The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-09-17
THB ATTACK
ON HLNDOOS
HOW THE PEOPLE OF BELLING-
HAM DROVE HUNDREDS OUT OF
TOWN.

BBLLINGHAM (Wash), September
5.-Six badly beaten Hindoos are in
the hospital, 400 frightened and half
naked Sikhs are in the Jail and corri-
doris of the City Hall, guarded by
policeman, and somewhere between
Bellingham and the British Columbia
line are $50 natives of India, beaten,
hungry and half clothed, making their
way along the Great Northern Rail
way, bound for Canadian territory and
the protection of the British flag.
The long expected has occurred.
and the cry of Drive out the Hin
docs" was heard throughout the city
and along the water front last night.
The police and authorities were help
less, and for five hours a mob of half
a thousand white men raided the mills
where the Hindoos were working, bat.
tered on doors of lodging-houses shell.
tering the foreigners, dragged the in
va6ers from their beds, and, with a
beating, started them for the city
limits, with orders to keep on going
The trouble started at G and Holly
streets last night, district with IN
dian lodging-houses. The houses
were cleaned out and the denizens
started on their trek for the Cana
dian line The mob then swept down
to the water front and mill after mill
was visited, the white employee joining
the mob, and every Indian was hustl-
ed outside.
Here the police suggested that the
undesirables be taken to the Jail. This
was hailed with delight and the In
dams We're hustled along. From this
time On very few we're beaten, and the
blood-thirsty ones of the mob seeming
ly were satisfied during the attack on
the lodging-houses. The mob kept up
it's work along the water front until
early this morning, when Larson's
mill was visited and a hundred In
dams expelled. Four women were
found this morning among the city
buildings.
There is quiet today, but there is a
strong undercurrent of opinion, which
apparently approves the action of the
mob, and it may be found impossible
to prosecute the leaders. Racial feel
ing has played but a small part in the
affair. Every day whites are being re-
placed in the mills by the HindoOs,
The invaders have become bold and
insolent, many instances of women
being pushed into the gutter, insulted
on street cars, etc, being reported.
General uneasiness of the whites is
given as a reason for the outbreak.
The Hindoos are all British subjects
and their case is being placed before
the British authorities
Following a special session of the
City Council this morning, Mayor
Black took charge of the situation.
Fifty armed specials were sworn in,
and the Mayor declares as many more
will be called upon if necessary to
give the blacks full protection. Jobs
have been offered the Hindoos again
by the mill men and protection guar.
anteed, but the Hindoos have been so
thoroughly frightened that they are
drawing their pay under police pro-
lection and are disposed to leave for
Vancouver during the day. Mob spi-
rit is still rampant, and it is said
that further attacks will be made to-
night if any of the foreigners remain.
The city and county authorities, how
ever, say they will be able to coue
with any emergency,
Larson's mill at Lake Whatcom, five
miles distant, one of the largest in
the country, will close down, owing to
the trouble.