The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-08-06

vigorous search revealed one hidden away
in a corner But he did not dare to come
out. Then the roof was broker in. and
shots were fired TO scare him out. but
shot in return showed that the Chinaman
was armed. A rush through the door fol-
lowed, then came a scuffle and number
of shots. and looking through an opening,
q dead Chinaman was seen on the floor
with blood and brains oozing from a ter
rible wound in the back of his head.
Foreman Evans was next visited, and
told to leave on the evening train. He
quietly said he would go. He afterward
asked to be allowed to stay till next day
to get his things ready, but vote of the
men decided against allowing this favor,
and about four hours later Mr.. Evans left
for the East. The crowd next visited the
house of 500 Qui, boss Chinaman, but
500 had gone to Evanstown, and only the
wife was in the house. She came to the
door much terrified. and with fearful eyes
and trembling voice said, 500 he go, ! 60
to him." The assurance of the men that
she could stay In the house and would not
be harmed did not calm her fears. She
did not like the looks of the armed crowd,
and. gathering small armful of house
hold treasures. she left. and was afterward
taken in by neighbor. Then few China
men working in No. / came out. and were
hustled up the hills after their fieeting
brothers
We'll, gentlemen, the next thing is to
give Mr.. O'Donnell notice to leave, and
then go over to No. g. said one of the
men in the crowd. But the crowd was
slow in departing on this errand. A large
number seemed to think that this was
far md 0f
cred In front of. O'Donnell's store the ma
jority did not sympathize with this move.
But at somebody's orders a note ordering
ODonnell to leave was written, and gisen
TO Gotsche. his teamster.
The Following Night.
Joe Young, the sheriff, came down from
Green River in the evening, and guards
were out all night to protect the property
Of the citizens in case of disturbance.
But everything was quiet in town. Over
in Chinatown, however, the rest of the
houses were burned; the whole or them,
numbering about forty, being consumed to
the ground. The Chinese section house
and also the houses at No. 8 we're burned
and Cinnamon we've chased out of nearly
all the burning buildings. All the night
long the sound Of rifle and revolver
heard. and the surrounding hills were lit
by the glare of the burning houses.
look around the scenes Of the previous
days work revealed some terrible sights
Thursday morning. In the smoking cellar
of one Chinese house the blackened bodies
of three Cinnamon were seen. Three 9TH
srs were in the cellar of another, and four
bodies were found near by. From the post
ton of some of the bodies 1t would seem
as If they had begun TO dig a hole in the
cellar 10 hide themselves; but the fire
A.. Ia a.
hole. burning their lower extremities to
crisp and leaving the upper portions of
their bodies untouched. At the east end
of Chinatown another body was founG,
charred by the flames and mutilated by
hogs. The smell that rose from the smok-
ing ruins was horribly suggestive of burn
ing flesh. Farther east were the bodies
of four more Cinnamon shot down in their
fight; one of them had tumbled over the
bank and lay in the creek with face up
turned and distorted Still farther another
Chinaman was found shot through the |
hips but still alive. He had been shot Just
as he came TO the bank, and had fallen |
over and lay close TO the edge of the bank
He was taken uptown and cared for by
DR. Woodruff. Besides this, two Others
were seriously wounded, and many who
got away were more slightly hurt. The |
trains picked up large number of China
men on the track and took them west.
Judge Ludvigsen summoned coroner's
jury who> with DR.. Woodruff, examined !
the bodies of the dead Cinnamon ssd re-
turned a verdict that eleven haa been |
burned TO death. and four shot by parties |
unknown to the jury. The bodies were put
in rough collins and buried in the Chinese !
burying ground.
The action of the saloons in closing up !
is TO be commended. and it cannot be said |
that a drunken mob drove out the |
Cinnamon. Everyone was sober, and we
did not see case of drunkenness.
While large number of miners here |
belong TO the knights of Labor. the work /
of Wednesday was not done by order of /
that organization. There may have been |
a determination of making an early at
tempt to get the Chinese out. ti not |
merely needed the trouble at No. 20 ex- |
cite the men into a crusade against the /
Chinese
The remainder of the story is briefly /
told. In the outbreak of September 2, /
twenty-five men were killed and their I
bodies recovered. Twentysix more were !
never heard from, and probable died in |
the hills from wounds, exposure, and |
starvation. 4 considerable amount OF |
property was destroyed The railroad /
company called upon the Government, and |
exactly one week after the outbreak |
United States troops were sent 20 the |
scene and restored order. The hearing |
into the deaths of the Cinnamon was a |
judicial farce, and no one was ever pun
ished. The mines resumed with 457
Cinnamon and 81 white laboreTs, and the !
disaffected miners drifted away from the !
town. The incident did much to pave the !
way for .he Chinese exclusion measures
passed three years later, but the United |
States has never yet washed its skirts Of
the blood Of the Cinnamon who were
as victims of the hate Of a
labor organization.-BostO Transcript.
sAIurEs TO soVEREIGNs.