St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-02
Four of the Men Shot Dead
and Five Others Severely
Wounded. a
A Bloody Race War in the Re.
gion Among the Proba-
bilitieS.
Clark Wells Gets Into Another
Serious Scrape at Wore
ester, Mass.


severely wounded, three of the m per-
Walker county, fifty miles west OF this
city, Friday night. The only Offense OF
the dead and wounded negroes, so far
as is known, is that they took the places
of white miners during the strike, and
when the strike was settled the com
pany would not discharge them, The
nine negroes were surrounded while
asleep in their cabin and shot down be-
fore they had all opportunity to escape
OF offer resistance. White minerS are
suspected OF the crime, but there seems
to be no evidence against any
one. The wounded negroes say
the men who shot them down
were white, but they are unable to
identify any of them. 1t is believed
another bloody conflict between white
and colored miners will take place. Re
peating rifles and cartridges i'll large
numbers have been ordered by both
sides. 1t is reported that the officers of
the company operating the mines have
announced that they will protect all
colOred miners in their employ. This
may prevent further bloOdshed, but it
is doubtful. A very bitter feeling is said
to exist between the white miners and
the negroes, who were put to work dur
ing the strike. The shooting of nine of
their number has raised the other col
0red men to the fighting point. The
men worked together and occupied the
same cabin at night. About midnight
it was surrounded, the doors and win
dowS broken open, and as they leaped
out of bed storm of bullets poured in
Oh them. None of the negroes were
armed. and they were shot down inside
their cabin.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Feb. 1.-The mil
itary, tfty-fiye strong, composed of de-
tachmentS of the rifles and volunteers,
Capt. Randolph PeytOn commanding,
left here for Carbon Hill at $3.50 this
evening. Their orders were to report
there for duty. and they left without
knowing the exact nature OF the service
they were called Oh to perform. Gov.
Jones is getting some information from
Carbon Hill which is unknown here.
Trainmen Oh the Kansas City, Memphis
and Birmingham train just arrived say
five negroes were killed up to last night.
All was quiet when they passed, but at
Horse Creek they heard rioting had
been renewed since dark.
MEMPHIS, Feb. photographic adj
vices just received from the operator at
Carbon Hill, Ala, say William Murray,
white miner, shot and instantly killed
James Cutlery, a weii-behaved negro,
last night at Galloway. The negro lay
where he fell until this morning, when
he was buried by the mayor. All
though it is not so stated, this
appears to be a continuation OF
the troubles of Friday night. when
the negroes were attacked in their
cabins. 1t is this last development
which caused Gov. Jones to send troops
from this city. Robert Galloway, of the
mines at Carbon Hill. said to an ASSo-
ciated Press reporter tonight in regard
to reported troubles at the mines:
These Outrages are the work of an
element that knows no law, that has ter
rorized that part of Walker county for
three years past and has no regard for
human life. The powers of the county
officials seem limited, but the time has
come for the state TO crush out this
gang. The honse where the negroes
were sleeping was riddled with bull
lets. Yesterday James Cuttery,a negro,
was killed and one wounded, but this is
the first time in the last few nights such
things have happened in this county,
and the guilty parties are supposed to
be we'll known. This last case of law
lessness was unjustifiable in every way.
On Tuesday a negro was killed near
Eldridge, few miles from Carbon Hill.
They evidently did not intend to kill
any other negro, as there were thirty or
forty others within 800 yards of the
cabin, who were not touched.