The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1895-08-09
NEGROES ARE BARRED
All Their Effects Moved From
Spring Valley, Ills.
MINERS READY FOR OUTSIDERS.
Not Scared by the Threats of Negroes in
Chicago and Peoria to Attack Them.
Sensational Reports Comdemned-One
Correspondent Run Out

SPRING VALLEY. His. Aug. The
situation is very quiet III the city Inc
negroes are making no efforts To come
back. The reports ahout armed negroes
coming from Peoria and Chicago To
avenge Sundays affair caused no I'M
usual excitement here They would |
not have only the Italian miners to deal |
with. but every white miner i'll the city /
as well. numbering i'll the nelghbor-
hood of 1000. Word has been sent IN !
from Ladd and Toluca promising the
whites all the assistance necessary III
case of an invasion of blacks from
other towns In case of an invasion
1900 white miners could be mustered
together i'll this city III less than two
hours The whites of this city do not
apprehend any danger III that direction.
They do not express the least sorrow
over the event of Sunday, and invite a
fair and impartial investigation
They claimed TO have endured the
outrages OF the blacks as long as they
could but they are severe III their crltl-
cisms of the sensational tales told III
several special dispatches to the news
papers. a whole list of names nave
each day appeared as wounded and
likely to die. Your correspondent, who
WAS on the ground and witnessed sun
DAYS battle from beginning 10 END, mas
succeeded i'll discovering but one negro
shot. and the injury Is only hesh
wound of no serious nature ABOUT 10
TO II were aSsailed with sticks or stones,
but no attempts We're made 10 XIII,
Had the mob been 50 disposed. not one
| could have escaped. The prime Ob1ccts
as stated on the ground while the night
| ing WAS at its height, WAS TO scare them
! into leaving and never come back
/ of IN E.4F
| dead in the ravlnes Is made OF Whole
| cloth and the names mentioned are
! fictitious At meeting uf miners, sew
| eral papers were denounced Tor their
highly colored and distorted stories
| The newspaper correspondent VINO WAS
| compelled 10 flee the town has not re
| turned Ii was the middle class and
business men who ordered him 10 leave,
So euraged were they AT lis sensational
reports
Mayor Dolmageo has received an an
OnvmOus letter postmark"u chicago,
| threatening TO wine HIM and the entire
| city ont Of eXIStenc" If he did not use
his position 10 get the blacks back III
| this city again. Everything has gone
along Serenely since the negroes Were
driven out Sunday. hut no doubt trouble
| will again break ont If they make an at
tempt TO come back The Spring Nal
lev Coal company have representatives
at SeatOnvlIle trying tp persuade tli'
blacks To retGrn, but the latter are salts
fed 10 keep away The lhines are still
idle. Nearly all the negroes have got
ten their effects ont of Spring Valley
Nearly all their furniture has be, /
moved to Seatonvile. where most o
them are getting work In all prob
! ability the spring Valley miners Will II
turn TO work today.
Governor Altgeld Is on his way her
z to investigate the situation.
A Chicag, special says: The stoue
of two women refugees from Spun
. Valley has stirred the negroes of Chi
cago to the highest pitch. At mas
meeting committees We're appointed 1
raise funds and secure arms for fore
to proceed against the Italians III SprIn
? Valley.
:. \ delegation called on General Me
=, ritt to ask that the United States trooI
= be sent to Spring Valley. He told thel
that in the event of the failure of ii
!, civil authorities to preserve order an
+, protect the colored people of Sprlu
- Valley, he would act The facts III
been communicated to President CIev
land by telegraph.
A white man who advised mGder
tion at the mass meeting was throw
Z, | ont of the window.