September 9th: Today in 1924 striking Filipino workers and policemen clashed on the island of Kauai in Hawaii leaving twenty dead in what is known as the Hanapepe Massacre. Sixteen of the dead were strikers and four were policemen. The killings resulted in the purchase of considerable arms by the anti-union forces and new laws designed to prevent workers from striking. It always surprises me how many of these incidents occurred and how accepted they were at one time, just part of doing business it seemed.

Edit: From the Yesterday’s Star Bulletin

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