Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-08-06
PRESCOTT CH|NKS
 IN DEADLY FEAR
Highbinder War Expected to Ensue in Arizona Town Following Suicide of Wealthy Celestial of that City-other Territorial Cities Involved.

Prescott, Ariz., which has a large and flourishing Chinese settlement, is on the verge of a full-fedged war of high according to the Prescott Jour nal Miner, which says:
 Deadly fear and consternation reign supreme in Chinatown today. Momen- tarily an outbreak of a full-hedged tong war is expected. Every China man and the local colony is said to be going heavily armed in anticipation of such an event and tongsmen in Phoe- nix, Tucson and Douglas are being dragged into the local fight.
 Members of the tong to which the late Quong Yuen, the aged Chinese mer- chant, who, through fear of the hatchet man who had been sent here from San Francisco to kill him, committed sui eide last Saturday morning, are prepar- ing to avenge the death of their leader and as a consequence the entire Chinese settlement here is in turmoil of ex- citement.
 Members of the Quong Yuen' s tong in this city are in the minority, and consequently are afraid to make direct attack until their tong is reinforced by is very strong Already several Phoe- nix Chinamen belonging to the above tong have made trips to this city, but owing to their interests in the Capital city have been forced to return there after short stay here to acquaint themselves fully with the situation. When the Phoenix tongsmen are in the city and Quong Yuen partisans are brave and resolute in their determine tion to wreak vengeance for the death of their leader, but when their follow CTS return to Phoenix they again be- come the minority and are apparently afraid of the consequences shoudl they make an open move.
 In substantiation of this it is pointed out that the same Chinese friends of Yuen, who few days ago approached the police for warrant for the arrest of certain Chiuaman, a member of the Quong Hing tong, who it is alleged by members of the local Chinese col ony, urged the passing of the death sen tence on the aged merchant, and even boasted, openly, later hired the hatehet man, who came here to execute the death sentence, now fear to divulge the name of this Chink and it is not ex- pected that they will do so until their numbers are reinforced by tongsmen from Phoenix and Tucson.
 In the meantime, the Quong Hing tong are not idle, and are making act i've preparations to resent the first move against them, even to the extent of ar ranging the importation of some of the most notorious. and desperate hatehet met in the United States, now known to be quartered in San Francisco and Los Angeles, in which later city tong war is now in progress.
 It is even said that efforts are being made by the warning tongs here to bring in Ng Pc and Few Chick, two hatchet men whose very names strike terror to the heart of every Chinaman who has received word that his death has been decided upon and who are now in Los Angeles. Charlie Moe. king of the highbinders in San Francisco, is known to be in correspondence with one of the local tongs, looking to tho sending here of several hatehet men should the need arise.
 The hatchet men, or highbinders, art nothing more or less than hired assas sins, of professional order, who, whil, not necessarily belonging to any of tho tongs engaged in the war, ally them selves with the tong that hires then and take the tong oath to carry ou implicitly all orders given them, under the tong laws death being their DOT tion should they fail. Then it can b, seen why the mere mention of notori ous highbinder with numerous success full assassinations to his credit bring fear to the heart of the Chinese wh, receive the death warning.
 While the story of the happening which led up to the death sentence be ing passed upon Quong Yuen has beei told in these columns, previously, yes terday a Journal-Miner reporter sue ceeded in securing additional authenti information concerning the death O Yuen which throws some interestin, side lights upon the strange and myster ious why's of these oriental tongsmen. On August Is, 1905, three Chinamel set fire to boarding house in Hum boldt, from which one of their country men, a cook, had previously been dis charged. These men were Charley Lee now working on a restaurant on Corte street, in this city, Smiley Lung and Le
 Ding. All three were arrested an
 Smiley Lung turned states evidence
 He confessed his part in the incendial
 ism, duplicating his two companion,
 Attorney Leroy Anderson defended tn other two Chinamen and they were dt
 clared not guilty by jury. Quon I Yuen looked after the interests of tn
 Chinaman who confessed, and since tha
 day it is said has been looked upon wit
 more or less disfavor by the local Oh
 nese who declared that inasmuch as Il
 had assisted the Chinamen who turne
 betrayer, he was, at heart, himself