Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-03-10


Francisco with full details of the recent
Chinese riots A mob drove all the for
eigners out of Chinkiang. The British Con-
sulate was burned and the American looted.
One foreigner is missing. Several persons
had marrow escapes.
SAN Francisco, March 9.-The steam
ship Belgic, which arrived here this morn
ing from Hong Kong and Yokohama, brings
the first detailed adviees of the recent anti
European riots at Chinkisng. Chinkiang
is a ruin. 1t has had many vicissitudes
from the time when the first foreign resi-
dents lived in junks on the north shore Of
the Yangtze.
BY and by a concession was laid out,
houses built and the north shore abandoned,
much of the land there being washed away
by the river. Gradually it became thriv-
ing community with the belief that it would
become the terminus of the Peking Railway
and would supplant Shanghai.
AN EXCITED MOB.
The trouble began, it Is claimed, in a
street row in which a Chinaman was
knocked down by policeman. This ex-
cited the mob and their first act was to de-
stroy the police station. Then they made
for the British Consulate, where Chinese
Inspector, who has not since been seen, is
believed to have taken refuge. On the
way they fired three foreign houses. The
Chinese General in command sent 800 men
10 protect the Consulate.
As soon as the mob appeared the soldiers
capitulated. Some fed and the rest Joined
the mob. The Consul's wife fed barefoot
with her children from the back door of the
Consulate while the mob, aided by the. SOL
diers, sacked and burned everything. The
missionaries houses and a chapel nearly
shared the same fate, while the British Con-
sui himself was twice in imminent danger of
death.
OUR CONSULATE LOOTED.
The American Consulate was looted and
more houses were burned. The residents
took refuge on hulks and the mob tried to
follow them, but the bridges were raised.
The Vieeroy telegraphed the British Consul
that he was sending 1000 soldiers to restore
order.
The foreign residents who fed to the
hulKs stationed in the river subsequently
went on board merchant steamer and were
ported missing. General Jones, the Ameri-
can Consul, and British Cousul Mansfield
remained at Chinkiang under the pro-
lection of British gunboat, but sent their
families to Shanghai.
Among the foreign buildings burned were
a British Consulate, the British Marshal's
house, the Baptist Chapel and the houses
of two missionaries, a Rev. MIR. Hunnex
and Rev. Mr.. Bryant The United States
Consulate and the Methodist Chapel were
not burned.
RUNNING FOR bIFE.
The wife of the American Consul had to
run for her life, accompanied by her chill
dren, being pursued to the river by the
rioters. The riot broke out again on
Wednesday afternoon. When General
Kennedy reached Chinkiang ne had the
American flag raised at the United States
Consulate. The British ship Mutine ar
rived on Thursday and fired a salute to the
British flag. Within five minutes after the
firing of the first gun, the Chinese in the
settlement had fled in all directions.
The United States steamship Omaha has
been recalled from Corea and gone to
Chinkiang direct. The North China Daily
NeIoS says:
The chief lesson learned from this outbreak
is that it will not do to believe that foreigners
are in absolute security at any of the treaty
ports. Such incidents as happened at Chink-
lang may occur at any moment at any of the
ports and every port should be within easy
reach of a man-of-war. The Chinese Govern
ment will have to pay full compensation for
the damage done. 1t is no kindness to the Chi
nese to withdraw the gunboats for fear of
wounding their sensibility; for in any event
like this, the loss falls ultimately on the Gov
ernment
FEARS OF THE EMPEROR,
It is feared that the accessions of the
young Emperor will be accompanied bv a
recrudesence of anti-foreign feeling, as he is
under the influence of a tutor who is known
to be violent reactionary.
The following details of the death of Ad-
miral Chandler, United States navy, are
learned. He arrived at Hong Kong Febru-
airy with the Marion, accompanied bv his
wife and daughter. On February IL he