The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-06-22

John Chinaman a Failure a. launoryman-
The Sins Of the Bslleville Batch Of All Sins
| Total Unreliability, Utter Dspravity and
| Lack Of Consciencs-Opium Smoking and
| Immorality-Beaver Falls Emulating
| Bslleville = Visit to the Latter
Placs-captain Hervey's Trip to
the Fadsrland and Its Object
One summers night three years ago, between
dusk and dawn. large gang Of Cinnamon, from
seventy-fye to a hundred III number. were secretly
| conducted from the railroad cars by an unfre-
quented way to the Hadson county bank OF the
! Passaic River. opposite Belleville, N. J., aud
quietly CHARTERED in the extensive laundry there OF
Captain Hervey. Heretofore the Captain had
been depending chiefly for help on Irish girls,
mostly fresh arrivals. These, 1t appears. made ex-
cellent laborers but some OF them would get mar.
ried after awhile and OF course, shake the dust OF
the laundry from their feet. while others insisted on
getting better wages than he ielt disposed to give
and, therefore, caused dissatisfaction. A strike OF
some sort among the girls started their employer
| on the idea OF searching out substitute that
would give greater satisfaction. John Chinaman
was the substitute hit upon At that time the SUBJ
ject OF general Introduction of Chinese laborers
into this country was being pretty thoroughly agi.
| toll could be held better In hand and at
much lower rate OF wages than the stall
wart sons of Ireland, Germany England
Scotland Italy and other European countries.
Hence very bitter feeling was manifested among
| the laboring classes towards not only the China
men but those prominent in agitating the subject
and engaged In the practical solution or the
Chinese labor question And hence Captain Hervey
found 1t prudent, i'll September, 1870 to introduce
urlt hat oh nf Gale cf,nIc fror Gan
cisco, under cover or night, when the Celtic and
other sturdy European aborers were quietly enjoy
ing their rest. As an instance of
THE BITTER PREJUDICE AGAINST THE CHINAMEN
which then existed 1t Is worth while, perhaps, to
refer to the proceedings OF an Immense political
mass meeting which was held in the open air in
Be1aville the month after tho advent of the Flow
! erylanders at the laundry. 1t was Democratic
! gathering. There were torches. bands, fireworks
procession, AMI, o! COURSE the usual display OF
stump demagosuery. One OF the speakers made .
violent attack on the Introduction OF the Chinese
| who, he claimed. In the presence OF the
HERALD representative. were to be the
| means OF making mi0nnaires OF the bosses,
but who would surely crowd out every hard-1sted
lab0rer or foreign birth who had vote. He tried
to rouse his rough and ready audience to such
pitch that, had i1 been OF the same weak mental
caltbre as was the speaker, poor Hervey's Laundry
mg have been RACED to the ground And tas &C.
few excitable persons swallowed all the speaker
sa!d the majority ,9rtunatcly kept cool and SAID
Public opinion proclaimed sensibly that John
should have fair play and fair trial as well as any
! other foreigner. And so John has had O pretty
course, a. those predicted y the demagosuos Of
Just now 10 accumulate Tending strongly 70 prove
that al things taken into consideration An Sin in
very beautifully described to be "child-likc and
bland" TO GONE p,ump to the n,s point II Is getting
and close observation, that
JOHN oHINAMAN IS FAILURE,
at least SO far FAR a. s MS fulfilling M the sx
years ago., A visit recently made 70 the laundry
opposite Beeyile BY HERALD AID %
ject OF their experience with the Cinnamon during
ngure IS now reduced to l2O. Ad Interim they have
yo aesero dereoeou ae captain uenvsys
representatives most intelligent gentleman, who
on the Pacific coast and who has been in the
laundry nearly E. eyer yer since they were introduced
S ss WITH s asS sAa
morally and financially" The Captain tried his
ssd 70 make as
make them feel as comfortable as they
des sSe, SSs It wn. here Old story OF
good, square-dealing Cinnamon IN each OF
the patches they had had, the majority had de.
strangers to personal honor even towards one
another, totally unscrupqous and utter unreliable.
MAKE Slowly and TO shrK WORK every pos
sible opportunity.
they entered into with the iaundryman was to run
three years. They were to receive s23 per month
the first year and 800 the second and third years. all
to find themselves In food. This contract they
broke without any hesitation. One batch had
been working but few days when they struck ior
more wages. John, 1t appears. being Celes.
sia and himself superior order
considers no contract with Us binding lie had
been but short time In the laundry when he
aa c
man no gooJ he no Josh-barbarian:" He soon
S as ri s as
Chinese dens OF debauchery In the metropolis, and
cohabing with nos cyprans Of the very lowest st
vile couple Of these vile dens OF indecency, but
them and prompt to squech them, ere they had
even blossomed in their iniquitoas traflc. Gam.
as Brother Nye would g slow 70 deny, and
vent them even in the laundry, not only alter but
during working hours rom INDUCING In both
Guilty was the inability Of any person or persons to
properly and completely control them, short OF
continually using force.
the. interpreter, who came as the chief man OF
tho rst patch, Is one OF the few OF his tribe who,
the laundry Inen say, has behaved Ike man
from beginning TO end. He had his men under con-
troll for while at drst, but soon they refused to
acknowledge him as having any authority over
yse ,s Tars mas w quite captain ntagen
and speaks English toerabiy well. Last
August he visited China on an GRAND
for the Captain to bring on 100 picked mcn: he
got as far as San Francisco with them by the Sd
of August, but the Captain had by this time had SO
much trouble with tho Chinese, together with dui
ness in business, that Charley was instructed 10
find employment for his crew IN the Golden City
and neighborhood. He did so, the Captain being I
at the loss or the cost or transporting them from
China hther 1t has cost the Captain an average OF
$40 head Tor transporting the Cclcstais TO his place.
He has had to pay extraordinary price, his rep
resentative averred, for the information that |
Chinese labor Is neither cheap nor profitable. A |
very few Of the Celestlas have Kept steady aud |
sober and have saved up ali their earnings but the
most Of them have entirely different story. |