The state journal., 1883-12-22

and the traveller is delayed in his
walks by stopping to gaze in the store
windows.
Dr. Thompson, of Bethel Church,
who has been to Philadelphia, has
returned, and will be hailed as a
Christmas gift by his congregation.
Everything among our folks is
quiet, except the furore created by
the rapid increase of popularity of
The JOURNAL, which our people here
are entirely devoted, and the disturb
ance which occurred at Roxbury, only
twelve miles from here, between the
Italian, Hungarian and Negro railroad
employees, has been basely misrepre-
sented by the white press, in making
the negroes far more in numbers than
they were, and also making them the
aggressors The facts in the case are,
that about one hundred and fifty lIan-
garians and Italians, and about fifteen
negroes, are employed here on the
Southern Pennsylvania Railroad. For
some time bad feeling has existed
between these sons of Italy and AT
rica, because of the filth which these
foreigners insisted upon surrounding
themselves with, was so distasteful to
the negroes that they separated them
selves from this foreign scum and
went into quarters of their own.
When the rations, which are daily
issued by the comnissary boss, was
given out last Thursday, part of the
Italians rations were given to the ne
groes, and Italy fell short, this excited
them to words, when Frank Milligan,
a colored man, struck and knocked
down an Italian, who was 10 the act
of striking with Ratchet the colored
cook, who with his back to the door
was cooking meat The knocking
down of the son of Italy by Mi'ligan
was a signal for the attack upon the
negro cabin. All the Hungarians
and Italians armed with pistols, sti-
lettoes, clubs and stones, asssiled the
fifteen negroes who were nearly all in
the cabin. BY some means the negroes
got out, and for fully quarter of an
hour held the mob back with stones
aud fists, not single negro having a
weapon, not even a razor. Finally
the negroes, those Of them who had
not been shot, broke and ran, nine of
them coming to this city, and the
others scattering in other directions.
IT, &c thn ~nlnrad man wore ininrnd
but none seriously; one whose name
your correspondent could not as'er'
tain is confined in the county hospital
here. No arrests have been made,
because no one of the Italians or
Hungarians can be identified peace
reigns, however, and Italy and Hun
gary, a hundred aud fifty strong, hold
the ground so lately shared by Africa's
band of fifteen.
Mr.. William Little, the first colored
appointee on the police force, makes
an excellent officer.
Mr.. Henry Monks is having his
residence re-painted, and it will add
much to its appearance.
Perhaps there is not more active
man in the valley than Capt. L. L.
White, of Chambersburg, a man de-
voted to the interest of his race, and
ALWAYS in the front rank whenever any
enterprise presents itself in the inter
est of his people. Capt. White is
one of the old 54th Massachusetts,
and having shouldered his gun aud
did some of the citing which brought
his people out of bondage, he believes
in enjoying every right that every
other citizen enjoys, without the least
abridgment Being an orator of ne
little ability, his voice has resounded
again and again in opposition to the
infringement upon our rights, so otter
performed here by our SO called
friends.
The school question has been agi
tated, asking for colored teachers TO
colored schools, and the organization
known as the Inyincible Six, consist
ing of James Carter, President; W
S. Hail, Secretary, and Messrs. Bel
Little, Wolf and White, are deter
mined to make their names symbol
cal of their indomitable will to Sc
I their fellow citizens righted.
The feeling along the whole vale
is condemnatory of the practices
the Republican party 10 this State an
its cat paw, the State League. Tn
fellows who want to dictate what tn
d colored men of this great Common
wealth ought to have and ought to d
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