New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-04-29
THE RIOT At CHIN-KIANG.
A DESCRIPTION FROM THE AMERICAN con-
SUL
GENERAL A. c. JONES WRITING TO FRIEND
IN ST. PAUL-THE CHINESE. GOVERNMENT
INvESTIGA ATING THE DISORDER.
lBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE,

St Paul April 2S.-In a private letter to JudGo
Flandereau, of this city. General A. c. Jones,
United States Consul at Chin kiang, gives the
following graphic account Of the not and raplhe
attending the outbreak of natives last month:
~ suppose you have seen the kilograms anent
the riots at Chin-kiang IL was surprising cN-
periencc. On the afternoon Of the day OF the
riot, my wife and myself were UP on the hills. u
mile from the settlement to say good bye to an
American missionary family that were going to
leave for their home in the United States by the
steamer that night. 1t was between and D
o'clock when we left them. AS we approached
the consulate / was greatly surprised to see I'M
mcnse crowds of people on the roads. Arrived az
the house. l found my servants under excite
ment and sent for my interpreter. l then learned
that rabblc of boys had just stoned sikh
policeman. and that large crowds were tending
toward She police station At this time a man
was thrown on the street, near my place. who, III
was said. had been killed by q
Sikh This added fuel to the flame The
crowds became more excited and greater IN num-
Der. The men joined the boys and rush was
made for the police station, which was attacked
and set on fire. the Sikh policemen escaping to the
boats in the river.
1T was tn night dark and cold, threatening
to the Yamen planng the trouble and asking
for assistance !uel the mob. They had found
a lot of kerosene at the police station, and beng
by this time thoroughly excited, attacked and SEQ
ON fire row of three new buildings. The sltua-
tion then locked serious. | sent To the Chinese
and Tartar generals for troops. 1t was then De-
tween Z and o'clock. Four buildings were on
fire and the night was made hideOus by the frantic
yels of the rioters The arrival OF
300 soldiers encouraged me. l went out IN
The midst Of yels and missiles and told the Of
fioer TO charge the crowd with the bayonet anu
drive them back, to fire upon them. lie did
neither. The officer attempted to harangue them
and was pushed aside his voice being drowned
in the wells Of 10. 0O0 mad people, and then, in
the presence OF the troops, they rushed to the
attack upon the consulate. Seeing that no ef-
forts of mine would avail and that my gates and
walls would not hold, I gathered up my little
daughter in my arms, and with my wife scrambled
over an Intervening wall into the British Con-
sular grounds. stone knocked off my hat,
which, had it struck her, would have killed my
child; had it hit me | could NOT
have got away. There found the
British Consul wife and two children. Ills
gates were yielding to the mob We climbed the
steep hill at the rear, carrying our children aud
helping ny 1ne ltlplS our WlNtS, anu ~ i"P" "'iN
events that before we were halfway up our escape
WIS imperilled by the light Of the conflagration Of
the consulates We reached the top, however,
without being discovered, climbed an eght-foot
wall. made our descent on the other side without
difficulty and reached the river bank and the mail
steamer that had come from lower landing TO
our relief hot MOMENT TOO soon The fnoo hac
discovered us at last and made rush to take the
pontoon bridge The drawbridge was raised, the
hot vuto. hose was got out, and we were saved.
The whole of the foreign population, mer,
women and children, found before us on Tins
steamer Our arrival was hailed with eXclamn-
tons of relief for the British Consul and myself
were cut off from our friends by mon ol oetWcch
% 600 and 80, 900 rioters. From the deck OF inc
steamer we saw the burning buildings ana heafd
the wild wells of the mad devils at their WORK OF
destruction In the morning, they maze three
attempts to take the steamer, but failed. lhree
houses were fired in the lower part OF the settle
ment and this drew the crowd away. before
they could return Il Manchu general anu VI I's''C
of troops from neighboring fort arrived ana TOOK
nosscssion of the town Twelve buildings were
DESTROYED by the fire, the British consulate among
them NV consulate was sacked ana stripped ol
everything il contained except large hmerlca
safe which the mob could not carry away ana
could not open We got away with the c~io.heS ~
we stood in My consulate was set on ilre lh%W9
nl.cos but in some way was not consumed. All
The women and children went on the steamer 10
SHANGHAI NJ family are still there.
" Now we are in the midst of examinations ana
executions. The heads ily, and then the relart-
oos uU bcrc without reference to rclin or Washing
ron The Viceroy and officials are anMouS 10
settle here promptly and fully.