The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 5, 1895, Page 12

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, AUGUST 5, 1895. 12 = I | ana recently some children rescued from ] General, and almost instantly order in that DRY GOODS. . N\ ff | the house by the S. P. C..C. i locality was restored, although 0n all [~~~ e S A A | Thereare many other resorts of a sim- | | sides could be heard the hooting of the I | ilar kina on Pacific street and on Steven- " See Yups at the boycotted Sam Yup insti- | son, Jessie and Howard streets. These lat- ter can be easily located. Besides these | there are very many others, some of them very difficalt of access. VIIL INTERIOR VIEW OF SOME OF THE TENDERLOIN OPIUM | sorts for opium-smokers in this. City out- | | side of the Chinese quarters. In rare in- | | stances there are only one or two rooms in | ;\he houses meguionedbwhere “layouts” abre | kept for the *‘fiends,” but in most cases the | : el o premises are infested with the “fiends,” | JOINTS. { and there are *layouts ” for smokers in | An interior view of a room devoted to nearly every room in the house. | opium-smoking in the tenderloin district As a rule, these places are lodging- | is most uninviting as a rule. It lacks even | houses—all of them of a very low order in | the picturesqueness of tie unclean Chinese | the moral scale, but some of them .‘uite “joint.” In the old days, before the Leg- high-priced and infested by the *‘dude | jslature and the Supervisors passed strin- hat specimen of human kind | gent iaws forbidding the maintenance of these dens, some of them were handsomely and even luxuriantly appointed. Now they are usually bare rooms, with only the scant allowance of cheap furnitnre usually found in the Jower order of lodging-houses. On the third floor of the Baltimore House, at 502 Bush street, a room was found quite typical of most of the others in that neighborhood. It was a single room, with an iron-framed bedstead, a washstand and a wardrobe. On the bed lay the smoker, a man not more than 35 years of age. ““T’Il be through in a few moments,” he Haunts of the “Hop Heads” Outside of Chinatown. MANY DENS ARE OPEN, | tiend. which lives well and works not, but takes ; the earnings from tre “ Dope Fiends’” Rendezvous From the North Beach to the Mission their wives or mis- es that frequent the dark streets. The is as follows: FOURTH STREET, room 16 on the | nd floor, and room 27 on the third floor. 110 FOURTH STREET, a back double | room on the second floor, rented by two “fiends,”” who have several ‘layouts.” KING HOUSE, Fourth and Howard streets. Notorious for years. A Further Lifting of the Vell From | L il HOUSE, Fourth street, near | the Most Dangerous Resorts | THIRD AND HOWARD STREETS, | saia, when the person entered. ‘“Then you in thae City. | northwest corner, lodging-house overdrug- | can have the pipe. Why don’t some of store. Notorious resort. | you go to Mike’s room? He has two lay- | STANDARD HOUSE, 1120 Market street. | outs. IN DEFIANCE OF THE LAWS. VI IALS THE POLICE OFF SURPRISED. i “THE CALL'S” EXPOSE NOT COMPLETE YET. | Some of the police officials rubbed their | eyes when they TrE CALL yesterday. | was only some evil night- mare—that opium expose—that long list of | resorts for white *“dope fiends” in China- | | town. But the hope was vain. And at| Jast some of these police officials gained a | knowledge that may be useful to them in | future efforts—when they come to realize that the laws against the opium traffic | should be enforced. Not every man in the police department | gained a new knowledge from reading the expose in THE CALL, though it is evident from what Chief Crowley said in his inter- view in TuE CArr Saturday morni he was in" ignorance of the startling and shameful f: d bare to the public in to- ‘ They hoped the ignorance of the chief may be | pardonable. reported to to make perso = £ his ble, though it is better than crimi- | nal knowledge. The policemen whd regunlarly patrol the | beats _wheron these opium dens located may fairly be supposed to possess even a great edge of the opium | evil in San o than their chief | gained reading THE CAL Thes comments in passing. | Tke time 3 rived for conclusions | to be drawn, for even the bare glimpse of | the vilest d most pernicious evil with | which i It has been shown how, when and where e men and women and youths smoke e But Ll l*_!m‘fl“; | AN INTERIOR OF ONE OF THE ROOM) OF THE BALTIMORE HOUSE. The City 1 tnfested with n‘.e‘ [From a sketch made by a “Call” artist.] ts and dens of opium-smokers. i - ool ey punl-g-a”;;'he_rc ;{W_ A well-known resort for ““fiends.” White | He was in his shirt-sleeves, and his shoes iends” re practice Tae Vice 2as | girls seen there frequently. were at the foot of the bed. There was be ed aiter only afew v ati Without doubt there are a hundred or more of these dens scattered | throughout tke= City. = Most of them are lodging-houses. some of the lodging outs in every room, of the “hop heads’ congre Tooms to s v their morbid com very little ventilation in the room, and the atmosphere was stifling for a novice. “This is my third dose to-day,” said the man on the bed. “I’'m a moderate smoker, but I'll take enough this time to get the full effect.” ‘“He smokes seventy-five pills a day,” said the young man, through whose influ- ences we had gained access to the room. “He has the worst kind of a ‘hahit.’” At 633 California street four women were feund smoking in one room. Two of them were stretched out on the bed puffing at the long bamboo pipes and filling the room with a hazy, sickening atmosphere. An- other girl was on the tloor, her head rest- ingonan old valise laid sideways. The fourth inmate, much older and more hag- gard and glassy-eyed than the others, was not smoking, but acting as an attendant for the others. Evidently she was the owner of the “lay- outs.” An_ effort was made to get her name ard find out something about her. Everybody in the house disclaimed all knowledge of her, however, and only a po- licemar’s star could have made the in- mates talk. “‘There’s no room for you'se gents to smoke here,” she said, as we pushed open the door and pressed into the room. “Ionly wanted to see Lizzie a minute,” said the *‘fiend” who acted as guide. | Lizzie proved to be the tall girl on the floor. They exchanged a few whispered words and then the visitors had to go out, | and the old woman bolted the door at once. An effort was made to get into some of the other rooms in the house. Walking along the hallways one could smell the fumes of the “dope” coming from almost every door, but the “fiend" himselt proved unequal to tne task of gaining admittance. Wnen be knocked on a door a drowsy voice would call out: “Who’s there?” “It’s ——. I want to see you a moment.” Sometimes one of the inmates would recognize the voice and the name, but he would open the door cautiously, and upon seeing the strangers would grow suspicious. B On the south side of Pine street, just above Dupont, is a big lodging-house that shelters perhaps a hundred or more of the “fiends.” Almost any one who knows of the place and hasa desire for the indul- gence can satisfy his craving or curiosity there. The house is frequented by a set of harpies that prey on unsophisticated men. And the men are robbed while under the influence of the drug. These cases are of frequent occurrence, not only at this house but several others in the neighbor- hood. Sometimes an arrest 1smade—more oflen not—but those who have the proper “‘pull”’ escape the toils of the police courts easily enough. On the southeast corner of Dupont and Pine streets is a saloon, & known den for ‘“fiends.” ‘In a stuffy back room a dozen i - I or more “hop heads” can be found every I '—— (|- | night. ) W | None of these pictures are overdrawn. | ]{ !| | Onthe contrary, care has been taken to [y & | | state only the cssential facts.” Nor bave i /| o ! all the facts been given. They could not be’fi‘ivcu in a newspaper. THE REAR ENTRANCE TO OPIUM DENS IN LOVELEY'S OOTTAGE | These e il el | reuding of the laws alrea uoted will ON PINE STEEET. | prove. These Iaws have beenythsted in the Supreme Court and found valid. To a most dangerous extent these laws are not enforeed in San Francisco. Through a typographical error in THE CALL yesterday morumf, 1005 Stockton | street was given in the list of resorts in Chinatown where white men and women | smoke opium. The number should have been 1005!5. Mrs. Cum Yuk keeps the former house, which is not known as an opium den, but as a law-abiding place. 109 DUPONT STREET, second floor. DUPONT STREET. A notorious j * Frequented by “dude fiends.” 311 DUPONT STREET. 419 DUPONT STREET, basement in | % BUSH STREET, Baltimore House, | raving for | a “layout” in nearly every room; notori- ! ous, men and women. USH STRE the debasing drug, while many novices— young homes x and girls from respectable , two rooms. d their way to the dens to take | ,one room at pres- first steps that lead surely to the | ent. A notorious ‘‘joint.” or the madhouse. | TREET, rooms 20, 24 and 18. state of things is unlawful. More, | Over the Mission Chapel. | it is known to the policemen who regularly 633 CALIFORNIA STREET. One of | patrol these beats. What is worse still | the worst “joints” in the City. Easy of policemen have been seen to enter these to strangers. Has been running for and consort with the inmates. 0 a leper there is nothing so de- | LIFORNIA STREET, frequented | n the b v as the “hop | mostly by women *‘fiends.” ley has said he believes KEATING’S SALOON, Berry and Du- there are by no means a thousand of them | pont streets, “layout’” patronized mostly [From a sketch made by a “ Call” artist.] in the City. There are more than 3000 of | by Keating and his partner, Elliott, but lhel’é‘l in San Francisco. ked here | 7O closed to their friends or patrons. *“But little * ope’ is sold or smoked here | 1 oyELY’S COTTAGE, in rear of 607 now,” said the Chief in his interview.) pjne street with entrance on Dupont ‘s)treer:l. “We have kept the evil within bounds. | Owned and rended by Noble Lovelv. An There are no dens, properly so-called, in | old-time rendezvous for the “fiends.” ‘hfex “i:g‘;‘e""- 711 STOCKTON STREET, a notorious e “joint”’ for the ‘“‘gang.” 1300 STOCKTON STREET, second fioor, over the Bay State Market. This is fre- quented by white girls and their male partners. A notorious vlace. 1314 STOCKTON STREET, two rvoms. LOUISIANA HOUSE, 317 Montgomery ‘White girls here, VII. A LIST OF SOME OF THE MORE NO- TORIOUS DENS INFESTED BY “FIENDS.” The following list embraces some of the more notorious and most easily located re- | avenue, second floor. Evidently a Suicide. Dr. F. X. Emerson held an autopsy yesterday on the body of the unknown man who was | found dead on the beach near the Cliff House Saturday. The autopsy showed the man was drowned. The pockets and sleeves of the de- ceased were filled with sand, which he is sup- posed to have put there to l}old him under the water. . Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U. S. Gov't Report | Baking ABSOLUTELY PURE A Small Fire. The fire alaim from box 27 yesterday after- noon was for a small fire at 710 California street, a lodging-house occupied by Mrs. P. Lambert. The fire was uunedphy carelessness with matches on zheosnn of a lodger. The damage was about $100. R —a - Free This Week. EIGHT BIG PRESENTS—ONE GIVEN WITH Each Pound of Our EXTRA VALUE 60-CENT TEAS. GREAT AMERICAN IMPORTING TEA CO.S, 52-58 Market street, S. F., Headquarters. BRANCH STORES EVERYWHERE. tutions. It seems that the true story of the differ- ences between the See Yup and Sam Yup companies has never been told. It was furnished THE CaLL yesterday by a Chris- tian Chinese, whose name cannot be given as it would ruin his business and, perhaps, result in his being murdered. There is 00 doubt, however, of the authenticity of his ExcitedMongolians Con- gregate in Mobs in Waverly Place. ~ BLACK GOODS DEPARTMENT! statements, as steps to verify them were taken. According to this information, the present troubie is the outgrowth of an agreement entered into three vears ago be- tween the Sam Yup and See Yup compan- ies which partook of the nature of a union, having for its purpose the prevention of crime among the Chinese, and the convic- tion and punishment of wrongdoers. It was the work of the better class of Chinese, and many of the originators of it belonged to both companies. The officers on both sides signed an agreement that, when a grave crime was committed, neither com- CARICATURE THE CONSUL FAT.IT. See Yups Charge Li Wing Yu With Having Received Bribes. NOVELTIES FOR 1895. pany should take steps to bail the offender FEELING RUNS VERY HIGH. out or to secure his acquittal, but tnat the law should be allowed to take its course. This agreement has been adhered to up to the time of the recent murder. The See Yups, of which Mook Tai is a promi- nent member, were the first to ask to break the agreement. They asked per- mission to tafie steps to have Mook Tai re- leased on bail and that the Six Companies bear equally the expense of conducting his case. This request the Sam Yups declined_to grant, and Consul- General Li_ Wing Yu stood be- hind the Sam Yups, urgin, that, if Mook Tai was guilty he should be pun- ished, and if innocent, he would be so proven. This seems to be the only part We take pleasure i Police and Clubs Prevent Serious Trouble — Another Outbreak Anticipated. A styles and magnificen : exhibition, all of which Confusion reigned in Chinatown yester- day. There were many scenes of wild disorder, and at one time it was believed a general riot was imminent. The fact that this did not actually occur, and that there was 10 killing done is due to the watch- | tho Gongul-General has taken in _the mat- fulness and determination of the police, | ter further than the use of his influence to who dispersed the crowds and kept a close greserve peace. There are many of the eye on the most belligerent of the Chinese. | See Yup people who believe Mook Tai All the afternoon and evening crowds of §3{1:§;‘§,°§%¥fil:. ;:'?fie.‘,fi“{,efi‘éf-e“%;“:fré& Chinese congregated at one point or 3 >y ) Stiotier, ol t(g: Bé nodnsed mpGitaa to believe, he is innocent and all are de- hards sirous of seeing him released. scattered by Sergeant Shea’s squad, who | * The Sam Yups stood firm at the begin- were not at all gentle in handling the ning of the trouble, while the See Yups Mongolians if their attitude became were just as firm, Thus the dissension threatening. Through it all, at the time | gTeW as each meeting of the Six Compa- the disturbance was the most turbulent, | Dies was held to discuss the matter, until & <. | finally the eruption came which dissolved Rev. Sue Too Namart, of the Presbyterian i - 4 % the companies and was the means Mission, stood on a box 1n the middle of | of the boycott being instituted against the street and preached to the heathen. the Sam Yups. The latter own or control The chief cause of disorder was a cartoon posted on a deadwall at the corner of all but perhaps a dozen of the stores and meat markets of Chinatown, and as a re- Clay street and Waverly place at about 1 o’clock in the afternoon. It was an excel- sult of the boycott, which has been most determined, See Yup stores that formerly lently executed drawing in colors, depict- ing the Chinese Consul-General, Li Wing took in from $45 to $50 a day now take in from $400 to $500, while the exact reverse Yu, receiving bribes from a party of Sam Yups to use his influence in getting Mook of things obtains among Sam Yup institu- Tai, charged with the murder of Chong tions. On Friday last the principals of the Sam ‘Wai, hanged. It is this case, as is famil- iarly known now, that has caused all the Yup Company, seeing the futility of at- tempting to do business under such cir- uneasiness in Chinatown since the murder occurred July 13. cumstances, sought a meeting with the No sooner had the cartoon been posted in 25 different designs, Price s Write for sample: arrival of BLACK DRESS FABRICS FALL 1895 and direct attention to the choice n announcing the first FOR t assortment now on will be offered at Unusually Low Prices! Priestly’s Black INovelties! We will offer this week 5 cases PRIEST= LY’S BLACK NOVELTY DRESS FABRICS, 5-25 Dress Pattern. 100 pieces GENUINE ENGLISH KAISAR CLOTH, full 42 inches wide, £8e 500 per Yard. s of above goods. See Yups. The meeting was held, and the than Chinese began to congregate. In a Sam Yup{} made overtures of peace, but few minutes Waverly place was packed the See Yups, who had apparently con- sented to the meeting to get an opvor- tunity to jeer the enemy, laughed at them, and saxd: “You would notgive in at first; we are not ready to now.”” from Washington to Clay street, and the | Thus the meeting broke up and hos- intersection of Clay street and Waverly | tilities were renewed with redoubled vigor. place was literally jammed. Within thirty minutes of the time the See Yup artist displayed his caricature to the public fully 5000 Chinamen were fighting to get near enough to see it. Either the So persistent were the attacks on the Sam Yu&merchnnts that any man, woman or cartoon was universally pleasing to the throng or else those who did not uEpmve child who went to one of their stores to of it were afraid to say so or make any make a purchase was stopped and, in most | of cases, the goods were taken from | counter-demonstration, for nothing of the sort was noticeable. them and thrown away. Chickens, pork and vegetables were stolen from the stalls | and the police had a busv time of it. Sev- | eral arrests were made, but the prisoners were bailed out as quickly as they were bcokedlat };AehCn]ifoTig-scrfiet stgtic&.}‘ The Mongols enjoyed themselves for | Nearlyall the pork butchers in China-{ fully half fm hou]r) before Policemen | town are members of the Sam Yup Com- Samuels and Connelly, coming down their beats, observed the mob. They made a simultaneous rush at the crowd, using their clubs vigorously. They were soon joined by Sergeant Shea’s squad, and the hinese were sent about their business. pany. In consequence the See Yups trans- Officer Samuels tore down the cartoon and ’ on Dupont street, and that shop was over- 111, 113, 115, 117, 119, run with customers all of Saturday and yesterday. Over 100 hogs were cut up and sold, and a special order had to be sent to Butchertown for more. In consequence, 121 POST STREET. the Sam Yup butchers were nearly all idle ferred their patronage to Sang Wo & Co. : f the % turned it over to Officer Haniy of the spe- Sitithe boyeatt waklconiibie: money being offered by the See Yups, but ial squad. 2 ’ o £ :a‘;;lincident of the cartoon was the be- The police are keeping an extra watch | that the Consul-General had paid no at- | ginning of many scenes of disorder. * |and the posse has been augmented. | tention to the reports. Should an outbreak occur the chances are that quite a number of Mongolians will be killed before it is quelled. The prelimi- | nary trial of Mook Tai takes place to-day, | and if he is held to answer on a charge of | murder the trouble will doubtless begin. After the cartoon incident one could sr- proach almost any Chinaman who could | speak English and ask the meaning of the | picture, and be told unhesitatingly that | the Sam Yups had paid the Consul-Gen- eral $2800 to use his influence to try and hang Mook Tai. At the legation neither Consul-General Li Wing Yu nor Consul Ching Ting Chip could be seen, but Vice-Consul King con- sented to talk about the cartoon, its mean- ing and the effect it would have on the Chinese. He ridiculed the idea that his superior had accepted any bribe and said | the report was circulated by the See Yups | because the Consul-General had stood firm | for justice. He said the same charge had | been made by the Sam Yups relative to There was no disguising the fact that the attaches of the consulate were extremely | apprehensive of difficulty when the car- | toon was shown them, but Vice-Consul King expressed no fears, and the special guard which was stationed at the legation some days ago and then removed was not replaced. The Vice-Consul says the Con- sul-General will take no steps whatever in the prosecution or defense of Mook Tai, but will simply see that he is given a fair trial. A TRIBUTE OF ESTEEM. Dr. J. W. Keeney Presented With a Silver Desk-Service. The employes of the Health Office who had worked under Dr. J. W. Keeney as Health Officer for the past two yvears have presented him with a handsome set of silver furnishings for his desk. In all there are thirteen pieces, including a hand- Other cartoons of an obscene nature were posted by Chinese and immediately torn down by the police. A poster asking all Chinese to boycott the market at Jackson street and Fish alley was posted against the building. The owner sought the po- lice to have it taken down, saying he dare not venture to do so himself. In one instance a Chinese purchased a coat at a boycotted house 2nd started home withit. He was notoutside the door be- fore a mob of angry heathens forcibly took the garment from him and would have destroyed it but for the intervention of the lice, who arrived just in time to prevent what might have resulted in a most seri- ous if not fatal row. 1t was just at the close of the demonstra- tion over the cartoon and while the latter scene was being enacted that the Rev. Sue Too Namart opened religious services. He mounted a box in the middle of Waverly place, where the crowd had so enjoyed it- self to the discomfiture of the Consul- some silver penholder and silver-mounted cut-glass inkstands. The presentation was made last Satur- day. Accompanying it was an address signed b{ all the donors, setting forth the good-will and esteem which had prompted the gift and expressing best wishes for his future welfare. EoE e L SR Amateur Baseball. The Pacific baseball team of this city de- feated the C. A. Hall team from Oakland at the Haight-street grounds by & score of 20 to 5 yesterday. The feature of the game was the great hitting of the Pacifics. The Clippers defeated the J. P. Dalton Base- ball Club yesterday at the same grounds by a score of 8 to 7. The battery work of Kelly and Gorman was the feature of the game. ————— Vast Store of Gold. Impartial writers say that the gold con- tained in the medals, vessels, chains and other objects preserved in the Vatican would make more gold coin than the whole of the presant European circulation. e 7 el T . 0 ™Ry e %a A& ¥ ] e % 2A RALT O B a2 AP 5. 43 §p o A g I THE CARTOON THAT EXCITED ALL CHINATOWN. [The figure with uplifted hand, on the extreme right of the picture, is supposed to be Lay Wing, the Chinese Consul’s adviser. The next figure, with plate in hand, represents the Consul-General himself in the act of taking contributions. The small box in the foreground repre- sents the safe in the consulate. The two kneeling figures nearest the Consul, gathering from the lettering, are *“ Lee Li Tong bribed the Consul ” and “Lo Bak Tong, president Sam Yup Company.” The other figures are designated in the picture as “ Chong Wah, $300,” “ Sce Wabh, $1000,” ““ Chee Chong, $1000,” the dollars being the amount of their alleged contributions. The translation of the inscription on the ‘bottom of the cartoon is, “ Whosoever reads this must think carefully, and do not hide your conscience in judging this matter. prosper.” On the left side of the picture the inscription reads, * San Francisco, Cal. A new issue of ancient and mod In the upper right hand cornes is the name of the artist, * Lo Fow San, the Mountain of Art.”] Then you will ern peculiar scenes.”