The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-09-10

ROCK SPRINGS, w. t., Sept. FLOR
the aEst tune in many years there Ia not
. Cninsman In Rock Springs, except
dead and wounded. The i've or ak
hundred who were at work in The mines
here have been driven out aud nothing
bat heaps of smoking runs mark the
spot where Chinatown stood. The feel
ing against the Chinese has been grow
ing stronger ali summer from the fact /
that white men had besn turned Of the /
sections and hundreds of white men
were seeking In. vain for work, |
while Chinese were tsing
shipped in by the car load ead given
work, strengthened thu feeling AGAINST
them. II needed but little to Incite this /
feeling Into al active crusade against
the Chinese and precipitate the little
battle OF Wednesday ct No. 8 mine about
g mile north OF town. Through come
Misunderstanding two Cinnamon took q
room IN the mine belonging to two
white men. When the white men came
they ordered them out. They would not
go and 3 fight ensued, which was par
ticipeted IN by nesrly all the whites and
Cinnamon in the mines. The China
men were WoFsted In the light. and
/ four of them were badly Wounde d,
one ct whom hasSince died. The white
miners then came out. armed themselves
with firearms, and notified the men In
the other three mines to come out In
the afternoon. Meantime ali was ex-
element In Chinatown. A flag was
hoisted as warning ami the Chinese,
working in different parts of the camp,
fled to their quarters. After dinner the
saloons were closed and no liquor has
been sold since then. Miners gathered
on Front street. about one
hundred strong srmed with
i guns, feyolvere, has shets and knives and
| proceeded towards Chinatown, before
reaching there they sent committee
warning the Cinnamon to leave in an
hour. This they agreed 70 do nd started
to pack up, but in about half an hour
the white men grew impatient and adj
vanced upon the quarters shooting and
firing their guns in the air. Without
Offering any resistance the Chinese Aed
with whatever they could snatch up,
- the hills about q mile east of town,
the miners firing at them rs they went
Soon biz ok smoke was seen pushing
| from the peak of house in Hong Kong
Then from smother and velY soon eight
or ten Of The lArgs Il of the houses were
in flames. Half choked with fire and
smoke numbers of ChinF men came rush.
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blankets aud bed quilts over their heads,
They followed their retreatinR brothers
into the hills at the top of their sped
A lauOdl J in town was next visited and
the offensive inmates shot dead. All
employees OF the coal department of the
railroad were ordered to leave tow j.
which they did on the evening .aln.
During the night all of the Cainese
houses In tow q, numbering nearly fifty,
were buI ned to the grouad. A number
OF Chinsmen who were Wi'hIn fed from
the burning buildings. The light OF
Thursday moaning revealed some terri
BILE sights. In the smoking cellar of two
Chinese houses the blackened bodies of
six Chinsmen were seen. Three others
we're in the cellsr of another end four
more / )dies were found neev by. From
the position of some il would seem ss
though they had begun TO dig hole in
the cellar TO hide themselves, but the
FIRE overlook them, burning
their extremities 10 crisp and leaving
the upr or pol lions Of their odies 90
touched. At the esst end of ChinatoW a
another body we7 for nd cherred by the
:. flames and mutilai by hogs. TIE
; smell that arose from the smoking ruins
wPs horribly suggestive of brI 1ing flesh
Further eest were the bodies OF -four
more Cninsmen, shot down IN theIl
flight. A corners jury Was summoned
which AFTER eXPninl1g the bodies Il
turnt q verdict that eleven Chinef
had been burned to death end five sho
by psrties unknown to the jury. A
numb II were found seriously wounded
snd how mFHy more may still b
} wounded out m the hill
Is uDknoWn. Large numt II
of CbiueEe have tzen picked VI
by trains going west, and q Queutity O
provisions has been sent out for them
It Is rcmored that the German miners IL
the camp are to IS Oh ierCd out, but ne
action n this direction has yet beer
taken. The miners here ere entirely IN
organized In the crusade. Although
large number of them sse Knights o
Labor the move wss not made unde
their direction. The MINIS have no
cen working since Wednesday enc
J businC 50 Is almost entirely suspended
everything IS quiet, however.
THE CALL FOR TROOPS.
CHICAGO, Sept. "A dispatch was re
ceived from Gov. Warren at military
J headquarters in this city yestesdaY men
tioning the attack upon Chinemen a
Rock Springs. stating his Inability e
suppress the riot aud calling for troops
Gen. Schofield forwarded the call e
Wellington for the ait antiOn of the pres
|, ldent and wired Gov. Warren he mus
PAX the president for esEisteace, as the
law prohibited the use of United State
troops for such q purpose with
! out his orders. At the same time
, Gen. Schofield direc' ed the soldiers a
Forts Steele and Bridger, two posts near
est Rock Springs, TO be IN readiRess &
move at the moment the order for q cal
: might come from Washington. If tn
! president had been there an snswe
could have been received in time to &C
yesterday, but no orders have yet com
from the president.
Crime and It's Sequel.