St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-09-04
THE WAR rs ENDED.
A Little BIOodletting Restores
Order in Mississippi.

JACKSON, Miss, Sept. Sin an inter
view to-day Gov. Lowry made in SUBJ
stance this answer to the general ques-
tions as to the status of affairs in Le-
fore county:
On arriving at Greenwood I found
some excitement among the people, not,
as l believe, from any fear of 5lOodshed
between the races in conflict of arms,
but rather the menace of the negroes
and their defiant attitude of two days
before; and this was probably intensi-
fed by the fact that the negroes, or at
least quite number of them, were
armed with Winchester rifles. The in
accessibility of Minter City. the vicinity
of the disturbance, rendered infOrma-
ton from there very difficult, it being
seventy miles by water and twenty-siX
by land. The boat which runs from
Greenwood to some distance above Min
ter City was some hours behind. and
this delay could not we'll be explained.
In the meanwhile, the three military
companies had arrived, and quite
A NUMBER OF VOLUNTEERS
from the surrounding counties of Car
roltOn and Grenada. The citizen
volunteers, or a number of them at
least, seemed determined to have mat
tiers their own way, and it was thought
best that | should address them. They
assembled in front of the hotel and l
spoke to them frankly. plainly saying
in substance that the sheriff had in
voked the aid of the military, and in re-
SponSe to the telegram that there were
500 armed negroes that refused to be
dispersed, had come in person with
the troops to see that peace and order
was restored; that the excitement mani
tested by citizen volunteers was oml-
nous of harm instead of that peace that
should be observed in Well-regulated
community; that there was yet 70 blood
she'd and | admOnished them that there
must be none. denounced mob law as
being wicked, disreptuable and un-
worthy of MiSSiSSippians. Subsequently
/ feared that if the citizen volunteers
went to the scene of the disturbance in
the excited state in which they were
that they would do harm instead of
good. After consultation it was finally
decided that the military, instead of the
citizen volunteers, should be sent to
Minter City to aid the sheriff in enforc-
ing the law. Gen. Henry, adjutant
general of the state. accompanied the
military and carried with him a COM
municatiOn from me to the sheriff. urg-
ing him to strict observance of the law
and
RESTORATION OF PEACE
and order. In conclusion, the governor
said he had no fears of further trouble.
The Capital Light Guards, of this city,
arrived here from LefiOre county at 8
o. m. to-day. having left Mlnter City
yesterday at D. IN. They report that
there were 275 armed negroes congre-
gated near Minter City, but they had
been dispersed before the arrival of the
military. There was a large body of
white men mounted and armed who had
AOcked there from various points before
the arrival of the troops. These men
had dispersed the negroes and captured
some of the leaders. Reports as to
whether any negroes had heen killed or
the number captured were very conflict
ing. One negro was certainly killed by
another negro for refusing to join them.
One man told the officers that he saw
six dead negroes six miles from the
river. Other reports place the number
higher, while some denied that there
had been any killing except the negro
killed by another negro. The troops
captured and turned over to the sheriff
forty negroes. 1t was reported after
the troops left that one of the negro
leaders was hung. The sheriff under
whose orders the troops were placed
notified them that they were needed no
longer, and they took his
RECEIPT FOR THE NEGROES
whom they had captured, and left by
boat. A member of the company told
your correspondent that it was impossi-
bic to get any reliable information as to
what really had occurred. and it was
certainty that from 800 to 400 were