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Show JAPS.SSSAULT :i : i WIIiTE WOUKfiEN Orientals Who Raised the Millado's Fla in Calif or- X nia Are in Danger of Mob AttacK. POBTEKVILtt, CU Jspaoeaa laborers worXiag. 'a ths tracks of the Southern Paclllo eom-pany, eom-pany, near this city, assaulted Boy V. Clark, striking him orer the hesd ith a shovel and attacking him with sticks and elubs. Clark escaped by running, and eame to this city to swear out warrants for ths arrest of his assail- "111 attempt to arrest ths Japanese wss met with resistance. A messenger messen-ger was sent asking for aeeistance, and a large number of special officers were mshed to the scene.. After considerable consider-able difficulty, fifteen Japanese were arrested, taken to Visalia and placed in the county jail. It was not considered con-sidered safe to keep them in the Por-terville Por-terville jail on account of local teel- lnfhirinii the fracas the Japanese are reported to hsre raised the JaPe flag. Orest excitement prevailed in this city for a time. Because of the bad feel ing existing, further trouble is feared. There sre a large number of Japanese working on the railroad in this Ti?m- U'Clark, who wss attacked by the Japanese, Jap-anese, is not seriously hurt. The trou-ble trou-ble had its origin in the strong feeling feel-ing growing out of the San .Francisco ,cfo?l trouble and the anti-Japanese ntiment in the community. |