Evening star., 1895-08-07
WILL GO IF NEEDED
Altgeld Ready to Send a Regiment
to Spring Valley.
THINKS THERE Is NO NECESSITY
Arrival Of Chicago CoIored Dele
cation.
PRAY FOR PROMPT ACTION

CHICAGO, August Fifty colored men
left the Rock Island depot today for Spring
Valley. They go to investigate the trouble
between members of their race and Ital-
ians. At first it was resolved to send 200
armed men to the scene, but calmer coun-
sci prevailed and the fifty were deputized
to spy out the land and see If justice could
not be secured without an appeal to vio-
lence.
Two colored women-Mrs. Mary Stanton
and Mrs. Lizzie Dixdee-refugees from
Spring Valley, arrived in this city last
treatment of the colored people at that
place have inflamed the negroes of Chicago
to the highest pitch.
The mass meeting of colored men recon-
vened in Arlington Hail. at 31st street and
Indiana avenue. The stories told by the
two women inf1amed them to the highest
pitch. and all manner Of violent threats
were made against the Italians at Spring
Valley.
delegation called on Gen. Merritt to
ask that United States troops be sent to
Spring Valley. They were courteously re-
ceived by Gen. Merritt, who told them that
in the event of the failure of the civil au-
thorities to preserve order and protect the
colored people of Spring Valley the facts
would be communicated to President Cleve-
land by telegraph. but he did not anticipate
that it would be necessary for the national
government to take any steps in the mat
ter.
A special to the Post from Spring Valley.
ILL.,, says:
1T now hegins to look like another In
dian massacre story. After cross eXamin-
ing nearly every negro and Italian claim
ing or acknowledging to have heard Of the
fracas Of last Sunday, the actual results
simmer down to two negroes slightly in
jured and one Italian shot. The race war
exists only in the imagination of :he
Princeton newspaper correspondent, from
whom the sheriff of Bureau county also OBJ
tanned his information. And unless some
unforeseen accident happens to create bad
blood, or the dearth of absolute news leads
is no reason why Spring Valley Cr its peo-
pie should obtrude longer on public no.
tiee.'
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, August 7.-Gov. Alt
geld decided late last evening not to go to
Spring Valley, but will send member of
lis staff to look ito the condition of affairs
there He is satisfied from the advices he
has received that there is no necessity for
the sending of troops.
The italian consul at Chicago also wired
the governor, evidently having become
alarmed at the tncendiary utterances of
some of the colored people there who were
talking about marching on Spring Valley.
The governor replied to the consul, assur-
ing him that all requisite steps would be
taken to preserve order.
Much excitement was created by the as
sertion made by ]. B. Buokner, a colored
member of the general assembly, to the eff
feet that over thirty of his race had been
killed in Spring Valley since the trouble
began. He was, however. unable to give
any definite authority for this report, say
ing 1t had come to him through private"
sources. In view Of the repeated denials
of such reports from responsible persons
in Spring Valley it is thought to be with
out rell foundation. Buckner is from a
Chicago district and came here, having
heen delegated by the Chicago committee
of colored people. who met Monday night.
He called on the governor and demanded
prctee tion for the people of his race in
Spring Valley. The governor assured him
that it would lie given them, and If neces-
sary he would have a regiment of troops
there in a short time. Buckner insisted
situation was appalling. He had been in
Termed that thirty-four bodies of colored
n:en, women and children have been picked
up in tie woods around Spring Valley and
He also had learned that 800 colored men
who were at Seatonville were arming them
selves for protection against the riotous
Huns. Poles and Italians, who had sent
word that they intended to drive every
negro out of the country.
Gov Altgeld received no further news
today from the race war at Spring Valley.
The report of Assistant Adjutant General
Bayles. sent there last night by the gov
ernor to thoroughly investigate the situa-
ton and determine whether state troops
are needed or not, is expected this even
ing. A delegation of colored citizens from
Chicago is here today praying the governor
Spring Valley and advocating a pacific pol
Icy. They claim bloodshed will prevail if
the governor does not take prompt action.
The Exact Situation.
A Spring Valley dispatch sent last night
says:
The situation is very quiet in the city.
The negroes are making no effort to come
back. The reports about armed negroes
coming from Peoria and Chicago to avenge
Sundays affair caused no unusual excite
Italian miners to deal with, but every
white miner in the city as well, numbering
in the neighborhood of 1000. Word was
sent in from Ladd and Toluca this morning
necessary in case of an invasion of blacks
from other towns. In case of an invasion
5000 white miners could be mustered to-
gether In this city in less than two hours.
The whites of this city do not apprehend
any danger in that direction. They do not
express the least sorrow over the event
of Sunday, and invite fair and impartial
investigation.
They claimed to have endured the out
RACES of the blacks as long as they could.
but they are severe in their criticisms Of
the sensational tales told in several dis
patches to the morning dailies. whole
wounded and likely to die.
An Associated Press correspondent who
was on the ground and witnessed Sundays
battle from beginning to end has succeeded
in discovering but one negro shot, and the
injury is only a flesh wound of no serious
nature. About ten or twelve were as
sailed with sticks or stones, but no at
tempts were made to kill. The prime OBJ
ject, as stated on the ground while the
fighting was at its height, was to scare
them into leaving and never come back
again.
Printing O6ice Investigation.
ST. PAUL, Mimi, August 7.-The conven-
ton Of the Typothetae of America is in
session here. Yesterday, in the presidents
report, reference to stamped envelopes
being printed at the government printing
office, Instead of letting them out by con-
tract as in the past, was followed by the
appointment of committee, consisting
of Messrs. Pearson of Pittsburg, Little Of
New York and Pettibone Of Chicago, to in
vestigate the matter.