The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-26
BATTLE IN CHINATOWN.
THE MOTT STREET PARKHURST AZ
SAILED ny 4 MOB.

Chu Lock and His Gang Finally Catch mark
Duck In the street and go Mt Him with
KNIVES. BincLincks. and Lnthcrs' Hntchets
Three Men Cut Befaro the Police Arrive.
Chinatown had q high old time last night,
Tho good Cinnamon and tho bad Cinnamon got
together in the middle OF Poll street with knives
and hatchets and blackjacks, and for a few
minutes they had 1t lively. Three men were
stabbed before the police scattered the rioters.
The trouble is an old one. 1t Is the question
of 70 orm, and tho little Oriental community
just of Chatham square has been having moro
fuss over II than the big city of which II ia q
picturesque part. Chinatown has It's Parkhurst
society in the shape of an incorporation known
as tho Hep Sing Tong.
The organizations headquarters are at 81
Bayard street. Its superintendent is Wong Get,
and according to his declarations, It's member
ship comprises the respectable clement
among the Oriontals who are anxious to
prevent the spread OF vice among their
fellow countrymen. A shining light In tho
Hep Sing Tong is Mark Duck, n laundryman
at II Pell street. He is a regular Parkhurst In
his methods Of getting evidence against the
dives OF Chinatown, except that, instead OF using
the information obtained against the police, he
turns 1t over to them.
This has made Mark Duck most unpopular.
and for six months threats have been made to
do him up. The mainstay OF the opposition TO
the reform element is the Long Kong. Gong-Chu
Society, an organization composed of the tribes
OF Long and Kong and Gong and Chu. Accord
ing TO Mark Ducks outfit they're a bad lot, and
ho hates them worse than a customs inspect r.
These two organizations have been very near
to u crisis for weeks. Last Tuesday night Mark
Duck hlls 60, with the spirit - iii OF reform; my went Int
was about to depart with his evidence to tho
| nn1tr ~ IN nm gh.n SOMA nln ptlInn 1 n WIN rar-
oRnized him. Mark then d parted more previpi-
lately than he had anticipated: The mlniP ms
policy GNU slips hDsS and md f hRfs ili iipi sD'I gains. and
kicked him down stairs into the street.
Nth might and main Mark ran o, 70 c the
Young what had happened. and detectives were
chased around to the Joint; but the WHY "ii y ySnna
and his house was as peaceful as a temple OF
But in Chu Locks heart there was a tumult of
wrath. He vowed by the great Joss to get even.
lRst ths.s e ana MARI last r. Fsi asP S nisfb1 TG sSsg hf naia Of 4
what should bs dono. They Instructed Mark TO
go to Police Headquarters ana tell his story.
Mark obeyed yesterday. Acting Inspector Al
iaire ordered Detectives to 60 d9Wn to China ina,
killed. They went, but found everything quiet.
and went away.
looking 1nls ~e for ~n 4 f tas m nGnsiA Op later noH Marx Tfq DUCK @ss
appeared in Pcll street with Long Tye and Ong
Fun. lie stoou IN front OF the Gnu fnc-
with his eyes wide open. expecting trouble.
but game enough to meet it,. Chu Lock
saw him. and, sneaking through the crowd. he
strike Mark, Long Tyc grabbed his arm and
yelled. The street began to boil. Chu Lock
wrenched himself free. stabbed Tyc in the right
arm and fed.
Three minutes later he came back with his
Blackjack. and they pitched into the re.
form faction with a vengeance. Mark Duck
and his friends were doing the best they
could. but matters would have Jared badly with
the men had word of the row not reached the
station. dozen policemen swept down on the
screaming fighters Just when the row was
l%iveliest. and the Long Kong. Gong Chu faction
fed.
Mark Duck was found on the ground cut in
several places but not seriously hurt, After his
wounds were attended TO he rounded up his
enemies with the detectives. and Chu Yee. Chu
Yu, Chu Lock, Chu Hoy. and Chu Kong
were arrested. Chu Hoy had a brand new
lather's Ratchet under his blouse when searched
at the station house.
| Chu Kong had n stab wound On his leg, and as
he insisted that Mark Duck gave it TO him Duck
was also locked up. All the prisoners are
charged with felonious assault.