, 1886-03-18
Exciting Times II Portland.


e-sg0,.rE' 4 The I5,s-]
Att o'clock yesterday morning, not
long after the light from the bame5
of Joe Tavior's burning house Af2d
nv an incend:ary, had faded on tde
eastern horizon. and while an Oregon
ixa reporter was irquIrlGs into tne
robbery and shooting OF Col. j. N
Phillips, at East Portland. he saw
the li5ht Of burning building north
of The city. III ihe vicinity OF Guilds
lake. which It proved was the house
of one OF the Chinese gardeners there
several OF whom were last night dTIY-
en- awav from their homes.
Here vas attempted murder, rob
berry and arson, outrage and piilaSe
Of unotfendiug and helpless people,
by band OF armed and masEed ruf
fans. all in sight at the same tine,
a,it were. and to this brilliant list an
hour or two later was added an at
tempt to blow up q house with dyna-
mite, Verify the seed sOwn by the
aDostles Of tawieSsneSs and violence
is bearing harvest.
Down along the county road al the
base Of the mountain. nor OF Gulid's
Lake. are number OF Chinese yege-
table gardens and hog ranches, which
By unceasing and patient toll, have
been made productive, and where
some 10 or 30 Cinnamon make an
honest living and interfere with no
one. Last evening band OF about
| 30 "yTnite men, the most Of them
with faces biackoncd or wearing 3
masks. armed with guns, pistols 4nd
knives. and carrying lanterns, raiied
| this little settlement They lifst
visited Lai Louis vegetable garden,
five miles below the city. broke into
the houses. reused the i've inmates,
searched them and forced them TO
take their blankets and start for this
CITY. the ruf1ians helping themselves
to whatever they took a fancy to.
| They then came on this Way about a
quarter of 4 milo to where On Loag
has hcg ranch, where ten men we're
reused out, robbed OF what money
they had, and ordered to joir then
countrymen and start FOR town.
| They then came on about half a
mile to another ranch, where they
turned out five more men. Here they
found one man who had a pistol, Sc
they tied his hands before searching
nm and fired some thirty or forty
pistol shots to terrify their victims
They next reached Chun Wah Iul's
vegetable garden, where they drove
out eight men, not forgetting to roE
them. They next came to Hoo Poy
ey's vegetable garden, whore they
drove out nine ChiT amen and set fire
to the house, only five of the meZ
succeeding ia saving their blankets
while everything else in the house
was consumed. They came or
to Hni Lovey's ranch and began tc
drive the men out when the light
from the burning house became SC
bright that the Fufiians were afraid
it would bring the authorities down
on them, so they abandoned the jot
in hand and seuttled OF, inro the
brush like the cowardly, sneaklng
ours they were, and skunk back tc
their lairs in the purleu5 of Slabtowr
and Albina.
About 4 o'clock yesterday morning
a loud explosion was Aeafd N the
north end of the city which reused
: thousands of people. and hundreds
hurried in the direction ef the report
1t was at Chiua washhouse on the
corner of Third and L streets, kept
by Gee Sing. The house is a story
and half dwelling, set on piles and
has a shed attached. There were
two explosions in quick succession
Judging by the results, one stick OF
the giant powder must have been
placed in barrel of coke standing
near by, and the other in the roof Of
the shed. Any one passing by could
have ''placed" the sticks without at
tracing attention, and in very short
time. The shed was half demolished
and every window in the house was
smashed, but none of the inmates
| were injured. There is 10 clue 70 the
dynamiters. The dastardly deed has
create profound sensation through
out the city.
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