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That night, riots broke out again in San Francisco, with gangs gathering and being dispersed by the police primarily south of Market; [15] One group of approximately 1,000 men gathered in front of the San Francisco Mint and marched down Mission, threatening to burn the Mission Woolen Mills for employing Chinese labor, but it was well-guarded [5 ...
The Chinese population of the San Francisco Chinatown and of the United States dropped dramatically during this turbulent era, from as many as 25,000 to only 14,000 by the beginning of 1900, with the Chinese U.S. population dropping by 16% during this time. [31]
In 1893, the San Francisco Call confidently bragged that according to an agent from the United States Department of Labor, there were no slums in the city. Although Chinatown was mentioned as a notable exception, the "unsavory, unsightly quarter" was thought to be "rapidly growing smaller and may finally reach the vanishing point" as immigration had been throttled by the Chinese Exclusion Act ...
In 1892 the Geary Act, named after California representative Thomas J. Geary, extended the Chinese exclusion act and added new restrictions on Chinese, such as requiring them to carry a resident permit at all times. 1893 saw a wave of anti Chinese riots in California, partly because of an increase in unemployment due to the Panic of 1893. [10]
San Francisco Chinatown: A Guide to Its History & Architecture; San Francisco Chinese Hospital; San Francisco Chinese New Year Festival and Parade; 1900–1904 San Francisco plague; San Francisco riot of 1877; San Francisco Saints; Showgirl Magic Museum; Soo Yuen Benevolent Association; William Speer (minister) Statue of Sun Yat-sen (San Francisco)
The San Francisco Fire Department was called to the scene about 9 p.m. in the 700 block of Jackson Street, authorities said. Chinatown was bustling as people celebrated Lunar New Year.
The Chinese in San Francisco and the Mining Region of California, 1848–1858. Dominican College of San Rafael, 1979. Shah, Nayan. Contagious Divides: Epidemics and Race in San Francisco's Chinatown (Volume 7 of American crossroads). University of California Press, 2001. ISBN 0520226291, 9780520226296. Tong, Benson.
This consulate was one of two original consulates that China set up, with the other being the now-closed consulate in Houston. The consular district includes most states in the Northwest, including NorCal, Oregon, Washington, Nevada, and Alaska. [2] The consulate is located at 1450 Laguna St., San Francisco, CA. [3]