Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1886-02-12
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sounding the lire bell. proceeded 20
tue Chinese quarters al the town,
aud CALLING at each houS". n"''h"d
the inmates that they must leave III"
cat, within specified time. aud u
guard Was left ut each place Ia eSpe
diie aud sulerIniond their departure.
THIS marching and CONFERENCE.-The
occupied an hour or more Tue
Mayor aud Marshal we're Oh the
strcet aud IA the immediate ,lciniiy
Of tho Helfconstitutcd committee,
Lut made no effort Ia arrest tne par
ties no, were they warned To des'S,.
Near ,h. close Of the Decentralization
they were stopped by Sheriff l''l'nsr.
who asked them what they intended
to DO. aud the reply WAS 10 talk to
the Cinnamon and induce them. II
pys.,ble. To leave. MI Billings 'a'd
IAN right, sad allowed them
10 pass Gu. No olhc, Il, mons "n
was made or attempted. The men
were. 90 far ~ could be seen. un-
armed, aud for wstlike purposes. II
they had any such object. we're per
baps less formidable than SIR John
Fals,afrs memorable band OF re-
oruits.
While the demonstration was 70
ing on, q hundred or moro citizens
had enrolled themselves IN special
aids 10 tho Sheriff and were sworn
In az deputies Of that officer, to act
should The emergency require their
services. Three persons, l.. l..
Bales. Il. oooding and J. j. Heizel,
supposed ringlesders. were subse'
qaently arrested upon warrant H.
sued by Justice Ready. without no.
sistsnes OF disturbance. aud placed
under $500 bonds TO appear for ex-
animation the next day.
At2P. NJ. n largo meeting OF citi-
xsns was held In Columbia Hall. In
response to call Of tho Mayor. an.
noupeed by hand bill. posted on the
streets. Al this meeting but one
sentiment prevailed. and that wa,
that The law must be enforced and
the Cinnamon protected in their per
sons and property. although there
Was some difference Of opinion M "a
the magnitude Of the danger to b.
met. AZ the close of the meeting. I
large number of citizens came for
ward and enrolled themselves 10 b.
In readiness on call 10 meet an,
emergency. Tho town was pAirole,
by these deputies q, night. No fur
thor disturbance has occurred
"Wednesday, Mess,s. Bales. doodinI
and He,xel had an examination be
fore tho Justice. aud were held 4
answer in tho aum 81 "a. 900 each. Of
. charge Of riot. This IL a plat
statement Of the Chinese iisturbanc
In Olympia up TO the present time.
Were II not for the serious an
charming sHpec, given TO such d.
monstrations by the acts which hav
recently occurred in Seattle. nobod
conversaut with tho facts could loo
upon this attempt 10 drive the CHI
nsss out Of Olympia In any oths
light than that Of . ridiculous farce
Those who engaged In the bushes
we're coa,smptibls In numbers. with
out organization. and with the pose
bic exception Of Ito chief iustiea,or'
with no objec, In view save the .,
preston Of their inherent dislike {
the Chimes.
A Mr.. Henry justly remarked q
the meeting les. Tuesday. whs,svs
cause there may have been som
months ago for sgi,a,ing the Chimes
question. there certainly was non
now. as they wore leaving the cour
Try NJ fss, ss they could. and wer
quite ~ anxious 10 get away 40 III
most radical sgitator was TO hav
them GO. aud this was becaus
the sentiment Of tho whole psopl
Of the Pacific Coast had become .
eel against them that they could n
longer get employment and we're q,
tually starving. 10 fully sustained b
the movement going on among the,
- stated In tho pres. dispatches.
The bsst tina, ran be said for N
main body al the Olympia rioters
that they we're the misguided tool
OF Two OF three designing men. VII.
working upon race psejudices. sougl
10 drive out the Chinese 10 promoi
their own sslfsh objects. They d
not have the support. nor indee
the sympathy. Of the labor organir.
ton. - . body. nor Of those VIII
have oil along been foremost In ut
holding the inieresta of labor. An
while We may not express surpris.
In view OF what has transpirsd q
Seattle. that apprehension Of irou
bio should he honestly entertained
We do no, believe they arc base
upon real foundation. The pee
ple Of Olympia arc almost . uni. "a
Law aud order. aud are ready 10 81.
tain Tho officers IN Ito discharge Al
moments notice. While this
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