The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-08-15
Anti=Cooly rleeting at
Fresno.
MONGOLIANS TURNED BACK.
Bands of Unemployed Prevent Them
From Going to the Vineyards.
Gathering of Laborers.
Special to The MORNING CALL.

FRESNO, Aug. 1.-the action OF the
white men against the Cinnamon at oelma
on Saturday created an antl-Chlnese wave
in Fresno to-day. White men and women
who desire to earn living have Tor some
time been entering quiet protests against
the vineyardists and packers employing
Chinese in preference to whites. This
forenoon a crowd of 200 laboring men came
together at the corner OF Marlposa and
streets and talked the situation over.
Soon some one suggested public meeting.
which met with general approval. Alex
ander Goldstein of the kutner-GoIdstein
Company offered the free use of hutner
Hall and the crowd surged toward the
hall on J street. w. w. Phillips. cashier
of the Farmers Bank. and other business
r:en were invited by the laborlng men to
attend and talk to them.
At the hall Phillips. W. Cureton. J.iB.
Daily, Frank H. Short, NJ. Lily and others
made quiet talks to the crowd. Philips
was elected chairman.
NJ. Levy said that the condition of the
fruit and raisin business was such that
the producers could not pay but 81 day
and board. and requested that those VINO
would not work for that sum to leave the
hail. No one left.
Several labOring men maze short
speeches in their behalf. One man said
that he knew of vineyardists who paid AZ
cents a tray to Cinnamon for picking
grapes and only 3 cents to white men. He
said big vineyardists were the ones who
favored Chinese labor while the small ones
favored whites.
The meeting appointed a committee to
meet in the evening and formulate some
definite plan of action, but the anti-Chl-
nese fever was on and the mob declined to
await the outcome of negotiations. Sew
eral wagons going to vineyards having on
board Cinnamon were stopped and the Chi
namen herded back into Chinatown fol-
lowed by hoo,ing mobs.
AT I O'Clock this evening a procession of
about $50 laborlng men. headed by two
men carrying two American flags, paraded
the streets shouting for white labor as
against Chinese. The paradrrs then ad-
iourned to Kurner Hall. where the CON-
mittee was in session.
The meeting was tremendous one. not
half the crowd being able to get in. Two
moderation. During the delivery of one
speech a man suggested the burning of
Chinatown, but be was hooted down and
taken out of the hall.
The committee then read their report,
which is In the shape Of an address to the
people.
After relating the status of affairs. and
the relations between white and Chinese
labor, it suggests and requests that vine
yardists and all others needing labor Sc
cure white men and women to do the
same
At midnight all is quiet and no violent
demonstration is expected tonight.
AS result of the agitation Cinnamon
from manv vineyards near by came into
town tonight to take refuge in Chinatown.
More than 200 white men have been taken
to the vineyards and many orders have
been left for more. The packing-houses
have discharged nearly all their Chinese
help. so at present the prospects for white
laborers for some time to come are good.