, 1921-07-21
JAPS HIRED TO
WORK IN FRUIT
BEING OUSTED
White Laborers Transport So ORR
entails Out of California Dis
triet- and Tell Them to
Leave Country

SAN FRANCISCO. July 2o.-Fffty-
eight Japanese hired under contract
to work On fruit and melon lands
around Turlocl- stanislaus county,
were placed early today on ANTONIO
bile trucks by white workers. taken
10 Keyes. six miles north and told
10 leave the country" according to
a dispatch 10 tho a Francisco can
The Japanese offered no resistance.
Two-hundred and fifty additional
Japanese workers arc expected to ar.
rive in Turlock today. The male Jap
znese who hold leases on lands. and
the women and children were not no
Tested.
The raid followed a similar incident
near Livingston. MERGED county last
week when Japanese workers were
ordered OF the district
Executives OF the fruit and melon
pickers' union. a white Organization,
said white help has insisted on IS and
rs cents a crate for picking fruit,
while contract Japanese. are working
for ib cents The chamber Of com.
merce Of Turiock yesterday received
a letter from tho union protesting the
employment OF Japanese and issued a
statement conditionally upholding the
unions stand.
TURLOCk. Cal, July e0.-A gen.
eral exodus OF japanese held labor.
ers and their families from this dis.
triet is taking place today following
the deportation to Reyes. Ave miles
north. OF SIS Japanese male workers
by members OF a union OF fruit and
melon pickers. the authorities an
nounced. The union is composed
principally OF white itinerants.
Japanese here who witnessed the
enforced departure OF their country
men complained to the police that
they were roughly handled and In
some Instances were robbed.
The authorities said that the mem.
bers OF the mob. which numbered
about rs. threatened TO burn one jap
anese hotel and two Japanese bunk
houses in order to hasten the depar.
lure Of their occupants.
Fifteen Japanese were taken from
the Gehasd ranch. near town, and
the remainder from various other
properties. h police expected to ar
rost some OF tho mob leaders today.
The Japanese leaving today are 60
ing in all directions. but the greater
number are headed for Stockton,
Reyes and Modesto.
The police were notified that a mum
Der OF. Japanese taken to Keyes by
the mob were placed on board a north.
bound freight train which was
Tagged. The Japanese submitted in
most instances without even a pro
test.
TIL Japanese had been brought into
the district under contract to white
ranchers to pick the fruit and melon
crop. They were being paid Is cents
a crate, whereas white workers were
getting IS inc rs cents and this ia
s1ven as h principal cause OF the
trouble.
The deportation followed n few days
a similar deportation Of Japanese
workers from h Livington, MERGED
county, fruit district. In the former
instance. however, the farmers OF the
Livingston region were held to be re-
sponsible for the enforced departure
of the Japanese.
The mob worked silently and was
aided 10 some extent by the full moon
The Japanese were aroused ana given
a certain time in which to dress and
collect their belongings and were Their
ordered onto motor truck and driven
away. Wives and children OF the de-.
portees were not moiested.
The act OF the mob followed a pro-
test to the Turiock chamber OF com.
merce Yesterday by the fruit and mel.
on pickers' union and the refusal OF
the chamber to pass n resolution up.
holding the protest. The chamber is. |
sued a statement. however. criticizing
white farmers who brought Japanese
workers into the district.
SAN FRANCISCO. July 2o.-Action
on the Turlock situation is beins with.