Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-07-26
sfiofits s;ln Francisco.

H., at Horticultural Hall, and the bulldinG was
soon filled. Abou: s o'clock ". /. Coleman,
President called the meeting to order and mad
scarcely dono SO when 4 message was receiVea
that fire had broken out in the PacIhc mall
dock. Twas soon ascertaincd that the lire was
10 q large lumber yard near the deck and lUU
O. the committee armed with clubs were at orce
iispa;cI:cd 10 the sccne followed soon alter by
100 more. The remainder OF the commlttce
were then told off in companies by word and
with tue exception Of about POO proceeded 70
the City Hall to await orders from the Chief OF
Police. Sixty wcIo dispatched to Sixth and
Howard streets TO dispense the crowd collected
there, smashing Chinese houses. ALI the mem
b,rs OF thc co.amittce were armed With clubs
ia addition 10 tic pocket fire arms carried by
nearly all NuskctJ will 5000 ba Issued ii ne
cessary. The fire ct the lumber yard is noW
raging ficrccIy and 4 crowd Of several thousand
people arc collected there. a heavy force OF
vigiantes ar standing guard. n cW5 has Just
beer received Of e man detected cutting the
hose being shot down in his tracks. The vlGI-
Iantcs have closed the streets leading to the
scarc of The fire. The fro alarm has Just been
turucG ir from the corner Of Stocktonstrcct and
Broadway and party Of yig!lartcs has
been dispatched to Keep order. sAl Is
quiet in the central portion OF tho CITY. NO
cal! las yet been made on the military.
South OF Market street small bands Of 'llood.
Irn.s' arc Raging around and breaking INTO
Chinese houses, the vigiantn5 !oIIowlng them.
At the mail steamship company . dock and vi
Chilly The excitement aud disturbance arc N
crcasirg. The re ia still raging and appear;
to hc under central in The direction o. the mall
dock but is sprcaG!rg to &c northward along
the city front 10 tho lumber yards, and west
ward aIoug Front street. The mob is becoming
more and more administrative, and is with dill
hculty held 10 check. They arc attacking the
police and vigilantCs with stones. One roct.
man was crippled By stone, aud two ylgllanteSS
reporcI shot. The force charged Oh The crowd
with clubs and pistols, filing about fifty shots,
ard forced them back. Reinforcement, Of the
ygilantcs have been dispatched 10 The sccue,
and now there arc between 800 and 400 on du-
ty there, besides the police.
Lltcr.-Thc city fire alarm has Just sounded
for the corner o! Mission and Stewart sts.,
few blocks from the present contlagratlon, and
ia tho Immediate vicinity OF the lumber yards
and manufacturing establishments.
SAN Francisco, July 2G-l d. m.-Thc lat
est reports from the vicinity of the Pacific mail
dock a.e that the crowd has mostly dispersed
lie JlTc IL QN'':T Cvjl!Ui H. loohi'i
iDg, and tho polio: and citizens are masters of
the situation there. rs far as can at present
be gathered the fire near the mail dock was OF
iucendia' origin, the evident intention being
to Involve the company property in its spread.
On tho arrival Ct tho first detachment OF cltl-
zons crowd, numbering 10000 had gather
ed. The whar7cs Of The lumber and coal yards
10 which the fire vas raging, were surrounded
nnIC Irn l..-c
bottom OF steep bill, leading up to st Mary's
Hospital. On lop Of this hill a crowd had assem-
blcd.
While a portion Of them attempted to set
Gre to the fence the police and c!tizcEs at
tempted to drive them off, and were met by a
shower OF stones from The hill. The hill was
then scrmcd il TIC face of hot fusilade Of
stones, and the mob began firing pistols. The
force answered VITA 4 vo!cy, aud getting 10
1so quarters used their clubs Wiz. telling
effect. ln The charge young man. the cote
tci1r in tho London aud San Francisco BaDl-,
fell probably fatally wounded. Another citIzcn
reported shot dead, and q great many we're
wounded mere gr less seriously By stc,ncs aud
pistol shots il is impossible to ascertaIo the
loss OF the rioters. Several arc reported killed
and wouaIcd, bat nothing is definitely known.
About 100 shots 1c-o fired into the mob.
About q iu2,n arc lying in drug stores near
the sccnc Ci' anticn irGrc u less severely To-
jurc.!. This charge broke The courage Of the
mob, :liany ii whom wrrc captured, aud long
chain being stretched across 10 front CT the mail
dock, they we're man.o!cd to IL l0r the present
Tor sale keeping. The ulrh ct 90 time obtained
access to tho mail dock, which was closed,
strongly guarded and several cauuou planted
the entrance. " the meantime
the fire had burned immense quantities Of lum-
bcr The ships at The whaTvcs were hurredy
togcl to places Of safety.
The driver @? hose cart No. il rcpor!ad to
have been s!Int dead BY The mob. Ate: tho
police and citizens had dispersed the mob :.
portion Of the latter, lnruil0G some who had
been rai!ing oG Howard and 1o!son streets.
gathered iii he vicinity ol the GraCd and Palace
hotels un inarE3! street. Seine CT them pene'
lraic,i into kearGCy street. Hero they were
me! By i iGrc2 Fl Git!x::.s and driven back to
NlatlG: street, while another detachncnt CT
c!izcps and police marched along Montgomery
street, and taking The crowd between punished
them severely apE. scattered them. At present
the rl0tCra are roaming ~ Small gangs over that
portion Of toe city lying south OF Market street
closely watched by the police and citizens, and
it is expected they will SEIZE the first opp0rtu-
Elty 10 GGtE"T aS%tn III luICc. lHC n1tl COCIC
meeting which had becp called me: carly in tho
evening near the city hall. There was not
very large crowd perhaps from 800 TO 500 pco-
pic. Tic speeches lroal the stand and the
utteraocts Of the crowd gore of The most iDccn:'
diary nature. Threats were. openly made TO
clean out chinatown and attack the residents
and railroad authorities. and from what could
be learned by circulating among the crowd it
would appear that Friday evening had been
fixed upon IDr the demonstration in that dircc-
lion.
Daring the evening nlen were detected d4.
trihutiug printcd siipsin envelopes marked ~
Warning" The slips we're az follows:
PRO 50no ptlt!;c9 The attention oi the
thousand and ono will be- dram II any sad al
premises where Chinese arc employed 0r a.
lowed. Property cwncis, Insurance companies
and employers nay make a i;9tn Of this while
there is time, and before the avengers Of op
pressed labor thunder Al pour doors.
Signed THOUSAND AND ONE
SAN ERANCIsCo, CAL, July 2G-2:l5 a. N.
At this h1ur all is quiet throughout the city
with the exception d; $50 or three attacks on
rho Chinese wash !:.ins,a iltriv rnncr,ri R,;t