The Raids at La Conner
Federal inspectors and the city marshal target a local washhouse, escalating the regional enforcement of exclusionary laws.
Another brace of Chinamen was brought to the city yesterday by Chinese inspector Schuyler and held for hearing before Commissioner Emery. It had been observed that strange Chinamen were skulking about the brush in the neighborhood of La Conner and were making for Quong Lung's washhouse at that town. Mr. Schuyler went down there on Friday, and with the aid of the city marshal, who knew all the old hands at Quong Lung's, routed out two new arrivals, Tuk Sin and Ah You. They will be charged with being illegally in the country.
“With the aid of the city marshal, who knew all the old hands at Quong Lung's, routed out two new arrivals.”
This article documents the systematic state and local effort to police the residency of Chinese immigrants under the Geary Act. It serves as a reminder that Exclusion was not just national policy, but a granular, neighborhood-level struggle involving local marshals and residents.
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