Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-08-06
BLACKS BANISHED.
mo Negroes Need Apply" at
Spring Valley, Ills.
CHICAGO NEWSPAPERS IN BAD 0DoH

Because. rs Alleged, They Printed Exag.
gerated Accounts OF the Attack on the
Coiored settlement-Tslk OF the Black
Miners Arming. but Nothing Of the
Kind Happens Yst-uuns, slavs and
Italians Unite Their Forces.
CHICAGO. Aug. 6-The negro citizens
here are much excited over the outrages
on their race at Spring Valley, and have
issued q call tor a mass meeting to take
action. One meeting has already been
held, and telegram sent to Governor
Altgcld asking him to protect the negro
c:t!zons at Spring Valley. Some Of tho
III Jre radical advocate call to arms.
At Peoria the negroes held meeting
at which twenty-six men signed their
names to paper agreeing toygo to Blu.
rcau county and help fight tho matter out.
SPRING VALLEY. Ills, Aug. 6.-Every.
thing Is quiet in this place at this writ
Ing The negroes who were driven cut
show no sigEs Of returning. Two colored
women came into town at noon to get
what money their husbands had coming
from the company. They were not mo-
Tested. 1t is reported that General Man
agcr Dalzell has sent word to the negroes
srquesting them to come back and he
Gouid guarantee them protection. There
Is hardly any Likelihood that they will re-
turn. The most of them ,re at Senton.
vile. few coiored men attempted to
seek safety in Ladd but they were told to
loavo by the white miners there, and they
did SO. The mines in this city are all
Idle. Tho miners held a meeting and
voted unanimously not to return to work
until the negroes had their furniture all
moved out OF town. Special dispatches
Sunday night arc claimed to have been
greatly exaggerated, and the people Of
this town aro cOndemning tho press for
printing such distorted accounts rs ap-
p,ared in the Chicago dailies. The whites
Say they have put up long enough with
the outrages Of the blacks and will not
return to work until tho negroes are all
cleaned out.
Foreign Miners Unto Their Forces.
Huns, Slavs and all other foreign min
ers In the Spring Valley district have
rallied to the support Of the Italians.
To the number Of 1000 they held q mass
meeting ut tho lumber yards near the
Rock Island depot and passed resolu-
tion that no negroes, men. women or in
vnlids. MOULD -hH ollowoa a-sssssnsinriasiAu, -
the city limits after o'clock this even-
ing. Speeches Of the most inflammatory
nature were made advocating the imme-
nj N M nj ba
Groes at Seatonville, on the other hand,
held meeting Mt the Union church and
organized themselves for active service.
Negroes Propose to Arm.
Bureau county has 800 repeating Win.
chester rifles stored in her court house
Mt Princeton for the protection Of the cit
izens and an effort will be made to secure
these. Should this fail tho negroes will
arm themselves with shot2uns or rifles
and small arms aud make an effort to re.
gain their homes and household goods
at Spring Valley. They also passed n
resolution that they would continue to
work in the Spring Valley mines until
discharged by the coal company. As the
police and sheriff are making no effort to
arrest the rioters the spirit Of lawlessness
is on the increase. There were over forty
men and women injured by the mob
Sunday and 1t Is asserted that at least
two are dead in the woods surrounding
the late negro colony.
How the Attack Was Covered.
1t is stated that when tho Italians
marched on the negro settlement they
had their band play several national
anthems with the purpose OF deceiving
the negroes as tothe purpose Of the de.
monstration. The negroes as result re-
maincd In their homes, and the Italians
fekl upon them like q lot Of Apache In
dAns. The men were dragged out,
4bbed, trampled upon, and made
tht targets for the shotguns,1 rifles and
small arms tho mob had brought with
them. The women were insuited, slapped,
and two of them, while begging for mercy,
were shot down and fatally injured.
Were ..AlIowed' to Take Their Own.
Yesterday afternoon n few negro wom-
en- were allowed to pack up their goods
and depart from the settlement. Tho
100 negroes run out Of this city arc
all at Seatonville. Many Of them slept
in tho woods. The mayor contemplated
putting in n few deputies last night, but
the situation was SO calm that 1t was not
considered necessary. The man Role
who was nearly murdered and robbed by
colored men-the incident that provoked
the mob violence-is still alive He can
not live long, however
Dynamite for Manager Dalzell.
The coal company officials begin to feel
alarmed. dynamite bomb has been
found near manager Dalzell's residence
1t was picked up by little boy The
police and chemist examined il, who
found 1t fity-five parts nitro-glyc ycerine.
Tho internal machine was thrown into
the river. There is no clue rs to who
dropped it there, but it is generally be-
lieved that it has been there ever since
the crowd visited Dalzcr to demand of
him the discharge Of all the negroes.
Another Tragedy In Kentucky.
LEXINGTON. Aug 6.-Newton Lane OF
Mount Sterling. who figured in several