The herald., 1895-08-05
vENGEFUL MOB OF WHITES
Negroes Attacked in Their VIII
Iage and Run Off
BECAUSE OF THEIR OUTRAGES
They We're Kicked, Stoned and
Shot At
The Imported Coiored nen are Hidden In the
BECAUSE OF THEIROUTRAGES
The Imported Coiored nen are Hidden In the
Woods, and the Timers are
Hunting Them
Associated Press Special Wire.

Associated Press Special Wire.
SPRING VALLEY, H., Aug. 4.-"The
Location" patch of some hundred odd
company houses near No. shaft, inhab-
tied almost exclusively by negroes, was
this morning visited by vengeful mob
of 500 white miners from this city and
given taste OF mob violence.
Last night near midnight five colored
men held up white man named Barney
Role between ,his city and Location +,
and after robbing him of nearly 500,
fired three shots into him and left him
for dead. Role is the third man shot at
Location in the past few weeks.
When the white miners of this city
heard of the outrage they assembled on
the public square aid decided to march
in body to General Manager DalezlFs
house and demand of him the discharge
of every colored man in Location. A
brass pand was secured and the mob re-
pared to the general managers house.
He refused to grant what the white
miners wanted. They then told him that
as he was not disposed to turn the
negroes out of town they would take the
matter upon themselves, and with that
they marched toward No. 3.
By the time the mob arrived at Loca-
tion most of the negroes. having been no.
titled of the wrath of the whites, had fled
to the woods About dozen were caught
and treated to most violent kicks. Stones
were hurled at them and shots fired.
Two were shot but not seriously hurt.
The boarding house for colored men at
No. 3 was then attacked. All the inmates
fled for their lives The mob ransacked
! the houses, breaking furniture and COM
.;t%,, 1ot; tn
day every negro had fled. All afternoon
a gang Of men with pistols and shotgnns
secured the woods, hunting for negroes
10 shoot at.
Sheriff Clark arrived late this afternoo n
with band OF deputies. No more trouble
is anticipated unless the negroes attempt
to come back. There Is terrible pre- ju-
dice mere against them for frequent and
bold outrages they are charged with COM
mitting. There is. much feeling against
Dalzell, at whose instance it is alleged
they were imported. Everything is quiet
tonight, but trouble is expected tomorrow
if the negroes go to work.
Later investigation shows that there
were more negroes seriously hurt than at
first reported. Two persons were fatally
injured and twelve others severely
wounded.
The rioters were all Italian miners.
There has been bad blood between them
imported here. and it is asserted that
they have been waiting for good excuse
to drive them out. This was furnished by
the shooting of last night. Upon reach
ing the negro village the mem bers of the
mob acted as SO many tends. Men were
dragged out of their homes, and the
women pushed about. slapped and other
wise abused. The Italians poured through
the village, firing guns and beating the
negroes right and left. AS each house
was reached the rioters smashed the WIN
dows and where doors were locked they
broke them down. Tie interiors were
ransacked, ,thewomen insulted, andthe men
dragged forth, dubbed and shot. That
there was not a large number of fatalities
was no fault of the rioters. as they used
every endeavor in their power to kill the
men outright. The weapons of the riot
ers were mostly old rusty guns that had
not been used for years. and in addition
the men were not skilled in the use of
them.
The rioters this evening served notice
on the women and children who had not
been driven out that they would be given
until tomorrow to leave, and if they we're
not gone they would be snot down in
their tracks. Consequently the women
have been packing all that is left OF their
household goods and fleeing over the hills
IN all directions.