El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-08-03

among a certain clan of the Chinese
Should Chinese be caught in the tolls
of the United States immigration law,
the society, clan. tong or whatnot VIII
furnish bail, attorneys and the other
usual useful accessories in time OF need
For this service. the society members
are to pay fee of s. every SO OFTEN
Must Pay Heavily.
For nonmembers. the toll is heavier,
According to the Chinese traitor TO the
cause, the rank outsider must pay SO
at intervals for protection" Right
there is where the rub came and rlght
there is where the trouble which is eX-
pected to result from the formation OF
the new society will originate me
nonmembers refused to come across
with the SIS. Threats and more threats
were the result of this refusal Inc
usuaI serenity of South Oregon mas
been fractured into a thousand pieces
The Mar boys are violently Opposed
to organization of such society 90 III
minutive Mar Wing Kee was plcked as
the siuDIe example because OF his SIZE
he is no bigger than nickel peer;
Mar IS also a Christian, so the celestaal
story rms. and no Christians are 10
no admitted into that society if the or
qanizers know what they are about
MARS cousins are also barred and poor
little Mar. so the story goes, had ms
life threatened if he did not dig Up a
bunch of money at the nonmember rate
for the Ell Paso Highlander OUTFIT
Profitable business.
The immi ora ton folks say I1dI me
business of smuggling Chinese has De
come so dangerous that the FORMER rIns
leaders of. the smuggling gang nave
turned their attention to what they
consider a profitable branch OF the
business. that of Matchmaking other
chinese with their socalled society
Officers Have Experience.
constable Mitchell. deputy constable
BROWN and deputy sheriff Van Haselen
will NOT soon forget the experiences
they underw ent Tuesday night in their
raid on the Chinese quarters OF the
citv where they arrested four of seven
CaIestiaIc thew were seeking. on war
rants sworn out to by Mar Lee CHUNG
following the clan warfare whlch Is
agitating the Oriental population Mys
terious passages which came 10 an ao-
rupt end, light that appeared anu us
appeared, we're among what TO-DAY seems
to them a nightmare.
A personal difficulty in the early
mart of the week led to the arrest OF
Mar Lee Chung, on complaint Of Maj
Wing Kee. the latter of whom is the
acknowledged head and arbitrator OF
things Chinese in FL Paso-
Underground Passages.
It was in making arrests, or in at
tempting TO do so, that the Officers
raided the Chinese quarters along ore
gon street and along the alley back OF
III Paso street Accompanied by q
I.guide. they. assembled a stairway leading
/ from the alley Voices uttering the
I Chinese language could be heard in al
| parts of the building seemed &c
! be scores of them. But no one could DC
seen. After several attempts 10 llho
/ their way to the celestials through mar
row halls that led nowhere. they finally
discovered one in which the guide To-
Gated a secret door Through this they
! found their way ard arrested four OF
! the Chinese for whom they had war
rants. Among these was Mar Wing
Kee. the high potentate of the little
| China of the city Mar was allowed &c
go on his own recogniZance with the
proviso that he was to bring into cour'
| the other men whom the officers sought
Besides Mar Wing Kee, the Chinese ar
rested we're Luie Tung. Mar Sam, ano
| Mar Foo Gee
Trouble Expected.
That there are COASte1iL
miniature wars among the Chinese OF
1 the city, those who are at all Familiar
with conditions in that quarter are
agreed. But it is rarely that their trou-
I bIes reach the outside world, through
/ the police court or any other source
Their affairs are adjudicated by the
secret societies which are so powerful
in the Chinese quarter, wherever found
I IT Is considered an act bordering or
disloyalty for one of their numbers tc
seek redress in the courts of the for
| eign devils, and when this does occur