The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-25

TheS pvomlse 60 aaum Reaee Pseage. hut
Can't Guarantee Taaa TIM tnruly
Hsasias wIal ks~p %. since MURDER
TASTY b CnsSsa- 0assP ssissaAeies.
n that rssOurceful man BiR Bill HOdgi m.
now captain of The Elzabsth street. police
station. has anything 70 sav about IL there
viii he the darndssf. peac~fulest peace
made "a Chinatown that the three streets
ever beheld. The tr'ss1IIent ski pper
pounded hts d~sk Yesterday afternoon a.
he talked TO sam Lock plenipofentiary
for the Four nruthers and told him that
u the tongs didn't stop shooting he'd
do all he could 10 get thsir charters ~
voksd and make every ChinAman be-
longing To q tong a. unhappy a. could hs
Sam LOck bluTsd. explained. argued
volubly. but when he left thu station
house he had a we'll defined idea that
something peaceful must be done som
He also looked worried. for he 10 held
responsible for the misCie~ds Of q thousand
men.
win you meet Tom Lee az nv house
and Ngn for peacsp' demanded capt
HOdRns
YES. III even meet ham here r~plisd
sam Lock The two were in ths. captain
Once. The skipper At once sent ont
Detectivss Heddsn and gleason who
had brought Sam Lock thithsr to fetch
Tom lee. Tom had b@--n told what Was
what on Saturday naght sitting N tho
same char that Sam isock now perchsd
on. The desectIve~ came back with WORT
that Tom Lee SAID he couldn't zlKn for
his tong. no. having authority. - capt
HOdglns rs-s@ictantiy postponed the written
pls.sige
Before Sam Lock left. however. he had
Axrs'-d With the masfsrftIl policeman that
.oon ~ could he done. hlnseif Tom
lee. the lawyers for the tongs and eRht
o. her members of -ach tong should meet
and sign q treaty legally shiD~haps. The
captain hopes To accomplish this within
q week.
N.sth-r Sam Lock nor Tom lee hOlgs
An Offic,ai position ia has tong There are
nominal presidents and vic--pr-~adents
Of each society. hut these two men shape
the polcis-s OG the longs ami nothing -
done without thear consent That j.
shy the sgnatur-s Of sam Lock ami
Tom lee 10 any treaty are s-~~ntial hat
the fact that n~sth~r holds formal Office
makes other signatures NECESSARY
Few men outside Inc Chinsae Appreciate
the obstacles IN the ~av 0f a Tr-atV The
tally ~ deaths O-tw-rn the Societies -
uneven. two men 10 different clans have
almost Ia b~ dragged into the same room
NuNH1 AAU hhrhA w AhbNh otuefN DIV
particularly IN the Four brotherhood
who's good b@ha vIor tn. Older ruling
men despair of pl-siwnE
fundamental dificultv lies IN the
difference IN the constitution ~ the two
CLANS. On Long Tong : a genuine tong
OF MaAonlc order ~ IA SPEAK Tn. Fo,Ir
Brotherhood Ssrt~ty - composed ~ mem
b~rs and descendants VI four great Chl-
nesr families. the Ch,s. the Q,lanz this.
l.1 ~, -. and The V h Thu. Dhn Foot
ber- arr s.ls.s.ts-si Ia en- i.-nng Tong They
can bss sxp~iled. 4 man ~ born a Fn,Ir
Brother and nO matter what he ds-.~ ne.
- always "A Four Brother
40 might bH siIrm r..si the Four Bruth@rS
ar~ mighty host. San Franctsco 10
chOck full u them. They exist every
where that Chlneae do. The On Is-unwR
are established IN only Eastern cities
Chicago. Ptttshurg. Rossun. Buffalo. New
York and Philad-ipha. Thsr- an. hut
three hundr-d II them m New Ynrk
There are a thousand Four Brothers hen.
Who nave prpempted Doy-ra street an
well as Peil and have begun 20 invade
Most street. where the On Longs are
htiddled
The Chinese Consul u~-sed matters
when he tried Ia make peace a few days
Ago nv holding the meeting in Mott ~t~r~t
whittier sam LOcS pr1Ifently REFUSED ~
GO. The Consul. though not a tong man.
- Handicapped Nv the fact that the IN
ne-@ Ambass~ador 81 Washington chung
Yil~n hong. - Four Brotherhood man. /
n p~ac- made Rig Bail Ho-. gins viii I
have 'o bring Il about u might 10 addict
that the ruling opinion among ne china
nett 10 that No. will '-om- ns-ar-T bringing
u Ia pass than anv olh,.r man IN ths. PplIcr
Department. rh-ytkno~ ham Il anci..nt
DAYS.
Tom Leo and other On I<ungs spent A
pDtttou - Yesterday afternoon 10 the.
fosd house az ia Mott -tp-.-t eating
strawberry shortClaLe. Iim Gam. --cr..-
tary II I'm LrnnH. zI'-aking f'.s his tong
sal I'd that Nv only uns. courss. cuuld lp~nss.
L. sept n made That - bv making -ash
tong labls. Yur -Jnis. th'tt-ansts - dollars
IA ca~- a usTn or -h,sitS -lTn- un.. on TN.
other sale th. mrus.v tp is. pad - he
tujur,-i long ~h-th.r the wet I'm ,I-- or
not Al-o tn. preud.-r must IL. exu-ll..d
-hDuid he H. AN Ca Long bruutissi "a
uutca-t q hs. ~ d, POW bruth-r i..ft ln-
hsilest IA Isd win lFgnl atd lud ,,tnfIrt
REFUSED him Nv Ms fs.iloWs
And tu entail hes IsEaitis.- q must 10.
nec~s@ary - prove not that he Saving
vas Ord-r'.,i. MT vino urJier.-,i p iu'
merely the RESPECTIVE chan 20 NnI,u eHrn
man u,-l0ug-si
Va WORD FRDa IaST RDl
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