The morning call., 1893-05-20
CUNNING OF THE CHINESE.
California to Be Deprived of All
Able-Bodied Laborers.
LEAVING THE HALT AND BLIND.
Latest Scheme of the Six Companies
to Defeat the Purpose of the
Geary Act.

The gigantic scheme of the Six Com
panias to defeat or evade the Geary de-
portation act is 40 longer a secret.
Yesterday one of the men high in author
ity in the councils of the Six Companies
carelesSly let drop a remark that put a
CALL reporter on the trail, and it took less
than an hour to ascertain almost the full
details of the plan.
In brief it is that if the law is to be en-
forced the Chinese are going TO deport
themselves. not to China, but 10 Mexico.
South America and British Columbia. and
there wait until some plan has been pre-
pared by the Six Companies for their re-
turn to the United States.
The latter organization is withdrawing
as rapidly as possible all the laborers from
the vineyards, farms, mills, kitchens and
mines in tbs interior of the State and are
sending them to points near the Mexican
line or the border OF British Columbia.
Yesterday Detectives Cox and Glennon,
the Chinatown detectives. Informed Chief
Crowley that all the notorious hfgnbinders
had suddenly disappeared from China
town and that fully 800 well-known
Chinese who have always given the police
more or less trouble had dropped out of
sight.
Twenty minutes later a rancher and
vineyardist from Fresno told THE CALL
reporter that all his feldbands had sud-
denly left him, and finding it impossible
to supply their places through the con-
tractors for Chinese labor he has hereto
fore dealt with he had come TO San Fran
cisco to try to make contract for regis
tered Chinese to work among his vines,
but was unable TO get any satisfaction,
even when as high as ST. 70 and 50 per day
was offered for hands under contract for
the season.
just little later 1t was learned that the
steamship Queen, which with two or three
sister ships has been lying at anchor in
the bay near Sausaito for months,
was being ftted out as rapidly as possible
with crew, being provlsioned and put in
readiness to go to sea. and it is understood
I at the other ships mentioned are also to
be put in readiness for 2 sea voyage at
once. The steamship officers, as usual,
knew nothing about it, but man who
was endeavoring to secure the position of
steward on the Queen was well enough
posted to know that his services if re-
quired at all, would be needed at once.
There can be no doubt about the correct
ness of the information as to the Six Com
panies' plans. They are constantly in.
formed by kilograms from Washington Of
the exact status of affairs, and the Chinese
Minister at the capital will. out of cour-
tesy, be notified as TO she intention of the
Government to order the enforcement Of
the law previous TO the orders being issued
by the Secretary of the Treasury to the
various collectors of internal revenue.
If further time fer registration is re-
fused, then the Chinese who are near the
southern or the northern boundary lines
can quickly march across into Mexico or
British Columbia, and those in San Fran
cisco will be loaded on the steamers char
tered. and then the ships will go up and
down the coast picking up the Chinese
who will have eongregated at out-of-the-
way ports in California. Oregon and
Washington. When the ships are loaded
the Chinese will be landed in Mexico,
principally. where it is said they can easily
find work, but, whether they work or not,
the Six Companies will take care of them,
for time, at least.
As further evidence of the in tention of
the Six Companies to make some big move
soon it may be stated that on Thursday