Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1907-09-13
CANUCKS MOB JAPS
At VANCOUVER, B. c.
3RIENTALS PUMMELED BY WORK
MEN, BUT MIKADO'S MIN
lister ESCAPES.
MANY HOMES WRECKED.
Incident Declared to Be Far More Seri-
Gus Than San Francisco Case and
Crown Officials Worry

AN COO Elk, Is. u, sept. III Sne-
cial Riots here Saturday night and
Sunday night in which the Canadian
workmen attacked the Chinese and Japa
nese quarter of the city, will cause, it is
feared, a most serious breach between
Great Britain and her ally in the east.
Japan. None of the Japs were killed.
but several were badly hurt and the in-
cident here is looked upon as being far
more serious than those at San Fran
cisco. The Canadian wOrkmen do nor
like the Orientals any more than the
Americans and the outbreak is not sur
prise to the colonial officers or even to
the crown officials in London according
to dispatche received today from Eng
land. A hopeful settlement is looked for,
but it is almost certain that there will
be many and long diplomatic exchanges
first The worst part of the attack on
the OrientalS was the fact one OF t"a
japanese who escaped q severe drubblnS
was Mr.. kicki Yiro Ishii, chief of the
bureau OF foreign commerce and head OF
the japanese consular service, who is i'll
America to study the Japanese prob
lem IN this country.
Sunday Nights Riot.
Following the riot Saturday even
ing, in which Chinatown and the
japanese quarters were raided and
damage done approXimating $4,000,
further demonstration occurred Sunday
night in which the Ishii and Con-
sui Suburb Hisamidzu of Seattle. were
the central figures and in which riot
number of people were bruised and in
jured by broken bottles and flying bricks
in the hands of a frenzied mob. Baron
Ishii and Consul HisamidZu finally made
their escape from the mob and the affair
was Immediately cabled to Toxic.
Immigrants Dumped in Bay.
Coincident with the riot was the ar
rival of a steamship having on board at
least 500 Japanese. With common I'M
pulse the mob surged to the water front
and as soon as the japanese came down
the gangplank, they were met by the
rioters Seven or eight of the Japanese
were unceremoniousiy picked up ana
thrown into Burrard inlet.
From the Canadian Pacific railroad
wharves Il dozen japanese were thrown
into water, but were rescued. Three
white men were stabbed by japanese and
two others cut with broken bottles, y
newspaper man going home was held up
by Japanese and when the latter was
taken to police headquarters search re-
yealed a murderOuS looking knife. All
night bands of armed Japanese walked
the street keyed to high pltch by tle
were restrained however
Still further riOting occurred Wheh
crowd of about 1000 laborers started on
the warpath, but were finally quelled by
the police after about twenty arrests A''"
been made.
Serious Complications Feared.
Last night Chinatown was roped off
and the quarters Of the Orentals guard
ed by the police. Baron 1shii gave out
an interview in which he stated that he
had cabled to Ambassador Naneko AT
London apprising him of the stirring
events here.
Indemnity from the city to the amount
of 500, 600 will be claimed. Mayor Be
+h,1ne declares the indemnity will not be
paid and the affair will be taken Up with
the dominion government.
Saturday nights riOting was II e worst
i'm the history of Western Canada In
ternational complications are looked Tor
All the cabinet ministers are out OF
town at present. but the colonial anu
foreign office officials are seeking 10
obtain all the information possible on
the subject OF the Vancouver outbreak
with the view of taking some action, the
nature of which is difficult to surmise.
This is how the trouble started: Sat
urday night the Asiatic Exclusion league
held a parade and later Il meeting at
which Lieut.. Gov. Dunsmuir, who vetoed
the bill. introduced by the present at
torney general to enforce the natal act II
British Columbia, was burned in etfigy,
and a resolution was passed to ask t1e
Dominion government to allow this bill
to become law. 1t was after that that
the mob stormed Chinatown.