Martial law is declared in Seattle due to anti-Chinese violence - February 9th, 1886
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On this day in 1886, President Grover Cleveland sent 300 U.S. troops to Seattle, Washington, in an effort to put down an anti-Chinese riot that had erupted two days earlier.
