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20 stories matching expel
- A Laundryman's Return to a Hostile City
A Chinese resident attempts to collect back pay after being expelled from Seattle.
- The Grand Master’s Crusade Against the Gaming Tables
A stern decree from the Royal Arab Masons attempts to purge 'monstrous' gambling and intemperance from lodge halls in Seattle and beyond.
- The Mob That Tore Seattle Apart
Court testimonies from the 1886 anti-Chinese riots reveal a city in the grip of a violent, organized crusade to forcibly expel its Chinese residents.
- Organized Pressure Campaign to Expel Chinese Residents
A report on the growing anti-Chinese labor movement across the Pacific Slope and the violent expulsion of workers from Seattle and Tacoma.
- The City’s 'Worthless' Vagabond Problem
A 1885 editorial call for the city to forcibly expel the unemployed, framed as a nuisance to the thriving Pacific Northwest economy.
- The Mayor Who Refused to Expel
When an outsider asked to ban Chinese residents from Tacoma, Mayor Jacob Mann stood his ground against the era's tide of exclusion.
- The Mob Rule That Swept Tacoma
While city leaders in Seattle urged calm, residents in Tacoma forcibly expelled the Chinese community, marking a dark escalation in the regional movement to purge Asian workers.
- Charged with Forcible Expulsion
Three men are arrested for conspiracy against the U.S. government following the forced expulsion of Chinese residents from Snohomish.
- Seattle Lawyers Debate Martial Law and Mob Violence
In a tense meeting, the King County Bar Association condemns the recent anti-Chinese expulsions and debates whether to censure lawyers involved in the agitation.
- The Hypocrisy of Convict Labor
An editorial draws a direct, nativist parallel between New York's stance on prison labor and the push to expel Chinese laborers from the Pacific coast.
- The Violent Expulsion of Chinese Workers from Tacoma
While Seattle officials debated the law, a vigilante mob in Tacoma took matters into their own hands, forcibly ejecting Chinese residents from the city.
- The Midnight Church Feud of Tacoma
A power struggle in a local Baptist church turns into a bizarre, locked-door standoff where the pastor eventually resorted to extinguishing the lights to force dissenters out.
- The Indian Council’s Rebellion Against the White Shopkeepers
When an Indian girl was fined by her tribal council for purchasing flour at a white-owned store, a legal crackdown by territorial authorities sparked a tense political standoff.
- The Mob Rule Crisis of 1885
Across Washington Territory, mass meetings and organized labor groups began a campaign of forced expulsion against Chinese laborers, creating a climate of terror and lawlessness that divided the region's residents.
- The Myth of Labor Displacement
An 1887 editorial piece argues that fears of Chinese laborers 'stealing' work are baseless, claiming they fill roles white workers refuse to take.
- The Last Train out of Carbonado
After miners descended on the coal camp to forcibly expel Chinese laborers, a group of workers recounted the indignity of their forced departure.
- The Riot and the 'Queen City'
Mayor Henry Yesler recounts the dark days of the 1886 anti-Chinese riots and the subsequent rise of the 'Home Guards' in Seattle.
- Vancouver Paper Acknowledges Sympathy for Expelling Chinese Residents
A 1885 dispatch from the Vancouver Independent reveals the chilling, unchecked spread of anti-Chinese sentiment as communities across the Washington Territory debated the forced removal of residents.
- The Proprietor of Maison Dore Defends His Business
After local reports of a disturbance at the theater, B. Howard hits back at 'temperance religion' and demands respect for his venue.
- The Shadow Over Seattle's Waterfront
As the anti-Chinese movement spreads through the Pacific Northwest, agitators in Seattle and Tacoma organize a campaign of expulsion, claiming the city's prosperity is at risk.
Also about this, in other words
- The Bar of King County Condemns the Anti-Chinese Expulsions
Local lawyers and citizens formally denounce the violence of February 1886, defending the rule of law after a mob forced residents out of the city.
- The Expulsion from Seattle
While Washington Territory’s leaders exchanged telegrams regarding the forced removal of Chinese residents from Tacoma, the Seattle press reported on the 'peaceable' but total displacement of the city's Chinese population.