The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1907-09-20
LABOR AGITAToRs
Blamed for the Rioting in Vancouyer--In-
stigated by CompatriOts of Schmitz
and Ruef of Frisco.

Vancouver, B. c.. headed by Mayor
Bethune with purse of 800, and
which up to Wednesday night had
grown to $500, Vancouver citizens
will charter a train and place on
board at least 500 Hindus who arrived
on the steamer Mont Eagle, and will
ship the East Indians, bag and bag
gage, to Ottawa, the seat of the fed
eral government. This is the plan
evolved and which is to be carried
into effect, providing the necessary
amount Of money can be raised
On board the Mont Eagle were hun.
dreds of Chinese, Japanese and Hin
dus. The Hindus formed the greatest
part of the human cargo, and the
plan to ship them back to Ottawa,
with the compliments Of Vancouver, is
an outcome Of the recent oriental dis
turbances.
The steamship company, fearing
trouble, landed nearly all of the Jap
anese at Victoria. AT Vancouver the
dock was roped off for two blocks,
and heavily guarded by company en-
ployees and police. Wednesday night
an attempt was made to land the
Hindus. An immense crowd had gath
cred and the officials were afraid to
let the Hindus face the crowd alone.
Advices received in Ottawa, Ont,
state that the mayor of Vancouver
warned the captain of the steamer
Mont Eagle, which had on board the
Japs, Chinese and Hindus, that he
would be unable to guarantee safe
landing, because the unionists express
cd their determination to resist the
immigration of any more Asiatic la.
borers.
The steamship authorities feared to
assume the risk, and the vessel was
turned back to Victoria.
Vancouver is reported as being com
paratively quiet, but an outrage by
two Cinnamon has again infamed the
people. The Mongolians, while pass
ing along one of the main streets
saw a white baby sitting on a door
step. They snatched it up and threw
it into the middle of the street which
was busy with traffic. 1t fell among
the horses feet and narrowly es-
capped death. Beyond being bruised, it
was not much the worse.
An angry crowd started in pur-
suit. The Chinese had good start,
and escaped. The fact that no ar
rests have been made has not tended
to allay the temper of the people.
The city council passed a bylaw
prohibiting a wrestling match which
was to have taken place between a
white man and a Japanese. The en-
tire japanese colony had bought tick
cts for the encounter, and trouble was
threatened.
An anonymous letter received in
Beningham, Wash, warns all Japan
csc and Chinese in that city to leave
at once. Japanese working at the
canneries are armed, and say they will
resist any attempt to force them out
of town. The Chinese. however will
not make a strong stand.
e. B. Deming, general manager of
the Pacific American fisheries, says if
the orientals leave, the salmon can
ming industry is doomed as the Japan
csc are being persuaded to affiliate
with the labor unions.
The Times (London) in an editorial
saws it is convinced that there is now
full confirmation of the belief that
the anti-oriental riots at Vancouver
were actually organized by American
labor agitators, the men whose in
trigues were brought from San Fran
cisco under the dominion of Schmitz
and Ruef"
Continuing the paper says it be-
lieves this same riot upon British
soil was got up by officials of Ameri
can labor organizations for the pur
pose OF conveying to M lshoH, the
member of the commercial depart
ment of the Japanese foreign Offices
who is now at Vancouver, the feel
ings of the labor element of the Pa
cihc coast"