The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-09-04
DRIVEN OUT BY BLACKS
Rumors Of Another Bloody Race Var
In Mississippi.
Go"fit-.ing ~t"ri.- ge,.srsiius thr Trnui'I.
Many >rgr"s-- trts.rI Hod
.Tsr..a,rpf,.g the " sIt~-
tpue Nilfts.r D.-srt.,i.

NV ORLEANS, sept. =. \ IA d -uri.
Mis-. II rriai Say~: In ~, iut"rv,cw to-
d,cy S7Uycr'i,ir Lowry Tu.',.c ia -t.',,tsu"c
thia an-w'r to .yvuvrti questions a. ~ the
stat" of affair u l-si'u-c .OuntH: ''Du
,rr.v.nf- 80 Greenwood found ~ti,its ,.~-
sits urrEit .,Iinits tlsr people. uot ~ I l,-
li,y" frnu AMY r,.Ar uf bioustshsd b' tween
TN" races iu conflict or hFnIs. but rather -
ucns'' uf negroes aud their defiant at;i-
tui' al two days hrturs', .iud This wI-
prob .biN intensified - Tho tact tt.st th.
n..-r-s ss. ar al least .lt!ic uIuI3b'r ~
thcuu. were armed with NincIp'stsr rifles.
The inac''--s,i,'lity of MlUt"r tity. III"
vi.iTity of III" disturbance. r,'n,i,r,-i az
Formation fron th-r,' very t.ill,"ult. M'.gU-
while three military couuirahi's Lad
arrived ond quite "a utinili'r uf vol
unt"srs tr.m the surrutinsiiug counties pf
tarroll'i"u and Grenada citiz"pS voiuu-
tee II. ar "A uumlrr .f them at is,s,t
-c..n..i ,I"tcrniincd q have matters their
own w;.y. ! feared IL they went To- tii..
sr"ns of Tia" .listtrl,anc" iu the excited
state in which they ,scr''. they w,tuih ,o
harm instead of good. After consultation
il was finally t"citl.ai ~ "a - military of
citizsu volunteers should ,,.. -.-nt 20 Miut-r
City to aid the sheriff IN enforcing th"
law"
IL conclusion Tho governor said l,' nasl
no fear of further trouble. ! isr capitol
light guards ot this city arrived ip'r,. from
Ls'iiorc county ~ 3 O'Clock this afternoon.
lls'N report t,,r, Pa ARMED t,,slr,.,~
congrs gated near Aliui''r iity. hat they
had been ,ii=r.r-.pi bctor,. tie. arrival .,i
tho military. 4 hers, large body of
White men mounted and ARMED who had
tu.'ts"i thcr, from various points b,'for'
the arrival pf tin. troops. lin'S.' men had
Dispersed the negroes and captured some
al ta" headers. Ihs. reports aS To- whether
an. sst-pros'~ had been killed pr a uatuh"r
! captured were very conflicting. oIt.
/ Negro was certainly shot bN Luoth,r
negro for refusing to Join ,h.in. pn" uu,i
tol! III" Officers Il" saw six dead n.ri,.-.
ttinr reports piac" th" number hIi,iiCr.
while. SOM" ,lrui.,l there being ANY kiil,d.
except one negro killed 10y s,notii"r.
< ist"r Dispatch states that th.' troops
captured and turned over To- the ~i. q. n
forty negroes. IL w.,s reported that after
I tlH troops left that one of IA. Negro lead
crs WAS hung. The r,criii under who~t.
orders the TROOPS Wrr' placed uptttt'si
/ them they w'rs. needed tIo longer and
they took his receipt fnr.tlI,. u.tyro,'- whom
they had coi,ti.,,-d and left ty boat. A
mcnn.s'r al tB" c,InI,lu. told ia. corrs--
pon,icut il was impossible to get any ,,.-
liable information as To- what really had
occurred. that IL was certain from .i.Us, Ia
4.0p negroes were armed aisl s'ougr,'gat'',i
vowing vengeance against III" whites ON
SATURDAY night and u wa- certain large
i.i,.s OF " l.itcr had tis,s.r~. ii then, ~ nsi
captured some, hut no tr,is. account could
J ic Obtained of tn. loss of human Lift. az
/ the trouil.. occurred back from tin. river
several miles. The white people Of She'll
Mo,sud deserted the place Saturday y
and sought refuge in safer quarters.