Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-10-03
STRIKERS TAKE CARS OF LABORERS;
SHIPPERS GETTINGPLENTYO men

I strikers to stcE cars containing strike
breakers was partly successful. 4
/ train had been run down and one car
/ switched TO a siding In the first at
tempt, but q: engine returned and
picked zip THAI car and took 1t TO the
pier successfully. On the next at
TEMPT however. tae strikers again
lsidetracked car. uneoupled it from
the engine and took Il from the po.
tee. between the Two attempts add
tioBaI strikers han gathered.
The police laid plans well. to shoot
the car down the tracks and into Pier
II at q rapid rate before the gather
ing strikers eould intercept IT, The
switches were ali set for clear track,
q policeman statiUned ar each switch
with orders not 10 turn il Tor any one
ether than railroad man. and the
car started en- it's way. But some
thing went wrong and instead Of com
ing down 10 Pier II. where most OF
the policemen were stationed to pro-
tect the strike-breakers as they un-
loaded aud hurried into the shed, It
was shunted across TO Pier 10, where
there were few policemen but where.
euricuslv, most of the strikers had
gathered as If they anticipated such
a move And at Pier - the strikers
took charge. IT,.
Spectators say that the strike
breakers, locked inside the car,
screamed and pushed inside the doors,
frantically trying TO get out while
strikers swarmed all over the car, it's
sides, top and ends, like a veritable
army or ants.
Stand Before Engine -". IT,
The engine tried to back up TO the
car to re-couple. but the strikers |
massed between 1t and the car and
refused to bulge. To regain the car
the engineer would have been com
PEELED 10 drive into the crowd. and
he did not choose to do so. Rocks |
flew, threatening yells went UP and |
knives were brandished. The scene |
had reached fits crisis when the She |
riff yielded
Police Officers Compromise
BY inducing Charles Holoua, one |
Of the strikers leaders, to mount the /
freight car, by promising the strikers |
that the car would be taken with its |
cargo back to the depot and also |
promising them that they could /
search the strike.breakers' ranks for
holders Of union meal tickets, Rose |
got the mob to fall back, the engine |
was again attached and the expedi-
tion given up as a failure. The she.
riff says some were discovered with
union meal tickets.
New Tactics Needed
The strikers told me when plead i
ed with them to behave" said Rose,
that they only wanted to see If there
were any union men embarrassing |
them. must admit that they were
too many for us and some new tao
ties mast be- hereafter employed TO i
take the strike-breakers to and from
work This one has failed"
Four Arrests Made
As the result Of the excitement this
Russian, Filipino and a
Korean striker were arrested and one
Filipino strike-breaker The latter, /
@. Garcia. was taken by Policeman
Ed Ross and arraigned in police court
this morning charged with brandisir
ing a Knife. He will be tried wed.
nesday morning.
hdSdhOlt, Tue huSSldu, was aIFeSJ-
ed at the Oahu depot by Policeman
I'd Holt on charge of interfering
with loading the strike-breakers. Le-
ando, the other Filipino, was taken
1t Pier 10 by Policeman M. A. Con.
salves. who says Leando had long
Knife up his sleeve. Choy Chong Wo,
he Korean. went to the police sta
ion via the emergency ambulance,
ollowing sudden meeting with Pc
iceman ]. G. Branco,s fist, when he
md other strikers attempted to
rush the officer and were stopped 4
BY his plucky stand, single-handed,
when the first two cars were unload
ID.
No Property Destroyed
We are thankful that the strikers
lid not destroy any property" says1
Rose, sfor there was strength enough
n that crowd to PICK up the box car
Ind tear IL 70 pieces. Leaders Of the
strikers admitted to me that the an
Ter of the strikers had been crowded
o dangerous heights by carrying the
itrike-breakers back and forth before