The Penn's Grove record., 1889-09-07
THREATENED RACE war.
SOLDIERS SENT TO A MISSISSIPPI
TOWN.

SULDlEkS SEM ~ a m~looioolffl
TOWN.
A CoLoRED EXCURSION TRAIN FIRED
AT-sEyERALP PERSONS WOUNDED.
NEW ORLEANS, La, Sept. IA
Grenada, Miss, special Gays: a tele-
gran was received here this morning
saying that negroes were massing near
Shell Mound, LIE Flore county, Miss,
and that a conflict between the whites
and blacks was expected. Help was
called for, as the negroes outnumbered
the whites six to one.
A volunteer company Of about 40
men was raised here In an hour or two,
and left on the 1915 train for the
scene of the trouble, under the com.
mand of the Hon. J. e. Longstreet. A
company of Cavalry will leave here to-
night. A despatch received here from
Longstreet and G. l.. TONNES asks for
all available men throughout the
county at once. BY order Of the Gov
ernor the Winona Rifles, accompanied
by several citizens, left on a special
train at 2 l.. NJ. for Greenwood, from
which place they will 60 to Shell
Mound to aid in suppressing the
trouble.
NEW ORLEANS, La, Sept. BE
tween 2 and 8 O'Clock an excursion
train, composed entirely OF colored peo-
pie, arrived at the G~ouldsbolo depot
IRON Baton Rouge. A large number
of colored men and women were near
the depot waiting for the train, which
was due at IL O'Clock, As the train
neared the depot one of the excursion
lists attempted to get OF and fell to the
ground. some unknown person made
u personal remark, when the negro
drew a pistol and fired four or five
shots in rapid succession, Ii Of
which struck "a white man named
William Miller, a brother of one
of the Gretna police, in the nose, u
lodged itself In the back of the neck.
Then the shooting became general,
some four or five hundred shots being
fred III less than fifteen minutes. The
above account of the trouble is from
The police of Grelna. A terrible panic
&C :urred, women and children running
iu all directions, shouting and scream
ing, leaving dishes, baskets, hats, shoes,
etc. Ed. Levy, a colored man, living
in Algiers, was shot in the left arm,
and u colored woman, named Fleming,
was also fatally shot in the back.
Mr.. John Rainy, the superintendent
OF the Algiers and Greina Horse Rail.
road, was about two squares away with
two cars waiting for the excursion.
lie stated that the panic caused by the
rapid discharge of firearms was dread
full. He did not know what caused the
trouble, but the cars on their way
down to Algiers were fired into. Mr..
Rainy stated that for a time he and
his drivers were In imminent danger of
losing their lives.
About 4.3O O'Clock this morning a
large reflection was seen near the line
between Algiers and Jefferson parish.
An alarm of fire was turned in. The
Algiers FIRE department started to the
meme, and found a large number OF
seen armed with muskets, etc., and a
negro church Oh fire. There was no
water at hand and the church was On
tirely consumed. Just after the fire
al the colored church q colOred man
named Rem Watkins, aged rs. was shot
in the breast and slightly wounded by
some unknown parties.
Several negroes, who claimed to have
formed part of the excursion party, be-
Ing intei viewed, state that when the
train was nearing the Gouldsb0rO depot
1t was fired on by men who were secret
ed along the line of the railroad track,
n.,.1 ruta.. fhn ohAnftpp NOM ananh
the train was yet in motion, and as
soon as it stopped a general stampede
took place. The place where the
shooting occurred is not thickly settled,
and all those living in close proximity
Of the depot, when interviewed, said
they heard the shots, but do not know
who did the shooting or the origin of
the trouble. 1t is very difficult to
locate a single person who witnessed
the beginning of the shooting outside
Of the police force at Gretna.
JACKSON, Miss, Sept. 3.-The Capt.
tai Light Guards returned here late
this afternoon from the scene Of the
race troubles in La FlOIe county. They
left Winter City yesterday, and report
that an armed mob Of 275 negroes was
dispersed before the arrival of the mill
tia by a large body Of white men. who
were mounted and armed with VIM
chester rifles.
Reports as to the number of killed,
wounded and captured In the skirmish
BY which the negroes were dispered are
conflicting. One negro is known to
have been killed by his fellows for re-
fusing to participate in the uprising
The officers of the Light Guards were
informed that six dead negroes ha
been found where the skirmish took
place, but other reports make the num-
Der OF killed larger.
The troops captured forty negroes
and turned them over to the Sheriff Of
La Flore county. 1t was reported af-
ter the troops left that M OF the
negro leaders had been hanged. A
member of the company stated 1t was
impossible to get reliable information
as to what really had occurred. 1t Was
certain, he said, that from three 10
four hundred negroes We're armed and
vowing vengeance against the whites
Saturday night, and 1t was also certain
that Ii large body of white men had
dispersed them and captured some Of
their leaders, but no true account could
as yet be obtained of the loss Of human
life. His personal opinion is that the
lumber of killed and wounded will he
found to be nearer sixty than six. The
white people of Shell Mound deserted
that hamlet Saturday night and have
taken refuge In safer quarters.