Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-02-18

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A Chronicle reporter 6rs; sought
80 Interview regarding the SestGie
troubles with Cspsio Alexzu der.
who said that the frs; iatiusiion he
bad Of any disorder in Seattle was
about O'Clock OF sunday morning,
when wagons and carts aud every
thing HAT would carry freigh; came
rumb,iDg down TO the whsrs. accom-
panied by few Chinese attendants.
aud a, once Proceeded 10 unload
The remark was made then that
there vas going 20 be trouble. bot
little attention was paid TO the matter
G. The lime.
Soon after Captain Alexander start
ed up town To the barber shop. and
on his way met large crowd Of Gill
Zens who accosied him with the re-
mark that the Chinese must 60, and
must 20 on his steamer, too. The
Captain quietly replied that anybody
could travel on his steamer VINO
could produce the necessary fare,
otherwise he thought not.
He Immediately saw the force OF
the prophecy that there was goi to
be trouble, and thought i, best To
prepare for il so far ss it concerned
him. Accordingly he di patched
word 10 the engineers TO steam up
and make sll the Necessary hose con-
nection. and determined il there was
any attempt made 10 force o passen-
ger on his boat, there would DC
trOu Die sure enough.
Captain Alexander stated that at
tha: lime the uprising element COM
prised at least 5000 people, and The
entire city seemed TO be subject 10
their control. There were no threats
TO speak Of. nor tendency toward
mob viOlencc-simply a determined
uprising that might re-ult in SOME
thing serious If its purpose were 10
aHy way impeded.
The citizens repeated 10 the Cap
tain that he must take the Chinese,
and left the impression that they
would see that he did take them
He still insisted that all could go
whose fares were paid and who
stated that II was their own desire.
He Informed the crowd with as much
hrmness as they approached him,
that no free wills should be violated
and no one placed on his boat with
out ticket unless it was done over
his dead body.
That it was the general desire of
the citizens of Seattle that the Chi
nese should go, and that the entire
city was in sympathy with the upris
ing, was apparent from the fact that
as soon as Captain Alexander au-
nounced that none could go on his
steamer unless his fare was paid,
money began to accumulate 10 the
hands Of certain committee, and in
less than fifteen minutes the fares of
III Chinese had been paid, the
money obviously coming from the
purses of the wealthier classes.
The Queen of the Pacific did not
sail at her appointed time, as the
Captain knew he could do more TO
preserve peace in the city by delay
ing few hours. On Monday the
first lot of Chinese who were driven
10 the dock, 81 in number. were de-
manded on writ of habeas corpus
to appear in court aud state whether
OF not they were willing to 60.
Seveniy-one replied sffirmstively and
were returned. and aftsrward 100
more taken on board. although in no
instance until each had scknow-
lodged that il was his desirc 10 leave.
The Captain said that he could have
taken a large number in addition had
it not been that he WIS restricted by
law as to the number of Storage
passengers.
Fearing lest the Queen of the Pa
cifc would suddenly sieam up and
leave in the night without taking the
Chinese. a portion If the -uprisars
were detailed as guards to watch her,
and they patrOlled the dock all Mon.
day In cold drilling rain, while
the Chinese who had been driven,
bag and baggage. from their quarters
in Chinatown, were corralled in q
large warehouse on the dock.
The Captain said that as long as
he renal ed in the town there was
no violence whatever. only the in.
tense determination. which seemed
TO increase with each hour, aud Was
attended with great excitement
Just a short time after he sail ! out
OF The harbor, however, he heard the
crack of rifles, and knew then tina,
the worst had come,