The morning call., 1893-05-21
THEY FEEL ENCOURAGED.
Chinese Pleased With Eastern Re-
ligiOuS Support.

Chinese Pleased With Eastern Re-
ligious Support.
did you ever see the streets of China
town so empty of Chinese as they are
| now?" was the exclamation of the prison.
keeper at the Waverly place police station
yesterday afternoon. and he was but one
Of hundred men familiar with Chinatown
| for years past who has noticed the fact
! hat the Chinese have been thianed out to
not only noticeable, but remarkable
extent within the past few days.
Great stress was laid upon the fact by
parties who wanted to disprove the expose
made by The CALL yesterday of the Six
! Companies new scheme, that the steamship
/ Queen, now being put in shape for sea
voyage. is to 60 10 Alaska. and while 1t is
not denied that the vessel is being fitted up
| 10 carry a large number of Chinese, 1t is
argued that the Mongolans are going to
Alaska to work in the caDneries.
! A visit to the Chinese firms who have
made it business for a quarter of a
century to furnish the Chinese la Dor en-
rloyed on this coast reveals this state Of
affairs. Absolutely no contracts at any
price will be made for what is technically
known as "the season." whether in Cali
fornia or Alaska, and the demand for
laborers is far greater than the supply.
A. b. Butler. Ben Woodworth. Frank Ball
Of Fresno County, Page & Morton OF
Tulare County and other employers, who
have work for from 50 to 500 hands. are
suddenly short of men-and why?
Until within a week there was no ap-
parent decrease in the supply of Chinese
labor, but now from both the San joaquin
and Sacramento Valleys the demands for
registered" Chinese are steadily increas-
ing.
1t is an uncontrovertable fact that the
Six Companies have been shipping Chinese
to points on the border and are continuing
to do so daily.
Certain agents who deal in railway
tickets and make percentages off of the
fares of large parties secured for points in
and out of the United States have been
constant visitors to the temporary shipping
Sffice Of the Six Companies estab-
Ilshed in house In the 800 block
on Dupont street, and one of these agents
met in the doorway of the house yester-
day with twenty-seven railroad tickets
and a check on the Wells-Fargo bank for
S575. admitted that all his passengers were
all Chinese and that they were destined
for "a point down south," and that the
fare had been paid by party upstairs.
Upstairs mo sable" was the only reply
to all questions. and yet some one upstairs
| had written a check in remarkably good
business hand. The signature could not
be seen. as the agent said the transporta-
tion was in the nature of strictly private
| business.
Considerable interest Is manifested in
the movements of Mandarin Chinese,
who made his first appearance in China
town yesterday and was busy visiting the
! Six Companies presidents and the leading
merchants during the day.
His dress and the Difference everywhere
shown the stranger indicates that he is
parsonage of no small Importance.
At both the consulate and offices of the
Six Companies it was claimed that 9TH
ing was known of the stra ger, but from
merchant whom he visited it was learned
that the Mandarin is from Washington
and has been sent here by orders of the
Chinese Minister to fully investigate GER
tain phases of the present Chinese trouble.
Whatever his mission and wherever he
comes from, it was evident yesterday to
those who watched his movements that he
was treated with unusual respect and
courtesy everywhere.
| The Chinese are laughing heartily over
the effort of Cary at Sacramento to defy
the instructions of the Secretary of the
Treasury and arrest Chinese without cer-
tiflcates.
They claim that the unregistered Chinese
arres ed at the State capital were released
upon orders telegraphed from Washington,
and that it was intimated that until orders
came from headquarters to enforce the law,
all Chinese should be left unmolested.
Collector Quinn PROCESSES to know moth
Ing about the case, but says that until he
receives orders from his superior TO en-
force the law he will take no steps to
arrest any one.
The Collector also says that he has re-
celved no orders of any kind from WASH
ngton.
1t is not generally known that there are
several clauses in the Geary act outside of
the registration clause that render Chinese
who have pefpetrated or attempted TO per
tetrate fraud in securing certificates, pre-
sumably for themselves, and transferring
the same TO others, or who have given
wrong names in applying for certificates,
liable to arrest and severe punishment.
Whlle it Is not known to be the case it Is
believed that should the orders come to
enforce the law. not only the unregistered
Chinese but many of those registered
would be subject to arrest
AS stated yesterday, it has now become
almost impossible for white man to