Weekly Trinity journal., 1879-08-02
AN EYEWITNESS.
4 visitor 20 GIenn's Ranch Counts
One lot of Chinese Employees
The Woes Of Jim QuOng.
WILLOWS. Colusa county.

WILLOWS, Colusa county.
EDS. REcoRD-U L NIoN:-On Wednes-
day, the 231 instant, made up my mind
10 visit the Glen n grant IN Culusa county
Us | heard there was TO be an eXtrHordi
nary thrashing performance on that pnr>
tiJn known rs the North rahch," !" under
the management of George Hdag. Start
ing from the Willows, eight miles brought
me Ia the Mndd ranch, which is also II
portion of the Glenn grant. Here the
animals were rested, aud FOR want Of
better company | commenced lively
chat with Chinaman | met there. He
did not require much pressing TO tell a
sad story ufcruel wrongs which he said
hn had suffered on that portion of the
Glenn grant which WAS under the man.
agement Of i Bayhs last year, and ITS trag
ic consequences. He told me he had
been working on the grant whole year.
eArlv tnd bate hoping To be able to send
money Ia China tor the support of bis
wife and child. nut with the exception Of
four bits for hat. he had not received
one cent. Seeing was getting interest
ed he went to his room and returned
with document, Of which this il copy:
s}3 5000. JAclyro, Nov. IS. '7s.
Sixty DAYS after date pay TO Jim Quong
DAYLIs.
To II. J. GLENN, Jaeinto.
He told me he hAs others Of similar
nature. amounting in all to about Sl75.
These he says Dr.. Glenn prom l-ed to pay
but five months gone, he no pay" As
ne warmed TO his subject he became quite
excited, winding up his statement some-
thing like this: "Workee one year.
Wife China, dead hungry, My boy he
dead hungry. Me work one year no get
one --crut. Me send no money they
no eat. Me like hnng (pointng TO his
own neck). Me no care. Me like shoot
him. Me like spoil him house; me like
burn him land. They hang me. me die,
all same wife and little boy" He seems
more particularly mad with Baylls, al
though he assures me that D.. Glenn had
on two occasions promised 10 pay these
notes when due / think he must have
been mistaken in this respect, for the new
and great patriot. Glenn, is represented
by his organs, you know, as an honorable
man. Yet it was in consequence OF such
promises that he permitted Bnylis to
leave the ranch SO peaceaby. This may
look like sensational story, but from
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saw him. am willing to believe every
word Of it. Olhets who heard the story
said it was "a --SIame to serve even
-ChinHman that way. yet it was no
worse than mnny white man had got.
Glenn and these managers, or renters,
kent their business arrangements so secret
that no one knows who is the responsible
party
From here to the North ranch is about
six and half miles, through some of the
finest looking wheat it has ever been my
lot to see-pump, heavy seed, large
heads and Of uniform hight; but after
passing the farm buildings tina crop Is
not quite so good. Here very busy
scene presents itself to view. The large
thrashing machine WAS in full SWING.
Thirteen headers and about forty header
wagons kept it well supplied with mater,
iHl To thrash; but it required llS men to
work them, and counted forty China.
men among them, which is n little over
one third of the whole crew. | under
stand that the D0cLo" ha, snid he never
hires ChinamHn, yet here we're forty ut
worE. Now as The II. BIS never mlsre-
present facts. and the Doctor is an "hon.
orable man !" it seems clear to me that
his foreman must have hired them, nj
though Dr.. Glenn pays them their wages.
understand there are over 100 Chinese
field hands on the Glenn grant, who must
ba out of sight when the reporters of the
II. Is. organs visit the grant. Well, this
mixed crew did II tall days work that
dav (and by day mean from $3.50 A. NJ
to 8 80 p. Ny. Although do not think
they turned out quite 3 eco sacks, yet 1t
must have come pretty close TO that
amount.
From here I visited Jacinto, the head
quarters of DR.. Glenn, where | met some
men who had Travelled various distances
to get their "time ordersn exchanged for
checks on Sacramento. They complain
bitterly of this loss of time, and also Of
the discount they have 10 pay 10 have
these checHs caShed. One man havingAn
order for six dollars had to pay twenty
five cents discount and 50 horse hire, aud
would only have 81 - lett. after losing
two days to go and come A boy had
come all the way from TehAma county,
where on DR.. Glenn's ranch there they
employ twelve Chinamen and twenty.
five whites. Others, VIII only have small
due them would rather tear
their orders ul than lose so much time
in listing Jacinto To casual observ-
er this would look like conspiracy on
the part of the Doctor aud his aids, bat
as he is undoubtedly mn honorable man,
it must on ly he called business" Large
Are slill due TO some of the work
men for wages, ran Eing fum twelve
months down to shorter periods but un til
after this harvest these men do not expect
to be able To co !lect what is due to them,
except at extravagant discounts. So /
am unable to account for the statement
that has been made to the effect that
leach man is allowed his wages as fast
as accumulated. ;"
Returning home, I met many men
seeking employment who intended visit
ing the grant, and when | told them of
the number Ct Cinnamon employed there
they seemed inclined to give me the lie
direct, as they had read in the Ii. b. or
gan that none were employed there. They
began to think that our fiiend, the Doc
tor, was trying To make political capitnl
out of these representation. 80 |
tried to show them that he was too "hon
orahe' a gentlemen to stonp 20 such low
practic es, and think that in one case
almost succeeded. OBSERVER.
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