Omaha daily bee., 1885-09-07
ORDERED TO LEAVE.
ThG White Miners Notify The Contractors
TO Clear Evanston Of Coolies.
Protection Hoped For from tho Mil
Itary, So That the Cinnamon
Can Stay All Quiet
Yesterday.

quarters yesterday that notice had Deer
served by the white miners on Beckwltt
& Quinn, the coal contractors at Rock
Springs and Evanston, to remove al
Cinnamon from Evanston to-day, OF
otherwise there would be renewal oi
hostilities, which would be attended with
serious results. The Union Pacific Off
ciaIs confidently expect that the govern
ment troops will afford ample protection
to the Chinese, and that they will not be
obliged to submit to the threatening
white miners. Nothing has as yet been
heard from President Cleveland, but 1t Is
thought that If an attack Is made by the
white miners the troops will protect the
Cinnamon without further orders.
The statement was also made that ten
years ago, when there was difficulty In
&c curing white men to work the mines, q
contract was made by the Union Pacific
to employ certain proportion of China
men as miners, AT the time of the riot
there were. 500 miners employed at Rock
Springs, one.third of them being whites.
The wages paid the Chinsmen were the
same q, those paid the whites-from 70
cents to 81 90 per ton. The average
days wages was So, but some of the more
skillful and industrious whites made over
500 month. This scale of prices was
always supposed to be satisfactory, as no
complaint has been made about the
wages.
Many of the white miners employed in
the mines were Mormons, and they did
not participate In the riots. Large num-
bers of them are now moving away for
fear there will be repetition of the
former troubles.
Operations at both Rock Springs and
Evanston are at standsdll AS soon as
protection Is guaranteed by either the
territorial or federal authorities work will
be again commenced and the Cinnamon
will be again employed.
WHAT THE MINERS ARE.
A thorough understanding of the
situation Is fatal to whatever sympathy
for the white miners which may be born Of
the popular prejudice against the Chinese.
The miners at Rock Springs are chiefly
Welsh, among whom there is also large
element of Fins. Neither of these seek
citizenship nor can they, for the greater
part, speak English. They are an igno.
rant, fanatically religious. refractory lot,
engaged In the creation of trouble and
dissens Ions all the while. They are not
nearly 80 intelligent az the coolies nor
as refined In their habits. They are good
miners, however, and thus make some
amends for their troublous propensisles.
TROOPS AT THE MINES.
Sunday afternoon gatllng gun was
shipped from Cheyenne to Evanston to
be used In case of an emergency. At 6
o'clock Saturday morning companies B
and E, under Col. Chapman, of the Saw
enth infantry, from Fort Steele, dissm-
barked from the cars at Rock Springs
station. The town was scarcely astir and
the few men about the depot regarded
the arrival of the troops indiferently.
The soldiers at once went Into camp
quarters and will remain there for time.
Their presence excites no remarks from
the miners, yet the men cling to former
principles and declare that the coolies
shall not return. AT the same time Sat-
urdsy morning two companies of infantry,
one from Fcrt Steele and the other from
Fort Russell, arrived at Evanston and
went into camp. 4..-,,-
A Union Pacific official remarked that
he was surprised that this outbreak
at Rock Springs was not more general.
He had thought, as we'll as the entire
company management, that the whites at
Carbon, Evanston and other sta
tions along the Union Pacific, as
well as at Butte City and
along the Northern Pacific would take
their cue from Rock Springs and then
(faceotoualy) take the queue of the Chi
namen.
Mr.. Evans, the underground Euperin
tendent at Rock Springs, who was driven
out of town, has arrived In Omaha, fut
has nothing to say further than the de-
tails which have been printed since the
beginning of the trouble.
Beckwith & Quinn, the leading con-
tractors, seem to be SIN fix" The
railway company has ordered that they
shall fulfill their contract regardless of
labor they are able of obtaining. The
firm is nov engaged in consultation with
Governor Warren and the military au-
thorlties for the purpose of deciding up.
on the best course of action.
GEN. scoFIELDs EXPLANATION.
In response to advlces from this city,
the Chicago Tribune obtained tho follow
Ing explanation from Gen. Sco6eld, tho
division commander, of the delay In re-
plying TO Gov. WaIron's call for help, for
warded to him (Schofeld) Some inter
esting points on territorial military are
also appended: fn1 t.-s-.h5.-
A dispatch was received from Gov.
Warren at the military headquarters In
this city yesterday morning, mentioning
the attack upon the Chinamen at Rock
Springs, stating his inability to suppress
the riot and cslling for troops. Tho tai
gram came through Gen. Howard's
headquarters. Gen. Scofsld forwarded
the call to Washington for the action of
the president, and wired. Gov. Warren
that he must ask the president
for assistance, as the law pro-
hibited the usa of United States
troops for luch purpose without his or
der. At the same time Gen. Schofisld
directed the soldiers at Fort Steele and
Fort Bridger-the two pobts nearest
Rock Springs-to be In readiness to
move the moment the order came from
Washington. If the president had been
there, answer could have been received
In time to act yesterday, but no orders
had come when a Tribune reporter saw