The record-union., 1893-09-11
Special to the REcoRD-UNIoN.

Special to the RECoRD-UNION.
SAN BERNARDINo, Sept. 10.-An the
Cinnamon of this city and the surround
ing country quit work this morning,
with the exception of a mere handful
who registered under the Geary law. AS
far as can be learned, only three China
men are at work to-day. Scores of them
have bought tickets and are departing on
every train for either Los Angeles or San
Francisco: Not a Chinese vegetable
wagon has been seen on the streets to-
day.
A leading Chinaman states this sudden
action and excitement was brought about
by story that United States officer
took $l45 from the person of a Chinaman
| arrested for violating the Geary Act, and
used it to buy tickets to China for half
dozen other Cinnamon who had no
/ money. Whether true or not, the story
is circulating among Cinnamon here, and
those who have money are leaving. All
| Chinese washhOuses are closing, or are
badly crippled for want Of help.
The Chinese talk OF q pOssib BILE massacre
of Americans in China and a like retalia-
ton here later on, and say the only safe
place for them is in their own country.
The hotels and restaurants found it diff
fcult to get cooks and dishwashers on so
short notice, and some of them failed to
open their doors to-day.
Deputy United States Marshal Faris
| passed through this city to-day in charge
Of four Cinnamon arrested at Redlands,
! which adds to the excitement of the celes-
tlals here, as they are informed that
number of warrants of arrest have been
made out against celestials of this city.
A BOYCOTT AT Los ANGELES.
! Los ANGELES, Sept. 9.-The Attorney
/ General of the United States has sent
! telegram to United States Marshal Gard
which was received by the Marshal yes
terday and which instructs him to enforce
! the Geary Act, sixth section and all. The
/ Marshal is further instructed to carry
away all Cinnamon ordered deported and
| see to it that the orders are carried out to
/ the letter. The telegram still further in
| structS Marshal Gard to continue to carry
| out the law until he is informed that there
are no more available funds for that pur-
/ pose on hand.
| 1t now looks as if there was either
| boycott declared or else the Cinnamon are
| so thoroughly frightened as to act in con-
/ cert Very few families were served with
| vegetables yesterday morning by Chinese
| peddlers, and those pedGlers who did call
| instructed housohoiders that they would
/ AOI Gall again anu u6luauueO WnaG6Ver
| money was due them. Most ofthe Chinese
| peddlers say that they have been told to
! quit, and it is generally believed by
/ householders that a boycott has been de-
clared by the Six Companies.
A VINEYARD RAIDED.
! FRESNO, Sept. I0.-A mob of six white
workmen raided r. II. MetZler's Vine
! yard Friday night and proceeded to re-
move the Chinese grape-pickers there
rf.,l
/ bunkhouse, but getting no response they
| shot several holes through the house
! without effect. They next tore down the
/ house and beat the Chinese, badly wound
! ing three of them. They then marched
! them toward Fresno as far as the Butler
| vineyard, when two of the wounded Chi
| nese fell exhausted.
| They were found in the woods badly
| wounded and brought to this city, but
! two of the others had disappeared and
| cannot be found. 1t is impossible to tell
| what has become of them, as the wounded
| Chinese appear too frightened to speak.
! PROVISIONS OF THE ACT NULLIFIED.
New YORK, Sept. lO.-The provisions
of the Chinese Exclusion Act are practic-
! ally nullitied at this port, for in nine
| cases out of ten those seeking admittance
are able to pass the ordeal of rigid ex-
aminations and Investigations. Collector
| Kilbreth, in looking over lot of alleged
| merchants, students and actors the other
day, said: There is certainly fraud
here" and yet after a most rigid ex-
/ animation he was unable to shake the
! testimony of a single individual. Their
! credentials being seemingly correct,
! they were admitted.
/ According to the suspicious of men
! most intimately asso ciated with the
/ Chinese cases, there is an organization
OF ofsmugglers, having headquarters and
| agents in Hongkong, Vancouver, b. G.,
! San Francisco, New Orleans, Havana
and New York. The principal ports are
/ Havana and New \ 1ork. The other
| cities are:merely forwarding stations.
| Other features which make this scheme
! possible are free masonry Of Chinese
/ kinship, money and desire to circumyent
/ the exclusion law. The cases of the stu
| dents and actors who enter this country
| for the first time are most interesting.
( These all come across the continent from
! the Pacific Coast to New Orleans in bond.
| and go thence to Havana. They undoubt-
/ edly receive instructions on the way, but
/ the finishing touches to their education
/ are put on at Havana, where they re-
main sometimes months, sometimes
/ longer. They are invariably domiciled
/ with Yung Sing, and when they reach
| New York they are met by Yung Luck,
/ his cousin, or Lee Foy, the latter;s part
! ner. These three have been openly de-
/ nOunced by the Chinese inspector at this
/ port as smugglers. The examinations Of
! applicants for admission take place
/ in the main cabins of the Ward line
| steamers,
4 The Chinese, to prove that they are not
/ laborers, have permitted their finger
1 nails to grow from the day on which they
! left their own country. They are gener-
( ally asked to describe the route on which
I they came from China. This is now read
I lily answered, but few weeks ago il was
a difficult question. They have evidently
| been enlightened in the meantime. When
I asked why they have taken such a cir
/ cuitous route to reach New York. thew
/ claim either to have had business in Ha-
! vsna or to have stopped to see a brother
cousin or friend. Nothing can transcend
I their calmness while answering ques-
! tions and no amount of crOss-examining
/ can shake their testimony. Within six
weeks upward of thirty students have ar
1 rived here. Twenty-Five have disap-
( peared or found to be working in Chirese
/ restaurants or laundries. In the same
| time over,itwenty actors have reached
Z New York, and since the first of the year
/ seventy-five. There is but one Chinese
/ theater in the city. Some actors appear
on the stage for a day or two in the
capacity of 'populace'' or soldiers or
I among the ''retinue OF a Mandarin"
Where this smuggling can end no one
can tell. The smugglers, it is said, guar
antee the safe delivery Of every Chinese
( here for from 500 to $50. At present
the rate is the highest figure, for the in
vestigation is very rigid. The system of
communication kept up between New