, 1880-02-27
The Situation in the Ca]ifoyn;.
Metropolis Still Very
Critical.
A Vigilance Committee Onto+,.
Organized by the NIer.
chants.
Five Thousand Names Attached n
:: the Law and Order Roll.
The Workingmen Conclude to Abo,
don Their Visitations; !
But Claim to Be Ready to Enforce tha
Anti-Chinese Laws.

But Claim to Be Ready to Enforce tha
Anti-Chinese Laws.
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Special Dtspateh to The Chicago Irbun.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 26--This city 1t pcr,act-
II tranquil, and no reason exists for antic1ra.
ing an outbreak Of ans kind. The citizens hns.
ever, weary Of the prolonged paralyzatfon =.
business caused by the empty blather,tits
utterances, have formed secret orRanfz,t,os
similar to the Vigiantes In 1855, the object ba,r.
simply to aid the authorities in preserving ths
peace. Five thousand gentlemen are a,raod1
enrolled, and within three days there will nroh,
ably be 10000 united solely in the interests NJ
law and order, entirely irrespective Of polittca
or religion. The. moral effect Of this step hai
already been excellent 3fen are unemplond
because building and other industries are at .
standstiIl, owing to the Sand-Lot ae1tatfoc
Hence, in bringing about restoration OF cnna-
the unemployed.
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To the Western d3socfctsd Pns. =: I:
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 26.-It would 'apuesr
from the tone Of the editorials Of New Yor,
Journals, telegraphed to the San Francisco "a.
pers, that much apprehension exists there astc
the real situation here 1t Is not true that tha
agitation has assumed Socialistic aspect, nor il
there any good reason to believe that within
few days mob will march On Chinatown .sey-
ernl things have combined to bring about tha
present critical condition OF affairs. procax,
sion5 Of the unemployed. and their demands ion
the discharge Of the Chinese and the emnloy..
ment Of white labor, excited the work1acmen
and irritated capital. The passage ct the slar
torbiddfng corporations to employ Chinese and
the refusal of certain corporation managers to
comply with the law until it had been interpreted
by the United States Courts. :
AGGRAVATED THE MCTrAL HARD FEELING
The action OF the Board Of Health. deciaiiu1
Chinatown a nuisance, was supposed bY tia
workingmen to mean the immediate and whole.
sale condemnation of the Chinese quarter and
the removal Of It's occupants to the outskirts Of
the city, md the delay necessarily arising III
carrying out the decree Of condemnation In de-
tail under legal processes has given rise to the
apprehension that an effort Is on foot to defeat
the measure. These things have combined to
impress the worktngmen with the belief that
while thev have both law md justice In the tasa
On their side, an organized attempt is on footto
resist the laws and rob them OF the benefits e1s
pected from their operation This belief has
been fostercd, and their fears worked, up
to the highest p1tch Of apprehension
by the very windy declarations OF some Of their
leaders, until they are undoubtedly living Ia
daily expectation Of an uprising OF the Vigi-
lance Committee, backed By the police and ml-
tary, for the purpose Of killing their leaders,
and trnmpling the law under foot 80
AS matter of fact, the condemnation Of
Chinatown meets with almost the unanimous
approval of the citizens of nl1 classes Corpcsa-
tons are daily T., ..~-. --~-
.. D1scaARG1SG TIE ca1SEK =: ~.~,
pending the INTERPRETATION Of the law, and 70.
lief movement would have been actively pro-
crossing but for the violent harangues Of tho
lastfew days On the other hand. the iucendiary
language OF the agftators has alarmed and eHt
asperated the business classes until they are
ready to arm in self-dcfense Both~parties: ard
lashin9 themselves In fury over the almost purely
imaginary grounds Of disagreement There IS
no doubt that Mayor kalloch means 70 use oil
his influence with his followers to keep the
pence, but he probably recognizes the fact that
to maintain his influence over them It Is neces-
sary to certain extent to fall into their vRysof
speech and action at the present time. 4 few
calm words between the leaders Of the working
men and business cIasscs would so far to create
better understanding and remove nll danger OF
conflict. and from appearances to-day there Is
reason to believe that something Ut the kind has
taken ploce. and that influences are at work
tans1inrr+o - ,aniEo sn1,,t3on ~ tha question :.
Thee was no parade OF the wnrEingmen TO-
ie1. ana tha n,aaftnn ~ tha Sand-Tot was COM
paratively tame Cannon, Chairman of the
Committee, reported that after this week tbs
Committee would cease calling on the emplo!-
ers Of Chinese, and the weekday meetings at
the Saud-Lot would be discontinued. ICnes #
"Agitate."l "We will ngitate in dtnetecs
wey," said Cannon
His speech was principally ;devoted to COM
rnent on the recent meeting Of merchants WIN
q view Of ruisinr a subscription for tho benettI
OF the unemployed, several OF whom he abused
roupd1y,
MEETING orr MERCHANTS
,o,a 49,, eeta-..s.,s -, hao~ ~. ronot n tha
~ ut1u .nls ~ ue.1 .uJ 3;af naas,,res
committee appointed 70 concert aenet ,d e',s renors
nnere was seIs s1nn1t ~ s,afc fhat
=: mas a. nue suusul.tetL iue n.a;ar,, ian1uage
since the lnst meeting tIa lncendiatS a taus9 SE,
OF the ag1tators had put t1e mernte y 1ra,,iS Ia
luuntty in Ir2me 81 mlno III nnae9 80 ~ n,ntTih1
q out Attle nse 70 approach taeHl LUZ eo"%NA1
t1ons. @ .,.u .e-. ,,psaav aav
me 1eei1ng seemed 70 oe lnAt tney net1 - anit
to assist the uncmpioyed, but they WIZ ,ueet. r
ana see the result or the aG1tation; - tnI i,anrrs
ing adjourned without aGuon. ana t1o IA fpcn
sIon seemed 20 oe tnat tne pfolect sn+ ta1,rarafn
tnrou8n unt1l sncn ifme as ' mo.r o.s;npmen.
connseiS might prevail among tne W. 1.a!tfcm.n
tn pS nj failed to dav out
any direct information on the subject but tnefs n
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