The San Francisco call., 1909-01-08
Shot to Death in Oakland
Street While Leaders
Hold Love Feast
On Yick and Suey Don Chiefs
Declare Bloody War Now
Ended
Chinese Consul General Calls
Conference at Which Agree
ment Is Reached

Less than an hour after the leaders
of the y Chinese tongs had affixed
their seals to a proclamation of peace
Suey Don tong and the On Yick tong, a
member of the latter tong was muir
dered in Oakland by a Suey Don gun
man.
The killing Of the On Yick tongman
came as shock to the Chinese tongs
In San Francisco, but the consul gen
eral and the leaders of the several
tongs assert that the killing in Oak
land was an unfortunate incident in
the long war and that it would not
have happened had the Suey Don mem
bers in Oakland known of the signing
Of the peace agreement in this city at
) o'clock yesterday afternoon.
Despite the murder of the On Yick
tongman in Oakland. the leaders of
the Suey Don and OR Yick tongs said
last evening that they would adhere to
the peace agreement.
Consul General Hsu Ping Chen was
responsible TO great extent for the
settlement of the trouble. 1t was in
obedience to his command that peace
was declared between the two hostile
tongs yesterday. The peace agree
ment went into effect at o'clock last
evening. The peace proclamation was
signed at o'clock yesterday afternoon
and the official seal of the u tongs
as well as that of Consul General Hsu
Ping Chen was affixed to the document.
ORDERED FIGHTING STOPPED
At meeting held some days ago
Consul General Hsu Ping Chen issued
his edict ordering peace, and the or
der was to take effect not later than 8
o'clock last night. The Chinese con-
sui general intimated that unless the
two warning tongs ceased killing one
another he would take steps to have
their relatives in China severely pun
ished. The committee which was
chosen at the peace meeting held last
week visited the leaders of the Suey
Don tong and the On Yick tong and
prevailed upon them to sign the proc
lamation, which was drawn up by the
Chinese six companies, the consul gen.
eral and members of the 10 neutral
tongs.
Yesterdays peace meeting began at
2 o'clock in the afternoon and con-
tinued until o'clock All the details
of the peace agreement were discussed
by the leaders of both warning tongs,
and just before the meeting adjourned
the leaders of both warning tongs
placed the official seals of their re-
spective tongs TO the proclamation. The
proclamation is simply brief history
of the recent tong war, together with
an agreement that there will be
no more violence
The members of both hostile tongs
were admonished in the proclamation
against committing any further acts of
of damage they would do to merchants
and business houses in Chinatown
COPIES ARE POSTED
Copies of the proclamation with
the official stamp of the u tongs were
posted on several buildings in China
town last evening as well as in Oak
land. There was much happiness
among the merchants in Chinatown
last night when it was learned that
peace had been declared. The chit
nese new year, which comes January
p, usually brings a large amount of
business, inasmuch as the Chinse make
gifts Of valuable presents at this time
of year.
The tong war which was declared
ended last night began several weeks
ago and was precipitated by the theft
of a Chinese slave girl. The girl was
said TO have been stolen from a Suey
Don tong member, and a member OF
the On Yick was charged with the
offense.