The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-10-02
PACIFIC COAST.

Considerable excitement was occasioned
in San Francisco last Friday by the report
that an attempt had been made to blow up
H. B. M. ship Constance with an Internal
machine, which had been smuggled aboard
her.
At the fruit growers convention which
met in San Francisco last Friday it was de-
cided to organize a corporation to have en-
tire control of fruit shipments to the East.
The capital stock is to be $3.50, 600, instead
of 100000, as suggested at yesterdays s
meeting, and is to be represented by 250,
900 shares of 81 each, to be issued to fruit
growers in the ratio of one share to every
acre of bearing orchard or grapes ft for
shipping.
A man named Close came in to Walulla
last Sunday and surrendered to the author
tiles stating that last night some theiving
Indians came to his place, two miles from
there, and tried to rob and murder him.
He opened lire with Winchester rifle
tirirg nine shots. Two of the Indians
were instantly killed, their bodies being lit
orally rillled with bullets Close is now
an the custody of the sheriff
A large aasd enthusiastic meeting of labor
frs held at Seattle, ". t, composed of de-
e,ates from various labor socie ties and or
ganizatious in the following places: TAcoma
Newcastle, Renton, Block Diamond, Colby,
Sumner, S,luak, Whatc,n and Seaste. be-
sides a number of citizens not IN any labor
spcie5y, ;.lopted the following resolutions
and then sljourned to meet again as provi-
ded in their various towns:
Resolved That the present excited state
o. the peo pie on this coast, and the depress-
ed condition of Industries and commerce. are
due to an directly tracesble to the persist
ent refusal nf congress to le.sislate in the ill.,
terest of the people.
Re solved, That it is our firm and stead
fast resolution to rid our territory, and if
possible, the United States from the pres
ence of Chinese slave labor We call upon
all citizens to aid and assist us in this great
and important object
Resolved, That to accomplish this end,
we ask all citizens to immediately discharge
all Chinese in their employ.
Resolved, That on the return of the del
egates to their respective localities they shall
call mass meetings, to be held on October 3,
1855, for the purpose of appointing commit
tees to notify the Chinese to leave on or be-
fore November l, 1885. These delegates
snail call mass meeting of the citizens to
hear the reports of said committees on No
vember 6, 1885.
Resolved, That these delegates inform
the committee at Seattle Immediately after
their respective meetings on November 6, as
to the action which has been taken in this
great reform.
Resolved, That the Western Washing
ton Congregational association, in asking for
the unqualified repeal of thoChinese restrict
fon act, misrepresented the sentiments of
the people of Puget Sound and the Pacific
slope.
Resolved, That in adopting the above
resolutions we are guided by the conviction
that the enforcement of the same will eradi-
cate the Chinese evil, and we hold ourselves
AioS iSSPoASiOlC lux any dcLS Oh violence
which may arise from the non-c compliance
with these resolutions
The Chinese have all been discharged at
the various coal mines In the vicinity of Sc
attic. Many of the mills are also EMPLOYING
white labor and discharging Chinese. The
trouble at the Franklin mine, which pl lomis-
ed to be violent outbreak, was avoided by
the Chinese taking the alarm and leaving
the mines, as requested by the white labor
ers.