Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-09-10


Carolina, 80; Georgia, "a; Florida, 81; Ala
bama, 81; Tennessee, 81 :; Arkansas, SO; Mis-
sissippi, 91 Louisiana, so; Texas, 80; aver
age for belt 81.
A WAR OF RACES.
The largest coal mines in the Union Pa
cifc system are at Rock Springs, Wyo-
ming, $50 miles west Of Cheyenne. The
company recently imported large num-
ber of Chinese to take the places of white
men employed. On the evening of the
I'd instant the entire force of white min
ers, about $50 strong, organized, and arm I
ed to Chinatown. After firing volley into
the air, they reloaded and ordered the Chi
namen to leave. The order was Obeyed at
once, the Cinnamon fleeing to the hills,
closely pursued by the miners, who fired sew
eral volleys at the fugitives with fatal ef-
feet. The Chinese quarter was then set on
fire, and thirty-nine houses owned by the
company were destroyed, together with
their contents. The miners then visited the
various mines in the camp, unearthed all
the Cinnamon at work therein, and bade
them fee Of the four hundred Cinnamon
there Wednesday morning, not one re-
mains. All are in the hills heading for
Green River, fourteen miles west of Rock
shots fired by the miners, and many were
wounded. 1t is said that many who were
feeble and helpless from disease perished in
the flames.
A correspondent writing from Rock
Springs on Friday gives the following de-
tails Of the fearful butchery of the inoffen-
sive Mongolions:
Lying in the smouldering embers where
Chinatown stood were found ten charred
and shapeless human trunks sending up a
noisome stencil that smelled to Heaven,
while another which had evidently been
dragged from the ashes by hogs, was found
ed in the finding Of the bodies of five
more Chinaman killed by rifle shots while
fleeing from their pursuers. All were plac-
ed in pine cofins and buried yesterday af-
ternoon. Some six or eight others We're
found seriously wounded and were cared
for by the railroad officials. A jury has
rendered verdict to the effect that the
dead came to their deaths at the hands OF
parties unknown.
"Reports from along the line of railroad
are to the effect that Cinnamon have been
arriving at small stations east and west OF
here, and they say that large number OF
the tugitives were wounded by Wednes-
days attack and that many have perished in
the hills. 1t is feared that it will be found
that no less than fifty lost their lives when
all the returns are in. This trouble has
been brewing for months. The contractors
who run the mines have been importing Chi
namen in large numbers and discharging
white men until over six hundred Celestials
were in their employ. 1t is said that the
mine bosses have favored Cinnamon to the
detriment of the white miners, and itneed-
ed only spark to kindle the flame. This
was furnished by quarrel between party
of Celestials and whites in mine No. 6 over
their right to work in certain chamber. A
fight ensued and the Cinnamon were worst
ed, four of them being badly Wouned, one
of whom has since died. The white min
ers then came out, armed themselves with
firearms and notified the men in the
other three mines to come out in the after
noon.
meantime all was excitement in China
town. A flag was hOisted as a warming
and the Chinese working in different parts
of the camp fled to their quarters. After
dinner the saloons were closed and no liquor
has since been sold. The miners gathered
on the front street, about one hundred OF
them armed with guns revolvers, hatch
cts and knives and proceeded toward Chi
natown. Before reaching there they sent a
committee of three warning the Cinnamon
to leave in an hour. This they agreed
to do and started to pack up, but in
about half an hour the white men grew i'm
patient and advanced upon the Chinese
Quarters shouting and firing their guns in
to the air. Without offering resistance
the Chinese fled with whatever they could
snatch up. They fled to the hills about a
mile east Of town, the miners firing at them
as they fled. The miners then set fire to
some of the houses and soon eight or ten OF
the largest houses were in flames. Half
choked with fire and smoke numbers of
Cinnamon came rushing from the burning
buildings, and with blankets and bed quilts
over their heads to protect themselves from
stray rifle shots they followed their BROTH
ers into the hills at the top of their speed:
The laundry in town was next visited and
the inoffensve inmates shot dead. All en-
ployees of the coal department of the rail-
road were ordered to leave town, which
they did on the evening train. During the
night all the Chinese houses in town, num-
bering nearly fifty, were burned to the
ground A number of Cinnamon who were
hiding fled from the burning buildings. 1t
is rumored that the Mormon miners in
camp are to be ordered out, but no action in
this direction has yet been taken. The
miners here are entirely unorganized in the
crusade, and although a large number of
them are knights of Labor the move was
not made under their direction. The mines
have not been working since the riot. Bus
mess is almost entirely suspended and ev-
erything is quiet"
Correspondence of the Yorkvillc Enquirer.
LETTER FROM CHESTER.
CHESTER, September 7.-B. F: Welsh
made another application for bail before
Judge WitherspoOn on last Tuesday. The