The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-08-07
Hip Sing Tong Organization Starts in to Clean Out
 the Place
THREE ARE KILLED AND
 MANY OTHERS WOUNDED
New York's Chinatown Is the Scene of Widest Confusion and Police Arrest Enough to Fill All
 Nelehboring JaiIs.

New York, August 6-As a result of a battle between two of the big Chinese so- cieties in the Chinese theater in Dover street tonight three Chinamen were kill ed. two others probably fatally wounded and may others injured. When the po- lice succeeded in breaking up the riot they had arrested more than enough in- habitants of the Chinese district to fill the Elizabeth street and other police sta tlons in the vicinity. According to a re- port made by the police the Hip Sing Tong started the trouble and deliberately se- lected the Chinese theatre, which is sell dom visited by the police, as the most favorable scene for operations.
 The theatre holds about 400 people and on Sunday night when the quarter is crowded with visiting celestials from all over the metropolitan district 1t is al- ways packed. When the battle began not a seat was to be had and many were standing. Among the latter in the back of the theatre were several of the Hip Tong mob with big A-calibre revolvers concealed beneath their flowing garments.
 Actors Fled In Terror.
 Suddenly, as the actors on the stage reached a climax in the play, there was a loud explosion, quickly followed by sew eral others in the front of the theatre near the stage The actors fled in terror, and the packed audience surged as far as 1t could toward the rear where several of the Hip Sing Tongs began an indiscrim- mate fusslade into the throng. 1t de- A..rt aln Cfn m were made by huge arecrackers Finally, in desperation, the ,apdienca. chafsed on the men with the revolvers and bearing them down got to the one exit which was open.
 There they fought desperately to reach the street. The first explosions had start led the quarter, and as the theatre poured it's frantic crowd into Dover street the packed tenement houses filled for the most part with Chinese, but with sprinkling of white men and women, add ed their crowds and for the next hour Chinatown was the scene of the widest excitement.
 Lying in Pools of Blood.
 When the five policemen managed to force their way into the theatre they found five men lying in pools of blood, and score or more hiding under benches, the backs of which were splin- tered with bullets. In short time the reserves from Elizabeth street and other stations arrived. Two ambulances were called and the men most dangerously hurt-four of them-were hurried to the hospital. Three of them died soon after reaching the hospital. A squad of police hastened to the headquarters of the Hip Song Tong which is at 12 Bowery, where they arrested three men in the building, and found four others hiding on the roof.
 Mock Duck Started It.
 A little later Mock Duck, alleged to be the leader of the Hip Sing Tong, was arrested. According to statements made by Chinamen to the police, he instigated the affair and remained outside of the theatre, having sent into 1t the men who did the shooting with orders to await in the back of the house until confed- crate in front set off big crackers, when they were to pick out certain designated victims. This, the police say, Is exactly what took place. After the arrest of the men found in the headquarters of the Hip Sing Tong in the Bowery, the de- tectives continued to make arrests of Chinamen until more than thirty were in custody. Two of the men arrested in the Hip Sing Tong quarters were taken to the hospital, and it is said were identified by the wounded as having done the shooting.