The Labor enquirer., 1886-03-06

Rifles and company d of the militia came
flying down the street under command of
Captain Halnes, who had been the attorney
for the citizens in their troubles month or
SO ago. He addressed the immense assem-
blage, which had now regathered, and which
blocked the way, and asked them to disperse.
They replied by am unanimous shout OF
aBurkeI Burkel Give us the Murderer,
Burkep' Haines replied: Gentlemen, if
any laws have been broken, or murder been
committed as seems to be the case the law
will give you your remedy" John Keane
then spoke to the crowd, which by this time
must have numbered {, 900 out OF total pop
ulation of 10000. Most remarkable to state
after appointing a committee, the whole
crowd did then disperse and the military es-
corted the Chinese back to their old quarters.
An hour later this committee swore out
warrants in Justice Hill's court against
Burke, Carr. Hanford and Banks, charging
them with murder. Mr.. Thornton took the
warrants to the court house, and onsentering
he was told by Judge Green that ''those men
were officers of his court, and not subject to
arrest" Gas matter of fact the assassins
had never been made deputies, unless Sc
cretly so, and after the murders had been
done.) Vigorous protest was made against
this most imperial ruling, and Judge Green,
being unable to find any law to back it up,
'tcrawfshed" out of it, and promised that If
the committee called again in half an hour
the warrants could be served. The commit
tee retired, and thereupon Green went into
consultation with Squire and the assassins.
Upon the return of the committee at the APP
pointed time, Judge Green Informed them
that martial law had been declared, the writ
OF, ,habeas corpus suspended and the warrants
could not be served.
Orders were then issued closing all places
of business, requiring all citizens to enroll
themselves under military rule, prohibiting
even street transit without pass, subjecting
the press and telegraph to censorship and
seizing upon all arms in the possession Of
the people, The evening was spent in fran
tic effort Of Squire to obtain signatures of
prominent citizens to kilograms to Cleveland
requesting the presence of United States
soldiers. Despite the fears of Squire's ven
geance (Which influenced some) scores of
citizens refused to lend their names to the
conspiracy. .a.aS'
Charles G. Stewart died at a. m. Tuesday
he was native-born American, an Odd Fell
low, a Knight Templar and a member of the
Grand Army of the Republic, having served
nearly four years in the Rebellion.
Wednesday morning Squire sought an in
terview with Mcmillan and offered to raise
martial law and keep U. S. soldiers away,
provided Mcmillan would pledge himself
| that the men who did the shooting should
not be in any way molested. Mcmillan made
the following memorable reply: "We have
have no pledges to make; you look out for
your ruffians, and we will look out for our
selvesp He was Immediately arrested, and
in the following days some twenty-nine
others were thrown into Jail. For over ten
days following the rights of free speech,
free assemblage, free press, the right of
bearing arms and the rights of accused per-
SONS, amendment of the u. s. constitution,
were continuously violated; s companies of
EU. S. troops were placed in barrack in the
city and secret drum-head court martial
was constituted to "try" the arreste ones.
During this time also over 200 white men
who were poor, were driven from the city at
the point of the bayonet, and took refuge in
surrounding places. Over 100 were cared
for in Tacoma. These men were ordered
away simply because they were poor and out
of work.
ThiJwas the condition of affairs in Seattle
on February Is, 1886, day of assembling of
the immense Portland anti Chinese congress,
which passed unanimously the following
resolutions:
| Whereas In defiance of Article I. Section
and Amendments and of the Constitution
of the United States, and in utter violation OF
law Governor Squires of Washington Terri
tory, has with all the insolence of imperial
ism, suspended the rights of hdbedS corpus,
free speech and liberty of assemblage and de-
clared martial law" in utter defiance of the
laws of the land as declared by the United
States Supreme Court in Wall in the case OF
| Mulligan; and
| Whereas, In addition to said illegal acts a
mob of his supporters wantonly fired upon
an assemblage of the people killing one and
w6unding four other people at the City OF
Seattle on the eight h day Of February, 1885
| and
Whereas, Said Squire has Illegally i'm
prisoned and deprived of liberty various citi,
zens of the United States without due pro-
| cess of law;
| Resolved, That our Representatives in
Congress be instructed to prefer articles OF
Impeachment against the said governor and
present the same for the action of the House
| of Representatives at once.
| Resolved, That $4,000 copies of these resolu.
tions be printed and forwarded to every
labor organization, anti-Chlnese League, and
every Granger's organization in the United
States, with the request that each such or
ganization ratify, adopt and approve these
resolutions and order them sent to their
Representatives in Congress endorsed with
urgent demand for proper action.
Resolved, That Benjamin F. Butler be re-
quested on behalf of the people of the United
States and all lovers of American Liberty to
conduct these Impeachment proceedings.
WAR NOTE.