The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-05-13

Many pcople will wonder what the cur
ious verb converted from noun OF place.
which ends the title OF this article may
Import and why tho name OF the prlnci-
pal treaty port OF China should nave
rassed into verb at all. As TO inc ia'-
Ter I frankly confess Ignorance, uniess
IL was for tho obvious reason thal tnc
ahoninable practice known as shangna4-
ing thers iirst assumed anything Ike
great proportions. Bat when we come 10
mo meaning OF the verb am AT once on
familiar ground and find explanation cN-
ceodingly easy. In tho boloest seuee
shanghallng is 10 the merchaht seF'tSe
az Innt is In rs effect upon The suf-
ferers But whereas the abominaoie sys-
tenn OF the press gang had all the loreo o
~ law behind IT, and tho pressed lhttA'
might be seized anywhere kidnapped WhiIe
engaged in his lawful occupations OF IN
deed wherever he might be t9ena sHios somsS
mailing was always illegal and only hour
.shed where law either ola nct eA'o. @ VI
whore. as In America. It's operations were
(anG are) c&pricious and entirely unreh-
able
A Diabolical Traffic.
rno mode OF operations OF those en-
par,d in this truly diabolical trafhc were
Simplicity Itself Il Ray were, because al
Iaough tho practice is stili caLsoea on 1,
s hardly as crude In Its methods as /.
UseG 10 bel. so-called boarding mas
ter. that is, rufllan who Kept ooara-
lng-house for seamen, recelvea Soi.tt,,n1 ha,,m1
sign sh}n a. Certain number Of sniiors. For
each one he would demand q certain SUN.
but that sum by no means s,sio sasned nnntrnet
With the seaman specified that no was 10
receive a certain portion OF his WAGES
usually two two months; nosrh,aliv IN noV Foolish and
easily led IL was seldom difficult TO luTe
them to the boarding house, generalSy
with the promise OF dT'nRi onate se'e and d then
convey them on board the vessel, receive
their advance notes under any prcteHt oi
none. forge their signature OF LhaIh
the ships articles md retire. When inc
victim returned to consciousness nc "oulu
be far far at sea, and compelled TO r1Ske nS
the best OF his very bad bargain lhIs
was the simplest form OF shanShalinH as
cnrried on In American ports occaS'on- on
ally of course sober seaman wa th
countercd, who did not desire orlllh dlo
who being quite aware of the system.
was anxious TO have nothing TO 90 Wlth
either the boarding master or ms 1nSrnli. Sl1l
donR In their righteous anger at sucl
recalcItrancy these WORTHLESS never nos,
tated to use such force as thcy oeeheu
necessary to reduce the seaman TO uhcpu
sciousness, secure In the kno"icuFc pnt.
he was powcrless to retaliatc against 1hc
Overwhelming force they brought asalnsI
him. and certain OF their immunity .,oI,' CI
legal Interference, since, as they boastcds
both police and Judges were IN thc'r pay.
The wen-orgoniZed shanghai boarding,
house was situated over The water. ana ana
common thing for Jack to be met IN tnc
etrcct and Invited inside to have n drink,
he stunned dropped through n trap-door
Into n boat and taken OF toward snip,
all within the spnce or halt an hour'
There Be Land Sharks and Sea
Sharks.
step farther in the business was one
only brought to perfection In such places
as Cnllno San Francisco and Portland. Orr
A ship would arrive from overseas ner
crew having probably several months
wages due them. No sooner was she at
anchor than she was boarded by gang
of ruffians who, utterly ignoring the mas.
ter and officers went forward and invited
the crew 10 leave the ship, telling them.
OF course, how high wages were out or
the port. OF course liquor was freely ten
ocred In order that compliance might be
easy But IL poor Jack felt disinclined
10 leave the ship, thinking perhaps OF ms
hardly earned wages and knowing the un-
sayory reputation of the port. other
methods were instantly resorted to. Re-
yoivers were drawn and the hapless crew,
tcrrorized into submission, were literally
driven over the side. their clothes hasti-
ly scrnbbled together and flung after
them and away they went-to find them
selves rcshipped probably tho same night
on board OF some other vessel with TWO
months advanced wages In the hands OF
the boarding master. The ship they had
been stolen from would OF course, want
a crew In her turn. which would be sup
DIcd in the same way, and so the merry
little game went on.
But IL may well be asked. why did not
the crews or at least. the officers resist
such Infamous treatment quite equal To
the worst slave-raidiag or even piracy