Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-09-02
RACE TROUBLES IN THE SOUTH.
How the Dimcuity I'm Mississippi y
Said to Have started.

NO CONFLICT mas YEr TAKEN fLAcE-oov.
LOWRY AND rue MILITIA on TIE sror-
LieHr rHRowS on THE AFFArn AT eouLps-
soRo'-srRoSo WORDS FROM SOUTHERN pAYKs
JACKSON. Mrss., Sept 2-Nothins las yet
been heard from Gov Lowry, Who left here
with troops to quell the threatened race trou-
oie IN La flore county. Winter City. where 10
Is alleged that the armed negroes are consre-
gated, /" thirty-five miles from telssrsphic
facilities. Oliver Cromwell, the alleged leader
OF the negro riot, arrived here last night
from Vicksburg. aud says that ther. had
oeen no connict when he left Green
wood He was ordered 70 leave
for soliciting the trade OF the colored mem-
bers OF the farmers alliance Tor u cooperative
store AT Durant. thus taking the trade away
from La Flore county merchants Cromwell
Is said TO have once led gang OF horse thicves.
How the Trouble Originated
Nrw ORLEANS. La, Sept 2--The PioaSarae's
Greenwood special says: There has been for
the last month a negro by the name OF Crom-
well who has been organizing. ~ it was thought
alliances in this part of the delta. On wednes-
day number OF negroes belonging TO the alli-
ance demanded that some one besides Crom-
well be placed at the head OF the alliance move
ment as they claimed that he ex-couvict
and they were afraid TO trust him. This
on the .allahatchie river. A majority Of the
negroes alliance voted IN favor of Cromwell
and he retained his position. The next day
Cromwell received an anonymous letter, with
crossbones. skeletons. etc. ordering HIM TO quit
his work and leave the country, giving him ten
days. He showed the letter 20 the ne groes aud the
same evening the whites at Shell Mound
celved a warning letter from parties OF negroes
who signed themselves Three Thousand Armed
Men, who said that they proposed 20 stand by
well md elNHNn Ia a..
disturb him they would
KILL. BURN AND DESTROY SHELL MOUND.
About seyenty-fye armed negroes came into
town and talked in a very loud and threatening
manner. The general belief is that Cromwell
wrote the first letter himself aud had il
addressed aud mailed 60 him at Shell
Mound with the object OF arraying
the negroes against the whites, that the ef-
feet would be to make the negroes alliance that
were opposed TO HIM come over and Join forces
with the other negroes, but IL such
was his object IL failed as they are
stu holding out against him. Saturday night
our sheriff received information from sunny
side, 10 miles above shell Mound that there
were 500 armed negroes who were masssd in
the johnson field near there and help WA
needed. He wired the governor the situation,
and asked Tor troops which was responded %
promptly by Gov. Lowry in person. bringing
with him 1ve companies OF militia. Gov. Lowry
report TO the sheriff who went up
there this morning to see IL he he could do any
thing with the negroes. The statement running
between here and sharkey has just come in
bringing a number OF women and children.
Gov. Lowry cautions the people 70 be free from
all violence and not to violate the Law in any
particular, but to assist the county authorities
to enforce it,
There were several reports from the scene OF
the trouble last evening, one of which wac that
the negroes had left the vicinity of sunnysids,
breaking up IN small bands Of from twenty 70
thirty and seemed to be suiky and mad.
ANOTHER STORY OF THE CAUSE.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, Sept 2-Accordiug reports
brought by two reputable white citizens,
who obtained their information from
a travelling commercial statesmen, the
trouble at Shell Mound grows out Of the
farmers Alliance organization. Two negroes
opened stores, styling themselves Alliance
stores" To this the whites objected openly
and with determination. The negroes de-
clined to yield inch. Both are arm
ing and collecting forces, and hostilities are
imminent. A Telegram was received here
yesterday by hardware hrm from
Oakland Miss, about sixty miles south Of here,
ordering ten Winchester rifles