Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-07-28
A HOME MATTER.


tion is one which interests every commu-
nifty, ard it IS but natural that, move
mcnt of the magnitude Of thst now in
progress at the En.t, should meet with
friends and sympathizers everywhere
At first thoughts the laboring classes of
every community, who know not at what
moment they too, will be called upon to
decide upon like question as the one
which now az itatcs II wide expanse of
county, will side with their fellow work
ers, knowing the proverbia selhshness
Of capital. And we cannot disguise from
ourselves the ugly fact that California is
like sluin beling volcano that there is
within her borders the elements o: aa in
surrocton and uprising, Of which the
labor question will be set forward rs the
prcte&t, before which the present trouble
will pale its Intellectual fires.
Monday night in San Francisco should
open our eyes to both the source of dan
ger and its cause. a workingmen's
meeting was held, to consider the situa-
ton and pass resolutions Of sympathy for
the workingmen engaged in the strike,
and from the asscmblage gang Of law
less charncters, yAlious!y estimated
at from FIVE to Eitecn Hundred started out
on a mission Of violence and rapne.-
Their objective point was, OF course, the
NJ, Il o., i
It, every house they came 20 occupied by
Chinese was guttcd and in some instances
destroyed. a strong forco Of police,
posted at the entrance TO the Chinese
quarter, alone prevented riot Of lorlni-
dab,c proportions. In the little time the
mob were AT their work damage TO the
amount Of S20,0 was done. This, true
Is bat small item when compared to the
immense destruction Of property by the
Pit;shurg mob, but it shows that we have
those in our own midst who will not he-i-
tate to Apply the torch to houses having
Chinese occupants, and no doubt if re.
sisted the knife and pistol would play its
part. 1t is no answer to say that this act
was the act OF II gang ofhood.uns-cvcry
city Of any size in The State contains the
same class who would hail the opportu-
nifty to work jast such a decd. And it is
notorious that such an act viii not receive
tnat mclitel condemnation where the
victims are Chinese. rs it would were
, they Of another racc. There are times
when bodies OF men net rs iIcNzod, when
reason seems to hnve completely lost its
sway. Already tho laboring men Of ihis
State !ay the limited demand for labor
with the poverty Of wages as compared
with iOrmer years, at the door of Chinese
immigration, and with some degree of
justice, too. And the hoodlum c!asses
which inlc>t The large cilies have their
origin in the lack Of proper employment
for growing aoys, the kind orlabor suited
to such being done by Chinese. No one
will deny that these two churGcs have q
substantial fouudalion in fact. They
form no excuse fDr acts Of violence against
The Chinese as II people Tut they will be
blended rs such, and it is ae well toalways
look ,quarely rt the situation. and act
accordingly. Evil Influences become cp.
idcmic, rs it were, and confined to no
particular locality. Ne doubt the hood
lums who rnidcd on The Chinese wash
houses m-t Monday night in San Fran.
cisco, had the full sympathy Of that cio-
mcut everywhere, and but for the prompt
measures taken BY the police, who it WAS
/ known would he ri!cd ty The military
which crushed ont the demonstration be
fore it gained hcadWay, there might have
come similar reports from other places
If hnodlumism n,onc were 10 be held re
sponsible for such act, fail other classes
Of citizens were prompt n condemnation
there would be little to dread, but unror-
tunately there Is not the night Mind Of II
public sentiment in regald to questions
relating to Chinese. The yeldict Of the
jury in the Chico muder case is ample
! proof Of this fact. The feeling against the
! Nl4illt't - VIM SlltbB ultHtN ~ the
fact That they appear TO have acted in bad
faith. When tho excitement ngaint thcil
further immigration wa, at its height, the
companies announced that luther nAux
would be stopped, and it was stopped,
until the excitement subsdcd, when il be-
gan again. We look 20 Congress for re-
lief from what we truly believe to be an
unmiXcd' evil, and seek to restrain the
rowdy element from any acts of violence
toward this people, who came here in re
sponso 10 the Invitation we gave to MI the
world. ltrciioi comes in the form OF
Congressional action all may be well,
but if it does not, it would be folly to shut
our eyes to the fact that we have in ON
midst the seeds Of trouble which may
germiuatc At anyl moment and spread
throughout The length and breadth Of the
State.