Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-11-10
CHINESE LIVES SAFER.
THE GOVERNMENTS FIRM
STAND HAS A GOOD EFFECT.

Prominent Citizens of Tacoma Among
Those Indicted at VancOuver-The
Labor Congress Called for Olympia
Declared of-Further OutrRges Con
sidered Improbable.
PORTLAND, ORE, Nov. 9.-The Mayor
Of Tacoma heads the list OF the persons
indicted by the grand Jury at Vancouver.
Among those indicted is the Probate
Judge Of Pearce county, in which county
Tacoma is situated, the President OF the
Young Mems Association OF Taco
ma, several saloon keepers, ana the
editor and proprietor OF the Tacoma
NelCS. 1t will be about ten days before
the United States District Attorney will
be ready for the trial of the rioters, but the
whole party will be brought to Vancouver
Immediately, and if bail cannot be given
they must go to Jail. The mob at Tacoma,
frightened by the turn affairs have taken,
have released the Chinese whom they ac-
cused of having fired the houses from
which their cOuntrymen were driven by
the mob.
THE TROUBLE AT AN END.
1t may be safely said that the anti
Chinese agitation on the northwest coast
meetings but no more outrages will
be perpetrated. Nine-tenths Of those who
have engaged in the demonstration are
of the same class as the notorious
"Sandlottersv of San Francisco, and a
small number Of them were members Of
the "Sandlot' mob four years ago. The
leaders of the agitation at Tacoma and
Seattle were not working men but pro-
fessiOnal politicians of small caliOre who
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Saturday these leaders have suddenly
awakened to a realization OF the fact that
they have committed a crime against the
United States and territorial laws for
which they will be held responsible. Pos
sibly there may be secret agitation but
no one will have the hardihood TO pub
licly order the Chinese away as was done
at Tacoma and towns in the immediate
vicinity.
CONFINED TO NARROW LIMITS.
The outrages have been confined exclu-
sively to Seattle and Tacoma, and small
towns within twenty miles of those
places.
There have been no demonstrations at
Olympia or. Port Townsend. The alleged
Labor Congress-" which met at Seattle
about month ago, was called some days
ago to meet at Olympia Nov. "a. A tele-
gram from Olympia says the citizens OF
that city will use every endeavor to pre-
vent meeting being held there. There
has been no agitation in Eastern Wash
ington, and none in Oregon outside Of
this city. The attempt TO arouse feeling
here was started by b. =. Pentingill, a
stranger from Vermont, who was soon
ridiculed out of his self-app0inted position
of leader. A few meetings have been
held. At the last one resolutions were
adopted eensurlng the actions of the mob
at Tacoma. and pledging obedience TO
law and order.
All is quiet at Seattle. There is some
muttering among the operators at the in
reference Of troops, but no overt act has
been attempted.
COOPERATING WITH THE PRESIDENT.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9.-Secretary En-
dicOtt has sent instructions to the militia
nv commanders who are stationed in the
neighbOrh0od In which uprisings against
the Chinese are apt TO occur to have their
troops in rediness TO enforce the provi-
siOns of the Presidents proclamation is
sued Saturday.
AID ASKED OF GEN. GARLAND.
PORTLAND, ORE, Nov. 9.-IG is report
ed that District Attorney White, of
Washington Territory, has asked Attor-
ney General Garland for aid in prose-
cutting the Tacoma agitatOrs. The Ordi-
nary business is so heavy that he will
not be able to give sufficient attention TO
the cases, which will probably be go in
number.