The Dalles Daily Chronicle The Dalles, Oregon October 20, 1921 RAIL OFFICIALS DANCE TO PISTOL RAG O. W. R. & N. Bosses Have Dull Evening Brightened; Shots Strike Car A special train arrived from Portland last night with railroad officials and was side tracked in the block east of the depot near the Umatilla house when the shooting began. A. Buckley, superintendent, and J. F. Corbett, assistant superintendent, were sitting on a baggage truck according to their story. When the bullets began to whiz in their direction, they decided it was time to hunt cover. Corbett is not a small man and Buckley will tip the scales at about 275 pounds. They tried hiding under the truck and behind telephone poles, which was not at all satisfactory, the telephone pole especially being too narrow for a man of Buckley’s dimensions. He then ran for the depot. Joe Hanley and John Murphy arrived on the scene from Hotel Dalles and immediately sought shelter under the special car. When the confusion had subsided, the railroad officials called for an engine and left the city. Their car was reported by spectators to have been perforated by shots. COAST TONG WAR AT BOTTOM OF TROUBLE At the bottom of last night’s trouble lies the serious tong war that has been raging up and down the west coast for several months. The Hop Sing and Suey Sing tong are at it, hammer and tongs in all the Chinese colonies in the west. In Portland in this last war, the Hop Sings have two deaths against one for the Suey Sings. This means that the Sueys are one to the good and it is up to the Hops to avenge themselves. The last Hop Sing killed in Portland was a Chinese named Wong Lee, and seven Suey Sings are under arrest, charged with murder. The Portland police look for the next attack to come from a Hop Sing. The Suey Sings however, with seven members in jail, may attempt such a reign of terror against their enemies that the latter will aid in getting the rival tongmen freed. The Dalles is a stronghold of the Hop Sings. No other tongs have ever had membership here. The Chinese in The Dalles do not quarrel among themselves. They are brothers in the fraternity of theirs. They are mortally afraid however of some Suey Sing gang of Suey Sings or a paid gunman to their employ coming here to cause trouble. This is the reason why the local Hops have their lookouts posted along First street. Any strange Chinaman who lands in The Dalles is given a close scrutiny, and if he looks suspicious the local Chinese tip off the police. Earline, Columbia Gorge Genealogical Society http://community.oregonlive.com/cc/genealogy 78th Annual Wasco County Pioneer Association Reunion May 5 & 6, 2000 The Dalles, Oregon http://w3.gorge.net/dzopf/wcpa.htm