The New York herald., 1870-09-23
CHEAP "CHINEE" LABOR
How New Jersey Accepts the
Coming Revolutions
The Pigtailed People from the Flowsry Land
What They Are Doing and What the White
Trash Threaten to Do-Ku Klux vs.. Chop
6ticiu- -Belleville in o Dilemma

The c00llc queSuOn ls now RiVin8 gOOu many
people in New Jersey, who ought to have business
OF more Importance to attend TO, considerable trou-
BILE. When the enterprising shoemaker OF Massa-
chusetts took into his calculating head one day to
get rid of his obnoxious white sole and heel makers
by importing number OF ''heathen" to do hts pro
atable work everybody who had an Idea that to be
o friend OF the Mongolian was degradation
which 1t was the duty Of good repubi-
cans to avoid cried out aloud against the
'outrage;'' but time, which makes all things even'
quieted the fears Of the pious Christians VINO op
posed the pagans' progress at the start ana they
were made finally to acqulese In the poicy WHICH,
without costing too stin price, made Keen.
sighted foot t-padder Weather than ever Massa-
ehusetts ever since she was State has been the
leader In every thing that mas startled the nation In
point OF niggerisms and spiritisms c1 all
sorts, but It has been the lot OF New Jersey
10 follow the example Of the old Bay State In making
sne Chinese question one Of universal interest," The
pioneer Of the ''new idea' In This out-of- theway
place Of creation is Captain Hervey, gentleman
who has laundry establishment at BeleWlle.
which. In all probability is the most extensive Of its
kind In the country. AS there have been great
many things written about his
IMPORTATION OF COOLIES
which been at variance with what he has really
done IN the matter, the facts Of the case may
not be without certain degree OF interest. In the
rst place, Is not true that he has imported num-
ber Of coolies for the express purpose OF getting his
work more cheaply done than he can have 1t done
by white people. He has always had, on an aver
age, about one hundred and fifty persons in his en-
ploy ana for years past he has been subjected to
great deal OF annoyance from his employees by the
way they saw ut to regulate his business
for him, without regard TO his own wishes.
ALL,
an Of them Irish or Of Irish extraction which is
about the same thing. When they felt inclined to
work they worked steadily but in doing so they ap.
peared to consider their employer sort Of nobody.
whom they could snub and dis0bey whenever It
suited their particular notions OF independence.
THAI he has often been compelled TO refuse
O great deal OF work from New York for the
single reason tnat ne was AFRAID 10 sign contract
into their heads TO leave him in the urch just when
ne wanted an important work fulfilled In other
words the girls In his establishment were virtu.
oily the masters, and he had, ntatgTS tuf,
% submit to ths.r demands whenever they
Ssieu did. For instance. II they became % swaie e Of
the fact that he had receivec large
contract from some firm In this city TO 'do up'' sew
eral hundred dozen shirts In a fortnight they would
suddenly ay o'' ana not put their hands TO thing
until they were promised an increase OF pay per
piece for what they did, while at the Same time he
was giving THEM twelve cents for the simple ironing
OF shirts 1or which ne got only fourteen cents. 1t
was in fact the old story OF the trades unions In an
no ffxed rules that bound one to the other, as he
knew Of; but they had such perfect understanding
together that they generally managed to
PLACE HIM IN TIGHT FIX
when It suited them. At first he endeavOred TO
fight against the thing but he lound that the more
he attempted TO assert his own claims the more de-
termined became his eInplol es 10 baye their own
way; so one fine day he packed up his trunk and
high and low for the. great Koopmanshap,
but found him not, Tor tie great man,
when he arrived IN San Francisco, had
showed, he obtained III the greatest abundance
lie then beard how George SandIOrd had employed
1000 Chinese on The Pacific Railroad and he went
sraightway 10 him 10 asce. tain where he could get
good Chinese TO do laundry work The result was
That be went to a Chinese contractor named An
Yunr and secured seventy-ive eXceilent specimens
OF hardy wOrkmen ana alter making every neces-
sary arrangement Ior their transportation Easi he
left for home But after his departure things did not
work smoothly. A conOunded scamp OF a State tax
collector got hold ofhis Chinese Just they leav
Ing, and for reasons best known to himself insisted
upon getting tax Of three dollars In gold from each
one OF them. They showed their papers, rheT con-
tracts their certificates their letters OF commenda-
tOn and their teeth, but II was all OF NO uSe SO Mr.
Hervey's agent finally put an end TO the difficulty by
paying the money; but before he had determined TO
90 80 seven Of the Mongoiaus got badly scared aud
refused TO come East under any circumstances. The
story OF how the remaining sfxty-eight came duly
TO hand at Belleville is already known; how they ar
rived ut dead OF night IN the village to AVOID the in
suits and probably the violence OF the dastardly
rOughs with which the village Is largely infested;
now tuey went Quietly W their ana Wluueu
their own business and, TO use the expressive Ian
guage Of one Of the good villagers, 'sad nothing
to nobody" and made themselves at home from tie
start; how they had their own cook, who fixed up
their rice aud vegetables, and their foreman, who
dld the Angio-Saxon ior them ana acted as an
inteIigble Ro-Detween with Mr.. Hervey and
themselves SO far everything has been quiet
along the Chinese line Of Bellevilie. Out Of one
hundred white employes only sixteen got
and went their ways; but even half OF these
begged Captain Aeryey, to take them back again
eighiy-our appear to be perfectly contented with
their lot. The new ldeas' also quite con-
tented, and take them as Whole, they aie
RIGHT JOLLY SET OF FELLOWS.
They are scrupulously clean in their habits and
attire and have the rare merit OF mindmg their
own business, They will not be put to work until
three years will really begln The foreman gets
sixty dollars month, IN gold, ana the others from
to find himself The whites used 10 get thirty dol
lars month and their board, 1t will be seen that
Captain Harvey's Chinese effort Is not to put .Own
standard prices.
There is considerable feeling among the unthink.
ing low classes OF Beeyie in regard to the intr0duc
teon Of the Chinese but the respectable portion OF
the community take no interest In the matter what
ever evidently believing that the affair is one be-
tween Captain Hervey and his employees AID That
nobody else has right to nedde with it. A fair
idea Of the wrath OF some OF the gnoramuses Of the
the Captain received last evening among his batch
OF correspondence. 1t Is given cenddtit just Us 1t
was wrtten:-
BELLEyILLE, Sept. q, 1870.
Captain HARVEY now take the Time trouble
and pains to inform you that there committee of
i've appointed to murder you. we were first Or
dered TO wait on you and try ana have those China
men stopped from cOmming here, but we thought
you might accidentally know some OF us you might
then spoil fun and myself, as chairman OF the
committee, has been appointed to write this letter.
am now going to inform you that on and after The
frst OF October If those Cinnamon are not of your
Premises we Will Murder you or h0soeyer superin-
tend them, so help me God.
Signed, sealed delivered by my Hand. B. A. II.
Vengence.
Harvey.
You lhere came vile epitheb you will get that
drove into your god dam
Heart (Here was rude representation OF either a
cheeseknlfe or dagger which could not be definitely
asccrta1ned.)
tell Nj. vanvooras the foreman) he is no safer