The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-01-02
WAR AMONG THE PIG TAILS.
A BATTLB BETWEEN THB SAM sINo
AND nor SING FACTIONS.
BIoodshcd In Virginia, Revadn Finv Hhots
Fired and several Men Wounded The
War spirit still Rampant In Chinatown.

BloOdshcd In Virginia, Nevada Fiuv Shots
| Fired and several Men Wounded The
| War spirit still Rampant In Chinatown.
Fropi tho Ifr0tHia (NerJ Enterprise De. g.
| About $50 O'Clock Yesterday afternoon
smother nght suddenv baran IN tho Chinese
| 'ar,er Of this city. This Nas not unexpected,
| az IT has been well known to II no have oh
served the actions II the Chinese since their to
BIG my ina, my wero only resi- ,,,,,o onHsm
| moment. ~ feeling exiting among the mem
| brts OF TIC rival 'inplnirs - exceedingly titt
| end IL constantly growing worse. AZ before, the
| 0vht " between the monb rs Of the Sam sing,
| Hop Sing, Hop We, aud some smaller oompanies
that are atraved with either the Sam SIM OF HOP
| Wo Company.
How the nattle opened does not very Clearly
| appear, but mOet Of tue Chinameu with W tOm
| W. conyrrsed asserted thai II began with the
| firing of a shot r. m n loop-hule In one Of Sam
| Sings buildings, which shot struck and ser Gus
| ly II not fatally wounded a Hop Sing man named
| An Ying. This man An Wing was passing quiet.
| Chinatown when he " "A shot through the back
| Of Ia neck and fell just al the 81 " cann
| helon1inl 10 Il member - his company. with
| TINS the men OF all uarties who we're In the
| neilhbor iood rushed to arms, and the hring
tneir pistols In all parts Of the town, and turned
| loose on their enemies wherever they appeared,
but the hot est p.rt OF the lght ~ Ia the east
| err portion oi thc'r town AZ TINS point thri
| no uses we've loop boled, the loop-hpies general
| ly being from six to ten Inches .qdare, though
some werc holes that APPEARED 10 have been
| bored with twO-iuc au.cr. Those hOles were
| made at a convenient height to be used by yer
sons inside OF the buildings, and appeT To- have
| been cut two or thtee dtys ago. ruese buildtngt
| all belong 10 ; m sing men, M IN theu, rs u
asserted were a number Of fighters" from Sac
ramentO, Carson CIT. and Reno. rue Hop Sings
had feared these loop-hOied nJuses for two or
three day-, ana mad been e reiul not 10 10 ue,r
them either Nv day or by nignt mat anger
lurked WITHIN them IL shown by what beiell Ali
liug.
BEGINNING the BATTLE.
The Hon Sing headquarters appear TO have
oeei ln TOW %, tnres OF lOIr III 'le o9i ,
the fortified houses ~ sam SIM. When the
hght be1tn the Hop Sing mon 9 tme out Of their
] nam "A Tia
loop-holcs in the building Of Sam sing. Some ~
the Hop sings, sncn a. were armed with revol-
vtrs, hrcd from tho narrow alleyways between
the houses Iney would nfe s1nt. theh ft.l
back ANA cock their pi.tpls. when they would
come ~ the front and IRE again. \ gentleman
who was In the neighootnoou counted the shots
until they numbered twenty-six; IN, re were
probably In all some ATTY shots hred, some of
whith, however, were by white men who were
sklrmishin1 about the edlos Oi ehc battle.
The noise vi the battle, the banging OF the
guns and pistols and the shouting OF the cip-
tains,' brought Il rye crowd II white men
down from the city. but they y tied on and ID
streets, aud m ny went no further thhn the
corner Of G aud Union ~ they remembered
that a white man was wounded well "a t.wn IN
the OCCASION ~ me last tue. Persons r'-li-
iug IA the netgi tornood, however, we're involved
IN the tuicN Il tue ngnJ Tor time. some ~
these tunk Gown tner guns aii turn.1 700 o
among the Cam amen. Grtdu Nv the hghier.
took To the'r holes IA tue whi inen began 10
arucAr uuon the scene N consider tple hunters,
aud The results ~ the bate were Then asoer-
tanned. IucY W re Al GIN, shot through the
back ~ the ~ 81; ahotuei ting nf SliR wounded
In four or iive places On tue uauk aud shoulders
with bura,npt. And q man ma ne and pUty IN
known " TIE whites .no, through The rliht
ern above the wrist. Toe Chinese OF the Hon
sing faction say tnat man If tIe sun Lee---ur
some sucn com ANY was shot through the lee.
lie was just comm. lutO ne town witn do * "
loaded WITH wood as toe nght began. sret"g
man ABOUT to FIRE At him he ctied out to hiui q
told on, that nc wls friend u III comutnY.
An enemy of said company acted up"n TINS an-
uouncrinent uy shooting tne unfortunate wood
pedal thtod1n the leS. Toe mtu - frlenily
toward the uop Sins- and a sam sing vent for
ONE To EIGHT.
AZ usual, when there - nrht IN Chinatown,
john :. ktnreD, sducrinteu rnt ~ the VIZ
giuit Gas " ork-, baI It hot apGut his o1ica,
wuicn stands on Union street, Jlst m the edge
Of the up OF toe OrllicercntS. lie tooka snot-
gun aud went out among them. lie found
party Of eight or ten men armed with guns aud
male them retreat into one 81 tnerr undei-
one or two shots After he bad them holed be
STOOD guard over tnem un.ll asufhcient force OF
. / Policemen arrived, wnen they were hauled cut
and IN rched To tn. station house.
When the battle nrst began, - lady who was
passing the O1ioe ~ the Gas COMPANY was oh.
; served TO use ana reel about In a bewildefed
way. Mr. k,neen ran out, thinking she was
wounded. >ne said that bullet mad passed so
close t. her eyes hat tue wind from e took her
sieht away for n few seconds. A bullet y lssed
through toe size Of the once OF the q $ CDm-
pany, aud came so near the mead of amdn who
was p,S-tn" long with some gas pipe ON hrs
out being told To- do 80. Xn5pRer bali came so
far 10 town that It passed between two men
: dated Virgin, ASSAY ufice. me fronts of the
houses ot the HO2 snss are full 81 bullet hole-,
/ windows and glazed doors. Its wonderful that
. tnere could ne 70 much shooting anu so rev
| white man was observed To come into Chm ,-
town from the northw ARD armed with double
i one sidc Of the street, Olazed away with his
: second barrel along ne opposite side, and then
: very leisurey walked OF In the direction whence
he came Another white man came out Of his
Q house and blnzet away into the thick OF the
& nght with United states musket.
e MISCELLANEOUS AMMUNITION.
Tha Of ha Wa NJ al
y They had all IN nner OF pistols. number OF
= shotluns, and lew repeating rides, IL one
house n miners dinner pail bali iull OF rhi
: cartridges was found. Had they been allowed
!, To have things their own wiv, the Chinese would
) were but beginning TO get warmed up to tneir
work when the whites "cnipp,d IT." rne ma
the hands OF the Hoo wo and HOP Sing men,
aud it was douutless for this reason That the
d sam slns men cut loop-holes Ia their houses, AS
they could then IRE from behind planks through
which ordinary snot would not p.netrdte. Inc
charges Withdrawn from some OF the captured
n guns showed tuem 10 nave been loAded with
e small HANDFUL OF Roose-shot mixed with ave,
= shooter balls and buck-snot with plenty oil
a powder behind all to do good WORK.
A Twentv-one prisoners we're captured and
lodged IN the Jall last nignt The charge en-
iy tered against them was disturbing the peace
IL Although II was known ina; the shot which
u struck An Wing was hrei from one OF the Siea
pr Sing houses, no one could say who nred II. sam
\, OF the loOp-hoies were smoked with powder
"a showing that tue euds Of guns OF pistols had
"a rested IN them. AT last accounts last nisht A
rs Wing stii alive, ana II WAS thought he might
- recover. The wounds OF the Othtr men are MOI
N considered be Of serious character Evidently
a the Mongohans are sun on the war path. MANY
20 Of those seen about the battle ground after 4
,P came into possession OF the whites wore nag
- gard ana venomous faces and were restless
,e ryOus, and ierky IN action Had 1t been moon
NJ light there would doubtless nave been more
re hgh tins last uight. Ii was well understood IL
M Chinatown nieht before last that hght woule
- take place. ytsterd ~, today, or very soon
There were hints about the city last evening
thai the "OOl " would most PROBABLY 60 uowi
last night and hang the mead men Of the severA
companies, IA the only means 0f putting stoI
W to these dangerous Monaghan battles.
II
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