The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-02-15
ANTI-CHINESE AGITATION.
Laborers of Montana Rising Against the
Mongolian TOilers.

HELENA, Mont, Feb. 3D. Special. /
Pung kwang Gu, Chinese charge d 'afiaires
. ad interim at Washington City, has COM
planned to the secretary of state of the
treatment of Chinese residents of Butte,
and the matter was referred by Mr.. Blaine
to Governor Toole. For some time boy
colt has been in force in Butte against
Chinese and all who employ them, and
the information upon which the COM
paint Is made comes from the consul gem
eral at San Francisco. 1t is to the effect
that various citizens of Butte "have been
obstructing IN their lawful business and
outrageousiy treating the Chinese subjects
III that place"
IL appears that in the month of Novem-
Der last various labor unions of Butte City
passed regulation prohibiting the people
in the said city from trading and dealing
with the Chinese subjects resident there,
and at the same time placed guards at the
front of the Chinese stores to arrest and
punish the natives who should be found to
infringe upon the regulations. Subse-
quently the labor unions forbade the native
landlords to hire any more of their houses
to the Chinese and ordered them
to raise the rents of the houses
already tenanted by them. They further
required the Chinese laundrymen
to register their names and attempted to
extort from each 800 for the same Upon
their refusal TO comply with their demands
the lawless people fired at them and as
sauted some of them about the head with
their pistols, so grievously wounding them
that their lives were imperiled.
The newspapers of Butte have published
isoloted cases of outrages upon Cinnamon
by hoodlums, but it is not credited that
they were investigated by the reputable
citizens of that place. A few days ago a
burly rough in Butte assaulted a China
man on main street. knocking
him down and cruelty beating him,
knocking him through window
and then dragging him out again across
the broken glass. Wednesday night All
Sam, suburban laundryman, aud his
crew came 10 Butte to participate in the
New Years festivities, and left the wash
house unguarded, and when they returned
the establishment was q total wreck. 1t
had been visited by gang of boys and
men and bombarded with rocks so effec-
lively that the doors and furniture were
smashed and clothes scattered and ruined.
During the proceedings there was a
large crowd of lookers-on who cheered
the work of destruction and announced
that the Chinese must go; peaceably If
they would, but go they must. The labor
ing men of Butte are circulating a me-
mortal to congress in which they say:
Your petitiouerss, representing the wsrs
workers Of tho state, are especially
and vitality concerned for the promnt
solution OF this most important ouas-
tion. These immigrants are forced upon
US in great InElt!tudes. The situation is alarm,
ing. We are being deprived of the Opportunity
TO earn our daily bread. The conditions are ton
hari to be patiently withst0od- We therefore
pray your honorable body TO give Us rror7pt
relief by the enactment OF laws clearly designed
to restrict immigration aud to exclude the chi.