Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-12-01

NkS fosK, Nov. 9.-John A. Doonsy
soperintendent of the aouednct Iat-or'
ers here, has been furnishing the nrsss
Sitn news about receutly formed anti
Euinese league, which has branches in
BOSTON. Buffalo, North Adspus. Iroyi.
oence, New York and BROOKLYN. He said
70 your correspondent:
IN txo weeks a monster anti Chineze
% mass meeting will be held here. vheu I
snAii lay before the labor,no men the
results OF over two years. investigated
OF the Cnlnsse problem. Tbs New York
Custsm House knows nothing abont ans
numbers OF Chiuamsn pouring isto this
CITY. Restriction is farce. and il com
piied With In but one case on, sf a hun
ored. Many of the Chinese driven ont
OF Seattle and Wyoming are daily ar
riVine IN New York The Owl trains on
we fennsylyania Road come in daily at
. O'Clock in the morning. From ten to
Iofty Chinamen come on each train.
They drop of at Bayonette. Newark
Paterson and other New JERSEY statiens'
and are hidden by friends till they wish
TO come to this city. Then they cross
the ferries by twos and threes, 90 as
not to attract attention. Our league
employs men to watch these trains and
report the number of coolies arriving
here.
At Belleville and Blossville. Nj.
numbers OF Chinese are working in fac
tories and quarries. In Newark 200 OF
them are engaged in hand scroll work.
They don't need to come t. New York;
there are plenty of advocates of this
cheap labor in New Jersey, and China
men are slowly but surely taking the
places Of servant girls in this CITY. NV
books show 72 Chinese EMPLOYED az ser
wants On Madison Avenue and 10 on Lex
ington Avenue. There are q few even
on Fifth Avenue.
Chinese mission churches are doing
much to help this movement; also the
agency IN Baxter street for the EMPLOY
nent OF the more intelligent Chinese by
wealthy families. Since the 'Mikado'
craze many uptown mansions have what
they call Aikado rooms furnifhed in
Japanese style. Chinese servants are
employed during the reception heurs 10
make the scene more realistic. Bat by
far the most important discovery made
is the fact that some fifty Eastern capi-
talists intend building a four story fac
tory at Tawanaka, in the northern part
Of the State. They will employ twenty
white teachers. fivs for each floor, whose
duty 1t will be to instruct the heathens
In weaving, carving by machinery, wood
farming, scroll saw WORK, and even tan
ming leather. Chinese are extensively
employed in cigar manufacseries here
and in New England.
IL returned from Boston last night.
l found on the eastern coast OF Massa-
ohusetts q large number Of coolies are
being imported and taught how to weave
in the wo0llen factories there. One
Chinese contractor in Boston took an
order to furnish one hundred men to
excavats rock for a building firm. He
had ceoliss on the spot within Is hours
Three NewYork cigar firms, whose names
l nov show you, employ between six and
seven hundred Chinese.
81 am going to Washington tomorrow
to see Secretary Manning"
Dooner declined to reveal the nature
and extent OF the organization which
employs him And seven others. He
claims IL extends throughout the United
States Ii is subsidiary to larger com.
binatiop of labor interests, and from
statements it means business with the
Mongelians.