The herald., 1893-09-11
STRICKEN CHINESE.
CONSERVATION Has Seized the
Celestials.
They Are All Very Anxious to
Register Now.
Marshal Gard and His Five Prisoners
in San Francisco.
Unregistered Coolies Leaving the State
in Large eNninbers-A General Exo-
dus from San Bernardino.
Acts of Violence.

BY the Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 10.-The first
Cinnamon to have their sentences OF
deportation under the Geary' registra-
tion act executed arrived in San Fran
cisco from Los Angeles yesterday. and
are confined in the county jail, where
they will be detained until Tuesdsy,
when they will be sent back to the
celestial kingdom on the steamer China.
There are five Chinese in the batch, and
they came here in charge of United
States Marshal Gard, who will see them
on board the steamer and will not leave
them until he has the captains receipt
Tor them. The Chinese are. all labor
ers. and were arrested on warrants is
sued from the United States court in
Los Angeles. They were taken before
Judge Ross and by him sentenced to be
deported as they had not complied with
the law requiring Chinese in the United
States to be registered. Collector Wise
was notified by telegram that the Chin
ese were on their way to San Francisco,
and was requested to receive the pris-
oners. The collector telegraphed to
Washington for instructions. and the
answer came last evening instructing
him to notify the marshal in charge of
the prisoners that he would have to
look out for them until they were on
board the steamer, as the entire matter
rested with the courts, and the marshal
was the man properly authorized to
carry out It's order. -
The news that the Chinese had ar
rived in the city and would be placed on
the steamer leaving Tuesday, created q
sensation all through Chinatown here.
The matter was the only subject OF con-
versation among the Chinese of all
classes last night. The presidents of the
Six companies held a.conference yester-
day afternoon at the consul-generals
Office, and not few dispatches passed
between them and the Chinese legation
at Washington. Those who profess to
know wnar tne local Chinese are about
to do, declare that the consul general
and the Six companies are preparing q
petition to send to President Cleveland.
The document will place the blame for
the Chinese not registering heretofore
upon the faith they gave their American
legal advisers, who assured them that
the Geary law could not stand. 1t will
promise allegiance in the future, and
pray for an extension OF the time in
which TO allow them to register.
In view OF the recent Developments
the Chinese question is creating much
public interest here. though there seems
no probability of any violence among
the classes who are most hostile to the
Chinese. United States Judges Nc
Kenna and Morrow are expected to de-
eide an important case tomorrow in
volving the deportation of an unregis-
tered Chinaman, and if they decide in
favor OF deportation. it is probable that
an effort will be made to have a number
OF Chinese in this city arrested. An
organization known as the Anti-Chinese
Law and Order league, which ls led by
several local and anti-Chinese agitators,
has arranged for a large mass meeting
Thursday at which efforts will be made
to secure the rigid enforcement of the
Geary act, and among other things a
memorial will be addressed to congress
calling for an appropriation for funds
necessary to enforce the law.
The situation in the interior of the
state does not seem to indicate the
probability of any very serious acts of
violence against Chinese laborers. The
attacks upon Chinese grape-pickers
near Fresno, Friday. seem to- have
been made by party of rough char
acters, more for the purpose OF robbing
than anything else. One of the China.
men attacked there is in dangerous
condition and may not recover.
A dispatch from Tulare announces
that an attack had been made upon
Chinese vegetable peddlers there. A
party of four men on horseback rode to
their bunk house at night, produced
pistols and demanded money from the
Chinese, The Chinese said there was
not any. The robbers said they would
kill them, 30 the Chinese brought out a
money bag with $175. After that the
robbers went through their pockSts and
extracted $l5 more. One Chinaman
tried to get away, but was knocked
down with club. A man named CLARK
has been arrested for this offense. and
warrants have been issued for the arrest
OF others.
A dispatch from San Bernardino
states that 800 Chinese cooks, walters
and other laborers quit work this morn
ing by order of the Six Companies. The
Southern hotel is closed for lack of help.
The Chinese say they will return to
China.