Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-06-27
TONG WAR BREAKS.
OUT IN NEW YOR|
Two Cinnamon Are Dead, Thir
Badly Wounded. and Seven
Under Arrest.
CONTINUATION OF OLO FEU
Result of Quarrel over Bowgum,
slave Giri-'rhirty-scyen Lives
sacrificed Thus Far.

New NonS. June % Two Chiname.
ar' dead. third badly wounded in
hospital 3nd seven orientaIs are undo
arrest as the result VI the renewal wed
t"rdav of hosUIties ina the ncver-eud
ing tong war In Chinatown.
Shu Foo, Long Island laundryuaI
was the first victim to succumb 10 mi
wounds be- received when fusi AIDE i
shots broke loose While the Chimes
-Four brpthers. one OF the parties TO al
''uNiyI W1e celebrating in Pei stirred
900" the On LaonE tongs. theii rlvaIs
soir over the murder recently Of one q
tHe.I numbers, we're gathered in ford
lh M"t- street nearby and are said 4
nave old"d the arriving banauetei-s.
Ihe second victim was Sen Hing n
'front.' OF whose store at Mott and Pc
Htle'd9 thc heaviest shooting occurred
JlrE died early today Chu Pan. an
tnj'd man Co be struck by the iyin.
hNtt- u expected Go recover He &
'inler guard iu the hospital
Iho outbreak was entirely unexpacf
% bN the police, who rushed In in tim
to ,uuhne the trouble 10 the irnmediat
locality and believe that among IA
men they grabbed during the mele
thoF may be able 20 find some guilt,
participants
The two dead men were members %
the -Four Brothers and the recent Kill
lng of 'hong Fook Yucn Is said to b
considered by fellow tong members o
th' dead man among the on Toougs I,
nave been adequately avenged
Immediately after the shooting hi,
iotce NJ police was thrown into China
town and today tho district il heinz
-INnglN guarded To- prevent rene wa
or the warfare
ORIGIN or FErD.
Tho battle SD far as the police ca
i'ailh was a continuation Of the feu
between the Four Brothers sociat
ana tho Ons Lcong tongs which aros
"a few months ago as a result of
quarrel over boWgum. a little Chimes
slave girl The fcud has thus far cos
81 lives.
The story Of Bow gum. whose nan
means purse ~ gold. is NOT unlike IN,
uI htlen OF Troy. She was stolen fro
mo Fpur Brothers in san Francis
brought 10 Now York by q man vi
sought the protection az the on Leon
and finally murdered by her origin
owners. Tho feud spread "a phfis0e
phia, Boston, and other cities and too
ON such an aspect that oven the On
nrse government through its minists
10 washington was moved to interveu
with the hopes of having peace.
Tho story, as told by the police her,
begins in San Francisco Bowgun'
price had been high In the orient an
her owner had refused offers by IN
wholesale for her Seeing sdo cnul
not he acquired by the ordinar
method chin Ling adopted sfratcgi
methods
he Informed one of the missions tn
girl was being held rV 90 -IJte IN
girl was taken into their cu.tulv an,
finally turned over 10 chin Liuc ,rh,
made Uretcnsc uf MARI, 'nr hrr. witt
his prize ho came to Sew Yo-f. uher,
hc became "a membc" 90 tho ON Icons
tong Then suddenly ono Auzusf
morning BoWEilm vos found lu hei
bed murdered. a tong succession of
battles followed. FIRST ouc tong and
then another scoring it's Victims The
feud spread a. BrookNu Phladelph 10
and Eoston and in each place there
were deaths According 20 the police
the number OF slain De- now almost
evenly balanced between Tho t"l fac-
tions