Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-08-21
STRIKE MOVE
FROWNED UPON
BY JAP ANESE
Organization and Committees
Formed to Present Requests
10 Planters for Higher Wages

TO Planters Tor hlgIleI Wd9eS
Uisc,aiming any come ton WIN
or responsibility for the movement
leading Japanese net last night ID tue
Iananese school on Nuuanu street anu
voted unanimously against aSslstIhs
tho nlantation laborers' IN any at
tempt 70 20 on strike should their De
mands for higher wages be refused
by the planters Ihey were III
however, OF the higher wages.
PreparatIons are being MADE 'or d"
conference with the planters A sPe
iaI committee of the Japanese "'l'
Inc appointed soon. AID proper
quests for higher wages Will DC 'loI
oughIv discussed before they are PIC
scented to the planters. -.
The society will be known by tll'
nsmo of The Association on liIshei
WaFe Question" as adopted last nlgh'
~ tho meeting. The object OF the
ossociation is to see that quesIlous
nertainfng to the wages OF laooIeiS
will he considered Thoroughly anu
justly
The association IS not strictl! d
Japanese hui. 1t is open 10 all claSseo
of laborers, regardless OF natlonan'y'
This was the expression OF those pIes
ont at the meeting. 1t was salu tha'
e. the association was for the sole
hanefit nj the Japanese laborers only
ther Il would not have as much
weight as II would otherwise. IL Is
now expected that the Hawaiians' fh'
ininos Chinese. Portuguese and other
classes OF laborers will be aoHllIeu
into the hui. ,Jouoii
v Nurakami. editor OF the Ha"all
Choho. presiding, stated briefly thaI
the purpose of the meeting was "
consider the ways and means Vi s
curing higher wages for the laooteIe.
Rev G. Motokawa was unanimously
elected chairman.
Z There was no definite proposal Oh
fered for discussion, it being consul
sred hest to leave the matter OF pre-
narinp demands for higher wages 10
q special committee to be selecIeo
soon. ,,
before adjournment a special COM
. rnIttee of five was elected. II VIII De
fts duty TO appoint active commlttees'
including investigation conierehoe'
general and other committees
Special Committee
The members Of the speclal COM :
mittee are President Y. TakakuWa VI
the Japanese Merchants association
Manager 8. Awoki of the Yokohama
snecIe hank, DR.. /. Katsuki, presl'
dent of the Japanese Medical asso-
riation: NJ. Komeya, president OF tne
Hotel Keepers Union, and DR.. D.
oI Rsoresentatiyes OF the japanese
Merchants' association. religious so
sciety, medical associations, i neWspa'
ners hanks. tailors' union, contrac'
TORS and builders union, teachers
nnion and others were present.
NJ was decided that the newspaper
editors should not be appointed as OF
ficers and members OF the coihihiC
tees. The press, however, Is ~
hearty accord with the movement for
bigher wages. X. Shibayama, former
newspaperman, was elected secretary
of the association. 49,.
Among those present were 7. TAXA
kuya. president Of the Japanese Mer'
chants association; S. Awoki, man
ager of the Yokohama Specie bank;
Rev. G. Motokawa, Editor y. Sega OF
the Nippu Jill. Editor Fred 4, Ma
kiuo OF the Hawaii Hochi, Editor X
Murakami Of the Hawaii Choho, Eoi
tor n. Sogama OF the Hawaii Shinpo
n. Onodera, secretary OF the japan
ese Merchants association; X. Haga
K. okazah, president Of the japanese
Tailors' Union; DR.. j. Uchida, DR.. l
Katsuki president of the japanese
Medical society; DR., T. Mitamura
Rev. X. Miyaoo, ]. Arai, manager o.
Hamano store; X. Ida, manager OF )
Ozaki store; s. Terasaki, H. kishi
president OF the Asahi store; T. Ri
mura. K. lEumi Of the Yoto printing
shop: nj. Goto of the Japanese Car
penters' Union; Y. Toyama OF the In
dustriai Review Of Hawaii; J.. Kat
suruhama, principal Of the JAPANESE
Central Institute; M. Kawakatsu
manager of the Sumitomo bank, J
Watanabe, master OF Japanese laws
S. Imafuji, Rev. s. Sasah, ]
Kaneko, manager Of the Pacific bank
X. Shibayama, s. Masuda, principa
of Kakaako japanese school; T. Odo
proprietor of T. 0do store; K. Hama
mura, NJ. Kawahara, g. Tashiro ant
others.