Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-09-21
END OF STRIKE
BELIEVED NEAR;
OFFER IS MADE
Stevedering Firm Approached
BY Two HaWaiiaHs Saying
500 Men Ready to Work

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Mayor John c. Lane was asked by
Jack Edwardson. organizer of the To-
cal lengshoremen's union, and Kaa'
mama, its secretary, this morning to
act as mediator between the striking
Ion eshoremen and the shippers.
The mayor has agreed to inyesti.
gate their grievances. He said this
afternoon that they called upon him
and told him their troubles and what
they wanted from the shippers. The
mayor promised to look into the mat
ter and ascertain if their demands are
Just. It is expected that the mayor
will call conference of local ship
ping men and ask them to cooperate
with him in settling the trouble.
What is believed to be the begin
ming Of the end of the steyedores'
strike" took place today when this
morning two men, Hawaiians, called
at the office of McCabe, Hamilton &
Kenny, and notified the steyedoring
company that they represented 500
men who were willing to go to work
at the old wage scale. =.
I'VE have had an offer of 500 men,
willing to go to work on an hours
notice" says statement issued by
the company at noon today. Two
men, Hawaiians, came to US this
morning about 8 o'clock, and told us
they could get Us 500 men at an hours
notice to go to work at the old wage
scale. - VI. 3D.. ..-.... :-%.- .s.-
'eWe did not ask<them whether they
were members of the longshoremen' s
union here, nor did they say. We
simply told them we would let them
know if we needed any more steve
dores, and said We did not need any
more today, having all we could pos
sibly use.
Officials of the longshoremen's
union here today refused to comment
on the statement of the steyedoring
firm. 1t was generally believed in
waterfront circles, both by officials
of McCabe, Hamilton & Kenny, and
others in touch with the strike" sit.
nation, that the two men making over
lures to the steYedoring firm this
morning were from the union, and
that their visit means the union steve
dores are willing to go back to work
on the old terms. -, .=...,..,...
Union Men Confer
There were nearly a hundred steve
dores in the rooms Of the Sailors
Union of the Pacific, headquarters OF
the union, at 1890 this afternoon. but
none OF them would talk, having been
told by the union leaders to say moth
ing A meeting of some kind was
then in progress in the upstairs office,
between the leaders, with the door
closed and locked. One Hawaiian was
admitted by the doorkeeper, also Ha-
waiian. while Star-Bulletin man was
present asking for a statement from
the union.
Ffllpipos Turned Away
At noon today at Pier Is, McCabe,
Hamilton & ReEny were turning away
Filipino applicants for work discharg-
ing the Matsop. steamer Hyades. The
company asserted this morning that
more than 100 Hawaiians were then
working the Matson steamer Lurline
at Pier 10, and that eight or 10 were
strikers who came back to work this
morning.
More Strikers Returning
Claims were made today by Nc
Cabe, Hamilton & Kenny that more
Hawaiian strikers have given UP and.
gone back to work than on Wednes-
day. They said more than 200 were
working this morning. half of them
.Hawaiians who struck Monday. From
l50 to It's men are working the Hya-
des this afternoon at Pier is, and
many Hawaiians we're noticed stand
ing around shortly before noon, as il
they had been engaged to go to work.
Matscn Has Closed Shop
Captain William M. Rind, COM
mander of the Hyades, said the closed
shop is effective in San Francisco. so
far as the Matson line and other
coastwise lines are concerned, and
that the stevedores on the Matson
docks are union men, getting 90 cents
an hour for day labor, a gain of S
cents an hour over the old scale; and
receiving for overtime 82k cents an
hour, against 70 cents before the
strike. The coastwise lines yielded
to the strikers. Whether the union
men there will refuse to unload the
Matsonia is question. Part of her
cargo was loaded here Sunday and
Sunday night, the day before the
strike. was called, so 1t was not all
loaded BY nou-union men. The Mat
scnia's sugar cargo goes to the Crock
EFT refinery, where non-union men are
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