The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1895-08-09
A RACE CONFLICT,
Breaks Out in Illinois Between
Negroes and Italians.
SHOT DOWN LIKE BEASTS.
They Are Given Notice to Leave tho Mines
Today, But Instead Are Arm!nE
Themselves and Say They
Are There to Stay.

PRINCETON, H., Aug. 5.-The Italians
of Spring Valley broke out yesterday
in war upon the negroes with view
of either massacreing them or driving
them from out the city limits. In a
fight the following negroes were Sc
riously injured:
Granville Lewis, aged 45 years, shot
! in head and dubbed with rifles and
face and neck badly lacerated, may die
Glenn Martin, aged 32 years, shot in
the back of the head with rifle ball,
80 buckshot in the back and shoulders,
seriously injured.
Norman Byrd, aged Sc years, shot in
the neck and head, badly bruised, in
ternal injuries
Mrs. Byrd, aged s. years, wife of for
mer, shot in the right cheek and arm
Maria Byrd, daughter of former, age
Il years, shot IN the breast and may
prove fatal
William Lee, aged 81 years, kicked
and trampled upon.
June Sterritt, aged AZ years, tram
pied upon, face lacerated and injured
internally, badly cut by barbed wire
fence in attempting to escape the mob.
Oscar Prim, head bruised with rocks.
Silas Burken, bruised with clubs and
shot at about thirty times.
Jude Stuart, bad wound in the head
from clubs.
Jim Kelly. aged &c, flesh wounds and
clothing riddled with shot.
Will Beckard, aged 80 years, badly
bruised and internally injured.
Frank Turner, aged IS years, shot
twice in the back of the head and
shoulders by about forty buckshot.
Frank Burns, head badly bruised.
trampled upon and internally injured.
The Italians for many months have
wished to drive the negroes out of the
mining belt and yesterday a plausible
excuse for SO doing presented itself.
At 1 o'clock yesterday morning an
Italian was attacked on the public
highway by four negroes and robbed
and shot four times, from the effect of
which his physician says he cannot live.
A mass meeting of the Italians was
called and 10 o'clock last night, a mob
of over 800 gathered, started out for
the negro village which is located two
miles west of Spring Valley. They
were headed bY the Spring Valley Ital
ian band. and to deceive the negroes
into thinking the assem- bly, a peaceable
one, this band rendered several national
anthems. The negroes as a result re-
manned in their homes. The Italians
fell into them like lot of Apache In
dia rs. The men were dragged out,
clubbed, trampled upon and made the
target for the shot guns, rifles and
small arms. the mob had brought with
them. The women were insulted.
slapped and two of them while begging
for mercy were shot down and fatally
injured. Sheriff Clark, of Princeton
was telegraphe for and arrived on the
ground with posse but came too late
as the work had long been done be-
fore he arrived. The negroes fed ter
ror-stricken over the surrounding hills.
The Italian rioters served notice on
the women and children who had not
been driven out that they and the in
valids would be given until tonight to
leave the town forever and that if they
were not gone by dark they would be
shot down in their tracks. Consequent
ly all the women have been packing all
that is left of their household goods
and fleeing over the hills in all direc-
tions. Large numbers have started in
every direction.
OF those who are uninjured about
thirty have gathered at Seatonville and
have been collecting arms and ammu-
nition and say they will at all hazards
return to Spring Valley and remain
there until they are discharged from
the services of the coal camp. Some
have homes there and all have wages
due them from the coal company.