The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1885-09-05
The Terrible WORK at Rock Springs

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The Terrible Work at Rock Springs
Rock SPRINGS, w. t., Sept. H.
Yesterday, for tho first time in many
years, thore was not a Chiuamau IN
Rock Springs, except the desd and
wounded. The 500or 600 who were at
Work Ia tao mines hero have been
drivon out ana nothing hut heaps Il
smoklng ruins mark the spot whore
Chinatown stood. Tho feeling against
the Chinese has bOon growing stronger
all summer. Tho fact that The while
mon have boon turned of tho s9ctiUns
| and hundreds of whito men were seek-
ing in vain tor worn, while the Chinese
worO b9lnB shipped ia by tho car
load aud given wCrk, strengthened
the feeling agttust thom. IL needed
but littla to inClt9 this feeling into an
active crusade lgalnsgtho Chinese and
ieoipitaGa tho battle OF WaJnosday ~
No. mine, about one tlil6 Aorth of
town. Through somn misunierstsud-
Ing two Cinnamon took gropm in tho
mine bJlougipg TO two white mon.
When the white mau came they or
dered them out VhoY would
not 20 aud fight en-
sued, which was pratiCipas8d
In by nearly all tho whitos and chi
nRmon In tho mines. rho Cinnamon
were worsteu in tho fight and tour OF
them badly wounded, one OF whom
has died. Tie white miners thNn
cAmo out, armed themsoly6H witt fhe.
arms and notified the meu in the BOTHER
three mines to come out In the after
noon. Meantime all was exc,tem ent
IN ohinatown. Au American flag WIS
holSted as warning and thu Chi.
pese .Slpriing In ,ii1terent parts
OF tho camp He'd Co their quarters.
After dinner the liquor saloons wore
closed, ana no liquor has been sold
since thea. Tho miners gathered on
Front ssEGot, about 100 OF them armed
with auus, revolgers, hatehots and
Knives, aud proceeded toward China
towu. BEFORE reaching theie they scot
a committee OF three warming them
| 10 leave In al hour. Tai.
they agreed TO do and otartcd
to pack up, but in about
81 minutes tho white men grow impa
tiout ans advanced upon fhs Chinese
quarters, shouting aud firing theil
guna IN the dir. Without Offering re
sistsnce tho Chinese He'd, with what
over iheY could snatch mp, 20 tho hills
about nine miles east of the town, the
mintra firing ~ them as they went
Soon HOlack smoko was seen issuing
from tho peak OF ~ house III
Hong Kong, then from another
and very soon olght or ton ~
tho largest OF the houses were
In flames. Halfchokod with Hro anc
sNnEo numbers OF Cinnamon cam,
rushing from the burning buildings
with blankets and pSd quilts nye
thor heads to protect themselves
from stray rifle shots. Thsy followe
their retr0ating brothers into the hill
~ the topof their speed. A laundr,
IN town was next visited and tho Of
feasivo inmates shot dead. All tho ON
ployes of the coal department. OF III,
railroad wefo ordered tn leave town
which they did on the evening train
Daring tho night all OF the ChiueSe
houses in town, numbering nearly 50
wern burned TO the ground, A numbe
OF Chiuamen, who were within, ilet
from the burning buildings. The lish
OF Thursday morning revealed som,
terrible aigh's. In the smoking cellar
oftwo Chinese houses tho blackene,
bodies or SIX Cinnamon wero seer
Three others wero in tho cellar OF At
other, and four more bodies wer
found near by. From the posi-
tlon or some, II wsuld seon
~ though they had kegu,
to dig n nolo In the cellar 70 hid
tlems,lves, but tho fire syertoo
thoui, burning coo oxtremitles to
cisp aud leaving tho upper portion O
heir bodies untouched. Az the cas-
: ond OF Chinatown u body was foun
charred by tho flames ard mutilnte,
BY hogs Tho smell. that arose irnu
Tue snokng m,uas was bortiblv ans
tostivo OF burning ilesh. Further on9
were the boii-s of four more
shot down IN their ulpb,
A coroner's jury was mnmonoi
which, after examining tho bnd,ps
returned vern,ct that ii Chlnose I'm,
: been burned o. death aud 0 ehpt. il,
p'tiios unknown TO tho Jury, A num-
her wero found seriously wouud,ri
; aud how many more msy still IA,
wounded OUT In the hills Ia unknown
Large numbers Of Chinese have beer
picked up by tho trains gDiug west
ana quantity az PROV islnns has boel
sent out for them. lt ~ sumored ina
tho Mormon pinera IN camp ara TO b,
! oruored out, hut no action IN
this direction has vet been taken. IN,
miners herc arc outiraly uuorgani,ed
In tho crusade, aud although \ lnrrs
number OF them arc Knights OF LABOR
the move was not mado under ~ m.
recticn. The minsrs have not bsan
working since "Wednesday aud hn.i.
ness IL almost entirely snsnendad
Every thing IA quiet. however.
ALL QgIEr.
EverythluEis quiet at Camp Carh,n.
Rock Sprtnvs aud Evanston to.a.v,
The precautionary measures taken ~,
Governor Warren aud thn rail.
road authorities Soon l,lelv
Z, prevent iutther depret,at,nns
The Cinnamon driven ont of Rocl
Springs arc gradually bolna plrleS
up hv the Thanksgiving west and isHen
into Evanston, where there arc i.co1
Ch,namen living. The ,at,.,
arc preparing 20 6a,ena
themselves ana purchasing ali ,ha
gus and ammunition In the ,nayLai
Toe coroner's inquest NJ Rock Sprinv.
iound that the CHINA neu wetc Liiia,,
by persons unknown. '0"
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