The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-03-05

movement Dy TtlusluS 10 dCC6pb OHIuesO
! tenants, though offered higher rents than
were now being paid. MsnY of the new
corners left the city afer few days, for
Philadelphia and elsewhere. Others set
tied in different parts Of New York.
Weeks did not think there was
as yet shy organized movement among
Chinese to leave San Francisco. He
thought there would be if the presen:
troubles in thst city continued, bat they
are very secret about their plans. He
added: They seem to suspect all, and 1t
is very difficult to lesrn anything from
them. He regarded them as good teG-
ants. They disturbed no one and paid
their rant promptly.
The Tribune puts two facts in juXtapo-
sition thus: A number of capitalists of
San Francisco have come to New York,
and low some of the Chinese are coming
also. If Kearney should follow in their
footsteps2
The Tribune also has an article On the
DIGNITY of Labor" wherein 1t says the
mea who went about from factory to
factory the other day in San Francisco,
demanding the dismissal of Chinese,
might have learned the futility of their
proceedings from the experience of 6
single afternoon. The demoniac tyrant
capital as it presented itself TO them on
that occasion, seems TO have been en-
bodied in the persons Of a few small
manufacturers, a large portion Of whom
probably realized from their business q
smaller income than some of their hands.
Various answers were made 10 the COM
planning workmen, but the general drift
of sentiment among employers indicated
thst they would gladly give preference
to the white men except for the fact that
white men refused to work at wages
which any manufacturer can pay. If it
had not been for Chinese cheap labor the
industries Of California would have been
Frustrated long ago by outside COMPETE
lioD. "Twiee," said the proprietor OF
one establishment, I'VE discharged our
Chinese and took on white men, but
white hands got drunk and could not be
depended on, and we found it impossible
to compete with manufacturers" Labor,
which the sand lot orators call degrad-
ing, supplies them with many of their
daily needs. The committee Of the Bosrd
of Health which condemned Chinatown
as q nuisance, mentioned as one of the
infamies revealed by a visit to that quar-
ter, that in a crowded tenement moon
eyed ''lepers" were discovered in the act
of manufacturing oVeralls and cheap
shirts for woTkingmen of San Francisco.
hey outraged civilization moreover by
making vermicella, confectionery and
cigars; and it now appears that at the
close of the tour Of inspection the COM
mittee proceeded to regale themselves at
q Chinese restaurant. Denis Kearney
himself is said TO have kept Chinese
cook until the absuTdity of the situation
became unbearable
The HerdLd'S San Francisco special
has the following: Believing that Kear-
ney has been fostered and encouraged by
the publicity which the local press ha:
heretofore been giving to this agitation;
all the leading merchants have united
and demanded that the Incorporate folly
Of the press reports shall cease or they
will Withdraw their business patronage
from these papers. But for the STRIFE
between the newspapers here seeking K
capture Kearney and the workingmen
he would have been in obscurity long ago
The papers here, understand, agreed L
have him hereafter unreported, and il
doing so the present sgitation will sooI
cease. 1t lives greatly on publicity, it
orators delighting TO hear of themselve
and the reports of what they say.
Chicago, 4.-TTi6URe'S Washington
1t is reported that delegation from tn
| Chinese Six Companies will soon srriv
in Washington to ask through the Chi
nese legation whether the United State
proposes to recognize the Burlingam
treaty aud protect peaceful citizens o
| China resident in this country, and en-
| gagged in legitimate business. This is neI
| phase of the Chinese question which will
probably give the cabinet some trouble
The Burliugame treaty, of course, yer.
| broadly guarantees protection By tn
United States to every Chinaman lande
in America. Secretary Evgrts is under
stood to have said that the mission wa
an unnecessary one, as there have bee
no disturbances in San Franci;co, aud
there are any, the local authorities wi
be quite able to suppress them.
New York, Am evening paper says
Around the principal Chinese boardih
house 10 this city, this morning, ther
was about as much hustle as in th
famous quarter of San Francisco. TIL
lately arrived emigrants were out earl
to take q look at their home and con
pare II with San Francisco. Mott stree
from Chatham Equare, few blocks VI
was crowded with Celestials. The new
corners are delighted with the change
their prospects, and look forward towsI
establishing 8 large colony in Ne
York. They are somewha: relicent
expression of their opinions on the nun
cipal government of San Francisco, ST
evidently think there is some medium
constant communication between the tV
cities which would render the expositiC
of their views dangerous to themselve
= Even the distance that now interVen
between them and the ssnd lots is n
sufficient to allsy their fears of hoo
lumism. All Kee, one of the me
intelligent OF the refugees, said tn
the system of persecution al
outrage practised by the followers
Kearney, on them had reached TO SUI
an extent that life became intolerab
He had quite an extensive landing
n San Francisco but his business was COZ
: pletely ruined by the rufianism of hoo
. iums. His customers dropped off one
D one deferred By the threats and yioleu
of these rufians. BE acknowledged th
The Six Companies had organized
movement by which, as long as the |,
U fares lasted on the railroad and steam
5 there would be q steady stream of Chine
emigration to this city and Philadelph
There is some talk among older Chin
residents of adding a theatre TO the eel
10 iieI attractions Of Mott street, similar
u the establishment of the kind in
Francisco. The entire company will,
n tbe event Of the opening of theatre,
brought in from the Pacific. AlthoU
the chinese colony he.e IS very secre:
on the subject, it is certain that subscl
lion lists have been circulated amt
them and rapidly filled up to enable Il
. countrymen to come on to New York