New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-09-03
THE RACE TROUBLES SOUTH.
UNDUE ALARM OVER TILE SITUATION IN
MISSISSIPPI.
GOVERNOR LOWRY RETURNS FROM GREENWOOD
TO THE STATE CAPITAL-THE MILITIA
GOING HOME ALSO
[Br TELEGRAPH TO THE TDBUSE.1

Jackson, Mich Sept Ex-Governor Lowry reVuiHoN
from Greenwood this morning. OWING 10 INC o',
dieting rumOrs prevailing yesterday al OfechNo'
the Governor thought it best to order out the S''
troops consisting Of three companies under the oou
mand Of Adjutant- General Henry and Colonel Seorso
S. Green to aid the sheriff in preserving the pcSNo
There were also a large number Of volunteers a.
Greenwood, who came in response TO the appear
for aid and who anxious to accompany uA.
sheriff. but they were persuaded from doing 50 anu
have since returned TO their homes. IL l. no" W
Hcyed that the alarm Of the people was gieaUr ta'
the circumstances justified, and no further uouoIo
anticipated. as IT, ~rcscnce of State troops VIII no
doubt be effective in restoring Order Oliver Crom
we'll the negro to whom is attributed all the trouble
passed through Jackson to-day. He said that ho
left Greenwood to avoid trouble
New-Orleans, sept p" The Picayune's' Green
wood, Miss, dispatch says: There mas been for the
last month a negro by the name Of Cromwell, VINO
has been organizing, as 1t was thought, an Alliance
in this part of the Delta. On Wednesday OF this
week number Of negroes belonging TO the Alliance
demanded that some one besides Cromwell be placed
at the head of the Alliance movement, as they
claimed that he an ex-convict and they were
afraid TO trust him This occurred at She'll Mound'
ten miles above here on the Talahatche RlNer'
A majority of the negroes in the Alliance voted In
favor of Cromwell and he retained Ills
place The next day Cromwell received letter
ordering him quit his work and leave the country
giving him ten days. lie showed the letter 10 Ihe
negroes and the same evening tho whites at Shell
Mound received warning letter from parties OF
negroes who signed themselves: Three Thousand
Armed Men, who said that they proposed TO stahd
by Cromwell and that il any efforts were made TO as
rb him. that they would kill, burn and destroy She'll
Mound About seventy five armed negroes came INTO
town and talked in a very loud and threatening
manner.
The general belief is that Cromwell wrote the hrst
letter himself, and had It addressed and mailed it TO
him at Shell Mound with the object Of arraying the
negroes against the whites, that the effect would
be 10 make the negroes In the Alliance VINO "ero
opposed To him, over and join forces wllh the
OF her Negroes but If such his object 1t ialed,
as they are still holding out against him. Last
night our Sheriff received Information ron sunny
side fifteen miles above Shell Mound, that there
were 500 armed negIOes who were lnassen
I'm The Johnson field near there ana help was neelcu
lie wired the Governor the situation and asked Tor
troops which responded 10 promptly by GoV-
ernGr Lowry In person. bringing with him hVc com,
NAMES of militia Governor Lowry sent two companies
10 Sunnvsde 90 report to the sheriff. who Wem up
there yesterday morning 10 SEQ II he couh 90 any
thing with the negroes. The steamboat running be
tween here and Sharkny came In las night, brlf hg
a number of women and children. Governor Lowry
cautions the people 10 be free from all violence ana
not 20 violate the law I'm particular, but 20 assist
the county authorities 10 enforce IL.