The 1913 Kaijan Revolt

The 1913 Kaijan Revolt
Date June 8th, 1913 - March 2nd, 1914 Location North Kaijan, Slokais Islands Result Federal victory
Belligerents
Federal Forces Slokais Islands Kaijan Govermeant United Sugar and Coffee Company	Rebels Free Kaijan Union of Industrial Workers Manahara Tribal Mitita
Commanders and leaders
Govermeant Alexander Lin James Mott United Sugar and Coffee Company Josuha Adams	Rebels Mohammed Manaho Edwin Maruhombsar
Units involved
Kaijanese Federal Company	Yellow Cats Militia
Strength
45,000	3,500
Casualties and losses
8,700	2,100

The 1913 Kaijan Revolt was a conflict between federal forces supporting the United Sugar and Coffee Company and militia groups supporting workers of the Free Kaijan Union of Industrial Workers. Much of the conflict involved Mohammed Manaho raiding several farms and settlements to spark a greater conflict for Kaijanese independence. The revolt ended with the capture and execution of Manaho by federal forces in March of 1914.

Background

The United Sugar and Coffee Company was founded in 1854, to unite Sugar and Coffee plantations, specifically in the Kaijanese market. During the 1870s and 1880s, both industries grew immensely with the industrialization of farming, with smaller farms being absorbed into company settlements. Additionally, the USCC set up small businesses directly controlled by corporate management to get revenue from their worker's purchases. The USCC also prevented its workers from unionizing, often using police to arrest union leadership on charges of political disruption. In 1905, workers of the USCC made appeals to the federal government, as workers did not receive wages for certain weeks of work. As a result, the USCC was the subject of a federal investigation, which declared that workers had to be paid in standard currency instead of corporate meal tickets, which was commonplace in USCC settlements. In 1912, the Free Kaijan Union of Industrial was founded with sugar and coffee workers being key supporters. Despite these developments, fraud and corruption occurred in individual farms. The inciting incident was when a 17-year-old worker was subject to corporal punishment by a company boss. As a result on June 1st, 10,000 workers went on strike.

Conflict

Federal Invention

Immediately, the USCC sent its private military force made of around 200 or so former military and police officers to deal with the most troublesome settlement of Summer's Town. In Summer's Town, workers had raided the armory and storehouse and prepared to face off with the USCC Brigade. At a point known as Twin Hills, the Brigade was stopped by a barricade stationed by a dozen armed workers. When they refused to let the unit pass, Joshua Adam's ordered his men to open fire. The USCC Brigade then marched unopposed to Summer's Town, however, workers had positioned themselves deep within the field's