The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-05-28
SETTLING 70 WORK.
Negroes Taking irm Hold of
Their New Home.
THE WOUNDED MAN is DEAD
superintendent Corey Describes the
Shooting More Colored Men Como
The whites Leaving.

The negro who was accidentally wounded at
franklin by the discharge OF revolver IL the
hand of Isaac Perkins died between and
o'clock Yesterday morning. He WAS preacher
and his name was Black. Perkins went TO see
him on Tuesday evening, and the wounded
man assured him that no blame attached TO him
except for his carelcssness in handling the
pistol.
/ AZ soon as Perkins heard Of Blacks death he
He'd In terror 70 the mountains and has not been
heard OF since.
Work is almost entirely suspended at the
mine until after the funeral, as is customary
with the miners. A coffin was shipped to
Franklin by Superintendent Corey rs as
he heard of Blacks death. Coroner Horton
also went up to inquire into the Giro umstances
OF the shooting.
Mr. Corey said of the affair last evening: ait
was purely an accident. Perkins was standing
1t the counter in the store talking with the col
orcd boy who has been employed tn sweep out
the store and who was standing behind the
counter Black was sanding in tho warehouse
adjoining the store. the door being open. col
orcd boy standing beside Perkins had revolver
and Perkins began fooiing with It, lift
Ing 10 up and pointing II at the boy
behind the counter, not knowing that
II was a seif-cocker. Thus it went or acct
dentaIiy, and the bullet passed through the door
and struck Black. The two men were total
strangers TO each other until they came here,
aud had no quarrel. As soon as the news spread
that Black WAS dead, one of the white miners or
his wife, forget which, sent word to me not to
have that black niger buried until he had re
moved his sons body from the burying- ground
This has made the coiored people very angry.
Since the shooting they have been very careful
70 prevent fooling with guns. Whenever any
man has been seen doing others have volnn-
tarily stopped him, and many OF them have
handed in their guns at the Office"
10 49,
said: "The negroes are all at work aud some are
earning as much as 81 or s. a day. some OF
them who bad left the camp have returned,
after getting money from the Knights OF Labor,
snd some have turned In the money,
which was given them by the Knights
rs part payment OF what they owe
the company for their fare from the East One
man said he had only been fed by the Knights
for two days aud then turned adrift. Fully a
dozen men have been driven out of the camp
either by the negroes themselves or by the CON-
pany, because they would not behave them
selves or would not work. New men keep COM
ing in from Roslyn and other places, and we
have about as many men now when we first
started with colored people. The men are well
satisfied and ere settling down to make their
homes at the camp, and some of them are send
ing East for their families.
sThe company is buying out white men who
have houses and they are gradually leaving.
len Oh thcHl started Tor rainier this morning
with packs ON their backs. | believe there are
only about seventy-fiye left in the camp.
"The new slope will be ready for operation in
about two weeks, aud then we shall transfer
some OF the men to it, Meanwhile we are find
ing work for all of them
train OF thirty brought down about 400
tons OF coal from Franklin yesterday. Another
train brought about the same quantity from
BLACK Diamond.
.Stubs Smith, conductor OF the train which
brought down the coal train on Monday, says
that he did not strike; that be was willing to
bring the train down without guards, but was
not going to run train armed with guards
through peaceable country He says that he
tcicgraphed Superintendent Mccabe as follows:
"In view OF circumstances surrounding us to-
day, do not deem il advisable to attempt TO re-
move any coal today" Mr.. McCabe wired back
that he would move the train or be released, and
he wired the resignation of himself and crew.
The train was run from Franklin to Black River
junction by armed Sullivan's men, and Engineer
shearer and his fireman were persuaded to bring
the train in, but it came in without conductor
or regular brakeman. At Black River junction
Conductor Buckhalter took the train and
brought 1t In. Mr.. Smith denies that he struck
or was intimidated or solicited by miners TO run
the train in, but simply refused To do so under
guard, as he considered IL dangerous.