The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-08-07
FEELING RUNS HIGH
SPRING VALLEY Is QUIET But
TROUBLE Is STILL FEARED

TROUBLE Is STILL FEARED
Company Protests that 1t Cannot be Dic,a-
ted to and will Insist on Employing Col
ored Miners il it Chooses-COlored Peo-
pie Making No Effort to Resurn-In-
hnbitants Charge that Too Much has
Been Made of the ARRAY Sunday by the
Observation-Disclosures Among Chica-
COS ColOred People-Altseld's Action.
Chicago, Aug. 6-Two colored women
Mrs. Mary Stanton and Mrs. Lizzie
DiSdee refugees from Spring Valley ar
rived in this city tonight and the reports
they give OF the treatment Of the col
ored people at that place have in
famed the negroes of Chicago to the
highest pitch. Mrs. Station is a widow
and since the attack made by the Ital-
ians on the colored men at Spring VAL
ley her two sons have disappeared and
she believes that both were killed Mrs.
Dixdee has heard nothing from her
husband since that time and believes
him dead. Both women say. in spite OF
statements 10 the contrary from
Spring Valley, that the reports Of the
outrages have in no way been exagger-
ated. They say that the colored wom-
en- and the children were assaulted by
the Italians and brutality beaten. They
declare that all the colored women in
Spring Valley were given until 5 O'Clock
tonight to get out of town. threats OF
bodily injury being made against those
who remained.
The mass meeting OF colored men
reconvened this evening in Arlington
hall at Thirty-first street and Indiana
avenue. The stories told by the two
women infiamed them 10 the highest
pitch and all manner of violent threats
were made against the Italians at
Spring Valley. For the first time dur
ing the day the idea of moving on
Spring Valley took definite shape and
funds to secure arms.
QUIET AT SPRING VALLEY.
Spring Valley, ILL.,. Aug. 6.-The situ-
alton is very quiet in this city. The
negroes are making no effort TO come
back. The reports of armed negroes
coming from Peoria and Chicago to
avenge Saturdays affair caused no un-
usual excitement here. They would
have not only the Italian miner to deal
with, but evey white miner in the city
as well. numbering in the neighbor-
hood of 1000. Word was sent in from
Ladd and Toluca this morning promis-
ing the whites all the assistance neces-
sary in case of an invasion. In case
or an invasion 5000 white miners could
be mustered together in this city in less
than two hours. The whites of this
city do not apprehend any danger in
this direction. They do not express
the least sorrow over the event of Sun
day and invite a fair and impartial in
vestigation. They claim to have en-
dured the outrages of the blacks as long
as they could. The claim that the
newspaper stories of negroes being shot
and manned are largely overdrawn.
About ten or twelve were assailed with
stones or sticks but no attempts were
made to kill. Had the mob been so
disposed not one could have escaped.
The prime object as stated on the
ground while the fighting was at its
height, was to scare them into leaving,
never to come back again.
TOO HIGHLY COLORED.
A meeting of miners was held today
Several papers were denounced for
their highly colored and distorted sto-
ries. One news correspondent who
was compelled to flee from the twon
yesterday has not returned. IL was
the middle class and bushes men who
ordered him to leave, so enraged were
they at his sensational reports.
Mayor Delmago received an anony-
nous letter this morning. postmarked
Chicago, threatening TO wipe him and
the entire city out of existence If he did
not use his position TO get the blacks
back again. No doubt trouble will
again break out IL they make an at
tempt to come back. The Spring VAL
ley Coal company have representatives
at Seatonville trying 70 persuade he
blacks to return but the latter are sat.
3sfied to keep away.
The mines are still idle. Five O'Clock
tonight was the time given the negroes
to get their effects out of Spring VAL
ley. Nearly all their furniture has been
removed to Seatonville. where most OF
them are getting work. In all proba-
bility the Spring Valley miners will re-
turn TO work tomorrow morning.
A notice received by Manager Dali
Zell from President NJ. III. Taylor of the
Spring Valley Coal company. was yost-
ed on the windows OK the company'S
office. The notice recites that the com-
pany cannot be dictated to by any one
faction OF its employees as to its right
OF selection for employment and as
serts that therefore the demand made
by the Italian miners that no colored
acceded TO.
FEELING HIGH AS EVER.
This notice in the company's window
attracted crowds Of miners. When the
news spread IL was shown by the re-
marks OF the men that the feeling
against the negroes was intense as
ever. Strong influences are at work
to have the miners arrange mass
meeting for tomorrow and have the or
der expelling the negroes withdrawn.
Governor Altgeld wired this 10 Mayor
Delmago today:
rs there any danger % further trou-
bic in your town? What steps have
you taken TO preserve order and to
protect lifeand property? Answer"
The mayor telegraphed this answer:
In reply 10 yours. and in view OF the
exaggerated reports published about
this trouble, We respectfully request
you 10 send a representative here CT
DO us the honor TO come yourself and
make complete Investigation. Every
effort has been made by the municipal
authorities OF this city TO protect life
and property. No lives have been lost
nor private property destroyed by
mob violence. One italian resident
has been fatally injured by negro h!gh
waymer. Everything "a quiet and news
paper stories are exaggerated. Three
negroes were injured who refused 10
vacate Location and insisted on is-
naming They are not seriously intur-
ed
Information Is received tonight tha;
the governor Is on MS way here AMI
mass meeting of miners VIII be held
when he arrives