The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1907-09-12
0R|ENTALS FAIL TO
START BIG STRIKE
HlNDus REFUSE TO JOIN WITH
JAPANESE AND CHINESE.
POLICE CAPTURE RIFLES
Vancouver ,Rlotlng Not Renewed
Toxic Hears Canada Will Make
Il Amends-6Iames the ko-
ls rean League.


Vancouver, B. c., Sept 11.-A COM
bined Chinese and Japanese organiza-
ton Of Vancouver has made overtures
to the Hindus to join them in an in
dustrial strike all along the British
Columbian coast. The Hindus refused.
Late Monday night the police made
q seizure of 80 Winchester rifles. to-
gether with thousands of rounds Of
ammunition, which had been pur-
chased In New Westminster by Chi
nese. The shipment was consigned to
Sam Kee, wealthy Chinese merchant
of Vancouver and a large property
owner, whose buildings were dam
aged by Saturday nights mob.
Rioting Not Renewed.
Everything was quiet Tuesday in
and about the orient quarter and
there has been no further attempt to
renew the anti-Asiatic rioting. None
of the Japanese have as yet returned
TO their work in the lumber mills.
which are closed down. The strike of
the Chinese cooks bids fair to last
longer and restaurants are closed.
Hotels, clubs and private families are
making shift without cooks and Van
: couver people are receiving an object
lesson in their dependence on Chinese
domestics.
Japanese Consul Excited.
X. Morikwa, Japanese consul, In
great excitement went to Mayor
Bethune Tuesday morning and de-
manded that he have the militia called
out to protect his countrymen. He
said an attempt was being made to
burn every Japanese house in Van
eouver and that cotton waste saturat-
cd with oil had been found under the
door OF the Japanese Methodist mis-
sion church
Mayor Bethune tried to reassure the
consul telling him that the authors
ties had the situation well in hand.
Finally, to please the consul, the may
or agreed to telegraph Col. Holmes,
commanding the militia OF this dis
trict, asking that the militia be
ordered to hold themselves in readi-
ness.
The body of a Chinese was found
hanging to tree in suburban gar
den. 1t is beips reported that the
Chinese was hanged by his country
men for refusing to quit work. The
police pronounce 1t case of suicide.
Canada TO Make Amends.
Toxic, Sept. 1.-THE foreign office
has received a dispatch from the Jap
anese consul general at Ottawa saying
that the Canadian government will ex.
press its regret for the occurrence at
Vancouver and take steps to prevent
further trouble. An official of the for
elgn Office said: 1--WE have the ut
most confidence in the Canadian gov
ernment, as we also have in that of
America. Commissioner Ishiis dis
patch says that the disturbance will
soon be quelled, and that there is no
reason to expect its repetition"
"Our information is that this out
break, like that at Bellingham and
others, is the result Of the Korean
leagues anti-Japanese agitation, Gre
ated by false and exaggerated reports
Of conditions In Korea and the atti-
tude and sentiment in Japan"
England Must Be Cautious.
Washington, Sept. 11.-Not a word
has been heard from any official
source at the state department rela-
tive to the attack upon the sikhs at
Gellingham, Wash, last week. 1t is
believed that the British government
through its consular agent at SeattIa
is making an investigation of the af-
fair.
1t is surmlsed that in this case the
British government will find it polite
to move very cautiously in making
representations to America, because
those representations might readily be
adopted by the Japanese government
as the basis for similar demands upon
the British government in connection
with the attacks upon Japanese in
Vancouver.