The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-05
a SUNDAY MoB'S SAVAeERY.
ARMED ITALIANS sWOOP DOWN on
a NEGRO COLONY LIKE
BLOODY APACHEs.

The Drutes Simulated PeaccvuI
Procession and Caught Their Vie
Tins Utterly Unaware--A CHASTITY
List of CasuaIties-Men shot Thirty
or Forty Times, CIubbed and stab-
bcd-MOmen Slapped, Kicked ana
SavngcIy Bcaten-The Attack Made
with DeiibcratIon and Malice Pre-
pense,
Princeton. H.. Aug. A-The Italians oe
Spring Valley broke out to-day ip a war
upon the negroes with a view OF either
massacreing them or driving them from
without the city limits
The following negroes were seriously
injured: Granville Lewis. shot IN head
ana clubbed. and face and neck badly
laceratod - Martin, S2 year old shot in
back Of head with rifle ball. seriously In
jurod; Norman Bird. aged 30. shot in tho
neck and head. badly bruised, internal in
jurles; Mrs. Bird. aged 81, wife Of form-
er shot IN the right cheek and arm; Ma
ria Bird, daughter Of former. aged "a
years. shot in the breast. may prove fatal;
William Lee. aged "a years. kicked and
trampled upon; Julz sterritt, aged Il
years, trampled upon. face lacerated and
injured internally. badly cut by barbed
wire fence In attempting to escape from
the mob; Oscar Prim, head bruised with
rocks; silas Barken, bruised with clubs
and shot at about thirty times: julie Start.
bad wound in head from clubs; Jim Kelly.
aged 26 years, flesh wounds and clothing
ridddled with shots: VIII Beck. 80 years
old badly bruised and internally injureda
Frank Tuner, aged Gs years. shot twice in
back Of the head and struck In the back
and shoulders about forty times: Brank
Burnes. head badly bruised, trampled up
on and internally injured.
The Italians for many months have
wished 20 drive the negroes out OF the coal
mining belt, and to-day a plausible ex@
cuse for SO doing presented Itself
At I o'clock a. m. an italian was att
tackled on the public highway by fou1
regroes and robbed and shot several times,
anu SIS physicians says he cannot live un-
81 morhs>g a mass meeting Of the Ital-
inns was cs$.sd and at 10 o'clock "a mob
Of over 90 thai gathered started out for
the negro village. ~hich is located two
miles west of Spring Fqlley. They were
headed hy the Spring Na.ev italian band,
ana, TO deceive the negroes sStO thinking
the assembly peaceable one. >Ais band
rendered several natiOnol anthems The
negroes, az a result, remained IN SSeiE
homes. The Italians fell onto. them hA>S
lot Of Apache Indians
The men were dragged out, ciubbed.
trampled upon and made the target for
the shotguns, rifles and small arms the
mob had brought with them. The wo-
men We're insulted. slapped and two OF
them while begging for mercy were shor
down and fatally injured. Sheriff Clark
Of Princeton was telegrnphed for and ar
rived on the ground with a posse, but
came too late, as the work had long
been done before he arrived The negroes
fed, terror-stricken, over the surrounds
ing hills, and they are sleeping under
trees and in barns, with the exception OF
few whom the farmers are sheltering.
| Many of the injm ed are expected to die
before morning. No arrests, as yet, have
been attempted.
The Italian rioters have served no.
tices upon the women and children who
had not been driven our, tnat they and
the invalids would be given until tonight
TO leave the town forever and that II they
were not gone by dark they would be-
shot down in their tracks Consequently
all the afternoon the women have been
packing all that is left of their household
goods and fleeing over the hills in all di-
rectlons. Large numbers have started
out in the direction of Touca and others
have taken refuge at Seatonville.
ne injured men, many OF WhOm ara
lying at the point of DEATH are sheltered
in barns and under trees. OF those who
are uninJured, about thirty have gathered
at Seatonvllle and have been collecting
arms and ammunition and say they Will
at all hazards return to Spring Valley I'M
the morning and remain there until they
are discharged from the services OF the
coal company. Some have homes there
and all have wages due them from the
coal company.
The negroes claim the city police have
made very little effort to hunt down the
criminals, but they say this is no fault OF
theirs, and a matter for which they Will
not suffer. This resolution OF the negroes
has created considerable apprehension
and more trouble is expected If it should
be carried out.
When the rioters were organizing near
the city hall, the mayor was notified of tha
threatened trouble by a group of citi-
zens to whom he replied 1t was no usa
for him to try to do anything Word was
then sent to Sheriff Clark at Princeton.
who at once commenced the organization
of posse by sounding the fire alarm and
enlisting the men as fast as they turned
out. BY noon he had a sufficient number,
but at that hour word was received that
actual rioting had ceased, so he went to
the scene Of the trouble with only dozen
men.
The negroes asked that protection be
given them SO they could return to their
homes, but the sheriff referred them to
the city authorities and the latter so far
have refused protection of any nature.