Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1877-07-26
A Fierce C~OllisionTSome
Killed and Many
The Police and Law Abiding 0itl-
zens in the AsCeRdenOy.
Immense Quantities Of Lumbtr
Bnrned-Fearful State of Affairs.

reports from the vicinity of the Pacific
u Mail dock are that the crowd is mostly
4 dispersed and the fire under control
: though still burning, and the police anC
{ citizens masters Of the situation. Tit
. hire alarm from the corner of Stewart ant
Mission streets proved unfounded. Al
far as can at present be gathered the fire
= near the Mail dock was Of ~incendiary
origin, the evident intention being to in
vo've the companY's property in its
! spread. On the arrival OF the FIRST de.
tachment OF citizens a crowd of about
10000 had gathered. The wharves, lum-
Der and coal yards in which the fire was
raging were surrounded on the land side
oy a fence running neal the bottom of a
steep hull leading up to st. Mary's Hos
pital. On top this hill a crowd had as
sembled, and while a portion of them at
tempted to set fire to the fence the police
and citizens attempted to drive them of,
and we're met by a shower of stones from
the hill. The hill was then stormed in
the face of the hot hsilade of stones,
and the mob began firing pistols. The
force answered with a volley, and getting
to close quarters used clubs with telling
effect.
In the charge a young man, note teller
in a London and San Francisco bank,
fell probably fatally wounded. Another
citizen was reported shot dead, and a
great many wounded, more or less seri
ously, by stones and pistol shots. 1t is
impossible to ascertain the loss of the
r%ioters. Several are reported killed and
wounded, but nothing is definitely
known. At least a hundred shots were
bred into the mob. About a dozen are
lying in drug stores near the scene of
action, more or less severely injured.
The charge broke the courage of the
mob, many of whom were captured, and
a long chain being stretched in front of
the Mail dock, they were manacled to it
for present safe keeping, The mob at
no time obtained access to the dock
which was closed, strongly guarded, and
several cannon planted commanding the
entrance.
In the meantime the FIRE had burned
an immense quantity Of lumber, mostly
belonging to Simpson Bros, Mcdonald
Mill Company, and Starbuek & Gold.
stein; also the woodyards of O'Oonnell,
and Higgins d Collins, and a great deal
OF similar property owned by various
parties. The ships at the wharf were
huFriedly towed to places well protected,
and worked with but slight hiadrance.
The driver Of hose cart No. | is re-.
ported shot dead by the mob, but no
other casualties known among the mem.
bers Of the force.
After the police and citizens had dis.
persed the mob a portion of them, in.
Guiding some who had been raiding on
Howard and Folsom streets, gathered in
the vicinity Of the Grand and Palace
hotels on Market street, and some of
them penetrated to Kearney street, and
here they we're met by a force and driven
back to Market, while another detstch. {
ment of citizens and police marched
along Montgomery, and taking the crowd
between them, punished them severely 9
and scattered them.
AT present they seen to be roaming in I
small gangs over that portion OF the city I
south Of Market street, closely watched q
BY the police and citizens, as it is OK, 3
pected they will seize the FIRST oppo. .
tunity to gather again in force. q
An auti-coolie meeting which had 8
been called met early this evening near 0
the new city hall; not a very large crowd.
perhaps five or eight hundred people. u
The speeches from the stand and the 5
u%tterances Of the crowd we're of the most r
lnceDdlary nature. Threats were openly 0
made to clean out Chinatown, and attack 3
residences and railroad authorities, and l
from what could be learned by circulat- II
ing among the crowd it would appear .
Friday evening had been fixed upon Il
Tor The demonstration in that direction. .
From some unaccountable cause neither q
the police nor vi6ilants made their an. .
p%earance at the meeting, which, after u
adjouruing, formed a nucleus for a band 3
which had been during the evening raid y
the southern portion of the city. y
the evening men were detected ..
distributing printed slips in ~envelops n
marked "A warning" The slips were G.
as follows: a
Pro B0Eo PUBLIOo The attention of "
the Thousand and One will he drawn to 81
any and all premises where Chinese are Of
employed or allowed. Property owners, W
insurance companies and employees may l..
make a note Of this while there is time. :
and before the avengers Of oppressed 8
labor thunder at your doors. d y OIL
lSignedl THOUSAND AND ONE. n
San FRASuscO. July 26.-At this hour Il
am all is quiet throughout the q
city with the exception Of two or three
attacks on Chinese w~ash,houses lately q
reported, but the parties engaged ara in n
significant in numbers. A strong force D