The morning call., 1893-03-10
SHOTS AND A RUSH
An Early Morning Fight on
Jackson Street.
The Suey On longs and Hop Sing
longs Calling In Their Out
side Reserves.
hat q highhinder war has cummenced

That q highlander war has cummenc ed
in earnest in Chinatown is beyond question.
1t is known to the police that highbinders
from the country are constantly swelling
the number in Chinatown, and as they are
unknown TO the police they are in better
position to carry on the war without
molestatlon.
The rival factions are the Suey On Tongs
and the Hop Sing Tongs.
About o'clock yesterday morning, Just
as the police squad were reporting off duty,
shots were heard and a rush was made in
their direction, but the shooters had disap-
peared.
All SORTS of rumor5 weresaloat yesterday
as to the number Of shots fired, and they
ranged from four to sixty. Two young men
told story OF seeing two Chinese meet on
Jackson street, between Bartlett and
Washington alleys, and empty their re.
voivers at each other without effect.
Their story is diScredited by the police,
as it is believed that more than two were
engaged in the fusiilade. The real facts OF
the case are supposed to be that six Suey
Ons armed with revolVers hid under the
veranda OF the building on the northeast
corner of Bartlett alley and jackson street
and fred upon three Of the Hop Sings wEO
were walking down on the south side OF
Jackson street and who were unarmed. AS
far rs known no one was wounded.
This is horne out partly by the fact that
the shutters OF the butcher-shnp on the
corner of jackson street and Washington
alley are dotted with bullet-hOles, but there
are no bullet-marks on the opposite side Of
jackson street.
The leaders of the uprising are believed
to be Wong jock, nicknamed Asses Jaw"
and Mong Hing.
Sergeant Burke Of the Chinatown SQUAD
ana llstPpflVnS f'nX aud fTl4unpn IN
structed 10 institute a vigorous campaign
against the highbinders and endeavor 10
bring them TO their senses. They have
orders to arrest every Chinaman suspected
OF carrying firearms ana compel them TO
prove In count by counsel that they are not
highbinderS
The police detail in Chinatown has been
materially strengthened aud everything
done As far as possible to cope with the
Threatened outbreak.
Il have been puzz, log my brains for n con-
81 lera BILE time over this Chinese question:"
sad Chief Crowley yesterday, but 1 am
unable 10 find a solution out of the difficulty
If the fusllades on the public streets con-
time am afraid there will be a riot.
I'VE are handicapped from the fact that
We have no one connected with the force
who understands the Chinese language
They post their bills on the walls and they
may be in ting to murder Tor anything we
know to the contrary
Then it is almost impossible to get one
Chinaman to testify against another except
in the most trivial cases. Why, under
stand that the man shot on Stockton street
Monday afternoon, now that there is a
chance Of his recovery, will not testify
against he man that shot him.
u might put the whole police force in
Chinatown and thoroughly ransack the
place, but that would leave the rest of the
city unprotected and is not to be thought Of
But am sending as many extra men as can
be safely spared