Evening star., 1895-07-19
This One is Raging in the City Of
Washington.
EXCITEMENT In CHINATOWN
Laundry Companies Take Their
Controversy Into Court.
SERIOUS CHARGES MADE

charged with having shot Moy All Sing,
who does cut-rate business at Az street
and Missouri avenue, has been followed by
trouble in chinatown" and now the mem
bers of the so-called Hop Chung Lung Com
pany, or Chinese union, are retaliating for
the alleged wrongs done Moy Chew. This
new move was made yesterday, and last
night Charlie Bing who is also known as
Ching Binn, and All Sing, whose leg was
wounded by pistol shot on the Fourth of
July, were taken in custody by the police.
They were arrested on magistrates war
rants for threats and conspiracy. while Moy
Foon and Lum Kee Sing, against whom
warrants were also issued, were not to be
found. They are also members. SO it is
stated, Of the Sam Lee Cut-rate Company.
seemed to have figured directly in this two
sided celestial fight, but now the names of
Lee Hong, the banker at 314 Pennsylvania
avenue, and Lee, the Chinese merchant. as
well as that of Lee Tuck, who is considered
above the average Chinaman, are being
mentioned in the affair.
When the fight was on, about two weeks
ago, the members of the Sam Lee Company
came boldly to the front and made all the
accusations, but when the grand jury failed
to favor them with an indictment against
Moy Chew they felt somewhat discouraged,
while Moy and his friends were elated to
peared to them to be a great victory.
MOy Cheyv's Indiscretion.
Moy Chew was the happiest man in all
the crowd. and at the same time he felt
that he had a grievance against All Sing
and his companions. To this feeling he
gave vent by using some language which
would probably have caused his arrest for
q violation of one of the municipal ordi-
nances had he been heard by members Of the
Sam Lee Company instead of by Star re-
porter. All this time the members of the
union kept silent. They had nothing much
TO say. even about the shooting. and when
a Star reporter and the detectives visited
them they promptly expressed the belief
that Moy All Sing shot himself.
.'Moy All Sing no likee Moy Chew" near
ly every one of them said. He makee
trouble for Mey Chew. He shoot himself"
When the grand jury ignored the charge
Of shooting. the police had hoped that the
trouble was at end. but knowing the
Cinnamon as they did. they felt certain
that there would be more trouble. In this
they we're not mistaken, for last evening
the Hop Chung Lung Company put the
machinery of the law in motion.
Objects of the Prosecution.
Lawyer W. Carroll Smith, who looked
after the interests of this company, is in
the insane asylum, and Col W. A. Cook,
assisted by a Mr.. Monroe, is now looking
out for them. Only four warrants were
issued last night, but additional ones, it Is
said, were issued today, and others may
follow tomorrow. 1t Is the intention of the
Hop Chung Lung people to get the men,
bers Of the Sam Lee Company in Jail II
possible or drive them from the city, SO
the latter claim, in order to break up the
cheap laundry business.
On the other hand, the Hop Chung Lung
Company's members claim that the laun-
dry question has nothing to do with the
present trouble.
They say that the Sam Lee people, or
some of them, are Lighbinders, and claim
that most Of them lost their queues in
prison.
-Four days ago the mail man delivered to
Quong Sung Lung at 314 Pennsylvania ave-
nue. a letter, which, 1t IS said, was in
terpreted at the Chinese legation yesterday.
The letter. so it is claimed, purported to
come from the Hip Sing Town Club, COM
posed. as it is alleged, of highbinders.
Terrible, dramatically and Other
wise.
This letter, which will be used in court
when the cases are tried, is. as follows:
Hip Sing Town Club. We are the pow
erful, and we present this to the laundry
men and business people in town and your
honorable people what we notice your peo-
pie before who is the man to take care of
your trouble. who is the one to gain or lose,
who is weakest and who is most powerful.
We be satisfied if you obey our orders ard
you will be safe, If you refuse you go down
to hell.
1--WE have plenty Of people and powerful
people in the country to carry things
through. Moy Chew in the court Is nerv-
Gus and weak. He. Moy Chew. is dog
and we are brave as a tiger. Moy Chew
is snake, We are a dragon.
Lee Tuck, Lee Hong, Lee Way, care of
Qrong Surg Lung, 314 Pa. ave-"
This morning there was large gather
ing Of the celestials in Judge Miller's court
in anticipation of hearing the trial Of the
two who were arrested last night, but
Prosecuting Attorney Mullowney did not
care to hear these cases until the other
warrants are served, and so he continued
them until Tuesday. In the meantime
Lawyer William E. Aughinbaugh, counsel
for the Sam Lee Company, promises to
have Lum Kee Sing and Moy Foon in
court. If, however, the police find them
before the time set for the trial of the
cases they will be arrested and required
to give bond.
In one Of the warrants returned to the
Police Court today All Foon, the tea mer-
chant, and All Sing are charged with hav-
ing threatened the life of Yuen Wong.
who lives at 346 Pennsylvania avenue, and
another warrant charges the same China
men with conspiracy to defraud Yuen
Wong, who alleges that they threatened
and endeavored to extort money from
him.
Moy Foon and Charlie Bing, or Ching
Binn. are charged with similar offenses.
In this case Ying Lee appears COM
plainant, and he asserts in his afiidavits
that he really gave the men s..
Charlie Kee is here from Chicago as in
terpreter for the Hop Chung Lung Com
pany, the New York interpreters having
gone home.
Claims of Opposing Counsel.
Col. Cock, counsel for the Cinnamon who
have instituted the prosecution, says that
before the investigation is concluded 4
number of additional charges will be made.
According to his informal ton, there is gi-
gantic conspiracy among the members Of
the Sam Lee Company to eXtort money
from other Cinnamon. At least five Of
them, he said. have paid money to these
people because of the threats, some paying
as high as $50, while others parted with
only So, in addition to a monthly tax of 81.
This money. he said, was said to be for
the purposes of the club, when, as a mat
ter of fact, he says there was no bona fide
club. Those who refused to pay, he said,
were given to understand that they would
meet trouble; that they would suffer per-
sonal and business injury, and they would
be raided.
Lawyer Aughinbaugh, for the Sam Lee
Company, claims that there Is no real JUS
tifica tion for these arrests. They are simply
endeavoring to get the Sam Lee Company
out of business. Charlie Bing, the member
of this company who was arrested last
night, recently bought a laundry on 32d
street, Georgetown. This was a cut-rate
laundry opd II was there that he was ar.