The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1895-08-06
RACE WAR IN ILLINOIS
ENRAGED WHITE MINERS GIVE
NEGROES A TASTE OF MOB
VIOLENCE.
4 SCORE OF NEGROES WOUNDED.

Two of Them are Already Dead and
Others VIII Probably Die--The Mob
was Lead by Italians, and Stones,
Clubs and Bullets Were Freely Used
by Both Sides--RObbery of a White
Man by Five Negroes Precipitated the
RiOt-.BOth Sides are now Organizing
SPRING VALLEY, H., Aug. 5.-The
Location" patch of some 100 odd
company houses near No. shaft, in
habited almost exclusively by negroes,
was Sunday morning visited by ven
geance mob of 500 white miners from
the city and given a taste of mob Yio-
lence.
Saturday night near midnight FIVE col
ored men held up white man named
Barney Role between this city and Loea-
ton and after robbing him OF nearly
800 in money fired three pistol shots
into him and left him for dead. Role is
the third man shot at Location in the
past few weeks.
When the miners of this city Sunday
morning heard of the outrage they as
sembled on the public square and deci-
ded to march in body to General Man
ager Dazell's house and demanded of
him the discharge cf every colored man
in Location. A brass band was secured,
and the mob repaired to the general
managers house. He refused to grant
what the white miners : 4ted. They
then told him that as he was not dis
posed to run the negroes out of town
they would take the matter ap lhem-
selves, and with that they marched to-
ward No. 3.
By the time the mob arrived at Loca-
tion most of the negroes, having been
notified of the wrath of the whites, had
fed to the woods. About dozen were
caught and treated to most violent acts.
Stones were hurled at them and shots
fred. The boarding house for colored
men at 10. was then a+tooked. All
the inmates fled for their lives. The
mob ransacked the houses, breaking
furniture and committing other depre-
dations.
Sunday afternoon a gang of men with
pistols secured the woods hunting for
negroes to shoot at. Sheriff Clark, who
was telegraphed for, arrived late in the
afternoon with about dozen deputies.
There is terrible prejudice here against
the negroes for bold outrages they are
charged with. There is much feeling
against Manager Dazell, at whose in
stance, it is alleged, they were imported.
Both Sides Organizing.
The foreigners under the leadership
of the Italians, and the negroes, who
have concentrated their forces at Seaton-
vile, were both organizing to-day, and
as the towns are practically under mob
law, deadly conflict was anticipated.
The non English speaking miners of
Spring Valley, to the number of 2,000,
held mass meeting and passed a reso-
luton that no negrOes-men, women or
invalids-would be allowed to remain in
side the city limits after o'clock to.
morrow evening. Speeches or the most
infiammatory nature were made advo-
eating the immediate opening up of
hostilities. The negroes at Seatonville
had meeting at the Union Church later
and organized themselves for active ser
vice.
Bureau county has 800 repeating Win
chester rifles stored in the court house at
Princeton for the protection of the citi-
zens and an effort will be made to secure
these. Should this fail the men will arm
themselves with shot-guns or rifles and
small arms and make an effort to regain
their homes and household goods. They
also passed a resolution that they would
continue to work in the Spring Valley
mines until discharged by the coal com
pany.
As the police and sheriff were making
no effort to arrest the rioters, the spirit
of lawlessness is on the increase.
The negroes most seriously injured
are:
Granville Lewis, aged forty-fve, shot in
the head and dubbed with rifles; will die.
Glenn L. Martin, aged thirty-two, shot in
back of head with rifle ball and thirty buck
shot in back and shoulders; may die.
Norman Bird, aged thirty-eight, shot in
neck and head; also badly bruised by kicks
and internal inj urieS received.
Mrs. Bird, aged thirty-one, wife of above,
shot in right cheek and arm; also trampled
upon; will die.
Maria Bird, aged fourteen, daughter of
above, shot in breast; wound may prove fa-
tai.
VIM. Lee, aged thirty-four, kicked and
trampled upon.
Jube steritt, aged forty-seven, trampled
upon, face lacerated, and injured inter
nally
Oscar Prim, Silas Burden, Jude Stuart,
James Kelley, and viii Beck were all badly
cut and bruised.
Frank Turner, aged twenty weight, shot
twice in back of head and struck in back
and shoulders with about forty buckshot.
Frank Burner, head badly bruised, body
also trampled upon and internal injuries
received.
In addition to the negroes reported
injured at yesterdays conflict four
others are missing, as follows Wash
ington Anderson, aged AZ years; Arch
Fleming, aged 35; Samuel johnson,
aged 80; Lewis Martin, aged 35. 1t is
the opinion that two at least are lying
dead in the woods, surrounding the late
negro colony, as farmers report having
seen their bodies.
Two Miners Shot at Dance.
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