A pact providing for' the formation of the Chinese Protective Society, which would include all tongs on the Pacific coast, members of which would be required to drop tong membership, was submitted for consideration to' the Los Angeles police department by C. ¥, Sun, vice-president of the local Hop Sing tong and wealthy patron of the arts, The plan calls for a court of final arbitration, to be composed of the President of the Society and its hoard of directors, which would include a representative from every city on the coast where tong members reside, The society, according to Sun, is designed to." protect all Chin people who live up to the laws of Syinsicl Commission, the proposals' ifiwhich were turned' down.
If the men had accepted these Pipporals, the, Government would hae used their whole strength to. sec hire their adoption, but whan the! offer was turned down he felt tha aliijost the last chance of an agreed eace had vanished.
Baldwi thought that the]
ets had made a grave mistake-in he in no, way under-rated the imiched the miners. The Govern-portance of those proposals which ment's proposals were degrading, would have prevented the stoppage! he said, and tantamount to terms and. saved the loss of 40 to 59 of surrender, to which the miners' million pounds in wages and averted Teaders to-day said what the me the whole loss to the industry would say next week, namely, "Ni 'On the other hand the Gavernment's new proposals, if accepted, Reference to Districts would end the dispute because when Sept. 30... district negotiations were begun and there was a widespread resumption The Miners' Delegate Conference decided to-day to refer the Govern-'Yof work the. Government would be ordered to be turned adrift without food and shelter—Reuter.
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