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N.H. Owings telegram to Governor Watson C. Squire suggesting sending troops to handle anti-Chinese disturbances in Seattle, February 9, 1886

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Owings, Nathaniel H.

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On February 7, 1886, a throng of workers rounded up virtually every Chinese in Seattle and herded them to Ocean Dock for passage out of town on a waiting steamer. Police and a contingent of the volunteer Home Guard met the mob and its frightened charges at the pier. A stalemate ensued when territorial governor Watson Squire prevented the ship from leaving. The next morning, as authorities attempted to escort people home, the mob rioted, and five agitators were shot, one fatally. (http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=1057)
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