Birmingham age-herald., 1895-08-06
THE RACE WAR
At Princeton, H., Growing in lnterest-.Ihe Whites Make Bold Stand Against the
 Negro

The immense whistles at the various coal shafts were blown last night and this morning giving the signal that work would be done in the mines today, and large numbers of miners turned out with their dinner pales, but were confronted on the highways leading to the shafts by Italians armed with rifles and the va rious small arms used in the riot of yes terday. At the secret meeting of the Italians held at midnight the plan of stopping te men from work was ar ranged Over POGO miners assembled al the lumber yard today at 10 o'clock and the situation was freely discussed near ly all of the speeches being in foreign tongue. The coal company was roundly denounced and much inflammatory lan- guage used.
 One speaker said if the murdered Ital- ian was relative of his he would not stop with the negroes, but would settle it more effectively with Manager Dalzell of the coal company, whom, he said, de- served all the blame as he had brought negroes here.
 After an hour of general discussion resolution was adopted giving the rem nant of the negroes left until O clock to- morrow evening in which to leave the city and to carry off their effects. Any effects left after that time would be de-
 
 committee was appointed to organize the Italians and see that the instructions were carried out. Another committee of five was appointed to wait upon Manager F. Dalzell to demand that he discharge all negroes and agree to employ no new ones for the present.
 The committee immediately called at Dalzelfs office and stated their griev- ances. Mir. Dalzell in reply said that he has nothing to say on the subject, that it 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 or the miners is called for a late hour to- night, at which time it is the the general impression the strike will be ordered to continue until such a time as the de- mands are granted. The situation IS indeed critical, and much is feared from those who have already indulged in riot ing without molestation or arrest The foreign element. which dominates the situation, declared that no man, either black or white, shall return to work un- til the coal company agrees to discharge every colored man initS employ and also to hire no new men of either race unfll al idle men of Spring Valley shall be given employment.
 The negroes now propose to return to their homes ana COHtl1uS tISi SiibiNJ ment in the mines of tn coal company.
 The Spring Valley Coal company sent it's treasurer to Seatonville late this aft ernoon and paid the negroes wha was due them up to last Wednesday. The amount due since that time will be paid within a few days. A plan to mob newspaper correspondent oday was frus- trated only by the latter jumping on bicycle and riding away. The mob of about 200 men was composed wholly of the men who engaged in yesterdays riot and were aggrieved because it had been published that none of the guilty parties had been arrested.
 The, county officials at Princeton, when seen tonight. did not know what steps. if any, would be taken to bring the guilty parties in Sprin Valley to justice. Sher- if Clark said he was discouraged in the matter, as not one man was ever con- victed in the courts who was arrested a year ago for footing the stores at Spring Valley and Ladd. They were ither let off on lack of evidence or technicalities of the court. State Attorney Johnson said he would not make the complaints. He had personally conducted the case last year to no effect and did not care to go through the same experience again. The citizens of Spring Valley are in such a state of intimidation that criminal prosecution requiring local witnesses is of no avail.