The Hilo Massacre
Cite this work as: The Hilo Massacre: Hawaii’s Bloody Monday, August 1st, 1938 (Honolulu: University of Hawaii, Center for Labor Education &
Research, 1988).
It was first published in 1988 on the 50-year memorial of the Hilo Massacre. At that time the Center for Labor Education & Research was part of the College of Continuing Education and Community Service at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa. In 1996 the Center was transferred to the University of Hawai’i – West O’ahu.
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At the time of publication, diacritical marks (the ‘okina and kahakō), now accepted as appropriate for Hawaiian words and names, were not included; whereas this online version does include them to the extent html codes allow, except when rendering the names of ships, institutions and/or organizations that did not at the time employ them.
Hilo Unionists display their signs in front of "the Block" on Silva Street on the morning of August 1st, 1938, Hawai'i State Archives
An unidentified White Star Laundry worker overcome by the attack is attended by longshoremen. Hawai'i State Archives.
With the Waialeale in the background, Demonstrators scramble to find their own transportation to local hospitals. Hawai'i State Archives.
"Williams Picture J" showing the discussion between Sheiff Martin and the Inter Island hired men which was being photographed by Special Offocer Seiji Matsu as the Unionists sat and watched. Grand Jury Exhibit 30, Hawai'i State Archives
Referred to in the Hodgson transcripts as "Pung Picture #2" showing the front line of the demonstrators as they sat down around the fire truck in front of pier 2. Sgt Wm. Roy standing on the left. Longshoreman Raymond Namau still suffering from the tear gas is caughing into his handkerchief. The women in the white cuffed dresses were from While Star Laundry. Grand Jury Exhibit 29, Hawai'i State Archives