Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-05-26
A CUNNING SCHEME.
STILL DETERMINED TO FIGHT
OUR LAWS.
The Six Companies Have Deter.
mined to Send their Scrf. 10
Mexico and British CoIumbtu.
Ohul they can Arrange for
Another Contest.

| Si they can Arrange for
Another Contest.
a San Francisco dispatch Of Satur.
day says that the gigantic scheme OF
the Six Companies to defeat or cyadc
the Geary act, is no longer a secret.
In brief, it is that if the law is To lie
enforced the Chinese are going TO de
port themselves, not To China, hut 10
Mexico, South America and British
Columbia, and there wait until son C
plan has been prepared 10y the Six
Companies for their return To this
country. The latter organization is
withdrawing as rapidly as possible all
the laborers from the vineyards, farms
mills, kitchens and mine- in the int.
rior OF the State, and is sending them
to a point near the Mexican line or
the border of British Columbia. II
has been learned that the steamship
Queen, which with two OF three sister
ships has been lying at anchor in the
bay near Sausali.o for months, was
being fitted out as rapidly as possible
with crew, being provisioned and
put in readiness to go to sea, and it is
understood that the other ships men
toned are also to be put in readiness
for sea voyage at once. If further
time for registration is refused, then
the Chinese who are near the southern
or nothern borders can quickly march
across into Mexico or British Column
bia, and those i'll San Francisco will
be loaded on steamers chartered, and
then steamers will go up and down
the coast, picking up the Chinese who
will have congregated at out-oi-thc-
way ports in California, Oregon and
Washington. When the ships are
loaded the Chinese will be landed in
Mexico principally, where, IL i- 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 a further evidence OF the
intention of the Six Companies to
make some big move soon, it may he
stated that on Thursday last various
banks in which the companies have
their cash deposited, were notified that
the entire amounts Of deposits would
probably be withdrawn within the
next 10 or 20 days upon few hours
notice. As it is claimed that there il
upward of $625,O 600 deposited in the
banks here by the Chinese. the i'm
pOrtance of such notification To the
banks can be readily understood. The
object OF the Six Companies in making
the move outlined is evidently TO
cripple every individual and concern
employing Chinese labor. To cause rs
much OF stringency in the money
market as possible, and by this means
create demand from the white people
for a return OF the Chinese. The rea.
sons for their undertaking the expense
of deporting the unregistered Chinese
are-first, to leave for deportation by
the United States authorities only
such Chinese as may be refused
landing in China, namely the lcpers,
the cripples, manned, sick. halt, blind.
ETC.; second, as the. United States can
only deport the Chinese to China, the
Six Companies, even if they should
get modification of the law, would
find all their able.bodied men too far
away to bring them back; but with
them in Mexico and British Columbia,
the expense would be triiling to have
them return.