The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-08-06
RACE RIOT IN ILLINOIS.
ITdLIiN HfNTRS MfhT IN fTTfcK
ON 4 NEGRO yTLLiGE.
The Towns Of Spring Valley and sexton
aud More Trouble l. Expected.

with rifles. may de
The ltlians for many months wished
10 orve the negroes out OF the coal
mining belt. and to-day q plausible eA-
cusc Tor so doing presented inself.
At I O'Clock Sunday morning an ltal-
ian was waylaid on the public highway
b. four negroes and robbed ana shot
four times from the cuecta OF Whlc9
ms physicians say Dee cannot I'VE unui
morning.
A mass-mceting of the Italians was
called. and at 40 o'clock MOB OF over
three hundred started Out TOT tne ht5ip
viliaee headed by the spring N"iiey i'"i-
The negroes were dragged out. dubbed.
tramplsG upon. and made the targets LOT
the shoi-euns rnes. an" sinnl arms 'Ne
mob hal brought Win tnem
The women were iusulted. slapped. ana
two of them while begging for mercy,
were shot down and fatally injured
Eraphel for and arrived ON the ground
with "a posse bat came TOO late, as tne
work had long been done before ne ar
rived.
coal shafts were blown last night ana
this morning civi1g the signal that WORK
would io done 100 the mines io-uay, anu
larcc numbers of miners turned OUT WIN
their aiuncr-pals. bot wers conif0nt.d
On tho highways leading 10 the Snttts
Isl italians armed with rifles ana Nafi-
Ors small arms.
INrLAMMAroRY LANGUAGE.
At the secret meeting last night the
plan of stopping thc men fr1m WORKING
was arranged. over two thousand
mirers assembled al the lumber yard 20
day at 90 o'clock. and tho situation was
frfflt discussed. The coal company Was
foundly denounced and much iuiiamma-
tory language used. one speaker saiu
IL the murderer was relative OF his
De would not stop with the negroes but
would settle 10 at once and nectNeiy
with Manager Ddl2ell, OF the coal COM
pany. who. he said, deserved all the
blame. as lac had brought the negroes
here.
After am hour of general di cIssi)n a
resolution was adopted giving. the rem
yanf of negroes lef, uutl O'Clock To-
morrow evening I'm which 20 leave the
city and io carry of their effects. IT any
of the effects are left after that tmt
they win be contscuted and destroyed a
committee was appoint 'h 70 2iBanll. e'e
Italians and see that the instruct oi.s
were carried ont Another committee OF
five was appointed 10 wait upon Manager
Dalzen 10 demand he discharge OF an
negroes. and TO agree 10 employ no ne"
ones for the present The committee An,
ucs.ately called at )alzens oihce ana
stated their grievances. Mr. Ialleh, IN
rcplv. said that Doe had nothing on the
subject to state and mat 10 vas matter
De would not discuss. The commute re-
tired without any assurances. MI Gay
the streets were crowded with men dls-
guessing the situation. Another mee-.n5
* called for a later no'f to-iiei,. az az
which time 10 is believed cohllhudnee "l
the strike win be- ordered. ,...
The forelgn eifmut which dominates
the situation declared that no man.
rither black or white. shaH return 10
work until the coal company agree 10
discharge every cOlured man IN JUS
emplov. and agree TO hire no new mon
OF either race until an idle men OF Sp!lhs
Valley are given employment.
The negroes now propose TO return 10
fheir homes and continue i'm their ein-
ployment in the mines OF the coal coin-
The Spring Valley Coal Company scent scent
its treasurer TO SeatOnvillc early thls
morning. and paid the negroes what was
due them up 20 last Wednesday. me
amount due since that time viii be PAID
within a few days.
COMMANDMENTS ESCAPE.
a plan TO mob newspaper CORE
sponIent to-day was frustrated ohiN 10y
the latter jumping on Dicyole anu ,,,,- ,,'-
ing away. The mob OF about Two nun
drei men was composed almost Whviy
OF the men who were engaged IN Nestcl-
DAYS riots and were aegritNed be'huso
n had published thal none OF the S"il'S
had been arrested. The county onclals
\ al Princeton. Nh hen seen Tonight dl1
knOt know what steps, IT any, Wohlu pt
i taken 10 bring the guilty parties IN
tSITIng valley TO terms.
e sheriff Clark said he was DISCOURAGED III
1.-The matter as not one mah was ever cor,
NiCtea in the courts who was arrested
yfar a1o for lOotng .he stores az
Spring Valley and Ladi. They were
Neither lct of on lack of evidence or
HtechnicaNties OF the court Stae AltOi-
ID noy Johnson said he would NOT ne lhS
.olic to make the complaints. lie nal
lsrs0nany conducted the cases last
Atar. to no effect. ana did not care 10
10 through the same experience asaia
tUhe citizens Of Spring Valley are Y
such % state of intimidation that cihn.i'4i an
prosecuton requiring local witnesses .
At the negro at 30. ? shaft pandt<
nhorium reignCd all night. tioNus Vt
foreigners n0ated about the streets az az an
hours disclarcing hfe-arms OF Narlona
Kinds and throwing rocks against the
cottages OF The negroes. .
This was evidently done for the pnr-
pose Of t,rr0rizing the negroes; In TINS
il was successful
Trouble ASIIcIrArfD.
LADD. Ill. Aug. 5.-The foreigners
at Spring Valley, under the leadership OF
The Italians. and the negroes, Who nave
concentrated their forces at SeAtohNihe'
are fbOth organizing their men 'o-uaN,
and las the towns are piacucahy uhu,i
mobtlaw. deadly conflict is soon ,,s,le M
ticluI Ifed The -Engiish-speaklhS
miners at Spring Valley, 10 the huhncI
of - (Vp, had a mass meeting az the iuih-
10 o'otNck this morning. ana passed
rceolu Hon that no negroes. men, women,
or inyands. would be allowed 10 remain
inside the city limits after O'CLOCK To-
morrow evening.
Specches of tho most inflammatory ma
fnre were made asking the Immediate
opening OF hostlitles. The negroes at
SeNtonVille on the other hand, had u
meeting at Union church at ii O'CLOCK
this morning and organized themselves
Tor active service.
Bureau county has repeating Winches-
ter rifles stored in her court house AT
Princeton for the protection Of the citi-
2ens. should this fail the men VIII arm
themselves with shOt-suns or rifles ana
smaller arms. and make an EFFORT 10 !e-
tain their homes and household goods NJ
Spring valley. They also adopted res
ouuon that they would continue 10 NorK
81 the Spring Valley until discharged by
fhe coal company.
As the police and sheriff are making
10 effort 40 arrest the rioters. the fpirit
Of lawlessncss is on the increase IN
addition TO the negroes reported killed
yesterday, several others are reported
missing. sam Johnson. aged thirty
years. Lewis Martin. thirtV-five years.
or these. 10 r. believed that The TWO
last are lying dead In thee woods fnr-
rounding the late negro colony. as two
PROSTATE bodies have been reported
OF colortl men tonight. tWonty-six sign
I'd The roll 10 so 10 Bureau county 10
help their brethren. They have arms
and ammuniation.
DTEI ~ 4 norm.