New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-09-05
FIFTY CHINAMEN MURDERED
"DETAILS OF THE WYOMING MASSACRE
arRSrp LIKE RATS IN THEIR DWELLINGS, GALL
FOR TROOPS.

FOR TROOPS.
Rock SPRINGS, Wyo., Sept. "A glah.o V," ,so,
,na natt,e ground of wednesday revea,s tno ~ go
.s, ., the bnlles fred at the fleeing Chnamen
s"a' , =. 80, Iy.ro IN tho smouldering empers Wneto
c,n.,own stood were found ten charred ana snapo.
- .h,e one body which had evidently peen u,"eeo-
,o, ,ba ashes by hogs was found IN tne saso a.
- ssarch resulted In the fndin6 OF tne oouo' " -.
sora cbinamen killed by rineshots while neels io
,ns,, rursuers All were placed In pine c'lnn. sa.
.no. ....srdav afternoon Some six or eight others
o so,nd seriously wounded and were cared ior o' o
rs,,road officials The coroner's jury has renue,eu
verdct 10 the effect that the dead came W '"'" N
at the hands Of persons unknown .,o
from along the line of the railroad are 10 lho
aasct that Cinnamon have been arriving AZ sn'i s'a
,ons east and west of here and they say tha' ,so
nnoher of the fugitives wounded by Wednesday
t,ooh and that many have persisted IN the mis- 10
,ared that It will found that no less than MY o''
,nar lives when all the returns In This trouoie nus
been brewing for months. The contracpofs "i
the miues have been importing Cinnamon III iai
hers ana dschargng white men, until over ooo
t,als were In their employ 1t is said that mine oosso9
bava favored tho Cinnamon 10 the detrimeht ol "i'o
iners and Il needed only spark to kndle the names
This was furnished by quarrel between patv -
ceestals and whites iu Mine No q, over their HsnV
work in a certain chamber. A hght ehsuou anu ~. s,
cinnamon were worsted, four OF them pe'hs U".'
ounded one of whom since died The white miners
the men In the other three mines TO come out III '"'
afternoon r. Oar
meantime all was excitement in Chinatown The nag
was ho,sted as warning. and the Chinese WORKING III
parts of the camp fed to their quarters Aer
dinner the liquor stores closed. and no liquor mas s
been sold The miners gathered on the IRON. s.ioo's
ahout 100 of them armed with guns revovers' ha.cneS
ona tpves and proceeded toward Chinatown. Before
,oocbng there they sent committee OF three 10 wan
the Cinnamon to leave thsir homes 10 On hour l"is
they agreed to dp and started to pack up pu' !"
half an hour the white men became impatient aiel "u
vanced upon the Chinese quarters shouting anu "ie
their guns into the air. without Offering resistance lne
Chipese fed with whatever they could snatch up Ihey
fed to the hills about mile east OF the town. the MINERS
eng at them as they ran The miners then set nie 70
soe Of the houses and eight or ten Oh the largest
houses were In flames Half chosed with re anu slnVhe
numbers of Chnanep came rnsag a lfT over thef
heads to protect themselves from stray re s1Hs. t tSs
followed their retreans SroInefs n INTO s .S Visited
and the inofenslve Inmates were shot dead All @ tne
e@pOeS 20 Of ss GCsr ioMn 9a ney did on an
train During the night all the Cnhese @ 1Sass 1S romnd M
humber Of Gilman en- who were hiding fed rom the
burning buildings. -, a. .,u oo,nr ora
ordered ont but no action this direction has YET
been taken. The miners here are entirely nnof ~ ~
the crusade. and although large number Oh thei & 1
KNIGHTS of Labor the was not made under their
directions The mipers have not oeen ga
riot Business is almost entirely suspended' anu
thing Is quiet. ,,.., -. x.o.,,-oa f,on Cav.
eruor Warren at the military headquarters IN THIS city
yesterday mentioning the attack upon the Chaen % 10, az
nek spriugs stating his inability TO suppress the o
and calling for troops The telegram came throuRn zen
erai Howards headquarters. General
the cali TO Washington for the action OF the Preslaeh,
ana teegraphed 10 Governor Warren that ne ius asA
the President for assistance, as the law pronoe1 tn
use of United States troops for such purpose wltnou
hjs order At the same time General scnofed drecles
he soldiers at Fort steele and Fort Brldger the Two
rosts nearest Rock Springs to be IN readiness 70 move
the moment the order came from Washington