The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1893-03-31
IN TOWN.
He Arrives in Great Falls and Causes
Great COmmOtiOn Among
the People.
No Cinnamon Wanted in tie Great
Beehive of Enterprise and
Industry.

There was considerable excitement in
the city yesterday afternoon and last
night over the arrival of a Chinaman
fresh from the smoky hills of Butte. No
sooner had the pig-tailed Celestial plant
ed his wooden soled shoes upon the
iacred soil of Great Falls, than the news
spread like 4 prairie fire over the city,
/ As the heathen wended his way up Cen
trail avenue he was followed by a large
crowd OF people, all anxious to get a
GOOD sight of a Chinaman who had the
.cournao 10 stop in a city whore the peo-
Spleoi bis race are excluded.
BY the time John reached the corner
LOT Second street tho crowd numbered
Zoo. and he was surrounded and Ques-
,Ttioned as to his object in coming here.
He replied that he was going to open ny
q "washee house as soon as a room could
be procured. This announcement was
received with his, es by tho crowd, and
he was forthwith notified to pull outside
Of the city limits or be duckcd in tho
Missouri river,
Policeman Moran appeared upon the
scene at this point OF the proceedings
n and said he would escort the pig-tail to
4 the depot and send him Off on the first
train, but as 40 train was likely to leave
until today the policeman left him at
the depot with Instructions to keep in
the background until he could get away.
M John soon became tired of waiting at
the depot and came back to the Montana
II hotel on Central avenue. BY tins time
1t was darl; and Johns headquarters
was soon discovered and a crowd gath
cred at the hotel. In order to be on
friendly terms with the crowd he treated
II several times to cigars and beeT-Only a
few, however, accepting his hospitality.
He had plenty Of gold and slapped down
o no gold piece OF every set up of the
drinks, assuring the boys that he was
well heeled and would upen a washce
house in o few days. This second assUr-
9 OF his intention 70 locate i'll Great
Falls was more thar the crowd could
stand, and loud aud menacing words
were hurled with proiane backing at
} the ChinamGn, who by this time had
become badly scared.
He wac ordered to leave tie city at
once, anu would have gone but he didn't
know where to go or how to get out. y
policeman again came to his rescue and
took him OFT 10 the county Jail, where he
would be sale from harm Until today,
when he would be slipped away.
After this the crowd at the hOtel sep
arated, but in the meantime d meeting
OF the labor union had been held and Il
committee was appointed to wait on the
sheriff and lind uut what he was going
to do vita the Butte Celestial. The
committee started for the Jail to perform
their mission and the whole meeting fol
lowed them. On their way to the jail
4 severa! hundred ioiued tho procession
' and on arrival at the jail ii thousand
people we've ia the crowd The com
mittee Knocked for admission hut no
response came to their raps from within.
policeman Moran was up town and hear
ing OF the crowd at the jail made haste
A to meet them and explain the situation,
y He Informed the committee that the
Chinaman was behind the bars of a cell
In the Jail and that he would he put on
board of the first tram this morning 60
ing to Butte. This satisfied tho crowd
and ii quietly dispersed.
Thus endeth the first chapter in the
second attempt in the history OF Great
Falls Of a Chinaman to come here to 10
cate and go into business.
There is nc room FOR the almond-eyCd
son OF China in this city. Butte and
Helena can harhor and patroniza them
to the exclusion Of honest labor, but us
long as the stars ana stripes floats over
> Great Falls no pig-taiied saffron will hD
allowed 10 call this city his home.
No harm was intended to tho China
man by the multitude last night, but
they were determined that he should
leave the CRY as quick as possible and
he will do so today with the full Enowl-
edge that no Cinnamon are wanted here.
He will spread the new to the four cor
ners Of the earth aud SO save his fellow
c~ountrynon the Toubie Of coming here
on d vain mission.
At about II o'clock last night the poor
Chinaman became so badly scared that
he begged the sheriff t. let him out Of
jail SO That he might start for Helena.
The sheriff therefore escorted him
across the river, and il" started up the
track III Il double quick gait.