Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1886-02-16
TRUCAEE CORRESPONDENCE.
III OW THE PEOPLE OF
THECKEE CELEBRATED
THE CHINESE EN0-
a Town Blazing with Fire from
End to End.
TRUCkEE, Cal. Feb. "a

| >-'''-. anu thC Il dli DuIlt
IN, the city was literally in a bla,
OF excitement. It was the night ,
the big demonstration in honor of tt
successful issue of the fight mad
by the citizens of the place again.
the Chinese.
Bon-hres were blazing on ever
hill, throwing rudy glare owe
pines and lighting up the recesses 0
the old forests in way that alnos
turned night into day.
| There had been torchlisht pro
cesslon which took up the entir
main street, but this had dispersed
when the train arrived, and severa
hundred men were scattered ovel
the city with their torches vet
lighted. The houses and stores
were still illuminated, and scores
OF tall pine trees had torches fam.
ing from their tops.
Delegations had come in from
Prosser Creek and Boca, and also
from the small camps about Truckee
At least thousand men had come
In from the immediate vicinity of
Iruckee or within a radius of ten
miles. 1t was found that there were
only 800 torches available, and the
only trouble that occurred came
from men who were growing be-
cause they had no torches. A fea-
ture of the procession was a Jap
anese who paraded with torch
and was loudly cheered. Sisson,
Croker & Cos. place of business
was illuminated from top to bot
tom, the whole front of the store
being blaze of light,
The boycott of Sisson, Croker &
Co. had been raised on Thursday
afternoon, and on Thursday even
ing the Boycotting Committee
posted up notices to the effect that |
The firm had fallen in line, and the
next day there was steady stream
IT old patrons returning to trade.
HISTORY OF THE BOYCOTT.
W. W. Van Ansdell, Chief Clerk
or Sisson, Croker & Co., fur
ished me with the following &C
cunt OF the boycott:
They began the boycott Janu-
ry 10th, and lifted it February
18th. Prior to the boycott our
ash receipts ranged from $40 to
100 day, and our credit business
'om $500 to $500. The cash re- ;
aipts during the boycott were 81
ay for the best days business, and t
l 70 for the worst. The credit I
nsiness fell off in the same pro !
ortlon, 1t began to look as if the S
uslness was to be brought to a
The only issue between C
lie people of Truckee and the h
m was the resembling of the con- {
act with the Chinese. They had b
Re best legal advice from San C
and knew they could hold n
to the last dollar. We felt that n
:, as business men, could not re- Fl
Idlate contracts with anybody. d;
It as the boycott held over US we G.
" that we must rescind those aC
ntracts or go out of business. OF
We finally secured release st
the contracts by giving the fir
in the wood camps a
i release of their debts. These tn
ounted to about $4,000. They 81,
re satisfied with this settlement. Cl
e store here only represents a We
all branch of the firms business.
the trouble here resulted in
at falling off Of business all oyer a O
State. 1t was useless to make ia,
ght against such a combination
all business firms are more or tb.
; dependent upon the public. pe,
lso affected the Truckee Lum Der wi,
npany, and [ am disposed to VIII
TX would have ruined the Com wi,
y in the long run if they had KIN,
a boycott on, which was certain car
ONE. mas
hen the boycott was lifted by cir,
n Of the Committee, notices eac
= posted up and the business eau
IN to pour in on us as fast as it a "
left US. In fact, there was ing
lsion of feeling, and now new gan
omers are coming in daily, and exc
re opening accounts with many wer
never before traded with US. A
re is every disposition on the of t
OF the people Of Truckee to Will