More than a score of Chinese, believed to be members of a rival tong, were arrested to-night in a round-up of suspicious characters in the Chinese district, where the annual convention of the Chinese Merchants' Association opened today.
Leaders of the Association told police they feared a tong war as a result of ill-feeling which came to the surface several weeks ago, when Yeo Hee-kee, former president the organization, was shot and seriously wounded.
Thirty-one had been arrested tonight.—Reuter's American Service.
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