Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-09-05
A SLAUGHTER OF CHINESE,
Terrible Scenes al Mines in the
West
MoNGoLlANs BURNED TO DEATt
In their Homes and Smoking Ruins all that
Mark the Spot Where China
town Stood.
TROOPS CALLED TO THE SCENE.

Yesterday, for the first time in many years,
there was not Chinaman in Rock Springs
streets, except the dead and wounded. The
five or six hundred who were at work in the
mines here, have been driven out, and moth
ing but heaps of smoking ruins mark the
spot where Chinatown stood The feeling
against the Chinese has been growing strong
er all summer The fact that the white men
had been turned off the sections, and hun
dreds Of white men we're seeking in vain for
work, while the Chinese were being shipped
in by the carload and given work. strength
ened the feeling agains; them
1t needed but little 10 excite this feeling
into an active crusade AGAINST the Chinese
and precipitate the battle a. No. mine
about one mile north o.. town. Through
some misunderstanding two Cinnamon took
q room in the mine belonging to two white
men. When the white men came they
ordered ,hem out, They would not 90 and
a fight ensuei, which was participated in BY
nearly all he whites and Cinnamon in the
mines. The Cinnamon were worsted in the
light srd :our OF them were badly wounded,
one OF whom has since died. The white
miners then came ou; armed themselves
with firearms, aud no,iaed The men in the
other mines to come out in the afternoon.
Preparing for the Massacre.
Meantime all w&s eXcitemer, in China
own. The hag vas hoistei as warning,
AID the Chinese wogAirg in the different
carts CT the camp lid 10 their quarters
Atter dinner the saloons closed, and no
Equor has oeen sold sincethen. The miners
gathered on the front streets, about loo Of
them armed with guns, revolyers, hstchets
and Knives, and proceeded to Chinatown
Before reaching there they sent committee
OF three, warning the Cinnamon to leave in
an hour This thev agreed % do, and started
to pack up, bu, in about half an hour the
white men grew impatient and advanced
upon the Chinese quarters, shouting AMI
tirirg their guns iE'o the air. Without!
offering resistance the Chinese fled, with
whatever they could snatch up, 10 the hills
about d nile east OF ,oTn, the miners firing
a. them as they went.
Firing the Chinese Houses.
Soon black cloud Of smoke was seen IS.
suing from the pea. 0; house in Hong
Kong, then from another, and very soon
eight or ten OF the .arE=st Of the houses we're
n danes. Half choked with fir AMI smoke,
uumIers Of CEiLaWen came rushing from
tit- IiIug y.8..lGyS Nrh Ilarl,o.7 orI
UsG Gailys over their heads 70 protect them
selves rom stray rifle sHg's, hey followed
their ret-ratiug brothers .u-y ;he hills Al the
TOP o: their speed. :,
A laundry u Town MAS ne>- visited and
The iroAeu.iva inmate, shg' i'd. All the
amployes OF the coal department Of the rail-
road were ordered TO leave town, which they
did on he morning train. During the night
al OF the Chinese houses IN town, number
iry nearly ri.tr. were burned 10 the round.
A number OF Cinnamon who were hiding
I'D from the burning buildings.
Horrible Sights After the Fire.
The i.ht of Thursday morning revealed
one terrible sights In the smoking cellar
: TWO Chinese houses the blackened bodies
". six Cinnamon we're seen, three others
Vera in The CELLAR OF anO.her qui tour n ore
,c6;es were found near oy. From the posi-
,;on nj some il would seem as though they
ra5 Re ,ln 10 cir hole in the cellar to
aide rhenselyss. but The fire overlook them,
7urrirg their ex,remilies 20 cr-p and
.e.:rg the upper porricr ol the,- BODIES uL-
cached.
Arrhe east ord ot Chinatown another
,.ay was found charrri by the :,ame5 and
Igllated 0y hOgs. ne smell that arose
81 m the smoking ruins ~.aS ao'noly su2-
,t..iyc Of burning Hesh. EIrthsT east was
- loti's ct four more Ohlnsmen' sno'
iyai n their fight.
The nend ""d wounded.
4 Ccrorers Jury f.a. summoned which.
.....r lauirirg the 5olias returned ver
&C, that eleven Of the Chinese had been
med 20 ia.,l. md IL. shot by parties
.,lrown 10 the Jury. i uum0er were
.c..pL seriously wounded. AID low mauv
.,,rz nav still be lo.Ldc3 out in the hi..-
IS unknown. Large numbers 0! Chinese
o,.ye been picked Up by the rains going
A,st, and quaGniy OF pro'isioaS nave