The Portland daily press., 1886-02-09
WILD WORK.
A Sunday Of LawIessness in WASH
ington Territory.
Military Called Out to QueIl the
Troubles.
The Crowd Fired upon-one Man
Killed and Several Wounded.
No Action Yet Taken by the Authori-
ties at Washington.

nese agitation has broken out afresh al
Seattle, Washington Territory. 1t was
thought by many, when the United States
troops were Withdrawn from Seattle, that
the agitation was dead and, as the weeks
went by without the commission Of any
overt act, this opinion was strengthened. AS
events show, however, the feeling was moi
even dormant, and agitators have been quiet
ly laying plans all the while.
An effort was made to put these plans into
execution yesterday, though with what sue
cess cannot be stated. An anti-Chinese
meeting was held Saturday evening, at which
a committee was appointed for the ostensible
purpose of visiting Chinatown and ascer-
tanning whether the city sanitary regulations
were properly observed by the Chinese. This
committee commenced it's work at O'Clock
Sunday morning, headed by Acting Chief of
Police Murphy and accompanied by an enor-
nous crowd which had apparently come to-
gether by previous understanding, they
proceeded to Chinatown The mode of pro-
cedure was simple. The committee would
approach a house inhabited by Cinnamon
and knock at the door. When the occupants
had appeared they would be questioned con-
cerning their observance of the citys sani-
tary regulations. While such conversation
was going on the crowd would enter the
house and begin loading the contents on a
wagon which had appeared just before. 1t
was useless for the Cinnamon to resist, and
they generally submitted with as good grace
as possible. When their movable goods
were loaded in the wagon they were also
placed on board and driven to Ocean dock,
where the steamer Queen of the Pacific was
lying, ready to sail for San Francisco.
Not the slightest warning of this move
ment had been given and o. the authorities Tt tie
force generally sided with the crowd, and
made no effo1t to stay the work of removal.
Sheriff McGraw was soon on the scene and
commanded the mob to disperse, but they
paid no attention to him. When he would
collect few citizens and attempt to inter
that point, but carry them on without cessa-
tion in another quarter. This continued for
several hours, Sheriff McGraw, Judge
Greene and the Mayor making such efforts
as they could in behalf of law and order,
but without avail.
About 10 o'clock Governor Squire, who is
in the city, issued the following proclama-
ton:
To the People of Washington Territory;
Whereas, it is represented to me by the Mayor
of the city of Seattle as follows:
Hon. " c. Squire.
Sir-The Chinese residents of the city of Seattle
are being nnlawfully removed from this city by a
mob unawfuily gathered together The author
ity Of the city is not sufficient to keep the peace
and preserve order. appeal to you for aid and
assistance. HENRY L. YESLER, Mayor.
Now therefore, /, Watson c. Squire, Governor
Of Washington Territory, do hereby publish
warning all persons to desist from
breach of the peace, and ordering that peaceably
disposed persons shall retire to their homes, eX-
cept such persons as are disposed to assist the
sheriff ana the duly constituted civil authority in
sons who are disposed to assist in maintaining
order to enroll themselves under the sheriff I'M
for that purpose
Furthermore, order the military forces of this
city to Immediately place themselves under arms,
and that the commanding officers of such COM
panieS report forthwith to the sheriff of King
assistance if need be in maintaining the law.
WATSON c. SQUIRE, Governor.
The proclamation was read to the crowd
and was received with howl of defiance 1t
had absolutely no pacifying effect. An
attempt was then made to ring the fire bells,
but they were soon silenced. Two local
companies Qf Militiat fhuqss,ye6fgsni2ad fuss, at the
time the United States troops were with
drawn, responded as quickly as possible,
but by the time they were ready for action
there seemed to be nothing for them to do.
About 400 Cinnamon were huddled together
in warehouse on the dock, and an immense
crowd prevented them from returning to
their homes. A majority of them showed
an inclination to remain as they were, and
seemed thoroughly coWed and eager to get
away from Seattle. The officers of the
steamer, however, refused to receive the
Cinnamon without tickets A collection was
raised and enough was subscribed to pay the
passage of about one hundred. These were
received on board, each one expressing a de-
sire to go. The steamer should have sailed
at p. M, but was detained in the hope that
some arrangement would be made for the
passage of the remaining Cinnamon, who
were huddled on the dock unable to return
to their homes, and perfectly willing to go.
About O'Clock in the afternoon the militia
marched down to Chinatown and took pos
session. This action was desired by few
who had been allowed to remain
At 6 P. m: a writ of habeas
corpus was issued charging that the Chinese
were Illegally restrained of their liberty on
board the steamer. The writ was made re-
turnable at 10 O'Clock last evening. In the
meantime the steamer was enjoined from
sailing.
The situation at o'clock last evening was
uncertain. A dismal rain was falling, and
the mob had largely dispersed. The China
men who were not on board the steamer
were huddled together ON the dock. Two
of militia and 100 home guards
were patroling the streets. The authorities
were determined that no Chinaman should
leave unwillingly. The Mayor of Seattle
United States troops, and kilograms have
been sent to Washington.
1t was believed by many that the move
ment originated in Tacoma, as many prom
inent agitators from that place as well as
Seattle Saturday. Mayor Wefsbach Of Ia
coma is also at Seattle, and it is freely
asserted that he is engineering the move
ment.
A despatch from Vancouver says that
General Gibbon, who is in command at that
place, has answered Governor Squire that he
orders from the President, and such orders
have not vet been received by him.
A report that the Knights of Labor headed
the mob to eXpel the Chinese seems to have
no foundation. While there were members
of the organization in the mob, there is no
were connected with the move
ment.
[LATER.l
SEATTLE, w. r., Feb. Sat an early hour
this morning the militia and home guards
marched to Ocean dock where the Cinnamon
were confined and took charge. Warrants
had previously been issued for the arrest of
the prominent agitators and before daylight
the work of arresting them began and by
eight o'clock all the leaders were in jail.
They were, however, Immediately bailed
out. All the Cinnamon on board the steam
CT were uldTCHeu 10 UIle custom HOuSe Dy lHe
militia, in answer to the writ Of habeas COR
pus sworn out yesterday and no opposition
was made to this movement.
Judge Green informed each Chinaman he
was at perfect liberty to go or stay as he
chose but vast majority chose to leave and
they were accordingly escorted to the steam
er while those who elected to stay were es-
corted to their homes.
Up to this time there had been no blood
shed although the streees were crowded At
noon, however, an attack was made on the
home guards by a few hot heads. The
guards were finally ordered to fire and they
with a Volley Four men fell, one
of them being killed and three wounded.
They were Bernard Mullane, killed; James
Murphy, shot through the arm; John Smith,
shot in the right arm and another man
name unknown fatally wounded, being shot
through the head The militia formed hol-
low square and held the mob at bay for fully
an hour and the crowd then slowly melted
away. Intense excitement prevails and
there is danger of further trouble and busi-
ness is generally suspended. The Queen of
the Pacific sailed at one p. IN. with 1876 Chi
namen on board.
PORTLAND Oregon, Feb. S.-Two hundred
and fifty traops will probably leave Van
couver tonight for Seattle.
WASHINGTON, Feb. S.-No action has been
taken BY the War Department in regard to
the anti-C Chinese troubles at Seattle, Wash
ington Territory. The President has not YET
been called on for troops and consequently
has not ordered any to be sent there.
Extensive Forgeries of NeWfound-
larG Nprchanf