The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-09-19
RIOTS LAID TO LABOR.
Vancouver Situation Grave-Mob Pre-:
vents Landing Of Orientals-Lon-s
don BIames Americans.

With a subscription list started In !
Vancouver, B. c., headed by Mayor
Bethune with a purse Of s100, and
which up to Wednesday night had
grown to $1,000, Vancouver citizens
will charter a train and place on
board at least 800 Hindus who arrived
ON the steamer Mont Eagle, and VIII
ship the East Indians, bag and bag
gage, to Ottawa, the seat of the. fed-3
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 hum
dreds of Chinese, Japanese and Hin-
dus. The Hindus formed the greatest Z
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 em-
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 hes
would be unable to guarantee a safe
landing, because the unionists.expre
| cd their determination to resist the
immigration of any more Asiatic La
! borers.
The steamship authorities feared to
assume the risk, and the vessel wass
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 ses-s
capped death. Beyond being bruised, its
was not much the worse.
An angry crowd started In pur-s
suit. The Chinese had good start
and escaped. The fact that NO ar.
rests have been made has not tendeds
to allay the temper of the people.
The city council passed a bylaw
prohibiting wrestling match which
was to have taken place between a.
white man and Japanese. The en-
tire Japanese colony had bought tick
cts for the encounter, and trouble was
1 -.
threatened.
An anonymous letter received IN,
Bellingham, Wash, warns all japan
ese and Chinese in that city to leave
at once. Japanese working at the
canneries are armed, and say they viii
resist any attempt to force them out
o. town. The Chinese, however, will
not make a strong stand.
E. B. Deming, general manager OF
the Pacific American fisheries, says i
the orientals leave, the salmon can
ming industry is doomed, as the Japan
ese are being persuaded to affiliate
with the labor unions.
The Times (London) in an editorlal
saws II is convinced that there is now
full confirmation of the belief tnat
the anti-oriental riots at Vancouver
we're actually organized by American
labor agitators, "the men whose ln.;
trigues were brought from San fran.
cisco under the dominion ofSSchmitz
and Ruef."
Continuing the paper says it De
lieves "this same riot upon British
soil was got up by officials OF AmerfS
can labor organizations for the pur-
rose of conveying to M. 1shoh, the
member of the commercial depart
ment of the Japanese foreign o4ces.
who is now at Vancouver, the feei
ings of the labor element of the Pa-