Spanish Fork Press | 1905-09-21 | Page 2 | Yokohama the Scene of Rioting by Coolie Mobs

YOKOHAMA THE SCENE OF RIOTING G BY COOLIE MO S Over Five Thousand Men Attack Police Po-lice Station and Custom Houses When Troops Are Sent For Tokio Advices from Yokohama there shortly say that a riot occurred after midnight Tuesday night The mob was divided Into two bodies numbering num-bering about GBOO mostly coolies boatmen and outcasts Eight police boxes were demolished and burned The mob directed Its attack against three objects The police stations the residences of the customs officials and tho large commercial houses Four hundred troops were sent from Tokio on a special train a little lit-tle before dawn to suppress the rioting riot-ing Six bundled Russians prisoners from Karafuto who were stnylng at the different hotels have been placed under a special guard During tho riot the police used drawn swords while the mob was armed with pistols pis-tols and sword sticks Tho casualties among the police were three severely wounded and thirtyseven injured Nlntyelght of the mob are under arrest ar-rest The mob set tire to the police boxes by soaking hats In oil firing them and throwing them at tho object of attack 1 Quiet has apparently been restored I