The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-12-07
MIR. BUHNS sAES fHB 5LUhS.
A Midnight visit TO Chinatown and the
BoMeTN.

NEW YORK, Dec. G.-John Burns, NJ.
T., after the dinner rendered 10 MN by
the trade unions in Clarendon Han on
Tuesday night, sauntered out TO see what
the slums of New York were Ike by night
He told his experiences TO a Sun reporter
ye 3terday.
Il went first to police headquarters,
he said and saw how the sun ana the
other great newspapers In New YORK
gather the news. The city is covered by
a wonderful network of telephone and
other means of instant communication
when anything worth recording occurs
The system is a very perfect one II
seems TO me, and very little can escape
the reporters.
The sergeant at the desk, / must say
was exceedingly courteous and Obligins.
When | told him what / wanted he tele-
phoned to the Elizabeth-street station
asking the sergeant or captain there TO
detail a policeman In plain clothes 70 take
me around On our way 70 Chinatown
we stopped at a concert hall on the Bow
cry. l saw nothing particularly vicious
there. There were girls but none Of them
sat beside me or tried 20 attract my
attention. That may have been, how
ever. because | do not look like "A ladies'
man. | was surprised to ind that | could
get ginger ale by asking for it, for you
know I'm a total abstainer. You could
not get such a drink in u London concert
saloon.
81 went through Pell, Mott, Doyers and
other streets in Chinatown, and saw the
opium dens Then j went into the Joss
house at 10 Mott street ! felt there as II
| were In a new world. 1t was unlike
ANYTHING either American or English. with
the clouds of incense floating around, the
joss sticks burning, and the barbaroUs
face Of Joss looking out from mass Of
rich carving What surprised me greatly
and made me sad was the number Of
white girls who live with Cinnamon either
as their mistresses or wives. and | was
still greater surprised to learn that most
Of them are Irish-Amerlcans
II went into the restaurant at IL Mott
street, below the Joss house. but can't
say l fancied the dishes. While / was
there some white girls came in, accom-
panied by white roughs. Among the girls
was one who was not more than fifteen
years old. No restaurant OF the kind in
London at that hour, \. NJ, would be
open for men and women"
Mr. Burns was then told by his guide
about the way the Chinese are convert
ed" each Chinaman having pretty
white girl all TO himself as teacher. He
doesn't like the plan.
Mr. Burns inspected the cheap lodging
houses Oh the IONtlg AAlNg were ldltiy
clean. he said. but the doors were not
agreeable. He thinks the municipal lodg-
ing houses of London better. In them
for threepence a man can obtain a good
room and a bath.
Mr.. Burns, with David Holmes, Mr..
Benn. Samuel Gompers, and other dele
gates TO the convention of the American
Federation Of Labor left for Denver last
evening over the New York Central rail-
road. They intend to stop over at Nj
agara Falls; then go direct to their dest-
nation. with possibly a few hours stay In
Chicago. on his way back to this city
Mr. Burns expects 10 visit Omaha. Kan
sas city, Chicago. Pittsburg and Wash
ington. At Washington he intends TO
make a thorough examination of the
Government Printing Office, with a view
OF getting data to present with a bill
shortly to be introduced in Parliament.
the object Of which is to do away with
the contract system Of printing now used
bv the British Government.
Yesterday Mr.. Burns went to BROOKLYN
over the bridge and rode on the ferries
and the elevated railroads, the latter OF
which he says he doesn't like.