The record-union., 1899-04-08

posed of about two-thirdss Chinese and
one third Japanese They have been
at work since early in january There
has been friction between the two
races. The Chinese have been domi-
neering in their manner, and there
have been petty squabbfes and consid-
cradle i'll feeling. Saturday afternoon,
so the luna in charge of the work said,
in the presence of Manager Weight, a
large Chinese and a small Japanese
were on the top of a nearly loaded car
of cane The Chinese gave the Japan
ese an order which the latter refused
to obey, whereupon the Chinese threw
the Japanese bodily to the ground, a
distance of about ten feet Immediate
ly the two sets Of men engaged in a
fight with fists and stalks of cane This
the luna stopped, telling the japanese
that he could have the Chinese arrested
and the matter could be settled in
court.
DR.. Katsunuma says the Japanese
version of Sundays affair, as the labor
ers gave it to him, is aus follows:
They neither organized nor armed
for fight, nor did they have leaders
or generals. They went ITO the Chinese
camp, which is two-stery house, for
merly warehouse, with wide hall
running down the center of it, and five
rooms opening off this ON each side.
They went simply for the purpose of
identifying the men whom they wanted
arrested for Saturdays incident, SO as
to be able to secure their names and
have them arrested
When they appeared in the building
occupied by the Chinese the latter inn
mediately objected to their entering,
and backed up their objections by force,
using cane knives, hoe handles or any
thing else that was handy. The Japan
ese, finding themselves thus attacked,
Immediately began to defend them
selves, and, for weapons, seized every
thing that was within reach, taking the
knives away from the Chinese and
using them upon the latter; picking up
hoe handles and pieces of firewood that
were lying about; anything, in fact,
that would serve as a weapon. Car
ried on by the surprise and excitement
of the sudden attack by the Chinese,
they may have been carried beyond
purely defensive fighting. But such
was the excitement of the occasion
that japanese fought each other.
1.-The fighting had been going on for
ten minutes or so when Manager
Weight interfered and stopped it. But
the japanese did not go armed, and the
only weapons they used were such as
they picked up ON the scene or wrested
from the Chinese"
Wi Shing, giving the Chinese version
of the matter as he got it from the
Chinese, says:
1.-The affair occurred about 4 o'clock
in the afternoon. The Chinese had had
their dinner and were resting in their
quarters, some lying in their hunks,
others sitting in their rooms or in the
hall. The japanese came armed with
knives and other weapons. Their attack
was sudden and without warning. The
Chinese, in trying to escape, were sur
rounded and driven back. Many were
attacked in their hunks without any
chance of escape or defense.
There were three japanese on
horseback These patroied outside, and
when a Chinese succeeded in escapin g
from the building and making for the
canefields he wns driven back by these
horsemen to where the armed japanese
ON foot could get at them. 1t was a
planned attack, well organized, and
engaged in by about $50 Japanese and
100 Chinese. The Japanese surrounded
the building to prevent escape either by
doors or windows The furniture and
belongings of the Chinese were vicious
ly destroyed"