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RIOTMONDAYCHINATOWNA 1‘TKR ARNOLD.The most dangerous rumor was onethat gained credauce among tin* onionCOMMUNICATIONmw*Meixcaus, that Chas. Arnold wan the man who had shot their eopatriots. It was known that he hadFROM THE UNIONinto1lt;tliFive Men Victims of a Resortlt;*haslt;*lt;l two six shooters, andju.»t pur-that hehad stated that he didn’t think tinsFrank Statement From Au-hiOlto Gun Playparticular wagon would be molested.This latter statement, which is a truethorized Agentsg«one, was magniHed into a threat to jkili everyman who interfered. Soon• 1 MBhtThe Japauese-Mexican labor trou-' a gang of angry Mexicans were marbles reached aclimax Monday in a shalled to seek out and slay the dep-Editor Oxnard Courier-Sir; ()«••ting to the many false statementsriot in Chinatown in which threeMexicans and two .Japs were wouud-uty. He was warned in time and printed iti the Los Angeles Times and retired to the office of Justice of the other daily papers about our organizara.8ed, one of whom, Luis Vasquez, istion and tin* numerous assaults whichdieing lioni his injuriesPeace \V. H. Harris, where a number of white men kept guard, surrounded by muttering, half drunk natives. Monday afternoon, we aylt;clwere made upon the unionmenthatla-tHIIIvonThe riot occurred over au attempt An examination of Arnold’s veajmnsou the part of the Western Agricul- showed that he had not tired either of in justiceprint the following statement of factsto the thirteen hundredSItural Contacting Company to take out them. Later in the afternoon he was men whom the Japanese Mexican La-Sia crew of non union and of indepeu- induced to go to Ventura, but uponunion’s attorney,bor Association represents.ilaborers.dent union had called oil otficialanilThe companyandthi arrival of theIn the first place, we assert and areAl. Hankinsdeputy sheriff,protection(’has. Arnold,theW. E. Shepard, Christian Trajo swore ready to prove, that on Monday afterout a warrant charging him with in- noon and at all times during theweie guarding preparation. A good deal of excitement was occasioned by the efforts ofthe crew to deserttent to commit murder on one Per- shooting, the union men weie unwar rantunion men to getthe wagon. They were asked if they Kamirez,were union anti the crew, belongingto the new independent union, saidthe tormer attempyes, but when to put the old union sign on the wagon the men wouldn’t stand for it. Atfecto Ogas, and later in the night a armed, while the non-union men seutsworn out charging T. I out by the Western Agricultural Contracting Company were prepared for a bloody tight with arms purchased in many cases, recently from hardware stores in this town.■(*atowaswith murderousassault on M.SHERIFF ARRIVES.TAt the commencement of tfie riotSheriff MeMartin w’as telegraphed for. He came over with UudersheritfAs a proof of thetact that the union men are not guiltythis juncture a niau rushed out of aoverThe atfairof the murderous violence,we point toalso attractedMeGon-1U-nearby doorway with a shot gun,tending to prevent the sign beingWhat followedReilly.newspaper men, and Editor igle of tlie Democrat, L. F. Webster of the Free Press and (ieo. Dennis,the fact that the authorities have notarrested a single union man—the onlyman actually put under bonds or arrested being Deputy Constabletldplaced ou the wagou. w« have from the man w ho was driv-iug the wagon.Hankins and Arnold closed with therepresenting San Francisco newspa-TheCharles Arnold.wpers were Johnnies on the spot.namedOur uuion lias always been law-nfirstrepresentatives of lawman with the gun, and tried to disarm him. Seeing his gun useless thepistolJaps dropped it and pulled a and tired at Perfeeto Ogas, whoand order could little though, exceptItlay plans to prevent a recur ranee, is practically impossible to load allabiding and has in its ranks at leastonine-tenths of all the beet thiuuersoin this section, who have not askedwfor a raise in wages, but only that theassisted to disarm him, shooting t henhiml nret reatedthe neck.Heto the doorway audtired into the hunch of union menthe blame on any one, or a small setwages be not lowered, as was demand-hof persons, with any degree of accued by the beet growers.hracy, though oue cr two culprits may be located and punished. No matterMany of us have families, were boruwI •in this county, aud are lawfully seek-1if the provocation was great, it wasabout the wagou. The union men returned the tire and two men in thewagon were wounded.This seemed a signal for a general fufrilade. Most of the shots apjeared toomefrom second story windows,aimedat the deputy sheriffs and the non-union crew. The latter dropped into the bed of the big beet wagou, aud behind its sides,aud some returned tire.Bullets tiew- lively for a little while,and the deputies say some almostscrapped their heads. Arnold saw oneMexican near an alley with two gunsa greater wrong to start a riot whiching to protect the only property and that we have—our labor.chhas resulted in the shedding of bloodIt is just as necessary for the wel- i ^aud loss of life.ILLEGAL ACTIONS.Naturally the riot and its causesfare of the valley that we get a decent 1living wage, as it is that the machinesiu the great sugar factory be properly oiled—if the machines stop, thea1has beeu a topic of general couversa- wealth of the valley stops, aud like- *tion ou the streets. lu most cases the union adherents are blamed forwise if the laborers are notdecentresorting to illegal ami forceful methods to prevent men who are williugfrom working for the Western Agricultural Contracting Company. It isthis that is primarily responsible forleveled at him.He made for him,but before he could reach him the fellow had tired four shots aud escapeddown an alley.The indiscrimnate firing, as is usu-the riot. The attempt to plane a union label where it was not wanted is atwage, they too,work aud the wholegiven a mustastop people of thisalcountry suffer with them.We assert that if the police author-cities had done their duty, many arrests would have beeu made among the 1housethe root of the disturbance, aud iuoccupants of the company’s from which the fatal volleys of bulletstreality the union has only itself toblame for the riot, although it is heally the case, picked out men fairlyinnocent for its victims, except that all but oue wore identified with thetrue that the actual shooting wasstarted by the non-union men.labor troubles.This oue was Per-fecto Ogas, a factory employe, whowas seriously wounded in the back ofthe neck. The others wounded wereLouis Vasquez, shot in tlie bladder,M. Ramirez, shot in the leg, and twoJaps, shot iu the nose aud arm respectively.GREAT EXCI L’EMENT.Something serious had beeu I rewingsince Saturday’s demonstration. Sun-eame.In view of the fact that many disorderly men have lately been induced to come to Oxnard by the Western Agricultural Conti acting Company, and that they took part in the assaults of Monday afternoon, we demand thattttday a non-union crew, being traus-Iported by E. K. Bitber, was interrupted in a lonely place iu the river bot-the police do not longer neglect their duty but arrest those nersons who1ipersonsplainly participated in the fatal shoot- ttom on its way to work, and tin* crew ing.dis(Sunday night a gang ofYours Truly,some 50 Mexicans, many masked, visited a contracting com-of them Japauese-Mexican Labor Association.J. M. Lizarraras,pany camp on Chas. Doulon’s ranch, cut the guy ropes of the tents audmade the crew of some 18 men desertSec’y. Mexican Branch.Y. Yamaguchi,The shoot ing brought most of the j an(i come to town. The same program citizens of the town to the scene. The i carried out onstreet was crowded with a motleya camp at Al.Sec’y. Japanese Branch.ti«(throng of Orientals, Mexicans audHosiet’s place. Such proceedings are reprehensP le, illegal and calculatedPRECESSION OFity of motives.Americans. Oriental faces peered to inspire distrust of the union’s pur-anxiously from doorways and windows, every vantage point was filled with spectators and the excietmeut grew apace. All sorts of rumors filled the air. Reports that a hundred menTHE EQUINOXIf the union wishes to exist, it hasa perfect right to do so, but it has noright to perpetuate a labor boycott byhad engaged iu a general battle, 200 J (iiou. It should allow men to be free shots fired and a dozen killed aud 'agents in deciding who they want tomethods of force, threats or intimidawounded, finally resolved itself into work for. As both the small con-five wounded, forty or fifty shots and tractors and thethesome 20 participants.company pay But the fiasco 1 same amounts to field hands, it is notFirst Days of Spring BringWarmth and RainSouthern California experiencedshowed that there are many fire arms a question of wages, but simply ofemployer.(CONTINUED ON I'AIJE TWO)being carried contrary to law aud thatsome remarkably pleasant days lasta dangerous condition of affairs exists.Saturday aud Sunday even from thisbalmy cliuie. But Saturday was re-
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Oxnard Courier
Oxnard, California, US
Sat, Mar 28, 1903
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