Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1886-02-07
THE YEJ4,A EE EAoDsS.
The Anti-t hiDese

At the sixth meeting, Jan -o'
1886. a committee was appointed to
visit every person in Truckee who
daals in cigars, and exact written
n,edee that no Chinese made CT
ears should in future be purchased
by them. This pledge was readily
stoned, At these latter meetings.
the better class of influential cltl-
zens predominated The reports OF
committees showed that over one
hundred Cinnamon had been dis
charged, and that their positions
had been filled with white laborers'
Few Cinnamon were at work. ex-
cent those employed In cutting
wood under written contracts. In
order, if possible, to reach these
wood choppers, the following was
adopted.
"WuEREAs, We. the citizens OF
Truckee, fully realize that strong
and uncomfortable current OF feel
ing pervades this community be-
cause of the general displacement
Of white labor By Chinese; that
this feeling has gwen rise to APP
prehensions that the masses might
ioin in an uprising that would
nroye disastrous in its consequences
to life and property; that we, the
citizens and property-holders, have
endeavored to turn this current into
peaceful channels by urging the
discharge Of Chinese laborers, and
our endeavors have been attended
with ABUNDANT success, save IL the
single instance of the mammoth
wood contracts which are being per-
formed by Cinnamon, and fully
realizing that it is seriously doubt
full whether the safety and security
of the community can be maintain
ed by US for a great ZENITH OF tine,
while the pitiful cry for bread by
the children of the white working
men is being continually Knocked
by the resounding axes Of FIVE hun
dred well-fed and well-paid China
men, now, therefore, be 1t
Rssolred, That the citizens OF
Truckee, in mass meeting assembled
hereby warn all wood contractors to
,esc,ud their contracts for Chinese
on or before January 10Th, 1885,
and we especially warn all China
men to leave the woods on or be-
fore that date, or to seek ether pro-
lection than that which has been
heretofore accorded by the law
abiding citizens of Truckee,
Sunday morning, January Sd, a
drunken man cut off a Chinaman
cue. The man was Immediately
arrested. Next day he had sober
ed up sufficiently to realize ms
crime, plead guilty and pay MS
fine This is the only infractlon OF
law which has occurred during the
entire agitation, and it was deemed
wise bv the leaders of the move-
nent, to promptly punish the OF
fender.
At the seventh meeting, the fol
lowing was adopted:
'sResolued, That it is the duty OF
every resident of Truckee, male OF
female, on and after January 10Th
1886, to boycott and withhold all
patronage from any person who
directly or indirectly employs CHI
nese labor
Personal appeals to employers o.
Cinnamon had accomplished mar
velous results. but a few employers
resisted the arguments OF the CON-
mittee. 1t was now determined te
adopt different line OF argu-
ment
The grounaless threats made by
Col. Bee relative to having Iruckee
ties arrested, occasioned the follow
ing, which was adopted:
WHEREAS, Col. Bee has endea-
vored to cast an unmerited stigma
npon the citizens Of Truckee' by
his false and malicious statements
to the reporter of San Francisco
daily.
Resolved, That the citizens OF
Truckee, in mass meeting assembled
denounce Col. Bee as fraud and
falsifer, when he intimates that oul
citizens have used unlawful
means in ezpelling the CHI
nese."