The San Francisco call., 1897-09-02
IS This
4 THREAT
OF DEATH?
Mission Workers Told to
Have Pity on Their
Lives and Time.
DIX. MASTERS RECEllk A LETTER.
Chinese Residents Fully Aroused
to the Danger to Their
Business.
GREAT INTEREST In T0.DAYS CASE.
Christianity and Heathenism in An
tagonism Before the
Courts.
GREAT INTEREST In TO.DATS CASE.
Christianity and Heathenism in An
tagonism Before the
Courts.

The work of The CALL, supplementing
that of the workers OF the Christian mis-
sions in Chinatown, seems to have
aroused the Chinese residents to a pitch
of desperation, and they begin TO feel that
their only hope to say the wave of indig.
nation which threatens TO engulf their
nefarious business lies in muzzIing the
workers.
DR.. Masters OF the Methodist Mission
has been approached by several prominent
Cinnamon, who called upon him to cease
the agitation which THE CALL was excit-
ing by its articles, not because they
favored the enslaving OF women, but be-
cause they feared that the exposure of
so much Illicit business among the
Chinese will but increase the efforts OF
%t he anti=Chinese element among Ameri-
can. citizens to have more rigorous ex-
=cIusion laws passed by the Congress OF
i.the United States.
The doctor, OF course, denied all con-
.nection with the articles which appeared
Fin The. CALL, but bis visitors said that If
|: :the* mi lssfun workers were little less
1 &C tive The: CALL would not have so much
to wrile about"
II n ADDITION. to:these friendly visits the
Fun ned, written: !: :In 4 hinese, which went
a little efarther*intozthe niatter.a and added
=lnnuendo to :peEsua ion, virtually signify
s. hat : If the: workers: OF the miss. on
cared for their, time and for their lives
they would shoTless actiyityin:t he matter
OF suppressing slavery and resculng
slaVegirls.* 20 +.. = -
The letter was. written in excellent
Chinese and began with#a bitter. denunci:
Of II FOL h
Education, which society has been ipsrru-
mental In having many Eir!s deported 20
China who we're brought here for i'm
moral purposes. The writer characterized
this society as band OF bad men no were
making use OF the ladies of the mission to
further their own interest and then fol-
lowed the suggestion that d. NJ .5ters and
the other workers have pity on their
lives and have pity on their time
1t Is needless to say that the receipt of
tbs letter had no otner effect upon the
workers than to make them more euthu-
siastic, as they could readily see that their
work was having the result that they de-
sired. Following is a literal translation
OF The letter:
TO Rev DR.. Masters Ms. HUI, M. zee
aud Hr. Chan: Carefully considering the
Eng.Isn Educational Society, their action
has man nifested the fact that the society is
composed of disorder.y members They
make rules wishing to tax each person.
/ They tax male and female alike They
call upon the high binders to fight the;
rival longs, but with the society this
perfect wickedness is high as "a m ountaiji.
Outwardly they cali themselves Chris
uaHs, alt the time enticiIg #fhe; female:
mission teachers to- help@ther1 Ito do evil
deeds, everything TO hurt the Chinese
Please, gentlemen: be careful and dili-:
gently examine the wicked mem bers OF
fzttiis4 society," Chin Foo, Chin Fung, .Ho
i Ut In, Louis q uong. @do Lee, Hon Pm:
EHo See Dong Leeny Foon y e, Fook Den.
wh o. is an. ex-conYict. All the other Ell ght.
are profession all blacknlaie Please :,
gentlemen, do not fall: into @their tolls and
Eso=causesth Chinese TO blaspheme your.
Christianity and pastors and teachers'
names: Now Chinatown has n o trouble,
batif in. the future it has trouble it is the:
sin; of those ihat@ help those ten-times
wicked m embers OF the society OF black
mailing. zM1nd.this g ood advice and do
good wIthout5ceasing. .
:..<1s. ave. pity on your lives; have pity on
yo III; tiu,e. = ss 7 =. .::s.<
To-day at 30 clock the, case acains st the
ma n and woman charged with keeping a
heard in<Judge Lows court. Thisis the
case tbatis con sidered> the test among. the
Chinese and they are bending every energy
. toward bringtng bout am sacqpitsal. II
was learned last night Ethat In addition to-
the monthly payment e1torted from the
sla7egir.s iii emselyes TO nighttime M ission-
aries the women who are IN charge OF the
heuses%where these slavegiris are kept do
mated $40 ach TO the fund - r :. ":.+
+ .~It@is*eXpected That as usual, when any
thing like the present case is before the
court, the courtroom Will be filled with:
Chine e:e,= " no will give their moral sup
port TO those of their race Who are on.
| trial. Butthis time they will notbe alone
in this SORT. Of thing, for in rl sponse to
workers, therewilI oea cat therlng ofChris.:
tians also, as many have 81 ignified their in
tention OF beng present an d giving all the
moral assistance in their power. b.: :: :
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