Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1883-05-11
JOHN CH1NAMAE.
our Pacific Coast Nuisance In
tho East

New YORK. May lO.-A vieorou
warfare has been began by the Younl
Neu . Catholic Society, Of the Trans
6guration Church, sRain4t ths svi
practices of the Chinese in the vicinity
Of their rooms. It resulted in tn
closing by ne police last night of thu
opium Joints in the neighborhood
Two youog girls and ChinamAn were
arrested-one Of the gi,l' upon the com
plant of her brother.
RKyOLfING PRACrJCxS
Ths Truth says: Prom an invest ga
tion recently made it is found that tae
Chinese quarter in Mott and Peel street.
is vitiated by the most rev. lting prac'
tices. Not s..isfied with the opium
haunts and gambling den,, these Chi.
nese demons have been setting their
traps successfully for little girls Of res.
pecsable pareu tsge, who on the average
are not more than eleven or thirteen
years old. There are still many res
pectable persons living in the Chinese
quarter, and those who have n c.d to
what terrible fat the Chinese are bring
log many Innocent young girls have de-
termined t, put a stop to the hideous
practices ,f possible. In the mid ot
the colony i. the Catholic Church OF the
TRANSPORTATION, which is at tie corner Of
Mott and Park streets. Across the
street from the church are the rooms
of the Young Mems Cat iol;c Associa
tior, which is connected win it. At
the monthly meeting Of the 4 Association,
which was held la evening, something
was done to abate the evil. A resolu-
ton was offered for the appoil tnent Of
committee to wait upon Anthony
Comstock and other agents Of societies
for the repression os crime, and call
their atte, tion t. the existence of such
an awful st.t. Of affairs. Ore of the
members, in speaking to Truth re-
por t.r. said :Tnis is something fright
ful. We have seen how matters were
gong, aud have rescued one or two Of
the girls. Why. the o-gies that those
Chiness have been guilty ct could hard
!y be described in print =
The Herald AYE: In an article pub
lished in another column will be found
statemel t which, i: true or exaggerated,
demand int t mt investigation by the au
thoriries. We refer to the opium sns
Of Mot, and Pell st.eet-, into which are
decoyed young girls and mere children.
who sooD become victims .f the opium
habit and are speedily ruined, morally
and physically. The st Elements made
by Father Barry eau be easily invest
gated. He expresses h,msels ready and
to hgi t the evil, which is
annually running haudreds OF young
people in this parocaial district. Let
him be called Oh for his fact and an in-
YES tiga.ion te bes tn at once. Ii one
half Of what he says Is true, the opium
deus of New York have ALREADY fastened
apon the city curse which It viii he
hard to eradicate in years.
NEW LIGHT ON THE CHINESE.
New York, May lO.-As the facts
the habits of New York's
Chinese inhabitants are being brought
to light the community IS beginning to
rea lze for the first time whattle Pacific
coast has been suffering for years from
the same source. The policemen III the
Of the Chinese q uarters IN Mott
street give the Chinese very bad char.
acter According to one Intelligent
officer they are wor than the Italians
their predecessors, ever dreamed Of
being. In their present habits they are
considered by sEe pnt.ce to b. a good
deal lower taan bs:.s.1, and every re-
,pectable person ~Aom the reporter
,aw agreed that they were curse to
the neighborhood and the cause OF un.
toid misery aud disease. Wherever the
police have attempted t, interfere, po-
litical influence has been exerted to
protect the Chinese. One OF the mem
bers OF the Transtgnra;ion Association
said, after the meeting last night. that
he went to Police Captain Petty, IN the
Eliz abeth- street station. and Informed
him that scores Of young girls we're
being dscoyed into the Chinese opium
shops and there ruined, whereupon
Petty threatened to lock him up if he
lid not leave the stat on at once
Gu Sunday the place swarms with
Cinnamon from all parts Of the city
and from out Of town who make the
a perfect hell. Women
and young girls cannot 60 through it
without being iosul ed in the viiest
Every evening white women
and girls can be seen coming out OF the
Chinese dens. staggering from the
fiecrs OF deb~ochery. From the rooms
Of the A>socist on uaentiored sights are
seen almost every nj q t which ;t,e MEM
bers can 90 longer tolerate. Father
Barry estimates t1at no. less than
hundred little whit. girls have been
ruined there within the
last year.
THE SAME Story FROM CHICAGO.
CHICAGO. May 10. 1t is WI Il known
that III almost every Chinese laundry
in the city there are special facilities
for shos. desiring I" ''hit the pipe.
Deus aye v.<ite,i every day by white
men and xu..n. and several Of the
latter have bs--., outraged by Ch'nani.n
while under tae ifrcss II the drug.