The record-union., 1892-04-27
CHINATOWN WARFARE.
A Fusillade and BIoodshed on Street
at Midday.
A Eighbinder Seriously Injured-One
of the shooters Captured, But
the Others Escape.


between Third and Fourth, in which
eight or ten shots were fired and one
Chinaman was seriously wounded. The
police captured the highbinder who did
the principal part of the shooting, but
four other participants escaped.
HOSTILE SOCIETIES.
The rival societies, the Chez Hong
Tong and the Bing Hong Tong. kept the
more peaceable Cinnamon in a constant
state of dread for some time with their
preparations for bloodshed. and when
week or so ago a truce was called and it was
announced that the differences had been
settled a great sigh of relief wentup from
these said peaceable Cinnamon.
But the truce was only temporary
one, as yesterday 5 fusilade demonstrated.
1t appears that the fresh outbreak was
caused by the Chez Hong Tong Society's
aggressiveness. This is the stronger
society of the two and the wealthiest. Its
members take delight in referring to the
Bing Hong Tong as being composed
wholly of "beggars," and naturally the
latter bear no love for the larger organ
lzation. Chickering's were constant, and
the police were on the qui vive for riot
day and night until the truce above re-
ferred to was effected.
On Sunday before last the Chez Hong
Tong gave banquet TO its members and
friends, and prepared for a big time.
Permission was obtained from the au
thorities to have, in connection with the
banquet, music and frecrackers. The
affair was intended to be the society
event of the season, and judging from
the noise in Chinatown that day and
night 1t was success.
ANOTHER FEAST.
Then the Bing Hong Tong announced
a banquet for the following Sunday Qast
Sunday), and also made preparations for
q noisy event. This attempt to be as
high-toned as the Chez Hong Tong
caused the members of the latter to ''rile'
considerably, and they declared that the
banquet should not take place. The res
taurant where the Bing Hong Tong's
event was to take place is located in the
building leased by the Chez Hong Tong,
and the latter warned the restaurant
keeper not to cater to the rival society.
Besides this, emissaries of the objecting
Chez Hong Tong went to the city author
tiles and protested against permitting
their rivals to celebrate with music and
hrecrackers. They said the Bings We're
all highbinders and would take advant-
age of the popping of the firecrackers to
mix in few pistol-Shots aimed at the
peaceful Chez Hong Tongs.
But. despite the opposition, the Bing
Hong Tong banquet came off, and there
TROUBLE AGAIN.
The other side swore vengeance, and its
fighters began to make preparations for
trouble. The Bings, equal to the emer-
gency, made preparations too, and i'm
ported some highbinders to assist in the
warfare. One of these importations was
Hoey Yen, who holds forth at Marys-
vile. According to one story this China
man amused himself yesterday by child
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for not succeeding in their attempt to
break up the opposition banquet. He
ran afoul of several highbinders from the
othcr side, who had evidently been sent
out to quiet him, and seeing that they
were too many for him beat a re-
treat. They followed, and despite the
fact that it was broad daylight and that
the sidewalk was crowded, turned their
revolvers loose.
QUITE A FUsILADE.
There was a stampede Of course. Eight
or ten shots were fired. and while the
awnings and sidewalk were perforated
with bullets, yet nobody except the
Marysville highlander was struck by
the flying pellets.
Chief of Police Rodgers and several
officers hurried up street to about the
middle of the block, between Third and
Fourth, where the fusilade had taken
place, but, as usual in such cases, all the
participants had disappeared, and none
OF the crowd of jabbering heathens
a lengthy search, however, the Off
GERS finally found the Marysville China
man, Hoey Yen, in a little room on
the second floor of one of the rook-
cries, where he was suffering from the
effects of two pistol-shot wounds-one in
the left buttock and the other grazing the
back. The wounded man was taken to
the Receiving Hospital, where he was at
tended 10 by City Physician c. B. Mich
OILS. The wound was painful one, but
not necessarily dangerous. Yen gave
the names of those who had pursued him.
and said that it was bullet from Fong
Ah Shung's revolver that struck him.
THE SHOOTER CAPTURED.
Police Officers Maley and Talbot and
Deputy Sheriff Alter espied Fong All
Shung on the street shortly after the
shooting and started for him. He took to
flight and dashed down the alley to
Fourth street, with the officers in pursuit,
and sought hiding in the store near the
corner of j, kept by Wing Wah Chung.
After long search the officers found the
man hidden under cot in one of the
small rooms back of the store. The pris-
oner admitted that his name was Fone
All Shung, but denied that he had done
any shooting. He was taken to the Police
Station, however, and was positively
identified by the wounded man as being
the one who had shot him. The prisoner
is hard-visaged heathen, and has been
kept under watch by the officers detailed
in Chinatown for some time, it being
known that he was one of the principal
fighters of the Chez Hong Tong Society.
Three more highbinders were arrested
by the police late in the afternoon, but it
was found that they had taken no part in
the shooting, and they We're released.
DR.. Nichols stated last night that the
wounded Chinaman was by no means out
of danger and may die. The bullet had
passed almost through the body and inn
bedded itself into the bone.
MORE SHOOTING LOOKED FOR.
The streets of Chinatown were deserted
last night and most of the stores were
closed and shuttered. 1t had been the
general talk during the afternoon that the
rIolng had only commenced, and that
some more bloody work could be looked
Tor during the night; consequently the
merchants closed up, so as to be out of
harm's way. Cinnamon who had no bus
mess on the street kept indoors too.
The ponce received information that
2 both OF the warning societies had sent to
san FRANCISCO and other places for re-
inforcements, and in consequence they
Kept a sharp lookout for new arrivals.
as well as 10 patrol the Chinese Quarter
in search OF local highbinders, all night.
II nave not seen highlander on the
streets tonight" said Special officer
Rider TO reporter shortly before mid
night. That Isl always an ominons
sign. When the highbinders are out on
the streets we never expect trouble. and
there never is any as rule But when
they all keep indoors, as they are doing
tonight, trouble is brewing. 1t is ALWAYS
bad sign"
Up to an early hour this ,nornino
though, no further disturbances had oc-
CURED.