Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-02-02
Troops Ordered 10 Carbon mn. Ala.
bama. 10 Qnell Riot; Ne
yrocs Killed.
KOCH GOES TO EoyPr ron ABOUT
Three monrHs.
A Financial Problcmi How 10 Obtain
$2,50O,0OO More For the
Worlds Fair.
rolesrAph 10 tho Nrwai
ALABAMA oUrRaaEs.
Carrent Reports ct na Attack upon
Negroes.

NeEfoe~s
BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Feb. Ire.
ports were current here yesterday Of
an attack hy white men az the Gallo.
way milne. ON negroes who lad been
put 10 work during the recent strike.
Efforts made 10y Telegraph 10 secure
confirmation " tho reports proved
futile. The ouly answer obtainablc
wis that negro had been killed By q
while man In sslf-dcfcnsc, and that
the reports where Incorrect
IL seems possible from later develop
nicnts that the correspondents were
intimldated. This morning Colonel
Clark, Second Regiment, received
orlerH from Governor Jonca 10 put
iifiy men OF this local companies under
arms In readiness 10 proceed 10 Carbon
Hill, n.ar the Galloway mines. In
thv absence OF Clark, Captain
Randolph Priton, OF the Birming.
ham rifles, assumed command, aud
twenty-five men from the Rifles
and Ike number from tue Volunteers
were assembled. AZ four O'Clock this
afternoon a telegram was received
from the governor, ordering them W
proceed 10 Carbon Hill. Not word
has been hcarI a. TO the state Of affair.
at Carbon Hin, aud no one knows on
what authority the governor Ia acting.
Carbon Hin IL In walker County, GU
the Kansas CITY, Memphis * Blrming.
ham Railroad.
The military, iiny-iivc strong, CON-
posed OF detachments OF rifles mud
volunteers, Captain Pflton command.
Ing, leit here for Carbon Hin at $3.50
thus evening. Their orders were TO
report there for duty, aud they left
without knowing the cxac. nature oi
the duty they were called ON 10 per-
form.
Governor Jones 1, getting some in-
formation from Carbon nm which Il
unknown here. Tralnmen on IN,
Kansas City, Memphis 4 Blrming,
ham train, Just arrived. say n,c ne
groc- were killed up 10 last night. All
was quiet whom they passed, but nj
Horse Creek they heard that the riot
ing had been renewed since dark.
WHY TuE TROOPS WE'RE ssSr.
MuNrIiis, Jan. LA birmingham,
i-Alaiamr. special says, q ereisysap phi.
adviccs Just resolved from Carbon Hi
ssy that WIN Murray. n white man
shot and Instantly killed James Csttery,
wellbshaved nrgro, last night nj
Galloway. rhe negro lay whcrc lie fell
until this morning hen he was buried
by the mayor. Although II IN NOT "a
stated, n appears n be q continuation
OF tho troubles Of Friday night. when
negroes were attacked In their cabins.
IL isthis las development which causes
Governor Jones 10 send troops from
this city,"
Robert Galloway, ona Of the owners
OF the miurs at Carbon HIN, said 10 nu
Associated Pres. reporter tonight, Ia
rcgaui ~ the reported troubles at the
mines; THESE OutrAgcs are the work
OF an element that
KNOWS 80 LAW,
that has torrorlsed that part Of Walker
county Ter the iRst three years. They
have no rcgarI for human life. The
powers of the county officials seem
limited, but the time has come for the
STATE OF Alahama TO crush out this class.
Thai house Ia which negroes were
alccping was rlilled with bullets IL "a
fact, AMI one Of them was wounded la
the arm. None were killed. Ye-ter-
day James Cutlery, n negro, was killed
aih tut NhihANH, nut tfllf N not tnn
INST time In the last few months, that
such things have happened In this
county ana the guilty partio, arc sup.
poted TO bp well known. This Inst Gaze
Of lawles-ness, while upJustiiiable In
every way, was brought about by the
unfortunate circumstances Of Tuesday.
\ strange white man killed u negro
near Eliriige, six miles from Carbon
Hlll. on wednesday negro employ.
ell 70 hunt up some negioc- who form
erly worked ut the mints ,pickcd up
some strange nogrocs anu took them 10
Galloway. On the way over they.got
drink or two anu the leader talkeIn
a way To excite the crowd, who took
the law In their own hands with tho
results ~ stated. The house was raid.
Cd. They evidently did not Intend To
kill any negroes, rs there were thirty
or forty others quartered within 800
yards Of this place who were no,
touched"