The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-06
SPRING VALLEYS MINE RIOT.
THE AMERICANS. ITALIANS AND NE
GROES HOLD MEETINGS.


Speaking Miners Holding the Fort /
at Fort valley and Ready to Open /
Hostintics-The Negroes Organize |
at seatonviIIc For Active Service. /
Ladd, H.. Aug. 5.-The foreigners at |
Spring Valley have concentrated their for |
ces at seatOnyille and are practically un- !
der mob law. a deadly conflict is soon an |
ticipated
The English-speakirg miners at Spring |
Valley, TO the number OF 1000. held a mass !
meeting at the lumber yard. near the Rock |
Island depot. al 10 o'clock this morning
and passed a resolution that no negroes, /
old men, women or invalids. would be al
lowed to remain inside the city limits after
8 O'Clock tomorrow evening Speeches Of
the most inhammatory nature were made
advoeating the immediate opening up CT
hostilties
The negroes at Seatonviue. on the other
hand, held meeting az the Union church
al II o'clock this morning and organized
themselves fer active service
Bureau county has three hundred re-
peatng Winchester rifles stored in her
court house at Princeton for the protec-
ton OF the citizens. and an effort win be
made 10 secure these. Should this fal
the men viii arm themselves with shot
guns, rifles and small arms and make an
enort to regain their homes and household
goods AT Spring Valley. They also adopt
cd q resolution that they wlll continue 10
work in the Spring Valley mines until dis
charged by the coal company
AS the police and sheriff are making no
ouort TO arrest the rioters. the spirit of
lawlessness is on the increase.
In addition to the negroes reported in
anH e.
are missing as follows: Washington An
derson. aged a years: Arch Fleming. aged
80; Sam Johnson, aged 30 years; Lewis
Martin, aged 3d.
OF these it Is the opinion that two at
least are lying dead in the woods, sur
rounding the late negro colony as the
seeing Of two PROSTATE bodies have been
reported by farmers.
Peoria, H., Aug. Sat meeting of the
colored men tonight twenty-six signed
the roll TO go to Bureau county and help
their brethren They win probably leave
in the morning They have arms and am
munition.
Whistles at the various coal shafts were
blown last night, thus giving the signal
that work would be done Ia the mines to-
day, and large numbers of miners turned
out with their dinner pals, but were con-
fronted on the highways leading to ihe
shattS.. bX Italians armed with rifles and
the various small arms used in the riots
yesterday
AT the secret meeting OF the Italians
held at midnight last night the plan of
stopping the men from working was ar
ranged. over 1900 miners assembled at
the lumber yard to-day at 10 o'clock and
the situation was freely discussed, nearly
all Of the speeches being in "a foreign
tongue. The coal company was roundly
denounced and much inhammatory Ian
guage used. one speaker said If the muir
dered Italian was a relative of his he
would not stop with the negroes, but
would settle 1t at once and effectively
with Manager Dalzell, Of the coal com
pany whom, he said deserved ali the
blame. as he had brought the negroes
there.
after an hour of general discussion
resolution was adopted giving the rem
nant Of the negro's left until O'Clock to-
morrow evening in which TO leave the city
and to carry Off their effects. Any ef-
fects left after that time will be declared
confiscated and destroyed. A committee
was appointed to organize the Italians
and see that the instructions were car
ried out
Another committee Of five was appoint
ed to wait upon Manager Dalzell TO de-
mand that he discharge all the negroes
and agree to employ no new ones for the
Mr.. Dalzells Office and stated their griev-
ances. Mr.. Dalzell in reply said that he
had nothing to say on the subject, and
that il was a matter he would not discuss.
The committee retired with no assur-
ances.
During the remainder of the day the
streets were crowded with men discuss
ing the situation. Another meeting Of
the miners is called for later hour To-
night, at which time II is the general i'm
preston the strike VIII be ordered to con-
tinue until such time as the demands
made are granted.
The situation is indeed serious and much
is feared from those who have already in
duged IN rioting without molestation or
arrest. The foreign element, which dom
mates the situation, declares that no man,
either black or white snail return to work
until the coal company agrees to dis
charge every coiored man in its employ,
and also to hire no new men of either
race until all the idle men Of Spring Val
ley shall be given employment.
The negroes now propose to return 10
their homes, and continue In their en-
ployment in the mines of the coal com
pany.
its treasurer to Seatonville late this after
noon and paid the negroes what was due
them up to last Wednesday, The amount
due since that time will be paid in q few
days.
A plan 10 mob a newspaper correspond
ent was frustrated only by the latter jump
ing on a bicycle and riding away. The
mob Of about 200 men was composed al
most wholly Of the men who were engaged
in yesterdays riots. and were aggrieVed
because II had been published that none
Of the guilty parties had been arrested.
The county officials at Princeton TO-
night did not know what steps, If any,
would be taken to bring the guilty par
ties in Spring Valley to justice. Sheriff
Clark said he was discouraged in the mat
ter as no one man was ever convicted in
the courts, who was arrested last year for
looting the stores at Spring Valley and
Ladd. They were either let off on lack OF
evidence Of technicalities Of the court.
state Attorney Johnson said he would not
be the one TO make the complaints. He
had personally conducted the cases last
year to no effect. and did not care to 20
Through the same experience again. The
citizens Of Spring Valley are IN such a
state of intimidation that a criminal
prosecution requiring local witnesses is
OF no avail.
At the negro settlement at No. 3 shaft
pandemonium regned All night. Crowds
Of foreigners ioated about the streets at