Show BY TELEGRAPH AMERICAN SAN FRANCISCO 9 0 the following manifesto will appear in the cau call tomorrow to morrow to the people of san francisco and state of california that an organization known as the citizens protective union may be properly understood and appreciated i by thoughtful men the follo following 1 v statement ii i i submitted submitted we d declare e the objects and purposes of this organization to be first the preservation of public peace second the protection of life and property third the rest restoration oraMon of confidence in tile the security becu ri ty of life and property from all violence fourth the restoration of the industries dus tries and bu business sines of the people all this we intend and expect to accomplish within the jaw law and by peaceful methods this is an organization of conservative power for public good it attacks no political party and is formed without regard to party politics wo vc believe the time has come when the manhood of san francisco should be asserted assorted and it is s intended that the line shail shall be bo distinctly drawn between thoe those who are in favor of law jaw and order rights of property safety and tb tian liberty of ci citizens and peaceful prosperity ns and those who are for riot assassination and pillage anarchy unrest and destruction all good ciu clu cid citizens zens who agree with us and approve of our objects and purposes are invited to join themselves ives to this organization by signing the roll tT there liere is no middle ground upon ly which any man ean can stand neutrally in this til is crisis ho he can only be excused by extreme age or pitiable cowardice ehe khe the K a agitation which was begun began and carried on for a long time ostensibly for or the discouragement of chinese immigration has degenerated f into a carnival of impudent blasphemous F k threaten ings against life an and a pr property opeRy and vilification of private character until it has become the th C scandal of the tile time and brought dis 1 honor upon american civilization so long as tho the agitation was connin ed to its original nal purpose it proceeded ed without objection forthe whole people of df california recognized the levus evils of chinese chino so immigration and united to oppose it by all lawful 2 means ea n s b but u t n now 0 w wh when on 1 it t is ma anade do I 1 a pretext e e for 0 r the organization of large vo dl 0 f a armed men whose declared purposes are riot and possibly pos mas co to be a aided ded by gen general C ral rai imn confra fla gration and the actors to be ed by liberty of unlimited pillage tho citizens of this commonwealth i t 11 ll have ave determined to interpose their power and declare that this bontem plated tragedy shall not be enacted here and that public threats of the teo accomplishment of such wicked and i inhuman designs cannot and will wili i not be longer tolerated drills in secret places and the nightly tramp f in the streets of armed forces accompanied by arrogant threats of if vio jenee jence jence lence brings the leaders as an in colem tolerable ble bie menace to the peace and ana well being of the city if no harm js ig intended there will be no ho mo more re threats and a display of norce force will ivill be henceforth confined to public par ades jades in open day the city wants peace and it is our purpose to give it that tranquility which will assure rehi refi renewed elved s H 4 11 ty and again place it in the highway iglic ay T 1 1 0 of f its grand destiny we c app appeal to itile ithe reason of men who wh have ave been drawn into the vortex of trea treason son to social order prepared for thenia them by lw ale aie AId vicious ious lous and selfish leaders we WO ask ak them to reflect that this is a govern ment of law by the people for the peppie that there are legal and peaceful remedies for public and j vate wron wrongs gos ggs that neither the chinese question nor any other question eail call can be settled here and now byte byre sort to unlawful force that the t courts of this state and of the tiie unity cd states are arbiters of all these tf questions est ions lons and that their thein decrees decrow will be im enforced forced by the irresistible force of the governmental authority that threats of destruction and lle tle desolation by fire of hanging and murder fur nish fisli no remedy for g grievances rie vances nor relief to the destitute but rather serve serva to fo paralyze all our industries t and business check enter enterprise and produce that stagnation which utter ily ly leaves all laborers on out t of employment j for the vicious and reci reel reckless dess men few few rew in number but devilish in their de have havo organized for evil arand aud and in their serret secret halis halls are planning ing tf td people who have havo moo tao too generously tolerated their thein presence in this ails eity city we ve have no word of counsel counselor or warning but let no man be deceived let him first count the cost tile the honest unemployed and dese deserving arving have the sympathy of all just men and the appeals of those in want have already been met with generous response throughout california and so will it be now let all ali turmoil cease and true men unite for the restoration of confidence fi that may again be quickened our industries put jn n motion and business business revived go so all that wish labor may find remunerative employment and want become a thing unknown instead of meditating upon destruction of accumulations of the people it were better to unite in the development of the great resources of this fertile state arppie in drea mea rea for us all there is a peaceable solution for every ques quest 1 tian a peaceful remedy for every evil let reason prevail and the way to permanent tranquility and general prosperity is easily found an opportunity will lo 10 to all good citizens to jom join this organization by order of the council no names are signed to the above manifesto but it is understood that it is put forth by a body representing the wealth and business interests of the city who have havo been prominent in times past in inea measures for the preservation of the city from the tho designs of the disorderly and criminal element during the day about n men en have been engaged in obtain obtaining obtaining in signatures to the roll of the citizens protective union with decided success to a very considerable extent the project finds favor with the business class wass though many ahny questions are asked the bulletin this evening treats the subject editorially under tile headin heading of organizing prosperity taking the ground that thai the organization means just what it says the preservation of peace protection of life and property the restoration of confidence in the security of life and property from all violence and a restoration st of legitimate commerce industries and siness business of the peo poo people pie PIC by peaceful methods within the law and approves the tile undertaking or tendency to act as a safeguard I 1 against mob violence and vicious legislation 6 it may bo be said there are ae many who do not accept the view of the organization but assume that something of a more radical nature is contemplated hinting a at t or dering th the e incendiary a agi ai t I out ou t of the city or even more pronounced measures it is difficult to leam learn anything any thing more regarding the plans of the union more than is set sef forth i in its manifesto if there are any secrets among the promoters they are well weil kept the post this evening publishes the following brief reference to the subie sublett ct we have a stron strong 0 municipal and state government quite able and willing to suppress any unlawful assemblage whether its headquarters are at the sand lots or in the secret chamber the tile workingmen have not yet been heard from reamey was interviewed tonight to night on 0 n the subject of the vigilance vi ilance liance committee and other matters he is defiant and evidently looks on the present excitement as furnishing him with fresh weapons he says the workingmen n are peaceable and law abiding that the city is entirely safe in their hands and that it is 0 only onis the chinese employers and s smock stock t bic gamblers who threaten to make mahe any trouble he affects to treat the formation of a vigilance committee with contempt and to believe belleve they will not dare to molest him but it is noticeable that he has made a perfect arsenal of his residence TU this morning he bought a winchester rifle which he keeps in ills hia sleeping room and both his brothers who live with him are provided with revolvers and shotguns reamey declares his intention of keeping up the agitation and swears that if violence I 1 is used to stop him speedy and terrible vengeance will be taken as counteraction counter ac to the vigilantes he proposes to hold all the empio employers y ers of chinese labor responsible for their action and declares his ills intention of making a list of names of whoever lie he has reason to suspect of being concerned ix lk it and reading the same at the sand lots every one of those men who donot clear t themselves h em so I 1 ves vos odthe of the suspicion r clelon that they are prime movers will be denounced as assassins and marked for retribution hearney made a brief speech at the wa ward meeting in irish american hall this evening in which he took substantially ly the above ground round and attacked bitterly tiie the men who are supposed to be prominent in the vigilante movement the crowd applauded his threats vociferously A fire in the grand central broke out in tiie tife rear of the dining room near the centre of the building it burned slowly at first and the occupants of the house about 75 in number had time to dress and save most of their personal effects though there was necessarily much confusion there was no panic and eye witnesses say my it was the quietest scene of the kind ever witnessed the guests were busy packing their property while many stood about the halls watching the th slow progress of the fire after the fire fairly gained access to the open air the destruction was rapid owing to th the 9 high wind fire brands were carried by the gale and set several fires at a distance to leeward of the hotel most of the furniture on the first and second floors was saved washington 9 athe the senate exodus committee today to day began the examination of witnesses summoned by the republican members and for several sessions to come the testimony will be of a different character from that given by witnesses I 1 called at the instance of voorhees tile the new nev chairman of the republican state committee of indiana and col dudley also a member of the committee were examined here today they testified in substance that the movement of to indiana from north carolina was not political and that from a political ca standpoint the republican leaders in indiana were opposed to their coming because the opposition would charge the republican party with the movement no contributions had been made to help the exodus movement but after the negroes had arrived charity ell cli arity was extended when needed their presence would not change the vote of the state at least 80 per cent had found good homes and there was plenty of room for more col new said the party had done all that it could to discourage the exodus move movement ment but after the negroes came they would not be allowed to starve tomorrow to morrow the committee will examine colored witnesses from mississippi and louisiana the treasury officials have about given up all hope of the refunding bill going through congress this season and efforts will now be directed to the pa passage asage of the bill providing for the issue of new coupon bonds to replace the bonds falling due next year bedr all interest coupons of the of the 6 per cent bonds will be taken onn off this year and it becomes necessary to replace these bonds with others having coupons on it is estimated at the department that the cost of taking up the old bonds and replacing them with new ones which will have to be printed will not be less than which could be saved by the passage of the refunding bill this session in addition to this the government would save 2 per cent interest in case of the reissue of 6 per cent bonds the government has to pay the entire cost of exchanging the new for old bonds the republican members of the senate in caucus after considerable interchange of opinion agreed that party interests would be promoted by the continuance of the debane debate on the fitzjohn porter case the president sent to the senate the tiie nomination of wm vit NIT ware peck of wyom wyoming ing territory to be associate justice of the supreme court of new mexico NEW 9 the dispatches from san francisco show that the condition of things in that city is somewhat dangerous if are to be taken at their word the city is on the verge of a serious outbreak the men of the sand lots are determined to drive out the chinese by force and to visit with fire and destruction the establishments of white citizens who persist in employing chinese laborers if we were to judge of the attitude temper and possible doings of his followers by the past course of kearney we should havo have no fears for the peace of san kin rin in francisco reamey is a swaggering swashbuckler who uses vituperative and violent terms without the least cast idea of their in meaning ca nin and weight it should not be forgotten ahat that this noisy creature has lias nev never or executed any one of his mul mui multitudinous ti inous threats but has invariably crt lct taken taren ak e n to tall timber when the storm has come upon him maybe his followers are like unto him if they are all these military preparations are needless all this commotion however may end it is disastrous to every form of in the city in which it prevails business is depressed capital takes alarm the trades on which working people depend for their livelihood are brought to a standstill nominally the chinese are at the bottom of the disturbance the improvident and disorderly portion of the population of san francisco accustomed to hush times and absolutely refusing to work are convinced that nothing can make times better until tha chinese are driven out of the country nothing short of a non inter course with the chinese so far as they canse cause call cali see ee will meet the expediency NEW YORK lothe lotho 10 the turbulence of the san francisco destruct ives has finally provoked the tile organization of a species of vigilance committees mit tees from which a stirring manifesto has just jiow mow emanated the authors of this proclamation belong to the peaceful and industrious who are weary of the long continued and mischievous gasco of the men of the sand lots jots jare iare are evidently determined that this must stop the impudent visitation of the committees mit tees the tha sanguinary threats threat of kearney hearney and his gang and the tho warlike preparations of the followers of this infamous creature have only made bad mattens matters worse business is interrupted and hard times of which just complaint might be made are rendered harder by this wretched agitation possibly the advent of a new vigilance committee will scare the mischief makers into silence the supervisors of san francisco have voted to increase the police force of the city and at the same time a large number of citi wells re presente inthe ing highest business interests in teresta of san francisco havo have written a long and comprehensive manifesto which though not signed 0 we are assured includes among its framers men who have heretofore been identified with the putting down of violence this manifesto contains good ind nd reasonable counsel to the agitators but the terms are such that they will at once understand that acts of violen violence |