New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-12-27
THE CHINESE IN CALIFORNIA.
WHY THEY ARE HATED AND PRESCRIBED.
ORGANIZING TO DRIVE THEM OUTFLOW THEY ARE
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| ORGANIZING TO DRIVE THEM OUTFLOW InEf ARE
REGARDED N NTw-YH HK.
The old war-cry Of Dennis kcarucy, " The
Chinese must 90" sounded the Pacific Coast with
renewed vicor and II looks though the "m'on-
eyed lepcrs" would have hard road 30 travel O. W.
Won Guclpcn who wa IN the city A. the representative
~ all the whe observation-disclosures. Tor the purpose n
securing white workmcn SAID tho other day 10 IRib-
UEE reporter:
"The people In tho East havo no idea OF
the felns OF tho Pacific Coat the Chlno-c.
do they be able to tea zc tbs COOL grb1hd on
which tlat hatred and disgust are based. The first
great objection the Chinese from wOrNman's stand
pout f. that ticy are producers bat not consumcrs
Fully OF ten u the ChinAm' como here under
contract They have work for from 'olr Ia ak years
they ont OF 'nda2c Their bosses. the Chi
nc.e six Companies them for that period ahso-
mtcIy - though tAcy slaves. They are boarded
by the COMPANY and their money. beyond few cents
for opium and such dlss patton, goes into the golfers -
the company and Is sent 10 CHINA Everything
they cat comes from China. They ar" consequently
Of earthly Use 50 far ~ adding TO tho
wealth Of the c,nuty concerned TE"y arc nlty aud
breed disease. From their manner Of living 1t could
hardly be otherwise Tney used crowd 80 together
that became necessary 10 pass the cube air law max
lug IL a mi. deueluOr Tor landlord to h1yo more than
one guest many clbic feet In TIE large cnenenis
m Chinatown tney have divided every floor Into Two
floors with bunk, all around the r"om.. have seen
Cbuafurn waking around the streets !ac night wait,
lag 10 yet "A chance az one OF the bunkt There are
always cases o. loprosy aud smallpox among Them
IL J.. impossible for tho heath au'horiucs
TO get at these eases. Tho whole Of Ca.natOwn
Is houey cOmbea with cellars two or thrc" stories deep
As soon ~ ChinAmIn gets 50 Tar with smallpox eprosy
or any other 10 tsone disease be past recovery he
T.. showed INTO one u these holes to die Sometimes In
making RAID tho police como ON such cases ann they
are taken TIE ho'p;al'. The only class Of Chnamen
VINO arc az all clean the dpnestic', ard they 90 to
Chinatown and smoke OpIm whenever they get On ana
are thus Instrumental frequently spreading disease
"Of course am speaking now Of the lower elias, OF
Chinese. They TIE most criminal OF our
population There In San Franc-cO about
100000 peop!e or these about 10000 are
Chinese Oar Conrt calendars show that fully onethrd
OF tho criminals Chinese Their criminal actions
range all way from petty thefts TO murder. In the
next place, they form a people by Themselves. They
have their own laws. tribunals aud eAccutoncrs. III
Chnaman ofends the laws Of the SI Companies he II
tried CONDEMNED and executed by them. Some OF these
executions light, but most OF them never do
and they are seldom. If punished. These r1ecu
tious not always confined to Cinnamon. remem'
Der one man. white man, who kept
a poO-room. which was frednented by Cinnamon
In some way he offended them. lilo was
executed most horrible manner by the 'hlgh-bnd-
e,r' an H,s ,, Dotsrs and have done more 10
corrupt ad dSbiuch tho youth or 30 Pacihc Coast IMAM
all other agtnci~s combined Thry nave gradually
gan control Of several lines Of Manufacture. notably
cigar trade the shoe trade tho manufacture Of rough
clothing and underwear and Of the Laundry business
They also MAXIM inrOadsn other lines Things nave
come pass that asop must be put 10 their on
crOachments, or San Francisco VIII soon become
Chinese cItt.
There are now movements looking TO the expul-
the Cui1cse We are going to work In rystem
manner The Knights OF Labor have taken the mat
ter hand and, bolUro elI san Francisco, called
a convention OF delegates from all the trades unions
ana local assemblies knights of Labor Pa
cGc Coast. to take measures TO- put on a4d enforce an
effective DOyc't against the Chinese and Chnese,made
goods We propose to buy ony goods that are made by
whte Ia tho cigar trade, which heretofore has
h.cu "a fsi IAN
we have adopted whto labor label ana
| only cigars bearing that label VIII
lac smoked The Chinese are being run out Of the cigar
business AZ fast white men can be got TO take their
! PAGES The shoe and other trades VIII ho taken up as
soon as possible In addition to ms ln9yement, Dr.
ODOnnel. the present Coroner OF San francisco. has
started the formation OF antcO,c clubs IN all parts OF
the state. Their idea IS TO seek political relief iiltls
| will be resort 10 physical force. | hope the
question can be settled by peacesbe means. bat the
| Chinese must GO tho recent dispatches about
proposed OF dynamite are some Indication OF the
feeling on the subject Those people were undoubtedly
sincere. ana tell yon that feeling Is not confined TO inc
sociaiso element either. All classes OF people are
repeated on much larger scale In California"
who know them best differ materially from
those expressed by Mr.. Van Gnelpen Cap
tain McCaliagh OF inc sIfth Preelnct fG Hn'
in whose precinct most OF the chinese i've,
said rho Chinese are the qnictest people That have
WORK hard and save their money ana they never eot
drunk 10 Is that they smoke opium, but 30 lar as
have to arrest ChnamaD This talk about these people
living ON nothing IS all nonscnse Iheey , i've
circumstances. There Is one peculiarly about them
which have never observed about people OF other
Cinainan m the Vicinity Of NewYork TO Motst
They through the houses al VIII yct new lOIh
negnbor. witt. is valuables IN plain sight and never
miss conts worth. You won't nni mat among, many
bic, but they seldom light and are mighty easy people
Tor the police TO get along WILL