The record-union., 1894-05-18
Ranches and Fruit Farms Raided
by So-Called "Industrials."
JAPS AND CHINESE DRIVEN FROM
THEIR HOMES.
Buildings Destroyed and Looted-The
Orientals Driven Before the Mob of
Whites and Roughly Treated =
Armed Ranchers and Citizens of
VacavilIe Pursue the Rioters and
Capture Eighty-Five of Them,
Whom They Land In Jail.
Special to the REcoRp-UN1oN.

Special to the REcoRD-UNIoN.
VAcAvILLE, May 17.-One hundred
and fifty Industrials this morning raided
ranches and fruit farms in Vaca Valley
for the purpose of driving out Chinese
and Japanese. They took them prisoner
and drove them ahead of them, in vari-
Gus ways maltreating them. The whole
crowd was finally arrested and, including
the Chinese and Japanese, is in custody
here.
With the disbandment of the mob call
ing itself the Industrial Army" Sunday
night, it was thought that trouble in this
| locality had ceased. While large NUM-
Der of the unemployed continued to cen-
ter in town, they were disconnected with
any organization which threatened TO run
the Chinese and Japs out of the valley.
| Sunday night, however, the army To-
Gated near Winters, camping on the south
side of Putah Creek. Beyond petty depre-
dations nothing serious transpired until
last night about 10 o'clock, when the Jap
and China house on the Porter ranch and
| Wilson ranch were raded and destroyed.
The mob continued down Pleasant
Valley, raiding and looting the Chinese
and Jap houses. They woke up William
| Thissel. forced him TO lead them to his
Jap house, and looted and destroyed it.
The mob, which numbered about lbs,
continued south into Vaca Valley, driy-
ing the Chinese and Japs before them.
Having secured guns from the looted
houses, they terrorized the people by
firing guns.
About o'clock this morning, one mile
from town, the mob was met by num-
| Der of ranchers and citizens of this place,
who had been aroused by the local off,
GERS, and, armed with Winchesters, took
mob of eighty-seven whites and the
Chinese and Japs they were driving be-
fore them into town, and now hold them
under arrest on the charge of riot
The county is aroused, and will assert
its right to have its employees continue
undisturbed in their ranch work.
| There is much excitement, and the
! town is full of armed men, and appear
ances here are decidedly warlike.
| 1t is said that body of fifty men, who
| left the main body prior to their arrest,
are at large in the valley.
| There is little or no work in this Sec
ton a. this time which unskilled hands
can do, and under present conditions the
unemployed would do well to give Vaca-
vile wide berth.
EXAMINATION OF THE RIOTERS.
VAcAvILLE, May H.-An examination
of the men arrested this morning COM
menced this afternoon on the charge ol
riot.
The testimony of ranchers shows that
| the Chinese and Jap houses were broll en-
into, and several Japs were maltreated.
The number under arrest is eighty-five.
1t is probable that all will be held to an
swer.
Sheriff Henderson and local officers are
in control of the situation, backed by a
resolute body OF townsmen.
| 1t develops that the citizens of Winters
furnished teams to the mob and seem to
only have cared To get the army out OF
their town into Solano County.
| RAID ON CHINESE NEAR SANGER,
FRESNO. May lit was reported here
that mob of men from Sanger had gone
to Rio Del Rey vineyard last night to
drive away a score of Cinnamon working
there. The vineyard is few miles from
Sanger, and there has been troub BILE on the
same account of late twice before. The
rumors had it that the mob blew up the
house in which the Chinese were sleep
ing with dynamite. and several Celestials
were injured. This could not be sub
stantiated, however. Later reports say
! two sticks OF dynamite were thrown al
the house, but that did not go off. The
Chinese were routed, however.