The record-union., 1895-08-05

and Made the Target Ior cHouGuls,
Rifles and Small Arms-Women In
suited and Two of Them shot Down
While Begging for Mercy.
PRINCETON IIl.), Aug. 4.-The Italians
of Spring Valley broke out to-day III a
war upon the negroes, with view OF
either massacreing them or driving them
from without the city limits.
The following negroes were seriously
injured: Granville Lewis. aged 10 years,
shot III head and dubbed with rifles, face
and neck badly larcerated, may die; Glenn
l.. Marty, aged 32 years, shot in back OF
head with rifle ball, thirty buckshot in
back and shoulders, seriously lnJured;
Norman Bird. aged 3S years, shot IN neck
and head, badly bruised, internal in
juries; Mrs. Bird, aged 81 years, wife Of
above, shot III right cheek and arm; Maria
Bird, daughter of above, aged Ia years,
shot in breast, may prove fatal; William
Lee, aged 81 years, kicked and trampled
upon: Jube Sterritt, aged a years,
tramuled upon, face lacerated and in ured
y
in attempting TO escape from the mob;
Oscar Prim, head bruised with rocks and
stones; Silas Burken, bruised with clubs
and shot at about thirty times; JUICE
Stuart. bad wound in the head fl ON
clubs; Jim Kelley. aged 70 years, flesh
wounds and clothing rlddled with shot;
Will Beck, aged 80 years, badly bruised
and internal injuries; Frank Turner
aged Us years, shot twIce in back OF head
AMI struck in back of shoulders by about
1orty buckshot: Frank Burner. head
badly bruised trampIed upon and i'll
ternal injuries.
The Italians for many months have
wished to drive the negroes out OF the
coal mining belt, and to-day a plausible
excuse for so doing presented Itself. At
/ O'Clock this morning an Italian was
held up on the public highway by four
negroes robbed and shot four times,
from the effects OF which his physician
says he cannot live until morning. y
mass meeting of Italians was called, and
at 10 o'clock mob OF over 800 that gath
cred started out tor the negro village.
which is located two miles west Of Spring
Valley They were headed by the Spring
Valley Italian Band, and to deceive the
negroes into thinking the assembly q
peaceable one, this band rendered several
national anthems. The negroes, d re-
suit, remained in their homes and the
Italians fell onto them like a lot of
\ pache Indians. The men were dragged
out, dubbed, trampied upon and made
the targets Tor lhe shOtguns. rifles and
small arms the mob had brought with
them. The women We're insuited,
slapped, and two OF them, while begging
Tor mercy, were shot down and fatally
Injured.
Sheriff Clark OF Princeton was tele-
grapAed for and arrived on the ground
l.,fn tho
work had long been done before he ar
rived. The negroes fed panic stricken
over the surrounding hills, and Tonight
are sleeping under trees and barns, with
the exception OF few whom the farmers
are sheltering. Many OF the injured may
die before morning. No arrests as yet
have been attempted.
Jude Stuart was dragged out of his
home struck in the face, knocking out
eight teeth. and compelled to literally run
= gantlet during which he was knocked
down four or i've times and his scalp
torn open. AT one time he was left for
dying in his own garden.
Silas Burner and his sOn-in-law, Frank
Turner, after their families had been
grossly abused, were dragged from out OF
their homes and dubbed over the head
and turned loose on the street. a rioter
placed horse-pistol against the side OF
Turner's head and snapped the hammer
three times, but 1t refused to go oil.
The two negroes took to the woods, but
as they went four charges OF Duckshot
from a shotgun were poured into them.
Each received over thirty bucksnot III the
back OF the head, neck ana shoulders,
and it is feared that in the case of Burner
blood poisoning will at once set in.
Granville Lewis, in his home, was so
Rounded about the head that it is feared
the sight of one eye will be lost.
Over forty houses were occupied by the
colored people, and in these were TWO
invalid men who could not be moved.
one of them, known as Uncle Enoch,
would have been shot in his bed had not
an Italian whom he had become ac-
quainted with the year before pulled a
double barreled shotgun away that had
been pointed in his face. The gun was
discharged in the room but the charge
did not strike its intended victim.
The Italian rioters served notice on the
women and children who had not been
driven out that they aud the invalids
would be given until tonight To leave
the town forever. and that II they were
not gone by dark they would be shot
down in their tracks. Consequently. all
afternoon the women have been packing
all that is left of their household goods
and flee ing over the hills in all direc-
tions. Large numbers have started out
have taken refuge at Seatonville.
The injured men, many OF whom are
lying at the point of death. are sheltered
in barns and under trees. OF those whc
are unlniured, about thirty have gathered
ct Seatouyille, and have been collecting
arms and ammunition, and say they will
at ali hazards return to Spring Valley IL
the morning and remain there until dis
charged from the service of the coal COM
pany. Some have homes there and al
have wages due them. They claim the
police have made very little effort 10 hunt
down the criminals, but that this is ne
fault of theirs. and a matter which they
will not suffer. This resolution OF the
negroes has created considerable appre-
henslon, and more trouble IS expected i
II should be carried out.
Word was sent to Sheriff Clark al
Princeton, who at once commenced the
organization OF a posse by sounding tht
fire alarm and enlisting the men as las
as they turned out. by noon he had 1
sufficient number, but at that hour wore
was received that actual rioting hac
ceased.
MILITARY RESERVATIONS.
steps Being Taken to Settle Disputed
Points Relative to surveys.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 4.-General Otis