The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1885-10-22
JACKSON. OHIO. THURSDAY, OCTOBER
[Harper's Weekly.1
The Chase OF The Chinese.

At Rock Springs, Wyoming Terri
tory, the Union Pacific Railroad Com
pany has coal mines from which Il
taken the fuel for the general use o1
the road. The coal IS mined NOR
easily than that in the East, lies near
er the surface, and is not so dangerou-
IN working, so that Chinese labor Is
more available even than III the meta
mines. Up to ten Years since TIL,
company worked It's own mines WITT
white labor only, paying from eigh
to ten dollars per day. The workmea
struck for higher wages, and the CON,
pany changed its policy, and let 1t
mlues to contractors. These contract
ors have for some time been bringIus
III Chlnamen to work the mines, ale
the numbe has increased, until at tn
beginning of Septem Der 1t had reacbsa
SIX hundred or more at Rock Spring
with more at the neighborlng mines
The Chlnamen were paid the sam
wages as the whites, and all were pan
by the piece, but the Chlnamen WEI
not able to do as much Ill the sam,
time as the whites.
On the Sd of September there Was i.
quarrel in one of the rooms in tn.
mine between some whites and som
Cinnamon as to who had the right tt
work there. Four Cinnamon wer.
wounded, one fatally. After the fgh
all the miners "came out, and work
was abandoned. The Cinnamon wen
to their quarter, known as ''China-
town." The whites armed themselves
with rifles, shot-guns, and revolvers,' ''to
protect themselves from the Chinese
they said. After dinner that day tn,
saloons were all closed, and the whit,
miners held meeting in the streets.
at which it was decided that John
must go then, and there" The WAY
in which John was made to go is de-
scribed by the Rock Springs Inde-
pendent, a paper that fully sustalns
the resolution Of the miners, anu
throws the responsibility for their act
ion upon the railroad company, which
broug ht the Chinese to the Springs.
The substance of the independents
story is as follows: The miners, sixty
or seventy armed, and the rest strag
glers, advanced on Chinatown, driving
IN the Chinese section men as they
went When near the town warning
was sent to the Chinese to ''leave Ill
an hour which the latter prepared
busily to do. But the men grew i'm
patient. They thought John was too
slow in getting out, and might be pre-
parlng to defend his position. In
about half an hour an advance Wa
made ON the enemy's works, with
much shooting and shouting. The
hint was sufficient. Without offering
any resistance, the Cinnamon snatcheo
ap whatever they could lay their ham
on, and started east on run. Som
were bareheaded and barefooted, othe'>
carried "A small bundle III handker
ahIef, while number had rolls %
bedding. They fed like flock on
sheep, scrambiing aud tumbllng dow
che steep banks Of Bitter Greek, then
,hTough the sage-brush and over Ihs
IA! road, aBd mp ~ the h,iis east ~
Burning Mountain. Some If the mei
Ners engaged IN searching the house
and driving out stray Cinnamon wii.
were IN hiding. while Others toiioVeo
up the re5rgating Cblaamen, encoucag
nag tueir 1lgnL WiLh Siio%tja pf outlet"
tlged over their heads.
This Is the miners organs accoun
# the work 1t shows that the Chinee-
,tfered no resistance. and hat ia
whites were not drunk. w hen 81
chinese quarter Was apparently emp
The miners set fire to 1t. Half choke
with fire and smoke. mum bers of CHI
frprE, b.l Nh 4,
buildings, and with blankets and bed
quits over their heads to protect then
from stray rifle shots, they follower
their retreating brothers into the hill
at the top of their speed" ''All tht
night long the sound of rifle and re-
volver was heard, and the surrounding
hills were lit by the glare of the burn
ing buildings" The net result of tn.
stray rifle shots and showers of balls
fred over the heads Of the fugitives
will never be known. A coroner'>
Jury sat on fifteen dead bodies, and
returned a verdict that eleven had
been burned to death and four shot
by parties unknown to the jury.
The utter fiendishness of the mob Was
almost inconceivable. The miners
newspaper says Of the men who per-
ished in the flames: From the posi-
ton of some of the bodies it would
seem as if they had begun to dig
hole in the cellar to hide themselves.
But the fire overlook them when abouI
halfway in the hole, burning their
lower extremities to crisp, and leav
ing the upper portion of their bodies
untouched. At the east end of China
town body was found charred by the
flames and mutilated by hogs. The
smell that arose from the smoking
ruins was horribly suggestive of burn
ing flesh" Nothing could add to th+
severity of the condemnation which
these brutally frank admissions
suggest.
Governor Warren, of Wyoming
Territory, has shown no sympathy
with the rioters. He has done all h.
could to bring them TO justice, and
twenty Of their leaders have been
arrested. The Governor repaired in-
stantly to the town, telegraphed to
Washington for Federal troops, and
until they arrived. used his influence
at no ANAL personal ri-k TO protect
the Cinnamon from further persecu-
| tiOn. Just week almost to an hon.
after th. assault on Chinatown h,a
be.n made. there were $50 chlne-p.
,uciuding many of the fugitlv
Brought back under guard of 20n
| United States soldiers. aud st to work
Some Of them began Ia dig III til
rains of 'h-ir houses, and 1t l. SID
that as much a, $4,000 WAS uneartbed
which the hated chlnese' had man
were received by the Superior rae.
though on smaller daily earning.
The miners who came ont from woro
on the morning of the 81 of Srptem-
ber, and spent the day and night III
! the Measures of the chase will not 90