Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-02-11
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8. 2. Chroniele.s
The present. movement against the
Chinese in this coantxy j. different In
character from any previous ose- IL 10
apparently raled by Q more jQdicioos
| and les excitsbse spirit, and its more
ealiGhtened and more Influential lead
srs are In favor Of eschsvina vislence
IS much a. possible and of accomplish
ing the end In view by wholly legiti-
mate means.
Many communities have expressed in
o formal manner 30 the Chinese the
prevailing desire that thsy sho1ld With
draw from industrial competition With
cit1zsns OF the country, and in almost
every case they have obeyed this warn
ing. As g part Of these same demon
STATIONS, resolutions have been adopted
IN mass messing demanding the boy
cottinR Of Chinese labor and Of those
employing il.
A marked feature of the movement 10
the slsefity with which the people in
general in every part Of the State Of
California and throughout the rest of
the Pacific siope have fallen into line
with this policy, which vas Of ParnelI-
lite origin Ii certainly is q more ire
sistibis argument than even that of fear,
and its force has been acknowledged by
the Chinese themselves Chinese mer-
chants have been ruined by il, % that
their property has been seized BY Sher-
IFS officers and they have gone into
bankruptcy.
In San Francisco the employment Of
white cigar makers transported hithsr
from ths East Was decisive step in
the crusade against the Chinese, Who
prscipitstsd il themselves By foolishly
seeking to Control their employers and
to limit the local Raild 70 their eva
numbers.
1t was closely followed by the practical
action of the shosmakers, intended ts
limit the sale of boots and shoes TO
those produced by white labor.
The public are the allies of the work
iegmen in all that they may undertake
within the bounds of reason and justice
to releeate Chinese labor to the posi-
ton of an insi9nifcant factor in the
industrial economy.
The anti Chi csc agitation was re-
vived last September, about the zine
that the massacre occurred In the
Wyoming miBes. That deplorable
event did nos, as might have been ex-
pected, have the effect of turning pub
lie sympathy to the side of the Chinese.
but rather drew attention to the desira-
bility Of ending s false industrial stu
alton which tended to enaender suoh
scenes.
The people of Seattle began, in the
latter part of September, to hold meet
inRs fer the purpose of devisinR mesus
Of getting rid of the hateful Monaghan.
A large and enthusiastic convention of
laborers was composed Of representa-
tives from q number of other places "a
well-Tscoma, Newcastle, Rentsn, Black
Diamond, Colby, sumner, Squak. What
com. 1t was decided that riot must be
the inevitable result il the Chinese we're
not by peaceable means expelled. Firm
and steadfast measures we're resolved
upon. Citizens we're asked to dismiss
their Monaghan help. The Chinese
laborsrs we're all discharged from the
mines near Seattle, and white men we're
employed in their places. At Franklin
they heeded the warning of the people
and departed without much ceremony.
Fears of riot we're entertained at
Seattle in November, and q wealthy
Chinese merchant, seeing the signs of
the time, urged his countrymen te Zee.
Many names had been pat, however, to
pledge to oppose violence. and armed
committees were appointed to guard
the public peace.
In Tacoma, November Sd was fixed
upon as the day when all the Chinese
must leave the city. They quietly
packed mp their effects and departed.
| The merchants we're given further day
of grace. Six weeks before they had
700 Chinese in Tacoma.
The Seattle people notifaed the Chi
nese that they must 60 by the 9th OF
November, bat on the preceding day
Old Tacoma, which constituted the
Chi ese quarter, was burned to the
ground. lhe United States authorities
| then began to act, and Q number of
white persons were indicted at Vancoa.
yer for intimidating the Chinese, and
we're placed under arrest. When
brought back to Tacoma by Federal
officers they we're received With univer-
sal aoclamati0B, and the town was illH
minated. At huge mass meeting the
prisoners were tbs principal speakers
Indictments we're also found against
persons at Puyallup and Sumner, where
the same measures of peaceful coercion
bad been taken al at Seattle and
Tacoma. A proclamation by fresid nj
Cleveland and the sending of United
States troops 10 Washington Territory
had the effect Of postponinR the further
expulsion Of the Chinese.
A reflex of the movement in The
North began to manifest itself in THU
State about November LIST, when I
memorable demonstration was made il
San Francisco, countenanced by some
of the most intelligent and Influential
citizens. Il vas Immediately provoked
by the expressed determination Of thu
Chinese cigarmskers Of the city not 4
work for manufacturers who also EN-
ployed whites. At the immense mas
meeting which Was held in the evenins
Stuart n. Taylor, Horace Davis ane
James II. Barry we're speakers. The
resolutions which we're adopted pledged
those Who supported them ''ts refrain
from purchasing any goods of any
description knowing them TO be ths
product Of Chinese labor" and parti.
eulariy to devote themselves $50 The
displacement, of the 5000 Chinese cigar
makers then employed in this city. b.
whose exertions about $780, 900 vert
ana ally transmitted to China. A ina
resolution called for the holding Of or
anti Chinese convention.
This demonstration has been fol
lowed by similar ones in all parts Of tht
State. The anti Chinese Club Of Lo
renzo and Boulder, near santa Cruz
gave the common enemy ~ hsars fo
retreat, and q committee waited upoE
farmers and vineyardisss 10 ask then
to dismiss their Or iness sefvitors.
The Chinese abandoned Pasadena
The bcycotting movement vas orsaa
lied at Santa Cruz. Sacramento, Lin
ooin. Piscerville, Marysviiie, Truekee
Dixon, Tulare, San Lais Oeispo, Sants
Rosa and San Jose, with great enthusi
asm.
Chinese lsundrymen in some place
endeavored to sell oat their bosinees
dese rted by their former customers. A
Lincoln the Chinese we're discharge,
from the pottery.
| Az Truakes il VS. resolved 10 publish
black list Of those Who continued u
employ them in the manufacture o.