The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-16
SLAVERY AMONG CHINESE.
mario ~ WOMEN AND GIRLS CAE-
RIED ON ~ SAN FRANCISCO.
Rich Dealers Aided by white Lawyers n"fy
Efforts to Abolish the Evil-ncthnds ut
tho Slave Traders In Procuring Whr"s
from China-Eyen Murder ReSOrted To.


Efforts to Abolish the Evl-hcthuds nr
tho Slave Traders In Procuring Wnr"'
from China-Eyen Murder ReSorted To.
San FrAScIsCo. July 12.-"Tho Thirteenth
Amendment to the Constitution has been
dead letter in California and the coast states
for twenty years and Ia to-day" said man wh'
has male close study OF the Chinese. Nom-
en- and children arc sold nj thu block as ante
bcllum days Trey are no. sold publicly. h.s
40 far ns the Chinese community is conce' u"l
tho sale il open enough. and influential COM
panlcs arc formed and exist for this purpose.
Efforts have been madc TO crush the traffic.
and strange to say. whom we are defeated. 1t IS
by INSCRIPTIONS white lawyers
There IL a regular business OF importing
women. though it Is not carried on now with
tenth of the boldness OF n decade ago. when
women were put up in the Queens Room IN
San Francisco which was nothing moro nor
less thnn m auction ROOM and knocked dowa
to the highest bidder. The business as IT ~
carried or now requires some sHlIl ana moro
capital, and by the time a girl Is landed sho has
a value Of from $500 to perhaps $4,000. tho
latter sum having been paid In several m
stances in San Francisco. The scheme works
in tho following way: We will assume, and
will give you an actual case, withholding tho
name that in little town outside OF Canton
lived n woman named Kan Koo. She was
hard working woman. respected but very poor.
She had q daughter who was noted Tor her
beauty and various domestic virtues. One day
an old woman stopped at the house when the
mother was away and had a talk with the girl.
praised her beauty and soon made herseIt SO
interesting to the young girl that che was
asked to come again. The invitation was ac-
cepied when the mother was again away. and
the woman began to MI the girls mind with
stories of wealth and splcndor. comparing her
present condition with that OF others who were
not half so richly endowed by nature. Finally
the girl expressed wish to possess some OK
these riches. and the woman Immediately
asked her why she did not marry. addin & THAI
she had friend in America who was mer-
chant prince and who desired to marry and
that she could arrange it but the girls mother
must know nothing about II. To shorten tho
story the girl was captivated with the prospect
o. a rich husband. and agreed to run away and
be married In America; then she could return.
SO one day when the mother came home her
daughter was gone. and tho only information
she could gain concerning her was that an old
woman had been seen visiting the house.
Now to follow the victim. The old woman
was the Canton agent Of San Francisco
women i'm porting company. q wheel in the
machinery. She took the girl to Canton. gave
her rich clothes. which she said were presents
from her husband to be. and finally handed her
over to another agent. who was to accompany
her TO San Francisco. Once aboard the steamer
the girl met a number OF others. some OF
whom were there under the same cOnvc-
tons. others thinking that they were
merely going to another part OF China. Tho
transportation agent now had about three
weeks in which to educate his various charges
up TO a standard whereby they would be able
to pass the officials at San Francisco. The
her best to o prev e Sr and mar w6
from obtaining husbands. and that IL they
made mistake they would he thrown INTO into
Kan koos daughter vas told to pretend that
| 1893. and that she had been on visit TO her
Esrents and was now returning to her husband
| The girl was drilled over and over again until
| she knew perfectly what she was to say and wn3
thoroughly terrified at the prospect OF MAXIM
and discover Il are ntinlidated 10y, threats OF
the white devils to whom they will be cast on
IN their lesson. and tears and bewailing have
no effect Finally the vessel arrives and tne
and ure handed over to another agent, who;
the tTsnspSrhnRRn man h says s friend ,L %,
hands Of the direct agent S Of the s"e,stY IL
her with fne clothes and endeavors to familiar
ize her with a Ike Of ease and semi dis-lra-
! ing the agent is doing his best to Gmd a luy"r
| who is willing to invest $1,000. The girl -
| toilet. she goes forth A few years ago all such
Koom, where they were Knocked down to 10
highest bidder with little ceremony Through
quietly; but the girl finds herself in a room
;Ss ~ ZEN, c" her .h hgTSa3d
s Who osPi on hat he her Ru
band and IN this way the girl is deluded until
ne man PAGES fo d mer t IN some resort ana shs
web that binds her, body and soul.
Hundreds OF girls have been entrapped in
a IA " "a
ued oatcry and are rescued after great diff
Guilty by tho agents OF the various American
struggles TO rescue girls, from their owners
would not be bel ieved. porhaps. were il not for
records and the books OF Of the Si Baptist MeIHo.
dist and presbyterisn missions OF California.
tho complete organization OF the slave compa-
MES. and when woman is rescued she Is somo-
fore the affair Is settled One ofthe most recent
cases illustrating the fact that the parents OF
bed Of Chinese slavery. An Old fellow named
3uong had made some money in the mines in
In the meantim he had formed another al:
lance; and when wife number one came he re-
spent the procs"ds in enjoynr fE e as " becams
al day ana Washed the cnSes %
minors at night 80 he made what is technical
Tho Old fellow lad two daughters. band ls
years OF age. and he soon began to canvass the
miner on Soda Creek who offered 5000 in cash
for the oldest. which was accepted. But how TO
deliver the Glrl was the question. as II the ga il,
was discovered they would all be arrested The
man began series of intmldations that do
moraliZed the girl, and one day he boxed her
up a coffin like box, punctured with holes.
Two white man called for the box. which
was placed a sled aud hauled away.
Tn" weather was cold and at night the men
stopp"d at u house tor food. leaving the boxed
girl on the sled. There her means attracted
tho attention OF the women Of tho place, who
threatened to expose the men. The latter
ting $l35 for II. They went on unmoIest"I
and delivered the girl. hat dead. while tho
women reported the casa to the Eolicc
The slaYc-denling societies Of San Francisco
are, as have said. we'll organized and rinh.
and when an EFFORT Is made to release a s.itvn
they proceed lust as you would If some QUO
made desperate attempt to make YOU give w
Gwusrshlp OF $1,000 horse md turn Il loosr
First they fight the case on bogus charge
The girls ite Ia threatened and every effort -
mhGa 10 AnlNoe her TO rntnrn LIZ IA Ghlnnr..rll,