The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-08-06
NEGROES VERY MAD.
Over the Attacks on Their
People at Spring Valley.
MORE TROUBLE LIKELY THERE.
The Italians, Who Do Not Speak Eng
lfsh, Order the Black Americans
to Leave the City at Once.

Chicago, Aug 5.-Some Of the coIored
residents of Chicago have been wrought
up To dangerous condition by the report
of outrages committed against their
brethren AT Spring Valley, Ill Some of
the more radical have threatened to
march against the foreigners there with
an armed force. Late tonight this call OF
arms was issued and circulated in the coli
ored community OF the South Side:
ITO the Colored People OF Chicago:
There viii be meeting at 800 State street
at q. m. August 6. and we want all able
bodied men TO come. The time has come
for US TO raise our arms In defense of our
race. They are killing our people all over
the country. Every day we read of their
lynching. numbering and outraging our
people We declare that this is free
country, and unless we fight for our rights
the foreigners will run us out, as the
government has not protected and VIII
not protect US as we protected 1t
in the time of need. We ask
all able-bodied colored men TO respond
to this call. as they must have our aid
at Spring Valley before p. m tuesday
or they will slaughter the help
less women and children that are left.
We have got 10 do this. and we may as
well die now as to die a year from now.
IF. s. MOORE,
wv. C.. HAWKINS,
II. NJ. FISHER
A mass meeting was held earlier In the
night at which speeches were made by
Mrs. Ida b. Wells Barnett and others.
A telegram was sent to Gov. Altgeld, ask
ing him to see that the colored miners
are protected, and il was decided to hold
another meeting on Wednesday night.
and IL by that time no action mas been
taken by the governor arrangements viii
be made TO send nurses and other assist
ance TO Spring Valley. Several members
OF a colored military organization who
were present declared that If The state
would not protect Ile colored people at
Spring Valley they would go down there
and give the Italians all the fight they
wanted. The meeting, however, frowned
upon the warlike young men, saying that
il had not come to that as yet.
Peoria. ILL.,. Aug. 5.--A mass meeting of
coiored men was held in this city tonight
for the purpose of taking action relating
TO the Spring Valley riots. There were
speeches of an infiammatory nature. At
the close Of the meeting twenty-six signed
their names, agreeing to go and help fight
the thing out They have guns and am
muntion stored In a cellar here. and will
probably start for the scene Of the riot
early in the morning.
Spring Valley, H., Aug. 5.-The for
eigners. under the leadership of Italians.
and the negroes, who have concentrated
their forces at Seatonville, are organizing
today, and, as the towns are practically
under mob law, a conflict is anticipated.
The -English-speaking miners of
Spring Valley, TO the number Of 1000,
held a mass meeting today and passed
resolutions that no negroes, men, women
or invalids. will be allowed 10 remain in
side the city limits after o'clock tomor-
row evening. Speeches OF the most in
fammatory nature were made, advocating
tho immediate opening OF hostilities.
The negroes at Seatonyille held meet
ing later and organized for active SER
vice. Bureau county has 5000 repeating
Winchester rifles stored in the courthouse
at Princeton for the protection of its citi-
gems, and an effort will be made 10 Sc
cure these. Should this fail the men will
arm themselves with shotguns and rifles
and small arms ard make an effort to re-
gain their homes and household goods.
The negroes also passed resolutions stat
ing that they would continue to work in
the Spring Valley mines until discharged
by the coal company. AS the police and
sheriff are making no effort to arrest the
rioters. the spirit of lawlessness Is in
creasing. In addition 10 the negroes re-
ported injured in yesterdays conflict,
Washington Anderson, Arch Fleming,
Sam Johnson and Lewis Martin are miss