New Britain herald., 1925-08-26
ANOTHER DEATH IN
 CHINESE TONG WAR
Baltimore Chinaman Shot, Dies
 on Way to Hospital
GUARD AGAINST OUTBREAK


 New Works Chinatown While In-
 nucntial Chinamen Make Efforts
 to Bring About Truce.
 Baltimore. Md, Aug. 26 P,-Louie Kwong, proprietor of a Chinese res taurant in Druid Hill avenue, was shot and fatally wounded by two unidentified Chinese today. kwong died en route to Maryland General hospital. His assaiants escaped.
 Police on Watch
 New York, Aug. 26 tP --- Wide spread precautions were being taken hy police today in nearly every largo city Of the cast and middle west in an attempt to cut short a new Chinese tong war in which four Chinese have been killed and three wounded In the last "A hours.
 Extra details of police guarded the Chinatowns of eight cities. More than 100 Chinese have been arrest cd some being held in connection with the murders and others on suspicion.
 The death toll score seems to stand four 10 nothing in favor Of the Hip Sing tongmen. Police here learned that 7S telegrams to this effect were sent out from New York and Boston to Chinese leaders all over the country. On Leong tongs- men have been murdered in New York, Chicago, Minneapolis and Pittsburgh, one In each city, while former Hip Sing king of China town In St, Louis has been wound ed.
 Soventy-f1 Chinese were round- cd ID in Philadelphia on orders from General Butler. 15 being de- tain for further Investigation. After telephone conversations with Wash inCton immigration authorities, General Butler intimated that all Chinese without government cre- 1cntials would be deported.
 30 Rounded Up
 Thirty were rounded up in New ark. Four were suspected of being implication in the New York killing, but later were held merely on charges of carrying revolvers. Min neapois police were ordered to dis arm all Chinese in anticipation Of further trouble during the national 1 Hip Sing meeting there next month, Efforts to transfer the convention i to Cleveland were described by Tom Chan Poy secretary of the Cleve- land On IeongS. as an excuse to i'm port a crowd Of gunmen to fight the On Lcongs.
 More than 15N extra police pa trollcd New York Chinatown while influential merchants sought to bring about peace. In Boston where two Chinese and white man were wounded in gun play on the streets police succeeded In calming the Chinese quarter. Long Chooey' wounded Hip Sing in St. Louis, de- clared that the On Leongs had put price of s5,NOo on his head be- cause he refused to pay tribute There is said to be only one other Hin Sing leader fin that city.
 Boston, Philadelphia, Washington Newark, Baltimore, st. Louis and Pittsburgh arc strong On Leong ccnters. New York and Chicago arc evenly held; while the Hip Sings are strong in Cleveland and the Pa cific coast.
 The workings Of tongs have long bafflcd police. The present war IS | the second outbreak in 12 years | The first eliminated last March after a long string of assassina- lions. The On Leong tong Is the wealthier of the two principal secret | societies, being composed chiefly Of ! Chinese merchants. The Hip Sings have the larger membership. but 1 arc largely laundrymen, seamen ol restaurant workers.
 The word tong" means a protec- tive society. but since they were organized during the gold rush days in California and Nevada, they 1 have become fratornal organiza' tions sworn to protect members against enemies and in some eases 1 holding regional monopoies or | gambling and drug selling.