The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-07-03
Date Set For Walkout BY Local
Association Passes without
Any Move
SHIPPING MEN BELIEVE
ALL MENACE NOW PAST


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No stcpedore strike ties up the water
front today although yesterday was the
date set originally by the Honolulu
Local Longshoremen's international
Association tosr'go out" should the
shipping firms fail TO accede TO the yari-
Gus demands made upon them. The
shipping firms did fail to do SO, but the
strike was not called.
Officers of the association point TO
the extension Of fifteen days which
they gave to the shipping interests.
The fixed conviction of the latter.
however, Is that neither win fifteen
days more see a strike. It is assert.
ed, on statements made by the members
of the stevedores' union themselves, that
all prospects Of strike have fallen
through and that the committee, at
the head Of which Is Charles Holoua,
Is beaten before Il commences to fight
by the defeetion Of the wharf laborers.
twas stated yesterday that the only
chance Of strike being called on the
fifteenth Of the month is pressure
from the San Francisco union, whose
officials are the admitted advisors Of
HoIoaa. 500 iRa
The detection Of the men and the
presence of the war element in the
controversy are the two leading factors
upon which the shipper s estimates of
the situation are made. A third pos
sibility which was not stated but which
was inferable. from the context Of the
various statements, is that the political
element which gave Holoua's following
some strength previously has evapor-
ated. s ~ as ~ tt
In regard to this last, an official rep
resenting the shippers yesterday stat
ed that il was understood that Sheriff
Rose, Mayor Fern and John Wise, were
present ut the initial meeting where
the strike was considered, had lent
their support ana had been elected
members Of the union, It was true, he
added that il had been denied on be-
half Of Rose, though not officially, that
while these government officers had
been present at the meeting, Rose, at
least, had not been elected a member.
Roses share in the last strike on the
waterfront is an open. secret among
those who handled that affair for the
shipping interests. They apparently
have no doubts, from what was said
yesterday, that he had indicated that
he would take q somewhat similar at
titude towards the coming strike. At
the time Holoua held his initial meet
ing, the election had not been held yet.
and promises along those lines would
have been profitable. y.
Now, however, there will not be an
other election in two years, while the
army has become interested in the water
front, the movement Of its supplies
and the preservation of order and quiet
about the whaTves and warehouses
which shelter thousands of dollars in
army equipment and supplies. a
The opinion was expressed yesterday
that should strike be called the army
guard on the waterfront would be
doubled and the military would prac.
tically take over the handling Of the
situation. The army would not care,to
trust the situation to the police, IL was
added, after the exhibition which the
police made of themselves in the last
strike. Rose is said to realize that con-
dition,a .H e..t I4.r II
A former secretary of the lengshore.
men 3 union stated that there were but
two hundred members in it, and of
these q hundred had not paid their
dues. OF the other hundred less than
ten were not in debt to it. He claimed
TO be among that ten himself. The
same authority asserted that HolouaIs
following is deserving him and that he
is personally unpopular.
HsWhile the men would be glad to get
q raise of wages, " he stated, "and
would take it through Holoua IL nee.
essary, nothing would please them bet.
ter than to see the props knocked out
from under him. "
On these grounds, the shipping firms
have given up any expectation of hav.
ing a strike Of any consequence on
their hands