The San Francisco call., 1899-05-19
CHINESE SLAVE
DEALERS FEAR
THE y|G|LAN rs
Their Vile Business
MenaCed.

The Vigilant Society, organized little
more than week ago with the object,
among other things. of clearing out the
slave pens of Chinatown, has not slum-
bered on its purpose. From the moment
that it's secretary, NJ. NJ. Foote. received
a letter from Mayor Phelan advising him
that a move would be made against the
houses of i'll fame in the Mongolan quar-
ter as soon as information was furnished
concerning their location and ownership,
agents of the society white and Chinese,
have been busily engaged in securing the
data requested.
Their task has not been an easy one
The Chinese agents of the organization,
who are also members of the Chinese
Educational Society, have been especially
hampered in their task. More than that,
they have been threatened with death.
price has been put on the heads of three
of them by the Bow Wah tong, an asso-
citation of keepers of houses of i'll fame,
and the highbinders, whose existence de-
pends on the profits from the slave pens,
are eager to earn the blood money. Inc
white special officers, employed in many
instances by the slave dealers, have also
done all they could within the last three
or four days to harass the emissaries OF
the Vigiants. That they have not sue
ceeded is not their fault, but 1t IS appar-
ent from the report submitted yesterday
by the agents of the reform soclety,
which information has been forwarded IN
a letter to Mayor Phelan. He should re-
ceive it this morning and will probably
take the necessary action under the
statute to close the places pointed out.
OF the one hundred and fifty odd houses
of ill-fame that honeycomb Chinatown
list of at least seVenty-nVe was submit
ted at yesterdays meeting OF the Nlgl-
lants in the Sherman building, Clay and
MONTGOMERY streets. information con-
cerning the, other seventy,hve mad not
been verified and was withheld pending
further investigation. 1t was decided,
however, that the fight against yellow
vice should not be postponed, and the sec
retary was instructed to forward at once
TO Mayor Phelan the verified information
in the society's possession, so that some
progress might be made to ultimate puri-
fcation
Six slave pens on spofford alley are
pointed out Their keepers are Wong
Quan, Leong Quay, Wong Quong, Gee
III. Wong Shee and All Goey.
In ST. Louis alley there are the houses
of Loui Doom and Leong Gee.
In Ross alley the houses of ill-fame are
thickly grouped together. The secretary
of the Vigilant Society has forwarded to
the Mayor the names of the following
keepers of houses and the locations of
their dens: Toy Quong Bow, Chuck Mon,
Wong Ling, Leung Gee, Ng Deung, Lee
Dung Soon, Lee Buck Dung, Quan All
Ming, Shun Muew One, Wong Toy Jip,
! Lew Gimm and Ty Loui Que.
Sullivan alley has more than its share
of the objectionable houses. The keepers
of those. unearthed by the emssaries of
! the Vigilant Society are Ho Moi, lew
Lai, Lee Young, Lou Fat. Noui on Ting.
Loo Soon, Hop Wee 500, Wong Bee, Nj
Mar Gee. 500 Ho Gu and Leng Quan.
In Bartlett alley the following slave
dealers are accused to the Mayor of con-
Quoting houses of ill-fame: Wong Fook
Jai, alias Wong Toy; Hal Tong, Toi Sing.
Wong. Look Sal and Jung Lee Gin, Wong
Gin Cook, Quan Trim and Chuck Wah
Other houses of ill-fame scattered
| through the quarter whose location is
known to the Vigilants are kept as fol-
lows: Lee Cow Chung. 726 Jackson street:
this slave dealer being the president of
the infamous Bow Wah tong. Wong All
Jen's den is at 13 Brennan place, in the
! same building as that wherein the meet
! ngs of the association of keepers of i'm
moral houses are held. Leung Sing is at
1887 Dupont street Nee Get Hoo at IA
! Washington: Wong Saam, S29 WashlnS-
! ton; Jew Leung. S27 Washington.
! In transmitting the information 10 the
! Mayor Secretary Foote accompanies II
with remarks suggested by the llVeS1lo ~
| cations of the agents of the society. lie
| calls attention to the fact that IN num-
Der of the houses located on corners OF
main streets it is the custom 10 enteItdin l IN
| young white boys. and always, even III
| the face of the police, to parade the vice
/ of the entire quarter to the TOURIST VINO
goes abroad to tell of the WlckeGneSs OF
| of San Franciscos Chinatown. The sug-
! gestion is made that the Mayor persuade
| the members of the Board OF supervisors
to Join with him and call upon the Chle1
of Police and give MN oifl% infnrmed aeainst
| and such others as are known TO the
police.
| estate i,non which are situated the dens
| Of Ghinafown the Mayer is referred to the
hooks of the Tax Collector and the As
| SCISSOR Under the statute Tor the sup
! nression of the houses of i'll fame in Chi
| natown he is called upon to notl1y them
! of the conditions that exist in their prop