The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-02-27
SAN FRANCISCO.
Ths Outlook Not So Alarming.

San Francisco, 20 There was no
parade Of workingmen to-day, and The
meeting ct the SAND lot was compa -atively
tame. Cannon, chsirman of the com
mlttee. reported that after this week the
committee would cease calling on the
employers Of Chinese, and week day
meetings at sand lots would be dscon-
tinued. Cries of ''agitat5" were then
heard. 1--WE will agita in different
way" said Cannon. His speech was
principally devoted to comment on the
recent meeting of merchants, with q view
to raising a subscription for the benefit of
the unemployed, several Of whom he
abused roundly.
A meeting Of merchants was held this
afternoon to hear the report Of the COM
mittee appointed to concert relief eAs-
ures. There was very small attend
anee and report was not submitted.
The committee stated that since the last
meeting the incendiary Language of the
agltato-s had put the mercantile COM
muni;y in such a frame of mind that it
would be of little use to approach them
for contributions. The feeling seem d 10
be that they were ready to asst t the IN
employed, but wanted to wait aud see
the result of the agitation. The meeting |
adjourned without action, and the i'm |
preston seemed to be that the project had |
fallen through until such time as more |
temperate counselS might prevail among
the workingmen. There was conside
cradle inquiry, to day, among gentle
men supposed to be interested In the re-
ported vigilance committee. The move
ment failed 10 draw out any direct in
formation on the subject, but there is
good reason TO believe the report well
and that q thorough organizs-
ton exsts. 1t is understood Ke4rney
hiss gone 10 Sacramento.
1t would appear from the tone of the
editorials of the New York journals,
to the San Francisco pspers,
hat apprehension exists thsre as to
he real situation. 1t is not true that the
agitation has assumed a socialistic aspect,
Tor is there is any good reason to believe
hat within few days the mob will
march on Chinatown. Several things
lave combined to bring about the present
critical condition OF affairs. Professions |
# the unemployed and their demands for
/ discharge of the Chinese and the en-
)loyment of white labor, excited the
and irIitated the capitalists.
The passage OF the law forbidding cor
,Orations to employ Chinese, and the re-
uSAl of certain corporation managers to
omply with the law until 1t had been in
AVE aggravated the mutual hard
f Health declaring Chinatown nuisance
mean immediate and wholesale condem-
alton of the Chinese quarter, and the
emoval of the occupants to the outskirts
f the city, and the delay necessarily
rising in carrying out the decree of the
IN detail, under legal pro
esses, has given rise to the apprehension |
nat an effort Is on foot to defeat the
MEASURE. These things have combined
D impress the workingmen with the be-
EFF that, while they have both the law
nd justice in the case on their side, an
rgsnized attenp is afoot to resist the
Avs and rob them of the benefits. 1t is
xpected, from their operations, thst this
eiief has been fostered and their fears
'orked up TO the highest pitch of appre- !
ension by the windy declarations Of
1me of their leaders, until they are I'M |
living in daily expectation of .
n uprising of a vigilance com :
liltee backed by the police and
lie military, for the purpose of a
illing their leaders and trampling
le law under foot. As a matter
{ fact, the condemnation of Chinatown :
leets with the almost unanimous ap-
roval of citizens of all classes. The cor
orstions are daily discharging Chi
csc, pend ng an Interpretation
f the law aud the relief move
lent would have been actively progress
ing, but for the violent harangues of :
be last few days. On the other hand, ]
be incendiary Language OF the agita;or 0
as alarmed and eXaspeTated the busI-
ess classes until they are ready to arm
n self defense. Both parties are lasbing
themselves into fury over the almost
imaginary grounds of disagreement.
There is no doubt that Mayer Kalloch
means to use all his influence with his t
blowers to keep the peace; but he
recognizes the fact that TO
maintain his influence over them, it
5 necessary, to q certain extent, to
all into their ways of speech and action.
At the present time, few calm
words between the leaders ofthe working
men and the BUSINESS classes would go
sr to create better understanding. and
emove all danger of conflict, and from
to-day, there is reason to be-
ieve that something the kind has taken
place, and that influences are at work
ending to n Pacific solution Of the
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