10 3 199 https://herculeshistory.org/files/original/506d28db7df953bb893ecec7a4aaf429.doc bd6b98295c2ddad4a7fc814311dd8ed3 https://herculeshistory.org/files/original/aea1a682869cbe003f5064701d684ab6.pdf 937d4d00e45277964379fde33cae2d72 PDF Text Text Notes on Chinese Laborers: The Outside Men at the Powder Works By Jennifer Posedel Chinese laborers formed the core of the workforce in the plant’s early years (86% in 1883). They were hired through employment brokers named Hong Quong and Wong Po, referred to as Chinese bosses. There are no official company records of their employment, but news accounts say that as many as 375 worked at Hercules at any one time. The Chinese workers performed the dangerous work on the nitroglycerine line, and many died in the frequent explosions of the 1880s and 1890s. The San Francisco Call reported that 60 died in the first 14 years of plant operation, although the number could never be verified because of the lack of records. The worst explosion occurred in 1883 when the New York Times reported that 40 Chinese and their white overseer were “blown to atoms.” The 1900 U.S. Census lists 149 Chinese laborers at the plant, 74 of whom were married. All had been in the United States for an average of more than 20 years. (Previous experience probably included mining and railroad construction, but I do not have specific references to that.) Thirteen were born in California; 14 spoke English; and two worked as cooks at the camp. At that time, Henry McCullough was the Caucasian foreman of the outside men at the powder works. The Chinese men paid the boss for room and board at two rustic buildings located at a waterfront camp. There was also a large population working at the Giant plant at Pt. Pinole, as well as a shrimp camp there which in 1896 was said to supply three-fourths of the shrimp consumed in San Francisco. In the early 1900s, the powder company at Hercules rented its tidelands to a clam digger named Sing who lived in a shack at the foot of Tennant Avenue. Plant supervisor McBryde defended Sing’s exclusive right to the area and had any poachers arrested. In 1910, among the 27 Chinese then living at the “Wing Tong camp,” several were employed in the company boarding house as waiter, laundry man, kitchen helper, and cook. Two worked as cooks in the clubhouse and one cooked for a private family. At that time, they lived in the Wing Tong camp according to the U.S. Census. The Chinese camp existed through the Dupont era, but in 1914 the workers departed and the boarding house and kitchen were demolished. “Remembrances” also has good info except that I cannot verify the wage rate nor the statement that Hong Quong disappeared. What is that based on? Surely no one was able to research his personal history! 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource HHS Industrial Subject The topic of the resource Changes in the use of the Hercules Works land over time Description An account of the resource All uses of land, including buildings, roads, railroads, waterborne facilities. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1878-2022 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Hercules Powder Works Physical Object An inanimate, three-dimensional object or substance. Note that digital representations of, or surrogates for, these objects should use Moving Image, Still Image, Text or one of the other types. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Dynamite Production Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1919-07 Subject The topic of the resource Manufacture of dynamite Description An account of the resource Article in The Mixer describing the dynamite production process Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Hercules Powder Company Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Manufacture