| Show MAKING THREATS Chinese Merchants in Chicago Seek Seck the thc Protection of The Police HAVE ALL BEEN APPROACHED t With lIh s Thc Join tin tilt Hanks ks ho c the limo Secret Scent Oath Chicago Jan 11 Fearing for their lives liven rat lit t the tha hands of ot soy oral eral welt veil ell known Chinese have sought rought protection froth from the po police lice Within the last hut few tel months they th declare tho the organization hue has grown with Ith rapid strides In Chicago and now numbers more than Every I y merchant mere hunt In III Chinatown hI mum s of or any HI consequence louts him hu it Is la sold Mid been ap up approached tl recently by b ot tr tho time society K and und threatened with harm un unless less they thc join the thu timid and take lithe tho Ito secret onto oath Those Who wlm hue havo complained to tho the I police rehire refuse o to give Ilvo their names say sa lag should It become known knowlI that they th have Informed the tha they th y might meet with violence ut nt the tho hounds hands of ot the All mire aro u positive however huts wt that tho limn o organization r has hus already gained a 1 foothold In fn and they sy nt lit least leant 20 mer ma merchants chants who Jio have refused d to listen to tho Iho II II 15 of ot the agents to become rB have been told unless a they th y lder their theil action they tho will ba be out of at business Bostic ss Some Bonie It I t Is said pair have havo b been threatened with with vio vho violence 10 lence hence and unit even death providing they the re cc remain main The organization atlon Is s known as tho the Hip Illy Slug Sill TOUR Tong fall society and according to those who know kno la le I the mimo as lie la is It known in it New York anti and nun Han 1 as ns the Several who have havo been approached claim It IH Is only anI a I scheme to force toree them to pay lay largo large o sums Hums of ot money 1 to a I bund band 1 ot or who whit refuse to work The society has haw employed an Inter interpreter preter er It Is la said 1111 1 and has Bus elected reI reg regular ular anti meetings are uto held hehl nightly In Chinatown ChInn town at lit Mitch re ra reports ports from thu the secret agents are lue read and names nameH ot oC who are not friendly to the tile organization are ure report reported ed eel It t In is 11 oleo also claimed chained that time the Mm first t step of ot tho the members when h 1 a n 1 merchant refuses to Join the ranks la is to write letters to Chief of ot Police Pollee Collins complaining of ot the tho character of the thc th place kept kepi by hy the obstinate ones once rand and In other ways causing them trou trouble ble hole Detectives have been heen detailed to learn about the alleged workings of ot the tho th secret band blind |
