Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 September 1885 — CHINAMEN BUTCHERED [ARTICLE]

CHINAMEN BUTCHERED

Coal-Miners in Wyoming Displaced by Celestials Take Bloody Seven Men Slain and Their Homes Bnrned —Ailing and Aged Chinamen Cremated. [Rawlins [Wyoming) special} The largest coal mines in the entire Union Pacifie system are at Bock Springs, 120 miles west of Rawlins. The road has recently been importing large numbers of Chinese to fill the places 1 of white men. This afternoon the entire force of white miners, numbering about 150 strong, organized, and, armed with shot-guns, marched to that portion of the town occupied by the Celestials, and after firing a volley into the air, reloaded and ordered the “pig-tails” to leave. The order was obeyed at once, the Chinamen fleeing to the hills like a drove of sheep, closely pursued by the miners. Several volleys were fired at the fugitives with fatal effect The Chinese quarters were then set on fire, and thirty-nine houses owned by the company were destroyed with their contents. The miners next visited the various mines in the camp, unearthed all the Chinamen at work therein, and bade them flee for their lives. They flew. Of some four hundred Chinamen who made Rock Springs their home this morning, not one remains. All are in the hills heading for Green River, thirteen miles further west. Seven were killed outright by the shots fired by miners, and many are Wounded. -It is said also that several feeble and helpless from disease perished in the flames at Chinatown. Sheriff Young arrived at the scene from Green River by a special train this evening with a posse of deputies, but too late to prevent Hie mob from carrying out its plans. The miners quietly dispersed after making sttre of the departure of the Celestials, and all is quiet. The Union Pacific officials appealed to Gov. Warren for protection, and Asst. Gen. Supt. Dickinson and Supt. Wurtele are en route for the scene of trouble by a special train- Both of these men are popular with the minors, and will probably be able to quell any disturbance likely to arise now. The Chinese have now been run out of Rawlins, Carbon, Laramie, and other points iip Wyoming. Clark Whittier, brother of the poet, has purchased 60,000 acres of land in Swain County, North Carolina, where it is proposed to lay ont a town to bear his name. It is designed to give the new town a fame for religion, morality, and temperance, ■'' w ' A drummer swam the Mississippi River at Dubuque, lowa, on a bet He crossed the river in forty minntes with bis clothes on, and won S2O. - .-jf _ %x-Senator Thurman is very fond of whist, but he won’t tolerate a dull partner