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"George Kinnear...was captain of the home guards at the time of the anti-Chinese riots, when five rioters were shot...influential in organizing the guards." -Seattle Star, Jan. 2, 1945
"All the Chinese residents were notified to pack up their belongings...the crowd closed in on the officers, endeavoring to take the guns from them...deputies had been augmented by...the Home Guard...under command of Capt. George Kinnear...hand to hand conflict took place." -Seattle Star, Aug. 28, 1937
"'Get the Chinese,' someone yelled and the mob rushed. Captain George Kinnear a Civil War veteran turned to his men. 'Fire!' he ordered." -Seattle Star, June 7, 1939
"The Chinese left half an hour ahead of us. We came up under the command of Captain Kinnear...two men grabbed my bayonet...clubbing commenced." -Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Feb. 21, 1886
Was Civil War veteran George Kinnear and the militia he formed in Seattle responsible for saving the lives of numerous Chinese immigrants from a violent mob?
In 1911 George Kinnear (1836 –1912) would write his account of his part in quelling the ant-Chinese riots in his book titled "Anti-Chinese Riots at Seattle."
The Seattle riot of 1886 occurred on February 6–9, 1886, in Seattle, Washington, amidst rising anti-Chinese sentiment caused by intense labor competition and in the context of an ongoing struggle between labor and capital in the Western United States. The dispute arose when a mob affiliated with a local Knights of Labor chapter formed small committees to carry out a forcible expulsion of all Chinese from the city. Violence erupted between the Knights of Labor rioters and federal troops ordered in by President Grover Cleveland. The incident resulted in the removal of over 200 Chinese civilians from Seattle and left two militia men and three rioters seriously injured.
In introducing his book, Kinnear writes:
"In this section of the country where there were many Chinese employed, it was believed that if the Mongolians could be driven out of the country, more employment would be given to White labor. The lawless element in the country had succeeded in organizing mobs and expelling the Chinese from a number of towns along the Coast....In the early fall of 1885, agitators began to hold meetings here. It was their intention to drive out the Chinese of Seattle about the time a similar occurrence had been planned to take place elsewhere."
George Kinnear was born January 30, 1836, and died July 21, 1912. He was an early Seattle, Washington real estate developer, responsible for some of the early residential development of Queen Anne Hill. He also had a brief military career.
With the outbreak of the Civil War Kinnear joined the Forty-seventh Illinois Regiment, with which he remained until mustered out in 1864. From 1864 until 1869 held the office of Woodford County clerk.
His attention was first called to the Puget Sound country in 1864; he came to believe that Puget Sound would someday be home to a great city. He purchased what is now known as the G. Kinnear addition on the south side of Queen Anne Hill. Four years later, in 1878, he brought his family to the northwest.
In 1885–1886, at the time of the Anti-Chinese riots, he was one of the founders of the Home Guard, and served as its Captain, its highest officer. The Home Guard joined the Seattle Rifles, the University Cadets and (eventually) Company D of the Territorial Militia in successfully facing down the anti-Chinese rioters and preventing the forcible eviction of Seattle's Chinese residents. In 1911, shortly before his death, he published his own account of the events, which Bagley described as a "correct account of the whole anti-Chinese trouble", contrasting it to earlier "inaccurate accounts".
In 1887 he donated 14 acres of land overlooking the Sound from the west side of Queen Anne Hill to the young city; this now constitutes Kinnear Park.
"All the Chinese residents were notified to pack up their belongings...the crowd closed in on the officers, endeavoring to take the guns from them...deputies had been augmented by...the Home Guard...under command of Capt. George Kinnear...hand to hand conflict took place." -Seattle Star, Aug. 28, 1937
"'Get the Chinese,' someone yelled and the mob rushed. Captain George Kinnear a Civil War veteran turned to his men. 'Fire!' he ordered." -Seattle Star, June 7, 1939
"The Chinese left half an hour ahead of us. We came up under the command of Captain Kinnear...two men grabbed my bayonet...clubbing commenced." -Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Feb. 21, 1886
Was Civil War veteran George Kinnear and the militia he formed in Seattle responsible for saving the lives of numerous Chinese immigrants from a violent mob?
In 1911 George Kinnear (1836 –1912) would write his account of his part in quelling the ant-Chinese riots in his book titled "Anti-Chinese Riots at Seattle."
The Seattle riot of 1886 occurred on February 6–9, 1886, in Seattle, Washington, amidst rising anti-Chinese sentiment caused by intense labor competition and in the context of an ongoing struggle between labor and capital in the Western United States. The dispute arose when a mob affiliated with a local Knights of Labor chapter formed small committees to carry out a forcible expulsion of all Chinese from the city. Violence erupted between the Knights of Labor rioters and federal troops ordered in by President Grover Cleveland. The incident resulted in the removal of over 200 Chinese civilians from Seattle and left two militia men and three rioters seriously injured.
In introducing his book, Kinnear writes:
"In this section of the country where there were many Chinese employed, it was believed that if the Mongolians could be driven out of the country, more employment would be given to White labor. The lawless element in the country had succeeded in organizing mobs and expelling the Chinese from a number of towns along the Coast....In the early fall of 1885, agitators began to hold meetings here. It was their intention to drive out the Chinese of Seattle about the time a similar occurrence had been planned to take place elsewhere."
George Kinnear was born January 30, 1836, and died July 21, 1912. He was an early Seattle, Washington real estate developer, responsible for some of the early residential development of Queen Anne Hill. He also had a brief military career.
With the outbreak of the Civil War Kinnear joined the Forty-seventh Illinois Regiment, with which he remained until mustered out in 1864. From 1864 until 1869 held the office of Woodford County clerk.
His attention was first called to the Puget Sound country in 1864; he came to believe that Puget Sound would someday be home to a great city. He purchased what is now known as the G. Kinnear addition on the south side of Queen Anne Hill. Four years later, in 1878, he brought his family to the northwest.
In 1885–1886, at the time of the Anti-Chinese riots, he was one of the founders of the Home Guard, and served as its Captain, its highest officer. The Home Guard joined the Seattle Rifles, the University Cadets and (eventually) Company D of the Territorial Militia in successfully facing down the anti-Chinese rioters and preventing the forcible eviction of Seattle's Chinese residents. In 1911, shortly before his death, he published his own account of the events, which Bagley described as a "correct account of the whole anti-Chinese trouble", contrasting it to earlier "inaccurate accounts".
In 1887 he donated 14 acres of land overlooking the Sound from the west side of Queen Anne Hill to the young city; this now constitutes Kinnear Park.
Product Details
| BN ID: | 2940161034576 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | Far West Travel Adventure |
| Publication date: | 04/25/2022 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| File size: | 660 KB |
About the Author
George Kinnear was born January 30, 1836, and died July 21, 1912. He was an early Seattle, Washington real estate developer, responsible for some of the early residential development of Queen Anne Hill. He also had a brief military career.
With the outbreak of the Civil War Kinnear joined the Forty-seventh Illinois Regiment, with which he remained until mustered out in 1864. From 1864 until 1869 held the office of Woodford County clerk.
His attention was first called to the Puget Sound country in 1864; he came to believe that Puget Sound would someday be home to a great city. He purchased what is now known as the G. Kinnear addition on the south side of Queen Anne Hill. Four years later, in 1878, he brought his family to the northwest.
In 1885–1886, at the time of the Anti-Chinese riots, he was one of the founders of the Home Guard, and served as its Captain, its highest officer. The Home Guard joined the Seattle Rifles, the University Cadets and (eventually) Company D of the Territorial Militia in successfully facing down the anti-Chinese rioters and preventing the forcible eviction of Seattle's Chinese residents. In 1911, shortly before his death, he published his own account of the events, which Bagley described as a "correct account of the whole anti-Chinese trouble", contrasting it to earlier "inaccurate accounts".
In 1887 he donated 14 acres of land overlooking the Sound from the west side of Queen Anne Hill to the young city; this now constitutes Kinnear Park.
With the outbreak of the Civil War Kinnear joined the Forty-seventh Illinois Regiment, with which he remained until mustered out in 1864. From 1864 until 1869 held the office of Woodford County clerk.
His attention was first called to the Puget Sound country in 1864; he came to believe that Puget Sound would someday be home to a great city. He purchased what is now known as the G. Kinnear addition on the south side of Queen Anne Hill. Four years later, in 1878, he brought his family to the northwest.
In 1885–1886, at the time of the Anti-Chinese riots, he was one of the founders of the Home Guard, and served as its Captain, its highest officer. The Home Guard joined the Seattle Rifles, the University Cadets and (eventually) Company D of the Territorial Militia in successfully facing down the anti-Chinese rioters and preventing the forcible eviction of Seattle's Chinese residents. In 1911, shortly before his death, he published his own account of the events, which Bagley described as a "correct account of the whole anti-Chinese trouble", contrasting it to earlier "inaccurate accounts".
In 1887 he donated 14 acres of land overlooking the Sound from the west side of Queen Anne Hill to the young city; this now constitutes Kinnear Park.
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