The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-07-06
LITTLE ROCK, ARK,
ATTACK ON COL. BROwER OF THE
GAZETTE"
Serious Outbreak Among the Hands
on Col. Sam Tate's Plan
IRtiOn.
ESPECIAL TO TEE APPEAL.l

ESPECIAL TO TIE APPEAL.l
LITTLE Rock, ARK, July 5.-About
6 O'Clock this evening, as Col. D. A.
Blower, managing editor OF the
Arkansas Gaz tie, was standing in front
OF Wilson 4 Webb's Main street sta
tiolery store, conversing with num-
Der OF friends, young man, seventeen
or eighteen years of age, approached
him, armed with heavy bludgeon
and demanded that he (Brower) re-
tract certain articles published about
my father" "Who is your ia her ?"
was asked him. CDR. Winfield" was
his reply. Then the controversy is
with your father and not with you"
remarked Col. Brewer. On this reply
being given the youth made
deadly pass at Mr.. Brewer but
was 'rlsIated in his purpose by being
caught by the shoulders and pushed
backwards. Then followed a regular
cat and dog fight for few moments,
neither party, however, getting an
opportunity OF doing the other
serious injury. Young Winfield
is, physically, larger than his
antagonist, and had the chance
been given him would undoubtedly
have Inflicted some painful wounds
with his club, but Mr.. Brewer was
too quick in his actions and personal
friends intei fsred and eepai ated them.
The trouble grew out of structures pub
lished in Sundays Gazette copdemning
certain charges printed in DR.. Win
fields paper last week about
the Gazette aud its management.
Winfield edits a Methodist organ
here, but has left his position as
leader OF his flock to dabble in poll
tics, and in his futile efforts made
a'lusion to the past coure Of the
Gazette, which caused Col. Brewer to
liter ally burn the old man up on Sun
day. Young Winfield was put under
bond to keep the peace.
SERIOUS OUTBREAK AMONG FARM HANDS.
This city Yves thrown into the wild.
est excitement about noon today on il
being lesrnid that the hands on Col.
Sam Tate's plantation, some nine
miles below this city, on the Arkans as
river, were on a strike for higher
wages, and a posse OF citizars had
been sent for by Sheriff Weithen,
who went to the scene of the trou-
BILE at an early hour this morn
ing. A posse OF thirty or for y
men, all armed to the teeth,
were coon organized aud left in trans
fer wagons for the fighting ground'.
On Thursday thirty OF the forty ne
groes employed on this plantation
quit work, telling their managers, the
Fox brothers, that their cotton was
extremely dirty, aud that unless they
Immediately raised their wages to 81
per day they would quit work, and no
other hands wou d be permitted to go
to work. The meu were getting rs cents
psr day. The thirty belligerents used
every known endeavor to induce the
remaining ten meu to quit work, but
without avail. All day Saturday and
Sunday they argued with them, but
no argument that could be
presented had any effect, and
violence was threatened. The
trouble got noised about adjoining
plantations and its force of dis
gruntled dsrkies began to grow
larger. Whisky was used, and Hugh
Gill, big burly negro, addressed his
fellow ,co-lsborers, telling them that
they had gone into the trouble for the
purpose If winning, and that if
Sheriff Worihen came down 10 quell
them he would not get home alive.
GIL, Aubrey, Larkin and He ry Hill
were the leaders of the trouble, and
had subjected the hancs on
the plantation into their way Of
thinking, when a courier was dis,
patched 10 this city for Sheriff Wor.
then and a posse to repSir to the
place and put down tie impending
riot. This messenger reached here
last night, and thu Snelif and two or
three deputies reached the war ground
at ) o'olocs this morning, and Hugh
Gill's threat was told the Sheriff, and
that officer having fond ess for tr0u-
BILE, at once made for Glll's cabin.
He KIN cked st the door and wss au-
swered by the burly GaTkey opening
the door. "Wortheu is my rame,"
said the Sheriff OF this county, land l
want you 10 come with mo now" was
the salua'ion given the a3tonished
negro. But Oil never quailed,
on the contrary, he made for
his shotgun which stood in the corner
of the cabin, but Sheriff Worthen got
bead on him before he could rss oh
his weapon, aud sent bullet crash
ing through both of the negroes arms,
Gill fell, and in less than it takes to
tell il, the officer had him shackled
and made Gill's house his headqr arter.
He immediately cent to the city for
fresh horse and mare men. 1t looked
something like q sure enough war was
on hand. The p1ss all armed to the
teeth, went through the streets be.
cause the wagons contained most OF
Little Rocks dead game men. The
Sberiffs' arrival created conformation
in the camp, and the neRr1es instant
ly began moving themselves. About
this time the Wartben rec vi rode up
and at once went 10 tie bssieged
sher.fl's relief. Your core pOr dent is
the only person who returned from
the front t)niQht, and trouble Was mo-
mentirly expected when he left, at
10 o'clock. TIE posse has charge
of the Fox residence, where
they are securely barricaded.
Trouble was inst gated by the c.lored
Knights of Labor, aud tits feared that
a race war is brewing. The neg oes
have been urged to demand their
rights, aud it is thought this is only
the precursor of something worse tnat
is coon 10 follow.
HAVE used Tonpaline, with marked