mills and the crews of the vessel
~ are operated on the open shop plan
| hut striking stevedores have endeavor
ed to prevent the discharge of thes
I. cargoes at the San Francisco wharve
by any except union members. AsS
o result the wharves and docks along tn
entire coast have become cOngested t.
d a dangerous degree.
River steamers are said also to hav
y decided 30 refuse the closed shop de
mand.
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