The Chinese in American courts

Two Asian Laundry Cases

“…The Great Falls Tribune insisted that "as long as the stars and stripes float over Great Falls no pig-tailed saffron will be allowed to call this city his home." 23 By the 1890s, many Chinese in Montana who had been worlung in the mines were forced out by a combination of violence and hostile legi~lation.~~ Some Chinese left Montana, but others moved to urban areas and opened businesses. Chinese men quickly became a dominant presence in the laundry business in many Montana cities.…”