Renewal of a Dreaded Tong War: Chinatown Placed under Martial Law New York, Oct, 10, Following a series of shootings on Wednesday in New York's ttle China," in which one Chin-ose was killed and two others seriously wounded, a delegation of leading Chinese merchants early to-day called upon Dr. Carleton Simon, Deputy Police Commissioner in charg' of narcotics, with a request that he aid them' in ending what threatens to be a renewal of a dreaded tong war in Chinatown, Dr. Simon, who is eroditod with having browett about a settlement, between the vival Hip Sing and On Leong tongs following an armed outbreak in May, 192%, ig regarded the tong men and influential Chinese businessmen as tong ponce-maker, and is one of the fow Occidental: whom all factions entrust with their confidence, Dr. Simon accepted the role of arbiter wad will proceed at once with the work of effecting a peacouble settlement between the warring factions, Later, The narrow crooked streets Chinatown wore virtually under martial law One hundred and ton detectives, patrolman and bomb squad opernfives guarded the district against further casualties in the tong outburst of Inst. Wedn Mon Hank, operator Oriental restaurant and reputed tong ender, whose death by assassins' Dullets heralded the renewal of the ancient On Leong Hip Sing feud, Jay in closely guarded state, awaiting police permission for his funeral, A half-dozen other, Chinese were in hospitals and jails with bullet Wounds. "Four were held in $5,000 bail each and three more,—hand~ cuffed a8 they slipped from a shadowy doorway toward a taxi bearing. black bags freighted with pistols, wore being quizzed at police So ominous was the air in Chinatown that a meeting of the tong leaders, over which Dr. Simon was to have presided to-day, was postponed until to-morrow. Where will be held was being kept a close. seeer-—Reuter's American
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