Photo by Yukon Archives
Labour Problems Atlin. Over 70 miners gathered on the ice at Atlin. The photograph is captioned "Parting Sendoff to Mister Jap" a placard says "Whiteman's Rights Without Violence-General WARD." General Ward is in evidence. The white miners were up in arms over the employment of Japanese by R.D. Fetherstonbough at his Atlin Mining Co. on McKee Creek. Their protest was successful and the Japanese, except for the cooks, were sent out on the first boat. March 22 (28) 1902. Atlin Historical Library Coll./Yukon Archives.
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