The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-08-12
YANG YU TAKES A HAND,
Chinese Feud Reaches the
Ears of the Minister at
Washington.
ConsuI-General Ii Has Proclama-
lions Posted All Over China
town.

Official cOgnlZance OF the CHINATOWN
troubles has been taken by the Chinese
Minister at Washington, Yang Yu, and a
circular was posted about Chinatown yes
terday, by direction of the Consul General,
Ii Yung Yew, calling attention to a dis
patch from Minister Yang, and urging the
Ming Yongs and See Yups and others to
cease boycotting the Sam Yups.
Save the crowds that gathered to read
these circulars and the continual hammer
ing of the discordant gongs in the joss
houses to brighten the bad spirits away,
Chinatown was orderly and quiet yester-
day.
The boycott against the Sam Yups has
caused that particular one of the Six Com
panies great financial loss, and opposition
butcher-shops and bookstores have been
started here and there by the See Yups.
These have been we'll patronized, because
the fear of physical force and personal
violence has almost entirely prevented
customers from patronizing Sam Yup
stores.
The affair was, therefore, brought to the
attention of the Chinese Minister by a
communication from the Sam Yups' side
of the feud, with the result that telegram
was sent by that diplomat to Consul-Gen-
eral Ii. The circular issued yesterday tells
its own story as follows:
FROM THE coNsULATE-NoTIcE.
To All Chinese Concerned: The Minister rep
resenting his Imperial Majesty to the United
ing received a communication stating that the
Ming Yong people have threatened to avoid
and pass by the Sam Yup people, he has there
fore telegraphed to us the following message:
To LII Yung Yelc, Consul General for China, San
Francisco, Cal.-SIR: It has come to our notice
that the business of the Sam Yup people has
been made to suffer by certain lawless persons
by the withdrawal and withholding of patron
age from the said business, and by efforts TO
persuade others to withdraw and withhold
their patronage from the same. This, we are
informed, is causing much disturbance and
may at any time provoke acts of disorder.
Trade should be free TO all, and all men en-
gagged in business are legally entitled to profit
thereby. The interests OF Chinese residents in
this country and those OF our nation at home
are identical, and any attempt to separate the
allied brotherhoods must naturally cause dis
aster among the merchants of our race.
/ therefore notify all Chinese people con-
cerned that the business of buying and selling
must be allowed to go on without further in
reference. Should the present state of things
continue, trade intercourse might be COM
pletely stopped. 1t would be wise ii the chief
men of the Six Companies should confer to-
gether and do all in their power to quiet the
people YANG YU, Minister.
PROCLAMATION.
Now. therefore, /, Ii Yung Yew, Consul-Gen-
eral, do hereby notify all Chinese concerned,
and call attention to the message of the Minis
ter at Washington. Let all Chinese residents
be governed accordingly.
II any violation of law or act of disorder be
committed, or any street disturbance, as re-
Gently occurred, will at once inform the au-
thoritIes of this municipality and ask them to
enforce their laws.
Let all 90 on and trade as before and stop
dividing up into factions. The Sam Yups,
Ming Yongs, See Yups and all others are people
from the same country, and are brothers of the
same race. They should therefore be friendly
together, and not do anything which might
cause disturbance OF business relations Let
no one hinder any person in the buying and
selling of goods.
If any acts are committed contrary to this
notice they will be at the risk of the lawless
persons themselves, and the laws shall be al
lowed to take their course. Take warning.
Ii YUNG YEW, Consul General,
CHANG TIP CHING, Consul.
1t is claimed by Chinese prominent in
the SIX Companies that the chief officers
of the See Yups still maintain amicable re-
lations with the Sam Yups. These au-
thorities say that it is only the more COM
mon people among the See Yups who in
sist on boycotting the Sam Yups, and that
they are melted to do so by the highlander
element.
Last evening, after the Chinese had bad
a pretty thorough opportunity to digest
the contents of the Washington Minister s
proclamation, another placard was posted.
1t evidently was inspired by the highbind-
ers, for it counseled the Chinese to pay
and called upon the See Yups to meet to-
morrow and perfect the organization of
the new Wey Fung federation. Sergeant
Shea's men tore down the placards at the
request of the ConsulGeneral. There was
considerable excitement for a few mo-