Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-07-31
AUTHORITIES MAY TAKE HAND IN
 TONG WAR
(From Fridays Daily.)

l going heavily armed in anticipation of such m event, and Tongsmcn in Phoc. nix, Tucson and Douglns are being dragged into the local fight
 As predicted in the Journal. Miner of Wednesday morning, members of the Tong to which belonged the late Quong Yucn, the aged Chinese merchant wno, through fear of the hatchct man who had been sent here from San Francisco to kill him, committed suicide last Sat urdny morning, are preparing Co avcngc the death of their leader, and ns consequence the entire Chinese sottlcmnt here is in turmoil of cx. citcmcnt
 Members of Quong Yucn's Tong in this city are in the minority, and con. scqucn'ly nro afraid to make direct attack until their Tong is reinforced by members from Phoenix, where th~ Tong is very strong. Already several Phoenix Chinamcn belonging to the above Tong have made trips to this city hut owing to their interests in the Capital City have been forced to return there after short stay here to ac. quaint themselves fully with the situa. ton. When the Phoenix Tongsmcn are in the city the Quong Yucn partisans | n 4 .. l.s
 ination to wrcak revenge for tho death of their leader, but when their follow. CTS return to Phoenix they again be. come in tho minority and are appar- cntly afraid of the consequences should they make m open move.
 In subs,an,ia'ion of this it is point cd out that the same Chinese friends of Yuen, wno few days ago np. preached the police for warrant for the arrest of n certain Chinamnn. n member of the Quong Hing Tong, who, it is alleged by members of the local Chinese colony, urged the passing of the death sentence on the aged mcr. chant, and even boastcd. openly, later, that he had gone to San Francisco and hired the nntchct man who came here to execute the death sentence, now fear to divulgc the name of this Chink. and it is not expected they will do SO until their numbers arc reinforced by Tongsmcn from Phoenix and Tucson.
 In the meantime, the Quong Hing
 Tongsmcn, opposed to the other local
 Tong, arc not idle, and are making ac'
 tive preparations to resent the first
 move against them, even to tine extent
 of arranging the importation of some of the most notorious and desperate hatchet men in tho United States, now
 known 10 bc quartcred in San Fran cisco and Los Angeles, in which latter city Tong war is now in progress. It is even said that efforts are being
 made by the warning Tongs here C
 bring in Ng Pc and Jew Chick, two hatchet men whose very names strike terror to the hearts of every Chinamar who has received word that his death has been decided upon, and who ar'
 now in Los Angeles. Charlie Joe, kinI of the highbinders in San Francisco IS known to be in correspondence witl one of tho local Tongs, looking to th' , sending here of several hatchet men , should the need arise.
 Tho hatchct men, or hignbinders, ar nothing more or less than hired assass , ins, of n professional order, who, whil'
 not necessarily belonging to any O the Tongs engaged in the war, nll. r themselves with the Tong that hire ], them and take the Tong oath to carr. 2 out implicitly all orders given then 7 under the Tong laws death being thci r portion should they fail. Thus 1t ca y be seen why the mere mention Of !, notorious highbinder, with numerou !. successful assassinations to his credit
 brings fear to the heart of the Chimes '- who have been SO unfortunate as to r' n ccivc the death warning.
 t While the story of the happening Q which led up to the death sentence b' Q ing passed upon Quong Yuen has bee '. told in these columns, previously, ye' 0 tcrday n Journal Miner reporter su' IT cecded in securing additional authcnti
 information concerning the death 3. yuen which throws some intcrsting sid O lights upon the strange and mySfer'or n ways of these Oriental TongSmen' l. On August I6, 1905, three Cbiname n set fire to boarding house in Hun n boldt. from which one of their cou'
 ,rymen. a cook, had been previonsl
 discharged. These men were Char'e ID Lee. now working in restaurant ,c Cor,ez street. in this city, Smiley Lun