The 1924 Filipino Strike on Kaua‘i

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The bloodiest confrontation in Hawai‘i labor history cost the lives of sixteen Filipino strikers and four Hawaiian policemen at Hanapepe, Kaua‘i on September 9, 1924. Visayan workers, their wives, plantation and government officials, and other observers talk about the strike and how it affected them. July 1979, 973 pages, 2 volumes, photographs.

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Re-creation of the battle between police and strikers on September 9, 1924 in Hanapepe. (Drawing by Ray Higuchi, Honolulu Star-Bulletin.)

Re-creation of the battle between police and strikers on September 9, 1924 in Hanapepe. (Drawing by Ray Higuchi, Honolulu Star-Bulletin.)