The New York herald., 1879-09-15
M0NG0LIAN IMMIGRANTS.
Growth Of the Chinese Col
Ony in New York.
ESCAPING FROM CALIFORNIAN MOBS
The New Corners Rapidly Establishing
Themselves in Business.


cause for dreading the supremacy of the working
mems party in San Francisco and fearing the nm.
favorable operation of tho new of Cali
fornia. they have been emigrsting to the Eastern
cities. principally TO New York Boston and Pbils.
delphia. In large numbers. The census taken in
1878 sets down the entire Chinese population in New
York at 1877 males. The next census in 1885, will
tell different story. Not only will 1t show the
wrongs and suferings of the Celestials. who have
been exiled from the West by the brutality OF Cali.
fornian mobs. but it win chronicle the Kindly
and generous reception given them in tho
East. so far as comparative statistics reveal
these changes. In 1875 the Chinese were scat
tered here and there throughout the city,
having particular place of rendezvous. Since
that time headquarters have been established which
now assume the Dimensions of o good sized colony
This is mainly due to the efforts of some leading
spirits. who persuaded the Chinese residents Of San
Francisco to establish branch Of one of the famous
Six Compac les In Mott street. It induced all the ar
rfving "heathen' to rally in this neighborhood,
which 10 known "New China" 1t is not only the
presence Of the Chinese in tho city which Is notable
but the various occupations they adopting.
GROWTH OF THE CELESTIAL COLONY.
In previous years no ono dreamed of these people
superseding in business any but washerwomen AZ
they were generally deemed incapable of competing
with shrewd New Workers.. To-day there are in New
York over three hundred Chinese laundries fifty
groceries, twenty tobacco stores ten drug Stores
restaurants and variety Of other establishments.
Over seventy-fve have gone into domestic service.
In Jersey City there three factories which en-
ploy Chinese labor Alone One of these Is q shirt
factory another is shoe factory and the last 10 an
establishment for the manufacture of cheap cutlery
1t is said that beer saloon has been opened in Ho-
boken by two Cinnamon. In Brooklyn there are
ah0nt ~ lar nd ria oiy cfunp otc
grocery. From statistics furnished by the most in
elligen and best informed Of these people the popu.
lation New York has received an addition Of up.
ward Of two thousand five hundred, including two
females. The Chinese residents of Brooklyn num-
ber over two hundred and fifty and two females.
Jersey City and Hoboken boast about two
hundred. About ten per cent Of these arrived in
tho city from Havana, the rest came overland
from California. Over ninety-fve per cent Of the
total Chinese population regularly engaged in
some honorable business. For the benefit of this
thrifty community three schools are maintained by
private charity. One Ia in Mott street. one in Pearl
street ana another in East Tenth street. Nearly q
hundred adults and children attend these institu-
tions and their record to apness and intelligence
is very favorable. The police returns of the city
show for the year ending June &c. 1s79 that fy-fve
males aud one female Of this nationality were ar
rested. In Brooklyn. during the year ls7s there
were only three Cinnamon arrested. Their vitality
q seems wonderful. According to the records
of the Board Of Health only three Cinnamon died last
year. These figures challenged by Mr.. Naughton.
Mott street undertaken, who states that he inferred
fifteen last year alone. This verified by
entries on the books Of the establishment which
prove concusively that there is Q criminal lsxity
and neglect on the part Of some
POLONG ooNGsEE COMPANY.
city is the Polong Congsee Company. It's leading
member IL Tom Lee. awealthy Chinese merchant.
who has spent time and money in facil
itsting the emigration Of his persecuted from
the West The company owns three burial plots In
Greenwood, Evergreens and New York Bay ceme-
Bay Cemetery. for which they paid $3.50. There are
about sixty persons buried In all. or these about
thirty are buried in the New York Bay Cemetery.
twenty in Evergrccns and ten in Greenwood. The
deaths manly from debilitation caused by the
hs ctv a. rae Of dscas
Their constant application to business and enor-
nous consumption OF weakening drugs has much
to do with this. They take very little exercise,
their appearance the street is generally source
OF rdicule to New Workers. This feeling. however.
IL gradually wearing OF. the citizens are too in
telligent and have too much common sense to en-
courage these hostile manifestations.
The absence OF Chinese women in the East has
compelled the males to intermarry with the whites.
There New York vt the present time nearly
three hundred. Cinnamon who have white wives.
golians preferring the latter on account OF their
skill In domestic labor. Few Of them allow their
which Is visible in the West. This intermsr-
riage of races commenced about six years ago. Con-
ing up. the odsss Of whom is sbous Ave > year, 81
age As those children are becoming very numsr-
sshenne the Kindly rsIstons between our c,ti.
xens aud Chinese immigrants. In year or two
some Of them win be old enough to enter school.
Not only have tho Chinese married Spanish and
Irish women. but at No. As Mott street there lives
Chinaman who married colored woman. The pair
have three hne looking children.
DRIFTING TOWARD EAST
Every few days the San Francisco companies seud
out q batch OF about one hundred Cinnamon. Abont
fifty OF these come to New York. twenty to Boston
and twenty to Philadelphia The rest scatter ut WILL
man named Woo Kcc Of No. SO Mott street has BEEN
licensed by tho Mayor q boarding house rurner.
Woo kee, in company with several other boaIding
house keepers, goes to the railway station and
meets the strangers who generally all members
OF tho Chinese company. Their mode OF receiving
even the most obscure passenger is remarkable.
Coaches are invariably employed to convey the ein.
grants to their new homes and feast Ia provided.
They are then instructed as to the condition OF
business In the city and advised as to their course
In extreme cases the Polong Congsee furnishes the
strangers with temporary means OF subsistence until
they have obtained employment. The outcry against
the Chinese merchants has not been yet provoked
They are so clannish and exclusive that they are
patronized almost entirely by their people, who
will not deal with white merchant II the purchases
desired are available In Chinese store. An exceps
ton to this class s Tom Leo. the tea DEALER who has
large white patronage.
Some time since. while HERALD reporter was cn-'
gagged in conversation with the Rev. Moy jim Reo.
the reformer and missionary, who was arrested on
charge OF grand larceny, peculiar feature OF the
mercantile relations Of the Chinese EN- mgrants was
revealed. The reverend Mongolian said that hardly
person came from China to this country
who did not smugglo large or small quanti.
ties Of opium, silk goods and other variable
and dutiablc commodities He had himself assisted
IN these operations. Time and time again he had
written to his friends In China who were about to-
cmigrae requested them to bring certain dos,-f
mated goods. Finally he became convinced that tho
practice was not consistent with Christianity aud
rcnounced At. His refusal to continue these SNUG
Cling operations, he claims, has made numerous
mics. Among others tho gentieman who had him
arrested for theft.
Rev. Aoy jim Kee is earnest In advocating tho edu-
cation OF tho Chinese by the city account OF their
great increase This " the general wish OF all tho
leading members of the "New China" colony. They
point to the fact that the Chinese government was
compelled to establish school at New Haven at
their own expense. This matter will be likely tho
subject of petition from the Polong Congseo Com.
pany when the proper tmo for action arrives.
THE GIRARD BANK ROBBERY.