The San Francisco call., 1898-10-11
ANOTHER BLOW TO
 CHINESE IMMIGRANTS
THE CALLS COMMENTS HAVE
 BORNE GOOD FRUIT.
Collector Jackson Stops Communica- tion Between Mongoliars Wish ing to Land and Resi-
 dents.

The revelations made recently in The Call concerning the success of the Chi nese slave importing bureau in landing Chinese slaves and coolie laborers have awakened the interest and vigilance of the Federal authorities. Collector Jack son yesterday issued the following order, whish Is a practical acknowledgment of the stand taken by The Call that this un- holy traffic should stop and that the white labor of the Pacific Coast should be pro- tected from the incursions of these yellow barbar1ans.
 Office of the Collector of Customs. Port of
 San Francisco-To all inspectors on vessels
 and docks having Chinese thereon:
 The following instructions issued for information and guidance in the matter of Chinese persons who may seek a landing at
 Every Chinese employe of a vessel may be searched for either contraband goods writ ten communications, when he passes of the ship.
 vessel the sheds where other Chinese persons are detained who seeking to land his baggage and person should be thoroughly searched for written Chinese matter. and the same, if any be found, taken from him.
 Officers on the dock who take letters from Chinese persons seeking to pass the same to friends on shore should examine the ticket of the Chinese person from whom they take the letter and note the number thereof. They formation may reach the Chinese Bureau promptly, ana III HuCH SIlGpe as 10 De Ot use fin the courts. It Is not sufficient alone to seize the letter it must be connected with the Chi nese person in the manner stated, else the case comes to naught in the court
 When a Chinese person shore seeks to pass a letter or other written matter to an other Chinese person who Is In custody, the of fcer at the plank should detain the Chinese person with the letter or other written matter, and at once turn him over to the custody of the Chinese Bureau If this should occur af- ter business hours the detained person Cor per sons) who seeks to pass or does pass the let ter or written matter may be taken to the County Jail and held until the next day which action will quickly become known to the Chinese here and applying for landing. and, as a consequence. further efforts by them to pass letters, etc, will cease.
 All communications relating to Chinese mat ters and seizure of letters written matter should be at once sent direct to the inspector in charge of the Chinese Bureau; thus insur- ing that officers earliest knowledge thereof and also avoiding all intermediate delay.
 In the execution of above instruction fnspec- tors are expected to exercise reasonable dis cretion as to the manner and extent of their enforcement the end to be~subserved being the stoppage of communication between Chi nese persons seeking to land here and those al ready shore.
 In the case of Wong An Flung, Chinese woman admitted by Collector Jackson on bureau evidence as being a merchant, Commissioner Heacock yesterday refused to grant the motion of the defendants at torney to admit the testimony submitted by the bureau in favor of the woman. He declared that the case must be tried up- on the evidence and the testimony of liv- ing witnesses appearing before the court. The case was set for Wednesday of next week and will be decidd in a legal way.