Show exor IN lar SAST SAIK our oar Calif california orril a exchanges rec ree received elves this morning contain an account ola oda fearful riot which occurred among we the chinese washmen of san francisco last sunday afternoon it appears that competition has been so sharp among this class of operatives that in imitation of their Cau caucasian esslau neighbors they resolved to have reci reel recourse hurse burse to measures of a protective character to stay the tte downward tendency in prices ace aco accord 01 ra angly an association was formed under whose auspices the city was formed into districts district a and rules were adopted prohibiting the location of washing and ironing establishments at a less lesa distance than ten houses each side of any other establishment of a similar kind despite these rules and regula eions however however a certain company called the was beup would infringe and play clay the rat in regard to prices the result was an appeal was made by of to ane council counell regulating the affairs of the washing and ironing fraternity this thia council met last sunday afternoon iu in the joss house or chinese j place of worship where the regular i weekly meetings of the a association were held five dia dih different ereno erent companies were interested in the result aud and at the time of the trial or investigation there was a large number of celestials Celesti als in thu the room armed with pistols iron bars cleavers clea vers verp knives hatchets and clubs they evi i dently intended business buei buel nebs and came prepared the decision of the council was against the defendants in the case and ind no sooner was it rendered than the various wes weapons with which the partie partle 6 in the room ro om were armed were brought into requisition and a riot inaugurated which threatened to put at defiance the power of the police force of the city and to render it necessary to call oud oui the military in addition to the various weapons with which the malcontents were armed every article of furniture the room contained which coald be broken so as to serve as a weapon of offense offence or defence wab WIB BO so used and bays tays the alta alia of monday last amid the din of war the breaking and bruising and smashing of limbs and heads the clear sharp decisive report of the revolver was heard officer meagher standing on pike street at the time heard the reports of the pistols and proceeded to the scene of bloodshed but his single handed efforts could be of no avail in restoring quiet among what appeared a number of howling demons llen Lien ions lons he he whistled for help and special officers duffield hines hinds mo laughlin states and irwin soon arrived but they could do little more than prevent others from entering the house and joining in the fight A citizen at this juncture went to the police office and informed officer jones that two officers had been killed in the fight this intelligence being communicated to captain hanna he at once started with four men to the scene of slaughter on his way he requested some j citizens to accompany hil hit hamand nand they hid so As he proceeded he heard the shots fired and bel bei believing leving that the work of carnage was fearful ho he urged on his men when he reached the house he was obliged to fight his way through the in order to get to the door but assisted by the four other officers this was soon accomplished the chief of police with as many of the detective force as he could collect were also on the ground and from their determination mi nation the rioters soon became becske con vinced that they would be overcome still the chinar Chinat nen resisted savagely one man stood at the top of the narrow stairs leading to the room witha with a six ais shooter in hand band and gd kept blazing away at the officers officer mcl MOL mclaughlin caughlin ia narrowly escaped being shot by this desperado a ball having lodged in the door within afew a new few inches of or hi matter matier having grazed his hia coat captain hanna with some of his officers held the back entrance while whilo others watched the front when escape had thus been cut on off captain hanna ordered the officers to go upstairs up stairs which was waa promptly obeyed up the heinon heinen mon men rushed and ann ahn they entered they thoy met with a rough reception and were obliged to use their clubs to bring the to submission when escape seemed beyond their power use ose rioters mado made a desperate effort to get avay alray they rushed headlong down the stairs stains and tried to force the officers from the door but just aa as soan doen as they reached the landing they were seized tied together in pairs by the officers and ana turned aside when the fight in the joss house was suppressed es s e d in the police after some pretty kuppr hard fighting g ht 1 ng cleared the streets when those taken prisoners were searched and there were found upon their persons and in the room two hatchets one knife two revolvers rev oiven olven four cleavers thirteen iron bars and one chisel fifteen combatants were placed in safe keeping keepin many more would have bee been a b but ut wl while ii e the officers were clearing the streets friends managed to get them out of the way 1 the room in which the fight took place was reduced to a wreck the walls being pierced with bullet holes and its entire furniture completely demolished including the ornaments which were used to decorate joss the latter worthy deity as he is supposed to be by the celestials Celesti aisy alsI als ais also bearing marks of very rough usage from the hands of his worshippers shippers wor 10 the chinese who have emigrated to this thia country have been very often credited with being quiet inoffensive and or orderly dehly defly but a perusal of the account of the above riot reminds one of the worst kind af a setto set to between rival factions of the celtic race more than of any thin k gelse kelse eise else while the chinese however ho wever are credited with the good qualities above referred to they are also said to be very clever im of whatever they see around them since landing on the pacific coast they have been subjected occasionally sio blo nally to very harsh harah treatment at the hands of white residents and have been made acquainted with some of the rougher phased of civilization and if with their uncivilized uncivilized or barbarous instincts their love of imitation has led them to adopt the practice of having recourse to firearms nire fire arms knives et to settle their grievances none can wonder much popular feeling against the chinese has run very high on the pacific coast this fracas will not help to modify it and if more stringent legislative measures should be adopted against the mongolian race in california it would not be at all surprising |