The Chinese names were phonetically rendered. Both men later testified about the incident.
Callaway later reported that only one of the Chinese was shot and killed, but Storti's account clearly indicates otherwise.
Callaway to Adams, Sept. 20, 1885 (telegram), UP, RG 2361, box 21, Labor Disputes, Sept. 1885.
The Chinese account of the riot is in "Memorial of Hon. Huang Sih Chuen, Chinese Consul, Sept. 18, 1885," in Judy Yung, Gordon H. Chang, and Him Mark Lai, eds., Chinese American Voices: From the Gold Rush to the Present.
The Chinese received $150,000 in compensation, p. 48. Adams to Gen. F. P. Alexander
The details come from Bromley, Chinese Massacre, 13, 16, 50-53. Bromley was a government director and an ardent opponent of the Knights.
For accounts blaming the Union Pacific management, see Bromley, Chinese Massacre.
Bromley, Chinese Massacre, 63-69, 87.
Adams to William Endicott, Sept. 3, 7, 1885, UP, PO, OC, vol. 29, ser. 2, r. 25.
Callaway to Adams, Oct. 4, 1885, UP, SG2, ser. 1, box 28, f. UPR Coal Dept.
This is compiled from Adams diary entries from Aug. to Dec. 1885.
Adams Diary, Adams Papers, r. 3.