Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1877-07-25
SAN FRANCISCO.
The Town Taken by a Mob.
CHINESE WASH HOUSES DE.
MOLISHED BY HOODLUMS.
A Meeting of Citizens to Organize
For Protection.
SAN FRANCISCO, July "a.

in front of the new City Hall. Res
olutions were adopted, and the ad-
dresses of the speakers were compar-
atively moderate in tone, and about 10
O'Clock the meeting broke up, most of
those present quietly returning home.
There were present, however, a num-
Der of hoodlums ripe for mischief. As
soon as the meeting adjourned they
started GU on a raid. The first point
OF attack was a Chinese wash house on
the south side of the street above
Leavenworth, which they bombarded
with bricks and MASKING the doors
and windows. The crowd then went
to Leavenworth and Turk streets,
where they smashed in a Chinese
wash house. After doing all the dam.
age they could there. they smashed in
the show window of Edwards grocery
on the corner, and stole a lot of liquors
and canned goods. From this place
the mob went to the Chinese wash
house on Geary above Leavenworth.
The occupants Of this place bad been
warned of the approach of the crowd,
and deserted the premises. The mob
pelted this house with rocks and brick
bats. One of these struck a kerosene
oil lamp and upset it, and the oirignit-
ing, fell upon some clothes on the
ironing table. In moment the whole
building was in a blaze. The fire
CO communicated to the two-story build
ing on the corner of Geary and
Leavenworth streets. The alarm was
turned in, tiremen responded prompt
ly, but they were unable to become
masters of the situation, and both
buildings were completely destroyed.
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tate, and were occupied by families
who lost all their properly. The mob
then continued on its work of demoli-
ton, going up street and down an.
other, smashing in every wash house
that was in their course i'm the district
bounded by Market, Larkin, Post and
Mason streets. About 10 wash houses
were Quilted. The houses were all de-
serted, and not a Cinnamon was in
jured in any of these places.
At 505 Post street, the mob mis-
took the plumbing and gas fit
ting establishment of Kearney &
Bro. for a wash-house, and demolished
the doors and windows before they dis
covered their mistake. The mob
turned into Dupont street, and then to
Pine street, smashing wash-houses on
the way. At Pine street the crowd was
met by The police. The mob attempt
ed to force through the line, but the
officers, by the free use of clubs, gave
them to understand they could not
pass. They retired in disorder, but
soon rallied again and went up Bush
street TO Stockton; thence along that
street to Washington, where they de-
molished a wash house and broke the
glass in the Chinese Mission. The
mob continued in its curse northward
and had several encounters with the
police. BY IL O'Clock the mob came
to the conclusion that it was useless TO
buck against the police and gave up
the fight. An hour later Chinatown
and the entire city was as quiet as ever.
The damage Is $4,000.
At 2 o'clock p. NJ, in accordance with
the request circulated by Ex-Governor
Lowe and General McComb, a meeting
of prominent citizens was held at the
Chamber of Commerce. Among those
present were ID. o. Mills, w. 4. Cole
man, Mayor Bryant, a number of gen
Element prominent in the National
Gnard, leading merchants, brokers,
etc. w. Il. Coleman was called to the
chair, and made a brief address, stat
ing the object of the meeting to be to
consult upon an organization with the
view of the suppression of any dis
turbance that may arise in connection
with the present excitement. He ex-
pressed il as his opinion that the po-
lice and military might be backed by
&c, 900 men in 80 minutes if San Fran
ciscans have not forgotten their old
lessons. He was followed by General
McComb, who referred to the scenes
Of LAT niphf aud tho norrau aaa.N1
from serious riot. In the course of his
remarks he stated that a prominent
gentlemen of the city had been in
formed that threats we're being made
to burn his residence i'm the upper part
of the city. The speaker knew there
was danger afloat to both life and prop
erty, and urged the cooperation of citi-
zens to guard against it. Mayor Bry-
ant was called upon. He stated that a
fruitful source OF agitation was the
habit of some of the newspapers
in putting cut bulletin boards
during the day and evening with
startling accounts of Eastern outrages,
and that he had taken steps to stop the
practice for the present. He believed
The mob of last night was not compos-
ed of working men, but of hoodlums,
and he had been assured by leading
working men That owing to the uneasy
public feeling, no meetings would be
held by them for the present, as they
were satisfied the hoodlum element
would seize the occasion to commit
outrages upon Chinese and others.
| At the close of Mayor Bryaut's re-
marks, Charles Kohler said The people
saw a very dangerous element last
night, aud 1t was necessary 10 organ
ize for the safety of life and property.
lie suggested the appointment of a
Central Committee, as the nucleus of
an organization. Colonel Gonnis be-
lieved the danger had passed, but he
was not unmindful of the fact that in
this city a few inflammatory speech
makers can get a mob Of 1000 or 5000
desperate young men to engage in any
act of violence. He vas sure his reg
iment would go with the authorities,
and although they might have com
panions in the crowd, they would not
fire over their heads or fire blank
cartridges. Colonel Mason, of
the Third regiment, aud Colonel Saw
ave of the Second regiment also spoke,
giving their views of the necessity
of guarding the armories. The'former
thought an organization Of the better