The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-09-26
IMPORTED AS SLAVES
The Shameful Trailc Carried on In San
Francisco.
No Trouble in Getting Chinese Women
Past the ~AuthOritic~-lessltnR Dis
reputable Lives the Upper
Floors Of Chinatown.

SAN FRANCIsCo, Sept. 25.-In spite Of
the Exclusion act. the importation Of Chi
nese is increasing largely at this port.
The steamer Gaelic brought 1863, am un-
usually large number considering the fact
that none is supposed tn land. This num-
her does not include, however, the menu
hers of the Chinese embassy, these more
aristocratic arrivals being cabin passcn-
were ccrtificated merchants from this
port, 7S were without certifi-
Gates eight were for Panama i'm
transit, eighteen for G,iaymas, and three
for Havana. OF the uncertiiicated ones
for this port, 7S are men, "A women and
four children. These latter will all bc
landed on writs of habeas corpus out of
United States courts, OH the plea that they
are either merchants, native-born Ameri-
cans, or the wives of merchants"
The traffic iu slave women has in-
creased to such an extent as to alarm Col
lector of the Port Phelps, and he intends
profit derived from the sale of these wo-
men is something enormous. A woman
can he purchased i'm China for from
"a husband in this country, and no oppo-
sition is made tn her departure. After
passing through the hal,cas corpus mill
on her arrival here. she is sold at ;ts high
as 81 800, and is placed by her owner in
the disrcputable places located on the up
Per & noGf ,s OF t mese n'n nnSs, ,;,s, & wsrs s
slaves. Through the kinks and turns of
the courts il Is not difficult for the women
taught to swear they are the. wives of
mere hants else American born, and
once out OF the officers hands one might
as we'll look for "a needle i'm u haystack
as to catch the perjurers i'm Chinatown.
just before the exclusion act went into
siisSt nah q" g atfspt an;, wns mi'h male = :" Ill, % ,m%
girls purchased i'm China and imported
for that purpose. Prompt action on the
that large majority, If not all the women
claiming landing under the prior residence
plea. had been imported for immoral pur-
The United States grand jury took cog
nizance of the matter, and indictments
were found; One importer repnted to be
worth S5OO,OOO was sentenced tO San S(uen-
tim. Others narrowly. escaped n similar
fate, and large number of women, who
China and imported here. were sent back.
For u time this horrible traffic was
broken up, no women at all arriving for
four or five months prior to the time that
the Exclusion act went into effect. Now,
however, they are arriving in large num-
bers.
Only a week or two ago the Chinese,
being incensed against their consul-geil-
| eral, posted throughout the length and
| breadth of Chinatown placarxls contain.
ing the statement that that official had
| not only connived at the importation of
| women for immoral purposes. but had as.
were the wives OF reputable merchants
A further charge was made that these
women were distributed among friends oi
| the Chinese consulate to he used con
| cubines.
| A police item recently published, .lispels
| the illusions which has heretofore been
| accepted as gospel i'm the United States
| courts. During the trial some two three
years ago of "a woman for importing Chi.
| nese girls into this country. the statemen,
| was made that girls with tiny feet were al
| ways the wives of merchants. and were
never to- be found i'm houses of question:
| able repute.
| Two weeks ago. however. FunR King, a
China woman OF the town, was shot ana
| refused to he blackmailed. The woman
| was u little foot woman, and the state
mcnt was made at the time by the polics
| that other residents of the house i'm whcl
| she belonged of the same class
Collector Phelps has made an invcstiga
| ton into the matter. and at least a tempo
| rarv breaking up of the slave traffic |,
| probable.