Highbinders
the name given by Americans to secret organization known to exist among the Chinamen in North America, and which has caused considerable disturbance in the Chinese a population of San Francisco, Cal. The Chinese call these societies pro ocy or "hatchet" societies, and the members "hatchet boys." The members claim to be Chinese Freemasons, but seem in reality to be lawless spirits unable to brook the discipline of the regular charitable societies, and who have consequently organized for mutual protection crime.