The San Francisco call., 1897-08-13

their work he and his men are prompt to
lend all the assistance in their power,
and are always ready to respond to a call
for aid. 1t is also noticeable in this con-
nection that police in uniform, who are
supposed to preserve the peace and pro-
tect those who are in need, give the least
assis tance in such cases.
On the occasion spoken of the two Off
GERS sent in response to the telephone
message of Miss Lake stood around and
saw the struggle In which the slave was
choked and beaten by The mistress of the
house and watchman. and they made no
move to give protection except to tell the
ladies to let her 60 as she was getting
the worst of it,"
Mrs. Lake, matron OF the Methodist
Mission House, sad yesterday that the
workers received more obstruction from
these watchers" than from the Chinese
themselves, and on this occasion the man
show cred abuse upon her and her com.
panions during the entire time that they
were in the house. and after the girl was
taken away the watchman followed them
and tried to incite Chinese mob to take
the girl back In this instance, however
one of the mem bers of The Chinatown
squad was irritated beyond endurance by
the molestatio ons of the fellow and finally
gave him a kick that sent him back after
he b ad followed them tor four blocks
pouring out his abu7e and vile language
upon the heads of The ladies.
TIE principal cause of grievance on the
part of this individual seemed to be the
fact that a petition was in circulation
which had for its object the suppression
of Chinese slavery, ana his consequent
loss of a Job, and also that The CALL was
taking steps To throw light upon The con-
dltions which prevailed in the Chinese
quarters of The City. He appeared to feel
that the ladies of the missions were
directly responsible for the petition and
gave his opinion of the matter in unmeas-
ured terms. In speaking OF the incident,
Mrs. Lake said:
"We received word last April that this
q ri desired 10 escape from the hands of
her owners and ever since that time we
have been trying to get her. but some
thing has always occurred 10 prevent the
carrying out OF the attempt TO rescue her.
Last night Mrs. Hull, Miss Lake and
myself went through Chinatown, and as
we passed the door OF the house where the
pirl was Kept wc went In and found the
door open. He RiII otSt'hS III q AOOibS
and while Mrs. Hull and went in to keep
her company Miss Lake went out to tele-
phone for an officer 10 help US take her
away. While she was gone the watch man
came to the door and demanded ad Init
tance but we I'D not let him in until the
police came. When the officers came We
attempted a to take the girl out, but the
watchman and the mistress OF the house
caught her and fought us as we struggled
to get to the door. The policemen s.ool
by and gave us no assistance whatever.
The mistress put her thumb in the glrfs
throat and choked her until she was black
in the face. At last the police told US that
we had better let the girl CO. as she was
getting the worst of it, and then. when we
loosened our hold, the poor creature was
dragged by her hair into room ana the
door was locked.
''We sent for the sergeant OF the CHINA
town squad and when he came he left two
other officers with US and gave them In
structions to protect US. When we got
the door open to get the girl out we were
again attacked by the watchman and the
mistress, but succeeded, with the aid OF
the Two policemen, in getting her from
the house. We had been in there fully
two hours and ali the while the watchman
was abusing US and also doing all In his
power to make US leave the place, claim