The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 6, 1900, Page 1

Tall, —— VOLUME LXXXVIII-NO, 67. SAN FRANCISCO, MONDAY, AUGUST 6, 1900. PRICE FIVE CENTS. CHINESE REPULSE THE ADVANCE GUARD OF ARMY OF THE ALLIES Shanghai Reports This Check to the Van of the 48,000 Fighting Men of the Powers Who Are Marching on the Oriental Capital. There is a rumor from Shanghai, via Paris, that the advance guard of the allies has been re- pulsed, but the story is not confirmed from any otner scurce. A dispatch from Chefu states that the Governor of Moukden has ordered the massacre of all Christians in Manchuria. By this time, if the details given in the dispatch from Tientsin to the London morning papers are correct, the main body of the relief expedition must have covered abcut a third of the distance to Pe- king. According to this, the latest of meny and conflicting reports about the advance to Peking, he Americans and British instead of taking the lead were in one case not ready to move and in another tance, ior some unspecified reason, did not join in the movement of the main body which left Tien- in on July 80, and which consisted of 20,000 Japanese and 10,000 Russians. Generals Chaffee and Gaselee started only on Thursday last. fededot B e e e Chinese Soldiers in Shanghai Are Preparing to Rise Against Foreigners and Three of the Disguise Attack an English the Veranda of His House. in on Fanatics Resident sHAIL Aug. 4 (By cable to London, Aug. 5).—The first overt attack upon foreign- urred this morning. Three Chinese, supposed to be soldiers in disguise, fired at a I-known English resident while he was lying asleep on the veranda of his house. He a nar W escape. ——— e CHINESE THREATEN LINES OF COMMUNICATION. PECIAL CABLE TO THE CALL AND THE NEW YORK HERALD. COPYRIGHT, 1%, BY THE NEW YORK PUBLISHING COMPANY. REPUBLICATION OF THIS DISPATCH IS PROHIBITED. ALL RIGHTS THE UNITED STAT AND GREAT BRITAIN. g. rom Tientsin it is announced that the allies are meeting with ice than expecied and that the Chinese displayed considerable generalship. Large and imperial troops have worked round to the south of Tientsin and may cut the ication unless a sufficient force remains in Tientsin. IN, July 26, via Chefu, Aug. 4.—]It appears that the Chinese are rapidly falling al and that the allies will find a large army opposing them near Peking. Certain exact status it is difficult to ascertain, have arrived here and are trying to initiate his question has now probably been unsettled by receipt of orders from Wash- e Americans to advance immediately and promising strong reinforcements. s here that the Russians are quietly sending bodies of troops through toward th the object of meeting the Russians coming from Shanhankwan toward Peking. —_— YUNG LU TO ESCORT MINISTERS TO TIENTSIN. TANGHAT, Aug. 5 (Bycable to London Mail).—An imperial edict, dated August 2, has i It orders General Yung Lu to select high military and civil dignitaries, to- ifficient number of picked troops, to escort the foreign Ministers to Tientsin as soon they decide to leave Peking. By the terms of the edict General Yung Lu will be held personally for their safety and he is given full authority to deal summarily with those opposing ge of the escort. “By such acts,” concludes the edict, “do we show our good e people from afar and-open our bosoms to them.” PARIS, Aug. 5, 7 p. m.—Chang, Director General of Railways and Telegraphs, has just the peacef intentions to t 5 communicated to Consuls at Shanghai, according to a special dispatch to the Temps, dated Au- gust 5 imper ecree, dated August 2, authorizing the foreign Ministers in Peking to commu- nicate without restriction with their governments and ordering their departure for Tientsin under a guard escort CAPE MAY, N. T, Aug. 5.—Minister Wu Ting Fang to-night said that the dispatch to the Paris Temps that an imperial decree was issued under date of August 2, allowing the Ministers in Pekir e communication with their home countries was probably true and the re- sult of the mem 1 of the Chinese Ministers in all countries asking, through Li Hung Chang and other Viceroys, for this privilege. , He, however, said no official news confirming the issuance of the edict had been re d. Haf T ST L ALLIES WILL MARCH ON GENERAL MA’S ARMY. SEPECIAL CABLE TO THE CA AND THE NEW YORK HERALD. COPYRIGHT, 1%0, BY THE NEW YORK ALD PUBLISHING PANY UBLICATION OF THIS DISPATCH 1S PROHIBITED. ALL RIGHTS RVED IN THE 1 S AND GREAT BRITAIN. N nday, Aug. 5.—The forces of the allies will make a recon- ith four thousand men, against General Ma’s army. The Four- antry has arrived. Preparations are being pushed forward. A large num- ber of native boats have been commandered. Al the lighters have been seized, which will stop business with Tientsin. The combined forces are ignnrh;g all commercial interests. This could not be avoided without detriment to the military operations. Land transport will be difficult, as heavy ins are reported to the north. teenth United States Inf g : Boxers are raiding the villages south of this place. One thousand Mohammedans were mas- The Chinese are said to be operating from Shanhaikwan to Tungchow. FEETS 5X RUMORS THAT CHINESE WANT TO END THE WAR, Special Cable to the New York Herald. Copyright, 1900, by New York Herald Publishing Company. Republi- cation of this dispatch is prohibited. All rights reserved in the United States and Great Britain. TIENTSIN, via Shanghai, Sunday, Aug. 5.—It is reported that the Chinese have made overtures to ransom the Peking diplomats and close the war. sacred. = MANCHURIAN CHRISTIANS ORDERED MASSACRED. PARIS, Aug. 5—The French Foreign Office has received the following dispatch from the French Consul at Chefu, dated Aug. 2: “The Gover nor of Moukden, in a proclamation, has urged the people of Manchuria to masssacre Christians. Nearly all of the missions have been destroyed. The missionaries have organized for defense apd are assisted by other Christians.” > CHINESE FORTIFYING POSITIONS AT LEGATIONS. LS, Aug. 5—The Belgian Vice Consul at Tientsin, M. de Ketels, in a dispatch via Chefu, August 4, August 5. says the Chinese in Peking are fortifying their position outside the British legation. He all the members of the Belgian legation are in good health. SHANGHAIL Aug. 5—The report that Li Hung Chang has committed sSuicide is without foundation. He is nly in a very despondent state. The Japanese Consul here has received a message from Peking saying that General Tung Fuh Siang has stop- ped all provisions going to the legations. i Admiral Seymour arrived in Shanghai to-day. 3 ) * ! R L 4 D R O R R S . * A RUSSIAN CAM 0+0060000650000-006006 REQUEST OF | MILES HAS | BEEN DENIED 3 —_— |General’s Application for | Service in China Refused. [ To Relieve Chaffee Now Would Be a Reflection Upon His Ability. — Special’ Dispatch to The Call. 4 VW ASHINGTON, Aug. 5.—It was learned to-day on excellent authority that Lieu- tenant General Nelson A. Miles has re- | | cently applied for service in China. His application has not been granted, nor is | | there any likelihood that it will be. War | Department cfficials say that General | Chaffee was sent to China to commandi | the Amerfcan troops, and to relieve him at this time wou conduct of affairs. General Miles thinks the situation in China is most serious, and, setting aside all questions of his own wishes, he is making- every effort to equip General | Chaffee’s command to stand the rigors of | climate and to operate effectively. There will be no delay by the War De- | e a reflection upon his partment in getting reinforcements to | China. The schedule thus far made out | contemplates the+depariure of troops as follows * On August 7, transport Garonne with | | two squadrons First Cavalry and recruits; | | August 16, Wren with two squadrons | Ninth alry and recruits; August 22, | Belgian King with siege battery, recruits | | and animals. August 25, Rosecrans with | | two batterles Seventh Artillery and re- | | eruits. | For additional troops under orders to | the far East General Ludington will have | available the Logan, which will be ready ] | to sail on September 1; Thomas, Septem- | | ber 16; Grant, October 1, and Sheridan, October 16. It will, therefore, be unneces- sary to cl ter any additional transports. During last week he has chartered six ships. L@lington has instructed rmast. tcobs to buy 2000 horses | pack mules for use in Ch.na. | Large supplies of forage for both horses and mules are being sent to Taku. Forty-six thousand men comprise the international force which is to march to | Peking. There is good authority for the statement that every government will be | | represented in the advance. The opera- | Lons thus far have been chiefly recon- | noissances, in which American, British | and Japanese troops have participated. So far as co-operation by the allied | troopse now at Tientsin is concerned, the | authorities profess to belleve it is as-| sured. Such co-operation was rendered | more feasible by the decision that in the | advance each force should be ugder the | | independent command of its own' officers, | but should keep in touch with the flanks | of the columns between which it was op- | erating, or in case its position was on the | extreme flank, should protect the force | next to it. It is held by the officials that | had the allies waited until a commander- in-chief had en cho: there would | have been delay, and possibly then some of the trocps which object to serving un- der a foreign commander-in-chief would decline to take part. | Notwithstanding reports to the con- | trary, it is the belief here, based upon in- formation frem General Chaffee, that when the general advance really begins all the allles will take part. It is un- derstood that General Chaffee has re- ported that there were at Tientsin 17,000 Japanese, 8000 Ru-sians, 3000 English, 3000 Americans and a small force of Germans. Some of these troops will remain behind to guard Tientsin, but only a small num- ber will be required, military experts think, as the Chinese will find it neces- sary to place all their available forces before Peking to oppose the allies’ ad- vance. Infantry, cavalry and artillery will take part in the movement, the cavalry do- ing the scouting for the main body. War Department officials express the opinion that it will soon be possible to send = steady stream of reinforcements from Taku to Tientsin and thence on to join the main expedition. Though hopeful that the Chinese will succumb to the inevitable and surrender the Ministers, it i= nlain to the authorities that they are preparing to make a des- perate resistance. LI PING HENG APPOINTED GENERAL OF THE TROOPS PARIS, Aug. 6, 1 a. m.—The French Consul at Shanghai, telegraphing Satur- day, says: “Li Hung Chang informs me that Li Ping Heng was appointed general J ¢ the troops in e north of the em; ©n his arrival at Peking.” o D e R SRR S B = 20 P B B S e e e e g e e e o R e S RUSSIAN TR%PS ARRIVING AN RAILWAY STATION WARTIME SCENES AT TIENTSIN. From snapshots taken especially for The C ® R e e e e R S = o N AWFUL DAYS IN TIENTSIN | Graphic Story of the Siege and the Terrible Fighting by Day and Night. Special Dispatch to The Call. C., Aug. 5— mail from China comes a graphic de- tailed account of the siege of Tientsin and of the many thrilling incidents connected with it, obtained from British officers who were in the fighting, and also by a letter from one of the besieges. The account is as foliows: The bombardment started at 3 p. m- ex- actly on Sunday, June 17, two guns being fired in quick succession, then two more. The first appearance of the Boxers was on the 15th, when they were seen from the high buildings in the concession carrying lamps. There appeared to be thousands of them, for the procession they made was miles in length, and scon fires were start- ed, the quarters of the natlve Christians being given to the flames and their occu- pants butchered. They tried hard to set fire to the old Catholic cathedral, and many of the onlookers thought the his- toric structure had been destroyed, but although fires danced around it, it was seen to be little damaged on the following day. The same night an attack was made on’ the railway station across the river. The station was held by Russians. The attack failed, although some of the bolder spirits of the Boxers got within fifty vards of the station. The Russian fire accounted for a great number of Boxers. The Boxers were then supposed to be marching on the concession, making for the bridge. Early Morning Attack. After the attack had been repulsed all was quiet for a time, until 4 a. m., on the 16th, when an alarm was sounded. Bugles sounded all through the settlement and bells were rung. 'his was the prear- ranged signal for the women and children to seek safety in Gordon Hall. Firing was heard in the direction of the Taku road, near the Viceroy's Hospital and Im- perial Medical College, where the Amer- jcan troops were stationed. The Boxers were trying an attack from the south- west, but they found British troops in force at the Temp:gnce Hall, on the recreation ground, at the woolen mill, and American troops on the Taku road. Southwest of the French conces- sion and the extra British concession there is a vacant lot of land, and over this the Boxers could be discerned advancing, screaming and dancing and brandishing their sword. They set fire to some huts near the city wali—the outer wall—but dis- appeared after a few volleys from the allied troons. The remainder of the night passed ¢ but the women and chil- dren rem. 1 at the Gordon Hall. The 17th opened quietly and at a meet- | ing of the allied commanders that morn- Ing it was decided to attack the military | school across the river, which was recog- nized to be a menace. The attacking party mustered in the Meadows road, be- tween 200 and 300 men, and started a little before 3 p. m., crossing the river in boats. It was when the first launch carrying the troops landed on the other side that the "Chinese artillerymen started the bom- bardment of Tientsin from a fort two and a half miles away. The capture of the military school was one of the most dramatic events of the earlier part of the siege. Major Luke, who was in command of the attacking party, was strongly opposed. The Chirese made a stout defense, but inside of half an hour the allied forces had climbed the walls and forced the gates. The Chinese defending. most of whom were military students, were gradually driven back with heavy loss into the building. Step by step they contested the way, and when obliged to retire went into a large room upstairs, from which they maintained a galling fire. T Bayonetting the Chinese. They were several times asked to sur- render, but refused, and some sixty or seventy of he survivors barricaded them- selves in and made a last stand there. An English bluejacket brought an ax and battered in the door. He was shot dead. several more served the same fate before the attacking party went in with a rush and bayonetted the whole lot. A German ran out and hauled down the dragon nag that was flying over the gate. Abput fifteen guns were taken, bu* as there was no time to remove them oniy breechblocks were taken out and ihrown Continued oh Second Page. L g AR A A N S 3 V0000000000000V OOROED + + # & *kk ki Ak kHh Kkkdk Ahk Rk ok Ak I AAkA A Ak ok ot kk A Ak & Foh ARk Ak kAdkk ok Aok dok ko e sk kk Ak Ak ko bk k ok Aok Ak Aok dk A kkok ki dhkk % 0000000009000009290890 HANGHAI Aug. 5 (by cable to the Paris Temps).—The number of allies leaving Tientsin is no better known here than are the facts as to the march itself, but it is rumored that the advance guard has been repulsed. Li Ping Heng, former Governor of Shan- tung, who is intensely hostile to Europeans, has been named commander of the Chinese forees. CO00000000020POBPDOODD » » ++Hkk ik KAk # Kot dkkok dokthk Rk ok k ok k& Ak dok Aok ook ok kkok ok Jokok ook dokk Aok dodokkdk Aok A Aok koA k Jokok ok ok Aok Ak ko ok dokok kAo ARk Ak 9000086902000000000000 LA e a e e s e s s e e e e e o e o e e A ] RUSSIAN SOLDIERS b et e e et s eseseoD CALIFORNIA HAN SLAN BT BANDITS ‘W. J. Fay Resists - Train Robbers and Is Shot. Aged Man Shows Fight While Others Deliver Valuables. WAS A RESIDENT OF ANAHEIM, Two Masked Men Board a Car Near ugo, Rob the Passengers and 1 Make Their Escape. : i } z ANAHEIM, Aug. 5—~W. J. Fay, who was killed by train robbers, was a well-known resident of this city. Mr. Fay and his wife left here a month ago to visit Denver, where they resided for a number of years. From Denver they in- tended visiting New York and possibly the Paris Exposition. Mr. Fay was # civil engineer by profession, but during his residence in California has de- voted his time to-the conduct of a large ranch and to the in- terests of the Anaheim Union Water Company, in which he was a large stockholder. For several years he was 0}00000000990909400090000009000000000 oresident of the company, holding that position until the first of the year. He was 67 years old and a native of New York. A wife, four | daughters and two sons sur- vive him. R R R R R R AR S RS S SRS £ 4 G@+444444443 0044444000400 | KANSAS CITY 3.—A Journal - | cial from Salina, , says: The Union Pacific_eastbound passenger train No. 4, which left Denver last by two men several miles west of Hugo, Colo., ninety miles this le of Denver, The passengers in the Pullman sleepers were robbed of their money and valuables. W. J. Fay. a resident of California, who had been visiting Denver and was on his way to St. Louis, refused to surrender his valuables and fired a shot at e of the robbers. but missed him. Thereupon the robbers returned the fi one shot enter- ght, was held up | ing Fay mouth and comiag out at the | back of his head, killing him almost in- ; stantly. The robbers stopped the train, jumped off and escaped. The robbers got on to one of the sleepers near Limon, and after the train ha tart- ed made a noise at the door. The con- ductor, thinking they were tramps, opened the door to put them off. The robbers, who were masked, pointed a pistol at his head and ordered him to lead the way through the coaches. All the passen. gers were asleep and the conductor was ordered to wake them one at a time. The frightened passengers were told to keep quiet or they would e killed and at the same time were asked to hand over their money and valuables. The robbers »“-