Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-08-07
Springvalley. Miners Are
Causing Trouble.
WILL EMPLOY NEGROES.
SPRING VALLEY. H., Aug. Q.

The situation is very quiet In the
| city. There IL report OF armed ne
groes coming from Peoria ana Chicago.
but II creates no excitement here.
They Will have only Italian miners,
| but every white miner In the vicinity.
numbering nearly 1000. is In arms. Dele
| gates were sent from Toluca this morn
Ing, promising the whites assistance In
case OF an Invasion OF blacks from oth-
er towns. In case OF an invasion, 5000
white miners can be mustered In this
| city within two hours.
The citizens here, however, do not
/ fear trouble In that direction. They do
| not express the least sorrow over the
event OF last Sunday, and they
| invite fair and impartial lnvestiga-
tion. They claim to have endured the
outragea OF the blacks us long as they
could but they are severe In their criti-
cisms OF the sensational tnles told In
several special dispatches In the morn
ing dailies.
An Associated Press correspondent,
who was ON the ground and witnessed
sundays battle, has discovered but one
negro who was shot and the injury Ia
| not OF serious mature, The minos are
Idle. Tonight at o'cloas was the time
the negroes were given to get their
effecta out OF Spring Valley. Nearly all
their furniture has been moved to Sea-
| tonVllle. where most or them are get
ting work. In all probability. tho
spring valley minors VIII return 10
work tomorrow morning,
Today a reply was received by Man
nger DalAiel from President NJ. IL,
Taylor of the Springvalley Coal COM
pnny, as follows;
your message received. While tho
! company disclaims any desire or lnten-
tiUn OF antagonising any section OF It's
employees, II cannot be dictated to by
any one section Az to Its rights OF Sc
lectlnH for employment. and therefore
the demand made by the Italian min
ers that Italian miners should be em-
pluyed cannot be acceded TO. The vio-
lence charged to the colored miners Is
daplorod, but Is nothing aH to which the
company can be held responsible for,
any more than the violence VI the
white minera reported. Post this as a
reply TO the demand, with the hope for
an early resumption Of work, when the
present acute but wrong III feeling OF
the Italian miners subsidos,'
This notice attracted crowds ofomin-
ers The news spread and the remarks
OF the men showed the feeling against
the negroes was as intense as ever. ana
how II can be bridged over is now the
question, Strong influences are at work
to have the miners arrange mass
meeting for tomorrow and have the or
der eNpclling the negroes Withdrawn.
Governor Altgeld wired this to Mayor
Delmago;
rs there any danger OF further trou-
BILE In you town? WI at steps have
YOU taken to preserve order and pro-
teot life and property Answer"
The mayor telegraphsd the governor
ns follows;
I'm reply TO yours and in view Of tho
exaggerated reports published concern
ing this trouble, We respectfully re-
quest you to send representative here,
or do us the honor to come yourself
and make complete investigation.
Every EFFORT has boon made by the
municipal authorities OF this city to
protect life and property. No lives
have been lost. no private property de-
stroyed by mob violence. One Italian
resident was fatally hurt by negro
highwaymen Everything quiet and
newspaper reports exaggerated. Three
negroes injured. who refused to vncate
location and insisted upon remaining"
Information is received tonight that
the governor Is on his way here and u
mass meeting OF miners will be held
when he arrives