The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-11-01
THE UPRISING.
Sundays Uprising NJ gaase, Milan
County.
A PremedIisted Affair 10 Stay The
whites.
Supposed Cause Of the Uprising.

At an early hour Sunday night, Captain
Turner, OF the Lamar Rifles, and Captain
FELTON, OF the Queen City Guards, received
kilograms from Governor ireland TO have
their companies In readiness to take the
first train for Cause, In Milan county.
This was the sum and substance OF the
teegrems received. The two companies
assembled at their respective armories fully
equipped, and remained ready. awaiting
ordsrs, until yesterday morning ut O'Clock,
when second telegram from the COVE nor
ordered them to disband, and thanked
them for the prompt manner In which
they had answered his call. The appear
ance of the military on the street at such
an early hour in the day caused inquiry,
and the news spread rapidly,
and many were the surmises
but as an uprising among the negroes OF
Milan county has been rumored lately, 1t
was the general belief that 1t was the cause
OF the calling out of the troops. Some
forty citizens volunteered to accompany
the troops, but their services were not re.
ouired. A report reached here that the
telegraph Office at Cause, the scene OF the
supposed riot, which is a small station
some ten miles from Hearne, In Milan
county, on the International Great
Northern road, had been demolished, and
that all communication had been cut off
from that point, yet the second telegram
from the governor disbanding the troops,
dispelled all forebodiugs. In speaking of
the anticipated uprising the Cameron Her
aid of last week has the following to say:
A startling report has opened the eyes OF
our people, and surprised them as would
peal of thunder from cloudless sky. The
report is to the effect that the negroes OF
the northern part of Milan county have
been making extensive and systematic
preparations for war on the white people.
For several weeks the negroes have been
purchasing ammunition from the mer-
chants OF M8ysfield. and last Saturday the
purchases were so extensive as to excite q
suspicion that something was wrong. They
bought powder by the keg and shot by the
sack, and all the cartridges they could find.
This led to an investigation, when it was
found that the negroes had been holding
secret meetings between midnight and day,
on Cox's farm, few miles from Maysfield;
had organized aud equipped companies
to be ready for action at any time
hey should be called upon-that time to be
when the white people least expected an at
tack from them, that their attack might be
as effectual as possible The negroes of
Robertson county have joined in the move
ment, and Calvert as we'll as Maysfield and
Jones Prairie may be in danger of an at
tack. We were informed yesterday that the
citizens of Mavsfield would hold a meeting
at that place last night for the purpose OF
organizing company, armed, equipped
and ready to fight. Every precaution will
be taken and every preparation made to
meet the negroes should they make the least
threatening movement, and should such
thing occur, death and destruction will be
the Inevitable portion of the negroes. A
good many white men from that section
have already been in town and armed them
selves with shooiing-irons."
The cause of the uprising is attributed to q
lot of emissaries sent south by republican
demagogues to stir the blacks up to strife
and thus exasperate the whites TO rash ac-
ton that more southern outrages" may / Q
had In stock for the next political cam
paign. AS will be seen below, the reports
have been greatly exaggerated. A number
of guns were shipped by express from here
yesterday to whites at Calvert and Hearne.
ALL QUIET.
AUSTIN, Oct 29-[Special. l-Y esterday
evening the governor received dispatch
from Cause saying:
Five hundred negroes in arms against
the whites. Can you help us2
(Signed) 'R. 8. Cox, Justice Peace"
The governor at once telegraphed the |
militia companies at Houston, Bryan, |
Dallas and other places to hold themselves |
in readiness TO march at moments |
notice. and ordered the company here into |
the armOry, Wnere tney remhineu Iully
equipped all last night. The governor
telegraphed Cause for full particulars, but |
received no answer until this morning at |
IL o'clock, wden the sheriff telegraphed /
Gan quiet During the morning here
intense excitement prevailed and the
widest rumors were atioat, but during the
day it subsidized aud the opinion is that the
report from Cause was greatly exagger-
ated and that no serions trouble is I'M
pending.
A FALSE, WICKED RUMoR.
PALESTINE, Oct, 9,-lSpecial. ]-Govern.
or Ireland telegraphed Superintendent Her
rem, of the International last night that
the negroes were in arms at Cause and ask
ing special train to convey the troops
there. Governor wired the order to the
military company here 10 prepare to move
10 Cause on short notice. The COM
pany, numbering about thirty
men, recently organized and en-
.irely undrilled, but were ready to
go. Colonel Gooch, of the Governors
staff resides here and took command OF
matters, and finally received
telegram from Governor Ireland saying:
NO need of troops" The whole report OF
he disturbance AZ Cause YVES p false wicked