The Los Angeles pogrom of 1871 marked the beginning of widespread violence against the Chinese in the American West. It is estimated that in the 1870s-1880s that about 200 Chinese were lynched in the American West.[89] In 1880, a pogrom in Denver saw the looting and destruction of the local Chinatown, which was burned down with one Chinese man lynched.[89] So common were the practice of lynching Chinese in the West that phrase "Having a Chinaman's chance" arose to mean no chance at all. On 2 September 1885 there occurred the Rock Springs massacre in Wyoming,
yet another anti-Chinese pogrom committed by white miners who saw the
Chinese miners as rivals which led to 28 deaths (all Chinese), 15
wounded, the expulsion of rest of the Chinese community, and property
damage worth $150,000.[90]
The Rock Springs pogrom led to a wave of anti-Chinese violence in the
West in the fall of 1885-winter 1886. On 11 September 1885, there was
an anti-Chinese pogrom in Coal Creek.[91] Also on 11 September there was an anti-Chinese attack in Squak Valley that left 3 Chinese workers dead. On 24 October 1885, the Chinatown of Seattle was party burned down and 3 November 1885 the Tacoma pogrom saw the entire Chinese community expelled.
[92] On 6–9 February 1886, there occurred the Seattle pogrom that led to 200 Chinese being expelled due to an attack organized by the local Knights of Labor chapter. In 1887, between 10-34 Chinese were killed at the Chinese Massacre Cove in Oregon.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_on_Squak_Valley_Chinese_laborers,_1885
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Chinese_violence_in_Washington
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Massacre_Cove
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinaman%27s_chance
