The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-02-26

paint aad moment Of exctnsnen, VAIL never
be fully known. Four White men In the
crowd were wounded. one of them fatally.
Al the first shot every Chrtaman in the es
cort dropped Ike stick and lay fiat beside
his bundles iii told 10 get up and proceed.
Not very surprising wnefi We remember
that this was the first encounter IN the
county where the Chnaman did rot get
the worst of II.
At the firing Of the shots the Rifles came
quickly from the dock and Company u
firing the writer was In the eo.imn OF
Home Guards about nifty yards distant
BY The halt OF the head OF the column
We had spos closed UP 10 within thirty feet
of the scene OF the fray. The situation
was intense With guns AZ am. loaded
with powder and bail. the Guards awaited
pistol. which he had a; aim. calling out,
Where are your ortiersf One man from
our company dropped OH; Of the column
somewhere. ran info the nearest build ng.
stacked arms behind the door. and broke
the record in home run. For few
moments the crowd ard the militia stood
facing each other-fhe militia firm and
thoroughly aroused. bu; hoping to avoid
further bloceiehej-thc crowd defiant. haf~
fed. desiring revenge. and charging the
Guards with murder. The wounded men
were placed In wagons and removed
The crowd vas advised io dispense wisn-
s4t bringing on further hioodshed. Siow.y
the crowd dispersed AT the time OF tie
collision Sheriff Mc1Taw was al the head
Of the column with Capt. kinnear direct
ing the movements of the escort. He was
in the midst of the trouble, trying Ia pre-
vent violence A bullet cut his coat. but
he was not injured.
A charge from a shotgun tore a large
hose hixh up In tn. SIDE 81 the New En-
gland hotel While we stood at the point
Of CD. ltsion an old man. shoemaker. evil
IDENTIFY ~ foreign hirtn. Casne near ua.
bssfeheaded. and IN his working apron. and
was emphatic In denounc.ng the shooting
without the reading of the riot act He
Was mistaken, proclamation had been
read on Sunday morning. The Chinese
the Chinese quarter. The militia COM
pauies marched TO the courthouse, where
headquarters were established, and
strong patrol guard at once sent out.
Banks had been closed aud business prac-
ideally suspended al day Monday. All
business houses and companies were ar
RANKING 10 guard their property rs best
they could. The apprehension of tire ami
disorder vas intense.
Immediately after the shooting GOV
Squire issued his proclamation. declaring
the city of Seattle ia he under martial
lass and sGafSeusing the functions Of all
officers and courts and the writ Of habeas
corpus Within half AN hour after the
shooting "a constable appear ed at the court
house with a warrant for the arrest OF
feur az the Home GstaSdS ssSeased upUn a
complaint charging them With murder on
account Of the shooting at Main ard Com
msrc&aI streets THIS charge was a guess.
charged did not discharge their gsins at
att and the others, NOT accused Gid
shoot The guards who Slid shoot were no
more responsible Than the others Ntao wevs
placed under that necessity. Judge Greene
naet the constaa la al tie eourthous steps
ard informed aim that martial law had
been declared aud that his warrant was OF
3e force
THE much discussed question as 10
Whether he militia would ghcot had been
settled. towards disappeared. Others rot
too nsnh minded by PASSION rea..zed the
pnnruItfF of opposing tfaa law BY force.
All law h',iing citizens we're now dis
ultlSsortd aud aroused Tae fiaty WAS
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sA IN ste shadow Of the greater ls<ale. IL
was foN oStstr OF ai%ar;er~iaw or vfo-
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fne company 81 ms35le aged Young men
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