The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-07-25

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Two m@n IN the crowd have been
wounded by pistol shots. bu. at present
the desiga Of the shots i. a mystery.
though i, IS supposed they we're fired
from neighboring houses. A crowd OF
Young hoodlums and 10y. are reported
derrvd4ting il the vicinity Of these
quarters. breaking windows. etc.
The military l, al assembled At their
arnories waiting tor orders. There is a
disposable force o. about 1900 guards
III ,hi. city, ani a. many Of the officer.
aad men az. veteran soldiers, the force
i. considered reliable The meeting.
aIch NUN bered abou, 10000, broke up
a. 10 o'clock without making any vio-
le,, demonstrations as body. Shortly
after adiournmeu. portion Of the
crowd wrecked Chinese wash-house in
the aeighborhood The mass Of the
;hrou. dispersed towards their homes.
bot several hundred banding together,
proceeded 10 the corner of Geary and
Le.avenwortn streets which is occupied
by two-story frame building, contain
ing a Chinese laundry and fruit store
OF the ground floor and q residence Of
families above. The crowd attacked
the Chinese place, broke the street
lamps and set the building on fire.
4 white woman was barely saved from
the upper story. The mob impeded
the firemen Oh their arrival. cut the
hose and the building was destroyed
They then came down Geary street TO
Dupont with the evident intention of
raiding the Chinese quarters. On their
way they cleaned out some Chinese
wash houses. By the time they reached
Dupont street they numbered five
or six hundred men, and they were
met by @ strong force of police who
formed line across the street The
rioters endeavored 10 break through,
but the police stood firm and being
reinforced in haste FROM the City Hall.
by the free use of their clubs they
beat back the crowd. At the present sit
urtioa, the police hold Dupont street
at Me corner Of Pine street against the
main body of the mob. while strong
squads are posted at the intersections
of cross streets with Dupont. the main
object being to keep the mob from
Chinatown. The crowd evidently
lacks leaders; they make little show of
resisting the police other than by
crowding upon them, yelling and de-
riding them. The general impression
among the authorities is that by vigi-
liant aud determined action on tho part
of the police the crowd will be held
III check during the night. though their
slogan Of Chinatown at o'clock is
omluous fine militia remain ut their
armories, not having yet been called
upon for service.
SAN FRANCISCO. July 2+-At this
hour. 1880 o'clock \. NJ, all is quiet,
and the trouble appears over for the
night The crowd that two hours ago
blocked the southern end of Dupont
street have dispersed. and the police
are the masters of the situation. All
the streets leading To the Chinese quar-
tiers are strongly guarded. and DO one
allowed to pass along Dupont. Thus
tar no use of fire arms has occurred, ex-
cept in Case Of shots fired into crowd
ut the meeting The party who fired was
arrested and locked up. His action WAS
prompted by pure love of mischief
Neither of the men hit WAS seriously
injured. During the contest Of the po-
lice on Dupont street with the mob,
several stones we're thrown at them,
doing no injury Of consequence While
the disturbance WAS in progress at the
south enc Of Dupont street, another
mob numbering 500 or 600 gathered at
the northern extremity Of that tho
roughfAre. wrecked a pen Of Chinese
houses and attempted to penetrate to
the Chinese quarters. but were finally
forced back by the police. and at the
latest advices has dispersed. During
these attempts to assail their quarters
the Chinese manifested much alarm,
aud early in the evening every door and
shutter WAS closed fast and no. . Chi
namsn could be seen on the streets,
A. about eleven o'clock. u large
crowd collected in front Of the Chinese
mission on Washington street above
Stockton. aud stoned the windows. bat
were scattered by the police before ef-
fscsing much damsge. II il now known
that the IRE, by which she bailding At
the corner If Geasy aud Leasenwor,b
s,rcess was destroyed. originated hy the
smashing of . coal oil lamp IN the Oh.
nese portion of the building by stone
thrown through the window Although
a.. Is ~ presen, quiet, the police and
military authorlt,es are fully alive to
the gravity Of the occasion and yiei-