The San Francisco call., 1897-06-01
LAWS OF
THE RAND
IGNORED
Desert Miners Defied
by a Johannesburg
- -. Woman
WILL NOT. DISCHARGE
T.. JAPANESE.
Mrs. squires' Bold. Reply to a
= Committee of Border = IT,.
Citizens. PIN; >>.>;5. /.
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EMPLOYS COOLIES AS COCKS IN
Il. HER HOTEL.
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Residents of the Camps VIII To-.
~. Night Decide on a Decisive
49,. -: Plan. of Action. - - r.
Mrs. squires' Bold. Reply to a
Committee of Border -.
Il: Citizens. :><.'%-:".::
EMPLOYS COOLIES AS COCKS IN
HER HOTEL.
Residents of the Camps VIII To-
Night Decide on Decisive
-. Plan of Action. -: :.

nan DSbUh CAL.i AA aY 0l.--1IOupEe
is brewing on the Rand. The unwritten
law OF the desert mines has been defed
and set aside, and the rough men of the
border propose to enforce it in the sum-
mary manner that obtains where courts
and lawyers have not yet gained loot
hold.
In the early history of mining on the
desert long before Randsburg was thought
of, it was decided that nc . Chinese
were wanted. Goler was the prin-
cipaI camp, both for. placer and quartz
mining. One ofthe rules agreed on there
was that any Chinaman who dared visit
the camp would be given twenty minutes
in which to retrace his steps. or made to
pay 81 for every minute thereafter s pent
in Goler. ..... s:...:. ....-. .. 90
Every endeavor has been made by lead
ing Chinese at Mojave to get foothold
for their countrymen in Randsburg
Money has been Offered for positions,
business men have been guaranteed fancy
rentals for buildings, and on. one occa-
sion well-known Celestial arrived here
on the stage and proceeded TO make
himself popular by treating everybody
He visited the several resorts and showed
himself to. be good fellow. When the
stage was ready. to: leave on the following
morning he had not yet retired to sleep,
and was treating the early .rjsers 10 cock
tails. When the stage started the China
= man was invited 10 get aboard, never to
return. and he obeyed the invitation. :
Yesterday, as. announced in these dis
patches, two japanese passed through
Randsburg on their way to Johannesburg
to take positions as cooks in the johannes
burg Hotel. AT once. angry NUT
terings were heard in the camp.
Courlers were dispatched to Johannes
burg to learn if the residents Of that
camp sanctioned the: infringe ement on
the rights of white laborers. The reply
came bacK that the investigation: there
was as in tense as at Randsburg and a
joint meeting of the citizens. of the two
camps was called by means of the follow
ing notice: posted in the two camps:
Notice is hereby. given to all min.
ers, mine-owners. and all persons in
OF Rsndsburg and Johannesburg to
meet at the Hoilenbeck restaurant in Rands-
burg this (Mondsyl evening, May 81, at 8
O'Clock, to discuss and lock after the protec-
T. tion of the white labor of aforesaid camps.
E. BY order of the committee. ::
The meeting was an animated one.
- Speeches were made by leading miners
and mine owuers, and twas declared to
be the sense of the gathering that the
Japanese must be made: to go, and that
without the sligh delay. A commit
tee of five was appointed 10 wait upon
Mrs. Squires of the Johannesburg
and notify her of the action
of the JOINT mass meeting.
That this notice failed of the desired re-
suit is why there are going to be lively
times in Johannesburg soon. Late to-
night the following telegram was received
by The CALL representative, indicating
that Mrs. Squires is determined to oppose
the will of the border men:
JOHANNESBURG, CAL, May 2I.-Reouest
will not be complied with. Trouble certain.
When the committee called on Mrs.
Squires, the matter was discussed in
a peacsabIe and businesslike manner.
Chairman Finch explained the situation
and requested her to dismiss her lnwel-
come help. She asked for res .onable
time in which to replace the japanese, or
atleast that the committee should re place
them.
She said the employment office at Los
Angeles declared it was in possible to get
whites to come to the desert at thig time
of year. She did not discharge her
white labor; they quit, and she had been
trying for two weeks to get white labor.
but could not.
This was the unsatisfactory reply which
the Randsburg members of the com I'M ittee
brought back late tonight. Had the
offeader been a man instead o.
woman there would have been
no further nincing OF words; the
employer of Japanese would have been
summasily dealt with, and the coolies
would have been in luck if they escaped
with unpunctured cnticles, But here was
one of the gentler sex TO deal with. and
the chlvatry of the border men asserted
itself
1t was decided that before decisive ac-
tion was taken another mass ting OF
Randsburg and Johannesburg citizens be
called, and notices were scattered abouj
in places where they will catch the eye o.
the populace early in the morning.
The conference will be held in the H Hol.
lenbeck restaurant tomorrow night, and
whatever action is decided upon will bt
: taken before. the sun rises Wednesday
morning.
While to-night's meeting was in
progress the two Japanese were locked in
the kitchen of the Johannesburg Hotel.
and the white employees of the hostelry
stood guard to defend them in case the
miners decided to eject them by force.
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