Irish. and Scandinavians. their numbers predominating in the order named." These people are not deserving of all the odium which attaches to the disgraceful affair. Race was undoubtedly a strong factor. but the constant agitation of the Chinese question by the press and the people had intensified the bitter feeling prevailing at that time. Congress and the treatymaking power of the Government had attempted to restrict Chinese immigration. The remedy applied had not been sufficiently radical. Labor. always jealousof its rights. read daily that the law was being evaded and that the country west was being overwheled by Chinese immigrants. The white miners on the day the riot occurred claimed and thought they had grievances. They believed from reports circulated in the camp thatthey had been discriminated agaistin theworking ofthe mines. and that white miners in the village were refused work while Chinauen readily obtained employment.
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Labor, always jealous of its rights, read daily that the law was being evaded and that the country west was being overwheled by Chinese immigrants.