Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-18
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with II. ] made complaint about this
TO the japanese association"
Y. sAsAKI.

with IL. ] made complaint about this
TO the japanese association"
Y. sAsAKI.
az. Sasaki, III Height street. am
member OK the japanese Y NJ. c. a.
and student. On Aug. or ., at p.
m. at the corner Of Steiner and Suffer
streets, / was attacked by about 10
young men, ranging from is TO 20 years
OF age, who were playing baseball
They called me bad names, and when l
paid no attention to them they threw
the baseball at me, but missed me. They
then ran after me and beat me over the
head and on the face. causing my nose
20 bleed and stunning me. Then they
ran away. | looked for Il policeman.
hut could not find any, SO returned
nome. | made no official complaint OF
this 10 anyone"
Y. FUJITA.
Ky. Fujita, l2l Haight street. l am
n student and member OF the Japa-
nese Y. NJ. c. A. On Aug. Is, 1906. at
about ll;y0 a. M, on the corner OF
Haight and Lyon streets, about eight
young men. ranging from Is TO 20 years
Of age, threw stones al me, but missed
me. They ran after ME aud beat me on
the head, knocking me down. Some
people N the street saw this and Of
fered 20 help me. When the young fell
lows saw this they ran away. | met a
policeman and complained to him. do
not remember the policemans number,
but he told me that he would help me,
and took my name and address; but as
the young ihen had run away he let
the matter drop"
X. KIMURA.
TX. Kimura, i2l Haight street. am
a student and member OF the Japa-
nese Y. NJ. C. A. on Sept. 6, 1906. at
1890 a. m. on Webster street, between
Haight and Walla streets, as | was
walking along, five young men, about
is years OF age, stuck a big stick, about
6 or feet long, between my legs and
lifted me up, throwing me on my face
and cutting my mouth badly. After
had fallen they ran away. l made no
official complaint OF this to anyone"
X. KoBA.
"R. Koba. 1874 O'Farrell street. am
secretary of the japanese association
OF San Francisco. ON Aug. is 1906, at .
p.m..as was walking UP Post street and
had turned into Laguna street. three
unknown men jumped out OF the dark
ness Of Cedar avenue and hit ME on
the neck from behind two or three
times | stopped, and started to fight
them back One of them tried TO hit
me IN the face, but missed then one
OF them drew a revolver and threatened
me. Just at this time some friends of
mine came along, and the three men
ran away. | reported this attack TO
the chief OF police next morning, and
he told me that he was very sorry and
would try his best hereafter to protect
the Japanese
Y. sHINoHARA.
~. shinohara. corner Eleventh
avenue and Fulton street. l work In q
raloon. on Sept. ID, 1905. at 10 p. M,
on Suffer street. near Webster, three
men, ranging from rs to 80 years OF
age. grabbed me and knocked me down,
and then ran away. was not badly
hurt SO went home and went TO bed.
did not make any complaint about this
matter to anyone
N. AKAGI.
IN. Akagi, rs Church street. have
a furniture store on Oct. 90 1906, at
O'Clock p. M, on Page street, between
steiner and Pierce streets, as | was de-
livering goods to my customers, two
young men, about II or Is years OF age
knocked the merchandise out OF my
hands and slapped my face took no
action, and did not report this case
10 the police
ION Oct. 30 I applied to Weidenthai
& Goslinger, electrical workers, Isl
Church street, to make electrical con-
neotions at my store. On Nov. the
manager of the establishment fatty re-
fused, saying that he was a mafnber OF
the Japanese and Korean Exclusion
league and could not work In a Japa-
nese establishment; otherwise he said
he would be fined $50 by the league.
on this account my store Is still with
out electrical connections"
l. TAKAYAMA,
II. Takayana, 1901 Scott street. I
am laundryman. On Sept ~, 1906.
az ] was on my route delivering, at
the corner of Laguna and Eddy streets.
about II u. m, four men. aged from 81
to 36 years, With gas pipes and feet
long, accosted me and struck my wagon
with such force that two holes about
. ny 4 inches. were made In my
wagon. They threatened me with
bodily violence and ] hurried away.
About u month ago. as | was deiv-
ering laundry work on Scott street. 70
or so school children threw stones at
my wagon, like stones OF rain. and
several holes were made. SO contlnu.
Gus was this act on the part of the
school children that l desisted from
calling In that section OF the citythere-
by losing seven or eight customers. On
Sept. Q, on O'Farreill street, near La
guna, several hoodums attacked my
person. as well as Mr.. Kawasaki, OF the
Japanese association. This was about
$50 y. IN. The matter was reported
TO the police department. For the
last three or four weeks they have
annoyed me continuously al my place
of residence. During the afternoon or
IN the middle Of the night rotten fruit.
stones, etc. have been thrown into my
yhop. The night watch has not been