The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-02-09
HEATHENS HELD UP.
The Mad Mob's Work at
Seattle on Monday.
MARTIAL LAW is ENFORCED.
The Rioters in Lor don Doing Some
Desperate Work Bread or
Blood thei- War Cry.
the Seattle Troubles.

the Seattle Troubles.
SEATTLE, W.T., February S.-All last
night the authorities were busily max.
ing preparations to assert the dignity OF
the law as soon as day appeared. at
O'Clock, company of deputy sheriffs
marched to the Ocean Dock, where the
Cinnamon were guarded by the anti.
Chinese committee. The committee
were made prisoners and guards were
thrown out protecting alp the APP
proaches to the dock. Warrants had
been prepared for the arrest of the
leading agitators, and as soon as day
broke details of militia served the war
rants, and the men were removed to
| jail. All of them. however, were bailed
almost as soon as the papers could be
made out. Judge Green having ordered
the sheriff to produce the China
men IN court at 7.15, this Of
fetal marched to Ocean Dock at
| Z O'Clock ut the head of the Seattle
rifles "a local militia organization; Com
pany d." National Guards, Washing
ton, and about a hundred Home Guards
The Cinnamon were taken from the
steamer and dock and escorted to the
! Court House. This move seemed TO
take the anti-Chinese element by sur
prise. A few were on the streets as the
procession passed through, and though
boots and yells were Leard, none at
tempted to interfere with its progress.
At the Court House. guards were
thrown out in every direction and every
approach to the building carefully pro-
! tected. An immense crowd soon con-
gregated, but were held in check by the
sentries. The Cinnamon who had been
on board the Queen were first taken
to the Court room. Judge Green
addressed them, and said he had been
informed they were kept on board
the steamer against their will. He was
determined to find out if this were
true, and the Cinnamon would be pro-
tected if the authorities were able to do
it. II they wanted to go, they could &c.
If they wanted to stay, they could sta /,
Each Cinnamon was then called by
name and asked whether he wished to
go or stay. Sixty-tWo said they would
go and twenty-five preferred to stay.
The judge then addressed himself to
those who had chosen to stay and told
them this trouble was likely to recur
at any time; that the sentiment of the
community was strongly in favor of
their going, but he thought the author
tiles would be able to protect them if
they desired to stay. They
would at least make an effort to
do so. The names were then called
again, and six of those who had chosen
to stay changed their minds and stated
desire to go. This left but sixteen de-
string to stay. They were escorted to
places of safety, and the others were
taken back to the steamer. The China
men who had been confined in the
warehouse on the dock were then told
that the city would pay the fare of any
who desired to go to San Francisco, but
were told as the others had been, that
they would be protected here if possible.
About It's chose to go and seventy-fve
to stay. The former were accordingly
marched back to the dock, and the
others taken to Chinatown. So far
there had been no violence, but the
streets were constantly growing
more and more crowded. The
work of loading the Cinnamon
on the Queen then commenced,
and went on vigorously. At 11.30
Captain Alexander announced the
vessel would receive no more. Fully
100 who wished to go and whose pas
sage had been paid, were thus left on
the dock. After consultation, 1t was
decided they should wait until the sail
ing of the next steamer. The Queen
accordingly swung out from the dock,
taking 1876 Chinese. Those who re-
manned then shouldered their blankets
and started to return to Chinatown
under an escort of the Home Guards.
At the corner of Main and Commercial
Streets, an immense crowd had con-
gregated; as the procession approached
lS nd ID Ill
Finally few in the crowd made
rush for the Cinnamon, attempting to
break through the line of the Home
Guards. There was general impression
that the guards would not fire, and the
crowd had but little fear of them. AT
first the guards attempted to beat back
their assailants with the butts of theiI
III. skets, but the latter attempted to
wrest the weapons from them. At last
the order was given aud the question
as TO whether the guards would fire was
settled at once. A volley rang out and
five men fell. The crowd recoiled several
PAGES, horror-struck. At once the
Seattle Rifles, who were Just leaving the
dock, came up on the double quick and
formed a line to support the Home
Guards; in another minute Company |
d came from the court house on dead |
run and fell in to the support of
their comrades. The scene for time |
was remarkable. The troops formed a
hollow square facing up and down |
Commercial and Main Streets. The |
Cinnamon in their midst had thrown |
their blanket rolls on the ground, at
the first fire and were cro0 ching be-
hind them. Outside the square ire
mer dous crowd swayed to and fro |
with cries of rage and defiance, while
the wounded men we're placed in
wagons and hauled away. For fully an
hour the square stood facing the crowd
in this manner, not a soldier flinched,
but the men kept their places appar-
emily as cool as veterans. At last the
crowd dispersed sufficiently to allow the
Cinnamon to continue on the
way to Chinatown. From this
on the excitement and bitter
ness increased. Denunciations OF
the Home Guard were heard on
all sides and prominent citizens belong
ing to the organization were threatened
with hanging by the mob. at last q