Telegram-herald., 1889-09-03
A PITCHED BATTLE.
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saAser q eoiers1 sssDls we're a. tAs
sspss waiting Tar T. As tae train
nearsd Ihs asEss cas- of E1s sxcGr-
slsalsls. - i1npl1x on, fsL Sumo
kaosa paEsoa saoassa Lssk a. Las
black assuN Ihs asgro drew = pistol
sa1 nIse fsaz "a nFs sAsls Ia rapid sac
esssl0a. 9ns "a saioh struck a white u.zA
aaEed HtLlAA Ai-sr "a 10 Ilcs. iasa
shootisg 9se4n, gsssrAl 80 sr 90 shots
beisg nxs1 lasids af nftssa niaar~s A tar
rfsis P-ai0 easze1 sonsa s1d chDdrsn
rRaai1x ia a. dixsatl0as sasatlaz s1d
screaming Ia Lssy seolorsal. living In
Aigiers sas saot Ia to leis arm, al a col
orsa ~omaa aaEasa F.emlnz va fatally
sho1 May Carroll loSlsrsdi Vas shot
shrouga tas iastsp. Tn.s l. tas aeoouaL 0f
ths aaaiE Eiysa ~ Ia police.
-sseE2l nszEoss Who claimed % have
for1s1 pAxtst tas sxsarsion party -Sy
that when ths txzil ~as nearing tns
6o1lcsSoro dspss il szs hrsd On sy men
wa0 Us1s sssEstsd aloas ths lins Of ths
E4iiro4d track. an4 wasa the n0otlng
bsgaa ths Tsla was yet Ia ulotion.
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peds took Place. a. John Rainy. the
s1psrsntsndsas of ths AlEi-rst GrstaA rail
road. gho IA az ths tins TWO squares
away with t3o cars w.uag Tor
ths excursion, says ths. the panic caused
D. tas raeid discAaTzs of hzs arms vas
dreadful no does not know what caused
ths Er0abis. Das tas cars on shsiE way down
10 Aigisfs Ssrs hrea into. and ore OF tho
bullets passed through = cAs1D0ard M.
Raiay says that Tor a time 40 and bis
drivers wers Ia inminoas danger OF losing
thstr lives.
Bsa Watkins, colored. living In Goulds-
boro. was shoE While lying Ia bed az his
hone about .. IA - soma unknown per-
con, wh0 ared tAroagA the window. The
BAL wOunaed hlm In the breast and both
arms sad aan1s Some OF ais fingers lad
10 be am mputaIsc. and his condition r.
serious Watkins says no knew nothing Of
the riot. snd does not know why any one
should snoot aim.
Tho ust OF Casualties - AZ follows Will
lam Miller a hitel. sh0t Ia the face. serious
III Levy lco.0rsd). shot through tho arm
vile of Eidar klemiag lcoloredl, shot
through she shoulder, Nary Carroll tool
ored), shot Through foot, Bea Watkins
shot IN aAnds and breast. serioaA There
we're shout 500 negroes ca tho train, about
half 0f the number being women and chill
drsn
JAcxsox, Mss sept 2-Govsrnor Lowry
was on sunday morning advised by tele-
graph that serious trouble was looked for
At Greenwood, Ledors County, because OF
negro threats 10 destroy that town and
xiu tts psOpls. that 20 negroes had as
ssmoied as Mater city, near there and
-. - - a lib .
= o'clock Governor Lowry left Tor Green
wood. taxing with him tbs Capital I1gh az
Guards OF tAts city, under the command
OF Captain d. r. Porter, well armed and
squippsd for any emergency The Gov
srnor has a,so tsiegrsphed other militia
companies 70 90 in readiness 10 move
a. . moments notice. The turbulent
negroes are under ths Leadership OK
an sx-coaTics. oliver Cromwell, Who az one
time led a oand OF horse thieves in this
vicinity. The negroes have been mRssing
Sn Lsiors COCaty, and conflict between
fhs whites and blacks aas been expected
Help was called FOR. as the blacks outnum-
tsrsd ths whites SIX 20 ous
Up 20 nixntfau no reliable news had
been received sroIn Greenwood, the nearest
point - Mater City. which Is distancs q
twenty-five niles snf can only bo reached
~ wagon road vsrio1s runors are
sdoas % tae effect that \ collision
has taken place between the negroes
and the military, and that there has
tsea loss of life on both sides. bat they are
not regarded - authentic and lack con-
frmsti0a. It e hoped aud believed that
the presence Of Govsrnor Lowry viii have
q good effect, and that quiet can Do re-
stored without bicodshoL